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Peer reviewedLocke, Jill L. – Journal of Youth Services in Libraries, 1992
Describes three public library summer reading programs for children in the 1890s: Hewins' Vacation Reading Club; the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh's Summer Playground Program; and the Library League of Cleveland. The growth of similar programs and related reports in the library literature of the early twentieth century are discussed, and summer…
Descriptors: Children, Childrens Libraries, History, Library Services
