{"id":559,"date":"2018-07-18T16:29:01","date_gmt":"2018-07-18T16:29:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/chx\/?page_id=559"},"modified":"2026-02-20T19:44:36","modified_gmt":"2026-02-20T19:44:36","slug":"marion-e-sparks-theses","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/chx\/marion-sparks\/marion-e-sparks-academics\/marion-e-sparks-theses\/","title":{"rendered":"Marion E. Sparks Theses"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><span id=\"ba_thesis\">Bachelor of Arts<\/span><\/h2>\n<h3><em>History and Functions of the Aeropagitic Senate<\/em> (1895)<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/chx\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/2017\/10\/thesis_pt1.pdf\">Part 1<\/a><br \/>\nCover note, cover page, contents, and bibliography. (5 pages)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/chx\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/2017\/10\/thesis_pt2.pdf\">Part 2<\/a><br \/>\nPages 4-13. (10 pages)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/chx\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/2017\/10\/thesis_pt3.pdf\">Part 3<\/a><br \/>\nPages 14-23. (10 pages)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/chx\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/2017\/10\/thesis_pt4.pdf\">Part 4<\/a><br \/>\nPages 24-33. (10 pages)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/chx\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/2017\/10\/thesis_pt5.pdf\">Part 5<\/a><br \/>\nPages 34-43. (10 pages)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/chx\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/2017\/10\/thesis_pt6.pdf\">Part 6<\/a><br \/>\nPages 44-53. (10 pages)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/chx\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/2017\/10\/thesis_pt7.pdf\">Part 7<\/a><br \/>\nPages 54-60. (7 pages)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<h2><span id=\"bls_thesis\">Bachelor of Library Science<\/span><\/h2>\n<h3><em>Founding a Public Library in Illinois<\/em> (1899)<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/chx\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/2017\/10\/bls_title.pdf\">Title Page and Table of Contents<\/a><br \/>\nCover note, cover page, and contents. (3 pages)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/chx\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/2017\/10\/bls_pre.pdf\">Preface<\/a><br \/>\nPages 2-3. (2 pages)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/chx\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/2017\/10\/bls_intro.pdf\">Introduction<\/a><br \/>\nPages 4-7. (4 pages)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/chx\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/2017\/10\/bls_lists.pdf\">List of Towns and Tables<\/a><br \/>\nPages 8-9. (2 pages)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/chx\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/2017\/10\/bls_ch1.pdf\">Chapter 1: Libraries in towns which had less than one thousand people when the library was founded<\/a><br \/>\nPages 10-25. (16 pages)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/chx\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/2017\/10\/bls_ch2.pdf\">Chapter 2: Libraries in towns which had from one thousand to twenty-five hundred people when the library was founded<\/a><br \/>\nPages 26-58. (33 pages)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/chx\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/2017\/10\/bls_ch3.pdf\">Chapter 3: Libraries in towns which had from twenty-five hundred to four thousand people when the library was founded<\/a><br \/>\nPages 59-78. (20 pages)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/chx\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/2017\/10\/bls_ch4.pdf\">Chapter 4: Libraries in towns which had from four thousand to sixty-five hundred people when the library was founded<\/a><br \/>\nPages 79-95 (includes handwritten note between p. 88-89). (18 pages)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/chx\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/2017\/10\/bls_ch5.pdf\">Chapter 5: Libraries in towns which had more than sixty-five hundred people when the library was founded<\/a><br \/>\nPages 96-107. (12 pages)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/chx\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/2017\/10\/bls_ch6.pdf\">Chapter 6: Libraries under the law for townships<\/a><br \/>\nPages 108-124. (17 pages)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/chx\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/2017\/10\/bls_ch7.pdf\">Chapter 7: Conclusions based on preceding chapters<\/a><br \/>\nPages 125-133. (9 pages)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/chx\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/2017\/10\/bls_map.pdf\">Map of Illinois<\/a><br \/>\nPage 134. (1 page)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bachelor of Arts History and Functions of the Aeropagitic Senate (1895) Part 1 Cover note, cover page, contents, and bibliography. (5 pages) Part 2 Pages 4-13. (10 pages) Part 3 Pages 14-23. (10 pages) Part 4 Pages 24-33. (10 pages) Part 5 Pages 34-43. (10 pages) Part 6 Pages 44-53. 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