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Mariborska zveza kulturnih društev in njene knjižnice
The Maribor Union of Cultural Societies and its Libraries

Author(s): Bruno Hartman
Subject(s): Cultural history, Library operations and management, Social history, Interwar Period (1920 - 1939)
Published by: Inštitut za novejšo zgodovino
Keywords: Maribor Union of Cultural Societies; libraries; interwar period; library network;

Summary/Abstract: The author describes the foundation and development of the Maribor Union of Cultural Societies, his investigation being-centred upon the libraries of this Union in the period between the two World Wars. The treatise traces the development and expansion of the library network, the number of members and the number of books. The author describes what people liked to read most, he mentions the most zealous librarians and finishes with the German occupation in 1941 when these libraries ceased to function.

  • Issue Year: 23/1983
  • Issue No: 1-2
  • Page Range: 89-99
  • Page Count: 11
  • Language: Slovenian
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