140 Years of Library Conference Planners in Letters and Images at the ALA Archives
With appreciation for the great work of A.L.A. conference planners,
we offer a virtual exhibit outlining the arrangement, the attendance, and the remembrance
of the first A.L.A. Conference in 1876 and its successors.
Salvatore V. De Sando, Cara Setsu Bertram, Madison Well, Sharon Pietryka, and Leanna Barcelona
- Introduction
- Curators’ Note
- The 1853 Convention of Librarians
- In the Archives: the 1853 Convention of Librarians
- The 1876 Conference
- In the Archives: The 1876 Conference
- The 1926 Conference
- In the Archives: The 1926 Conference
- The 1951 Conference
- In the Archives: The 1951 Conference
- The 1976 Conference
- In the Archives: The 1976 Conference