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Film, Video Right Here I See My Own Books: The Woman's Building Library at the World's Columbian Exposition

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Title

  • Right Here I See My Own Books: The Woman's Building Library at the World's Columbian Exposition

Summary

  • On May 1, 1893, the World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago opened its gates to an expectant public eager to experience firsthand its architectural beauty, technological marvels and vast array of cultural treasures gathered from all over the world. Among the most popular of the fair's attractions was the Woman's Building, a monumental exhibit hall filled with the products of women's labor, including more than 8,000 volumes of writing, by women and collected by women -- the first important library of its kind. Hundreds of thousands of women visited the library and took what they learned to develop local libraries.

Names

  • Library of Congress
  • Library of Congress. Center for the Book, sponsoring body

Created / Published

  • Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress, 2012-03-02.

Headings

  • -  Biography, History
  • -  Literature
  • -  Women's History

Notes

  • -  Classification: Bibliography, Library Science, Information Resources (General).
  • -  Classification: Education.
  • -  Classification: History: America.
  • -  Classification: Social Sciences.
  • -  Sarah Wadsworth, Wayne Wiegand.
  • -  Recorded on 2012-03-02.
  • -  Librarians, Archivists.
  • -  Publishers.
  • -  Researchers.
  • -  Teachers.

Medium

  • 1 online resource

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Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2021688817

Online Format

  • video
  • image
  • online text

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Chicago citation style:

Library Of Congress, and Sponsoring Body Library Of Congress. Center For The Book. Right Here I See My Own Books: The Woman's Building Library at the World's Columbian Exposition. Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, -03-02, 2012. Video. https://www.loc.gov/item/2021688817/.

APA citation style:

Library Of Congress & Library Of Congress. Center For The Book, S. B. (2012) Right Here I See My Own Books: The Woman's Building Library at the World's Columbian Exposition. Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, -03-02. [Video] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2021688817/.

MLA citation style:

Library Of Congress, and Sponsoring Body Library Of Congress. Center For The Book. Right Here I See My Own Books: The Woman's Building Library at the World's Columbian Exposition. Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, -03-02, 2012. Video. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2021688817/>.