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Ernest Cushing Richardson
Richardson was one of the foremost library scholars and innovators of early librarianship in the U.S. Appendix and bibliography.
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The Beginnings of Libraries
This book is a history of the origins of libraries in the ancient world, and their development into the modern era. The author, Ernest Cushing Richardson, explores the social, cultural, and intellectual contexts in which libraries emerged, and offers insights into the role of libraries in the dissemination of knowledge and ideas. The book is a valuable resource for librarians, scholars, and anyone interested in the history of libraries and their impact on society. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
The Making of Princeton University
In 1902, Professor Woodrow Wilson took the helm of Princeton University, then a small denominational college with few academic pretensions. But Wilson had a blueprint for remaking the too-cozy college into an intellectual powerhouse. The Making of Princeton University tells, for the first time, the story of how the University adapted and updated Wilson's vision to transform itself into the prestigious institution it is today. James Axtell brings the methods and insights from his extensive work in ethnohistory to the collegiate realm, focusing especially on one of Princeton's most distinguished features: its unrivaled reputation for undergraduate education. Addressing admissions, the curricul...
