Norman D. Stevens Collection of Library Architecture : souvenir playing cards, 1920-1960.

Main entry:

Stevens, Norman D.

Title & Author:

Norman D. Stevens Collection of Library Architecture : souvenir playing cards, 1920-1960.

Description:

7 items : ill.

Notes:
Public Library, West Hartford, Conn. -- Public Library, Portland, Or. -- Public Library, Providence, R.I. -- John Carter Brown Library, Providence, R.I. -- Hearst Free Library, Anaconda, Mont. -- West Hartford Library and Town Hall [Hartford, Conn.] -- Columbia University [New York, N.Y.] -- New York Public Library -- Congressional Library [Washington, D.C.] -- Congressional Library, Reading Room [Washington, D.C.]

Summary:

Souvenir playing card component of the Norman D. Stevens Collection of Library Architecture. Includes 7 souvenir playing card decks, with some cards bearing the image of a U.S. library.

Biographical note:

Retired director of university libraries at the University of Connecticut, Storrs; author of several monographs and many articles, and known for his writings on library humour.

Subject:

Souvenirs (Keepsakes) United States.
Library buildings United States.
Libraries United States.
Souvenirs (Objets) États-Unis.
Bibliothèques (Édifices) États-Unis.
Libraries
Library buildings
Souvenirs (Keepsakes)
United States
Libraries (buildings) United States.

Form/genre:

Souvenir playing cards.
Packs of cards.
Fonds (collections)

Added entries:

Norman D. Stevens Collection of Library Architecture.

Holdings:

Location: Library main m fonds 214245
Call No.: NA6612.U8 S8 1920
Status: Available

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