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Wisconsin Free Library Commission. Correspondence and memoranda on library legislation, 1918-1945.

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Correspondence and memoranda on library legislation, 1918-1945.

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Correspondence, copies of bills, leaflets, and memoranda concerning library legislation proposed or recommended in Wisconsin, 1937-1945, and information collected for the American Library Association's Committee on Library Legislation on legislation in other states, 1917-1920.

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0.8 c.f. (2 archives boxes).

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American Library Association

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The American Library Association (ALA) is a nonprofit organization based in the United States that promotes libraries and library education internationally. Founded in 1876, it is the oldest and largest library association in the world....

Wisconsin Free Library Commission

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The Free Library Commission was established in 1895. It existed as an independent state agency until 1965. In 1965 the Legislature transferred the functions, personnel and properties of the Free Library Commission to the jurisdiction of the State Superintendent of Public Instruction as the Division for Library Serices (WIHV85-A897) in the Department of Public Instruction (WIHV86-A116). The Free Library commission was originally established to acquire and circulate books ...