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A Study Of Library Services For Tennessee's Senior Citizens, Linda Weston
A Study Of Library Services For Tennessee's Senior Citizens, Linda Weston
Masters Theses
This study was undertaken to evaluate library services available for Tennessee's senior citizens. The specific objectives were to discover the extent of available library services for Tennessee's senior citizens and to make recommendations for improving the services. Data was obtained from the four Tennessee metropolitan public library directors and the 12 Tennessee regional directors by means of a questionnaire.
The results from this questionnaire were tallied, tabulated, and analyzed. Results were: (1) all services for senior citizens are a part of the adult departments, (2) personnel in charge of services vary from professional staff members to clerical staff members, (3) …
Janice Holt Giles: A Bio-Bibliography With Evaluations Of The Kentucky Frontier Books As Historical Fiction, Florence Williams Plemmons
Janice Holt Giles: A Bio-Bibliography With Evaluations Of The Kentucky Frontier Books As Historical Fiction, Florence Williams Plemmons
Masters Theses
The purpose of this study was (1) to present a biographical sketch of the novelist Janice Holt Giles in terms of the influences upon her writing, (2) to evaluate the Kentucky historical novels written by Mrs. Giles in light of the requirements for historical fiction, and (3) to present a survey of the reviews of those books.
The life data on the author were obtained largely through two personal interviews with her and through her two autobiographical works: 40 Acres and No Mule and A Little Better Than Plumb. The Adair County Record Books on file at the Court …