Free Reading for All Reel 1 · Part 3

Description

Documentary: On the development of American public libraries. R.1: Shows Columbia University Library, New York Public Library and Peterboro Library, New Hampshire. Patrons use library materials, including phonograph records and braille readers. Librarian conducts children's story hour. R.2: Shows school, local, apartment house libraries, and Chinese patrons at the Chatham Square Library, New York. Montifiore Hospital volunteer, in New York, moves book cart to patients' rooms; bookmobile serves rural areas in Rutland, Vt. Researchers in the Library of Congress reading room, Washington, D.C.

Collection

Harmon Foundation Collection

Series

Motion Picture Films on Community and Family Life, Education, Religious Beliefs, and the Art and Culture of Minority and Ethnic Groups