“The Santa Fe Railroad Reading Rooms & the Harvey Publishing Company” by Suzanne Stauffer - Author Event

Name: “The Santa Fe Railroad Reading Rooms & the Harvey Publishing Company” by Suzanne Stauffer - Author Event
Start: 2025-07-26
End: 2025-07-26
Location: Wheels Museum

Presented By: Wheels Museum
Dates: July 26, 2025
Location: Wheels Museum
1100 2nd St. S.W., Barelas Railyard, Albuquerque, NM 87102
Phone: (505) 243-6269
Time: 11:00 AM to 12:00 PM

Price: $10.00
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Overview

Learn the who, what, where, and especially the why behind the creation of the Santa Fe Reading Rooms, as well as their link to the Fred Harvey Newsstands and to public library development in the Southwest.

Suzanne Stauffer is Professor Emerita of Library and Information Science at Louisiana State University. She now resides in Albuquerque. Her article,”‘Correct provision can be made for their wants’: the reading rooms of the Santa Fe Railroad” was published in Library & Information History 39.1 (2023): 1–22. DOI: 10.3366/lih.2023.0135

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