Title: Graph of Book Distribution Type:Data Date: 1977 Source: Robert Gordon Freestone
Description: Graph showing the increase in library book distribution during Countryman's work at the library. Taken from The Spatial Evolution of the Minneapolis Public Library.
Activities:
What is the difference between the number of book distribution points from the time Gratia Countryman became head librarian in 1904 and when she retired in 1936?
According to the graph, did the number of distribution points continue to grow during the time Ms. Countryman was head librarian?
What types of places were considered book distribution points?
Were the most common users of the public library system mostly wealthy?