Adult Education
and the Public Library
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In this article Patrick Quirke traces the history of adult education classes in Wolverhampton, dealing particularly with the classes run by the Wolverhampton Free Library from 1873 to 1902. In tracing this history he explains the precursors to these classes and how the Public Library Act of 1855 was adopted here. Footnote references are, for the purposes of presenting the article as web pages, given here as inline notes in square brackets. The story is told in the following parts: Adult Education in Wolverhampton before 1869
The Adoption of the Public Library Act 1855 The Wolverhampton Free Library Classes 1873 to 1902
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