Andrew Heiskell Braille and Talking Book Library

public library in Manhattan, New York, USA
Organization library_branch Q69968629
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Andrew Heiskell Braille and Talking Book Library

Summary

Andrew Heiskell Braille and Talking Book Library is a library branch[1]. It draws 6 Wikipedia views per month (library_branch category, ranking #7 of 12).[2]

Key Facts

  • Andrew Heiskell Braille and Talking Book Library is located in Manhattan[3].
  • Andrew Heiskell Braille and Talking Book Library is in the country of United States[4].
  • Andrew Heiskell Braille and Talking Book Library's image is recorded as Andrew Heiskell NYPL 40 W20 jeh.jpg[5].
  • Andrew Heiskell Braille and Talking Book Library's instance of is recorded as library branch[6].
  • Andrew Heiskell Braille and Talking Book Library's instance of is recorded as public library[7].
  • Andrew Heiskell Braille and Talking Book Library's instance of is recorded as library building[8].
  • Andrew Heiskell Braille and Talking Book Library's instance of is recorded as library for the blind[9].
  • Andrew Heiskell Braille and Talking Book Library's founder is recorded as Richard Randall Ferry[10].
  • Andrew Heiskell is named after Andrew Heiskell Braille and Talking Book Library[11].
  • Andrew Heiskell Braille and Talking Book Library's ISNI is recorded as 000000040524395X[12].
  • Andrew Heiskell Braille and Talking Book Library's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 135256887[13].
  • Andrew Heiskell Braille and Talking Book Library's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as no2008091989[14].
  • Andrew Heiskell Braille and Talking Book Library's location is recorded as St. Agnes Library[15].
  • Andrew Heiskell Braille and Talking Book Library's location is recorded as New York Public Library Main Branch[16].
  • Andrew Heiskell Braille and Talking Book Library's location is recorded as 58th Street Library[17].
  • Andrew Heiskell Braille and Talking Book Library's part of is recorded as New York Public Library Branch Libraries[18].
  • Andrew Heiskell Braille and Talking Book Library's part of is recorded as National Library Service for the Blind and Print Disabled[19].
  • Andrew Heiskell Braille and Talking Book Library's archives at is recorded as New York Public Library Main Branch[20].
  • +1895-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Andrew Heiskell Braille and Talking Book Library[21].
  • +1903-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Andrew Heiskell Braille and Talking Book Library[22].
  • +1991-12-12T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Andrew Heiskell Braille and Talking Book Library[23].
  • Andrew Heiskell Braille and Talking Book Library's coordinate location is recorded as {'globe': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2', 'altitude': None, 'latitude': 40.740374, 'longitude': -73.992644, 'precision': 1e-05}[24].
  • Andrew Heiskell Braille and Talking Book Library's parent organization or unit is recorded as New York Public Library[25].
  • Andrew Heiskell Braille and Talking Book Library's official website is recorded as https://www.nypl.org/locations/heiskell[26].
  • Andrew Heiskell Braille and Talking Book Library's described at URL is recorded as https://www.nypl.org/about/locations/heiskell[27].

Body

Founding

Andrew Heiskell Braille and Talking Book Library's founder is recorded as Richard Randall Ferry[10]. Recorded inception include +1895-00-00T00:00:00Z[21], +1903-00-00T00:00:00Z[22], and +1991-12-12T00:00:00Z[23].

Identity

Official names include New York Free Circulating Library for the Blind[28], Library for the Blind[29], Andrew Heiskell Library for the Blind and Physically Handicapped[30], and Andrew Heiskell Braille and Talking Book Library[31]. Part of include New York Public Library Branch Libraries[18], a library network[32], in United States[33] and National Library Service for the Blind and Print Disabled[19], a government organization[34], in United States[35], founded in 1931[36].

Operations

Andrew Heiskell Braille and Talking Book Library's parent organization or unit is recorded as New York Public Library[25].

Why It Matters

Andrew Heiskell Braille and Talking Book Library draws 6 Wikipedia views per month (library_branch category, ranking #7 of 12).[2]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . Public Library Outlet Data File, FY 2017. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] . Public Library Outlet Data File, FY 2017. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] . Public Library Outlet Data File, FY 2017. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [8] . wikidata.org.
  6. [9] . wikidata.org.
  7. [10] . nypl.org. nypl.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [3] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . nypl.org. nypl.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . nypl.org. nypl.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . nypl.org. nypl.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . nypl.org. nypl.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . Public Library Outlet Data File, FY 2017. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . archives.nypl.org. Retrieved . archives.nypl.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . nypl.org. nypl.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . nypl.org. nypl.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . nypl.org. nypl.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . Public Library Outlet Data File, FY 2017. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.
  26. [28] . nypl.org. Retrieved . nypl.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  27. [29] . nypl.org. Retrieved . nypl.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  28. [30] . nypl.org. Retrieved . nypl.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  29. [31] . nypl.org. Retrieved . nypl.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [32] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [33] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [34] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [35] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [36] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.

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