YANKEE LIBRARIAN IN THE DIAMOND CITY:

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Research Article| April 01 2011 YANKEE LIBRARIAN IN THE DIAMOND CITY:HANNAH PACKARD JAMES, THE OSTERHOUT FREE LIBRARY OF WILKES-BARRE, AND THE PUBLIC LIBRARY MOVEMENT IN PENNSYLVANIA Bernadette A. Lear Bernadette A. Lear Penn State Harrisburg Library Bernadette Lear is Behavioral Sciences and Education Librarian at Penn State's Harrisburg campus. She earned her MLS from Rutgers and is currently a graduate student in Penn State Harrisburg's American Studies program. She is immediate past-chair of the Library History Round Table of the American Library Association and her research focuses on American libraries, librarianship, and reading culture during the Gilded Age and Progressive Era. Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Pennsylvania History: A Journal of Mid-Atlantic Studies (2011) 78 (2): 123–162. https://doi.org/10.5325/pennhistory.78.2.0123 Cite Icon Cite Share Icon Share Twitter Permissions Search Site Citation Bernadette A. Lear; YANKEE LIBRARIAN IN THE DIAMOND CITY:HANNAH PACKARD JAMES, THE OSTERHOUT FREE LIBRARY OF WILKES-BARRE, AND THE PUBLIC LIBRARY MOVEMENT IN PENNSYLVANIA. Pennsylvania History: A Journal of Mid-Atlantic Studies 1 April 2011; 78 (2): 123–162. doi: https://doi.org/10.5325/pennhistory.78.2.0123 Download citation file: Zotero Reference Manager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search Dropdown Menu toolbar search search input Search input auto suggest filter your search All Scholarly Publishing CollectivePenn State University PressPennsylvania History: A Journal of Mid-Atlantic Studies Search Advanced Search The text of this article is only available as a PDF. Copyright © 2011 The Pennsylvania State University2011The Pennsylvania State University Article PDF first page preview Close Modal You do not currently have access to this content.