Accessible to All? Libraries in
the Auckland Provincial Area, 1842-1919.
CONTENTS PAGE
ABSTRACT
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS
ILLUSTRATIONS
INTRODUCTION
- Tarred with the
same brush? A review of library development in Britain,
and its subsequent adaptation in America, Australia and
New Zealand.
- Auckland libraries,
the Auckland Provincial Council and library legislation.
- A cultural and
intellectual wilderness? Auckland libraries and
institutions of self and mutual improvement.
- The founders and
administration of Auckland’s early libraries.
- The holdings of
Auckland’s libraries.
- Conclusion
Appendix I -
Auckland Provincial Council funding allocations and subsidies to
country libraries, 1871-1875.
Appendix II
- Auckland Provincial Council distribution of the vote in aid of
libraries in country districts, 1871-1874.
Appendix
III Libraries which responded to Auckland Provincial Council
circular, February 1874.
Appendix IV
Rules and By-laws for the Whangarei Literary Institute.
Appendix V
House of Representatives funding allocations and subsidies in aid
of country libraries.
Appendix VI
Libraries in the Auckland Province, 1842-1919.
Appendix VII Map of
Libraries in the Auckland Province, 1842-1919.
Appendix VIII Auckland
public libraries registered under the Public Libraries Powers
Act, 1875.
Appendix IX
Founding members and trustees of public libraries registered
under the Public Libraries Powers Act, 1875.
Appendix X
Public Libraries, Auckland, 1873.
Appendix XI Holdings of Auckland libraries -
1874.
Bibliography