tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1196388063768443379.post4293503807576741653..comments2024-03-05T06:22:55.364-08:00Comments on Library History Buff Blog: Boston Athenaeum 1848 TicketLarry T. Nixhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10859160864287059311noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1196388063768443379.post-74391790080615990572009-08-21T10:04:33.381-07:002009-08-21T10:04:33.381-07:00There are still libraries called "Anthaneum&q...There are still libraries called "Anthaneum" in New England today. The Nantucket Athaneum [http://www.nantucketatheneum.org/] is the public library for the town/county/island.<br /><br />The social library concept (which you explained) was transformed in the 1800s when the public library movement swept New England. I know my hometown, Shrewsbury Mass, had a social library starting in the 1760s which pre-dated the now public library. The original books are (or were) part of the local history room.Michael A. Golrickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06974144431152478465noreply@blogger.com