The Accidental Librarian

Reference Type Journal Article
Year of Publication
2016
Author
Journal
State Legislatures
Volume
41
Pagination
25-27
Language
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Region
Chronological Period
Annotation
About the academic and librarian Charles McCarthy (1873-1921) and the Wisconsin Idea, a set of progressive-era educational reforms. McCarthy worked at the Wisconsin Free Library Commission where is credited with creating the first legislative reference library.