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Title
Great
Books
Group
Club
Meeting
Photograph
Subject
Literary Ohio
Societies and clubs
Reading
Books
Libraries
Place
Lakewood (Ohio)
Cuyahoga County (Ohio)
Description
This
photograph
shows
the
Great
Books
club
meeting
at the
Lakewood
Public
Library
in its
third
year
,
1948-1949
. The
Great
Books
movement
began
in the
United
States
in the
1920s
at the
University
of
Chicago
.
After
World
War
II
, the
program
became
very
popular
throughout
the
United
States
and
two
groups
were
founded
at the
Lakewood
Public
Library
in
1946
.
Nationally
, a
Great
Books
Foundation
was
established
in
1947
, by
which
time
the
Lakewood
Public
Library
group
had
grown
to
four
groups
. The
library's
groups
were
administered
by the
adult
education
librarian
,
who
handled
registration
and
procurement
of
books
and
acted
as a
co-leader
of
one
group
. The
other
leaders
were
volunteers
from the
community
.
Each
group
met
at the
Lakewood
Public
Library
every
two
weeks
. The
last
year
that a
Great
Books
group
is
recorded
as
having
met
at
Lakewood
Public
Library
is
1978
. This
photograph
measures
8
" by
10
"
(20.32
by
25.4
cm)
.
Date of Original
1948
-
1949
Source
Audiovisual material
Submitting Institution
Lakewood Public Library
Rights
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Type
StillImage
File Name
Om2836_2444128_001.tif
Image Height
859
Image Width
1091
File Size
93.074 KB
Format
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