Portrait of Nellie E. Parham
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- Unknown
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Nellie E. Parham attended the University of Illinois’s Library School in 1897. Upon her graduation in 1899, she began her distinctive 41-year career as a Bloomington, Illinois city librarian. Nellie E. Parham largely focused on the needs of children and thus “sought to make libraries an integral part of the educational system by making the community aware of the worth of books.” She completely changed the structure of the library system of the...
- Creator
Macy Studio Bloomington, ILL
- Contributing Institution
- Illinois Wesleyan University
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- image
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- Photograph.Jpg
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- Rights
- This image may be used freely, with attribution, for research, study and educational purposes. For permission to publish, distribute, or use this image for any other purpose, please contact the Bloomington Public Library, 205 E. Olive St., P.O. Box 3308, Bloomington, IL 61702-3308. Phone: 309.828.6091; Email: reference@bloomingtonlibrary.org
- Chicago citation style
- Macy Studio Bloomington, ILL. Portrait of Nellie E. Parham. Unknown. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America, http://collections.carli.illinois.edu/cdm/ref/collection/iwu_bnhist/id/138. (Accessed April 19, 2024.)
- APA citation style
- Macy Studio Bloomington, ILL, (Unknown) Portrait of Nellie E. Parham. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America, http://collections.carli.illinois.edu/cdm/ref/collection/iwu_bnhist/id/138
- MLA citation style
- Macy Studio Bloomington, ILL. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America <http://collections.carli.illinois.edu/cdm/ref/collection/iwu_bnhist/id/138>.