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History of the Lawrence Public Library
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Libraries -- Kansas -- Douglas County
Lawrence Public Library (Lawrence, Kan.)
History -- Kansas
Biography -- Kansas
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Frazer's Hall, 59 Massachusetts St.
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History -- Kansas
Historic Buildings -- Kansas -- Douglas County
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An image of the Frazer's Hall, where the Lawrence Library Association held many of its lectures and entertainments, including the lectures of Ralph Waldo Emerson and Prof. L.L.A. Oscanyan. The image shows a drawing of Frazer's Hall and a list of the businesses housed there, notably S.O. Himoe & Co. Wholesale and Retail Druggists and Manufacturing Chemists
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Adams, J.O.
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Lawrence Photo Collection
Kenneth Spencer Research Library
University of Kansas (Lawrence, Kan.)
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Kenneth Spencer Research Library
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c. 1890-1910
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eng
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Douglas County (Kan.)
1890 -1910
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History of the Lawrence Public Library
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Libraries -- Kansas -- Douglas County
Lawrence Public Library (Lawrence, Kan.)
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Lawrence Public Library (Lawrence, Kan.)
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Brad Allen Oral History
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Libraries -- Kansas -- Douglas County
Lawrence Public Library (Lawrence, Kan.)
Oral Histories -- Kansas -- Douglas County
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Brad Allen, director of the Lawrence Public Library talks about his time in the library, the design decisions that went into the 2014 renovation, and the place of the library in the community of Lawrence and the world. Access <a href="https://archive.org/details/BradAllenLPLOralHistory2017" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"> HERE</a>
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Allen, Brad
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Lawrence Public Library (Lawrence, Kan.)
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2017-07-31
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Encarnacion, Gibette
Lawrence Public Library (Lawrence, Kan.)
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Published with the permission of Brad Allen. This work is the intellectual property of the Lawrence Public Library, Lawrence, Kansas. Permission is granted for this material to be shared for non-commercial, educational purposes, provided that this copyright statement appears on the reproduced materials and notice is given that the copying is by permission of the author. To disseminate otherwise or to republish requires written permission from the author.
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MP3
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eng
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Oral History
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BradAllenLPLOralHistory2017
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23:45.0
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Lawrence, Kan.
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History of the Lawrence Public Library
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Libraries -- Kansas -- Douglas County
Lawrence Public Library (Lawrence, Kan.)
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Biography -- Kansas
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Lawrence Public Library (Lawrence, Kan.)
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Massachusetts Street, looking south, 1868
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History -- Kansas
Historic Buildings -- Kansas -- Douglas County
Pioneer and Frontier Life -- Kansas
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A photograph of Massachusetts Street, looking south. The image shows a row of storefronts and businesses with carriages and people along the gravel road.
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Allen, George
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George Allen Photograph Collection
Kenneth Spencer Research Library
University of Kansas (Lawrence, Kan.)
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Kenneth Spencer Research Library
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1868
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See the Lawrence Photo Collection at the Spencer Research library for more photos of Mass st.
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TIFF
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eng
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Still Image
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KSRL_MassSt_RHPH_137A.12
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Douglas County (Kan.)
1868
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History of the Lawrence Public Library
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Libraries -- Kansas -- Douglas County
Lawrence Public Library (Lawrence, Kan.)
History -- Kansas
Biography -- Kansas
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Lawrence Public Library (Lawrence, Kan.)
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John Cotton Dana Publicity Award, 1969
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Libraries -- Kansas -- Douglas County
Lawrence Public Library (Lawrence, Kan.)
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An award the library received for the bond issue campaign to get funding for a new library.
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American Library Association
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Lawrence Public Library Historical Records
Lawrence Public Library (Lawrence, Kan.)
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Lawrence Public Library (Lawrence, Kan.)
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1969-06
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Lawrence Public Library (Lawrence, Kan.)
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TIFF
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eng
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Still Image
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LPL_PublicityAward_1969-06
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Douglas County (Kan.)
1969
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History of the Lawrence Public Library
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Libraries -- Kansas -- Douglas County
Lawrence Public Library (Lawrence, Kan.)
History -- Kansas
Biography -- Kansas
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Lawrence Public Library (Lawrence, Kan.)
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Letter to a Doctor Regarding Tuberculosis in the Library
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Libraries -- Kansas -- Douglas County
Lawrence Public Library (Lawrence, Kan.)
Tuberculosis -- Kansas -- Douglas County -- History
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A letter from the Library Committee to an unspecified doctor (probably a template to send to every doctor in Lawrence) asking that the library may be informed of any persons suffering from tuberculosis, in order to limit their exposure to the library and library materials. This is in following with Ordinance No. 162, passed by the city of Lawrence to control the spread of contagious diseases.
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Bennett, F.M.
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Lawrence Public Library Historical Records
Lawrence Public Library (Lawrence, Kan.)
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Lawrence Public Library (Lawrence, Kan.)
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1905-05-23
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eng
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Text
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LPL_LetterToDoctor_1905-05-23
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Douglas County (Kan.)
1905
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History of the Lawrence Public Library
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Libraries -- Kansas -- Douglas County
Lawrence Public Library (Lawrence, Kan.)
History -- Kansas
Biography -- Kansas
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Lawrence Public Library (Lawrence, Kan.)
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Advertisement for J.S. Boughton's Circulating Library, 1866
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Libraries -- Kansas -- Douglas County
Lawrence Public Library (Lawrence, Kan.)
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A page from the 1866 Lawrence City Directory and Business Guide that contains an advertisement for J.S. Boughton's circulating library and reading room, located over George Leis's Drugstore on 90 Massachussetts Street.
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Boughton, J.S. (Joseph), 1835-1906
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The Lawrence City Directory and Business Guide, for 1866
Helen Osma Local History Collection
Lawrence Public Library (Lawrence, Kan.)
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Boughton & McAllaster (Lawrence, Kan.)
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1866
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Boughton, J.S. (1835-1906)
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PDF
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eng
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Text
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LPL_CirculatingLibraryAd_1866_p.100
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Douglas County (Kan.)
1866
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The Daily Kansas Tribune (Lawrence, Kansas) · Thu, Mar 8, 1866 · Page 3
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History of the Lawrence Public Library
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Libraries -- Kansas -- Douglas County
Lawrence Public Library (Lawrence, Kan.)
History -- Kansas
Biography -- Kansas
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Lawrence Public Library (Lawrence, Kan.)
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First Meeting of the Lawrence Library Association, 1866
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Libraries -- Kansas -- Douglas County
Lawrence Public Library (Lawrence, Kan.)
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A short newspaper article reccounting the details of the first meeting of the Lawrence Library Association and the temporary appointment of officers.
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Brown, J.S.
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Newspapers.com
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The Daily Kansas Tribune (Lawrence, Kan.)
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1866-03-08
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Boughton, J.S. (Joseph), 1835-1906
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PDF
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eng
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Text
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DKT_FirstLLAMeeting_1866-03-08_p.3
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Douglas County (Kan.)
1866
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History of the Lawrence Public Library
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Libraries -- Kansas -- Douglas County
Lawrence Public Library (Lawrence, Kan.)
History -- Kansas
Biography -- Kansas
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Lawrence Public Library (Lawrence, Kan.)
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Letter Regarding Closure of the Library During Diphtheria Scare, 1906
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Libraries -- Kansas -- Douglas County
Lawrence Public Library (Lawrence, Kan.)
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A letter from Edward Bumgardner to the president of the Lawrence Public Library Board of Directors, J.R. Griggs, asking to convene a meeting for discussing the closing of the library during the diphtheria scare.
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Bumgardner, Edward
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Lawrence Public Library Historical Records
Lawrence Public Library (Lawrence, Kan.)
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Lawrence Public Library (Lawrence, Kan.)
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1906-09-24
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Bromelsick, W.
Keeler, J.A.
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TIFF
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eng
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Text
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LPL_DiphtheriaLetter_1906-09-24
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Douglas County (Kan.)
1906
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History of the Lawrence Public Library
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Libraries -- Kansas -- Douglas County
Lawrence Public Library (Lawrence, Kan.)
History -- Kansas
Biography -- Kansas
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Lawrence Public Library (Lawrence, Kan.)
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Letter Regarding the Reopening of the Library After Diphtheria Scare, 1906
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Libraries -- Kansas -- Douglas County
Lawrence Public Library (Lawrence, Kan.)
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A letter from Edward Bumgardner to the secretary of the Lawrence Public Library Board of Directors, C.S. Hall, asking to convene a meeting for discussing the reopening of the library after the passing of the diphtheria scare.
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Bumgardner, Edward
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Lawrence Public Library Historical Records
Lawrence Public Library (Lawrence, Kan.)
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Lawrence Public Library (Lawrence, Kan.)
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1906-09-29
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Keeler, J.A.
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TIFF
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eng
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Text
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LPL_DiphtheriaLetter_1906-09-29
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Douglas County (Kan.)
1906
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History of the Lawrence Public Library
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Libraries -- Kansas -- Douglas County
Lawrence Public Library (Lawrence, Kan.)
History -- Kansas
Biography -- Kansas
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Resources related to the history of the Lawrence Public Library in Lawrence, Kansas.
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Lawrence Public Library (Lawrence, Kan.)
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Memorandum of Disposal of Discarded Books
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Libraries -- Kansas -- Douglas County
Lawrence Public Library (Lawrence, Kan.)
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Bumgardner, Edward
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Lawrence Public Library Historical Records
Lawrence Public Library (Lawrence, Kan.)
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Lawrence Public Library (Lawrence, Kan.)
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c. 1903-1910
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Lawrence Public Library (Lawrence, Kan.)
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TIFF
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eng
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Text
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LPL_DiscardedBooks_1903-1910
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Douglas County (Kan.)
1903-1910
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The Lawrence Tree P u b l i c L i b r a r y .
Lawrence has a l w a y s been the Athens of Kansas,
b e g i n n i n g she has had
c i t i z e n s who
and money to e s t a b l i s h and
From the
were g l a d to g i v e t h e i r
support p u b l i c e d u c a t i o n a l
time
institutions,
x l i i s i s w e l l i l l u s t r a t e d i n the development o f the e x c e l l e n t p u b l i c
l i b r a r y which i s now
in
m a i n t a i n e d a t an expense of |4000,0C per
the s p r i n g o f 1865,
a circulating
l i b r a r y was
year,
started
by J . B. Boughton i n the Hartman b u i l d i n g , which stood a t 735 Massachusetts
and
Street.
Mr,
Boughton had about 41S0.00 worth of books
l o a n e d them out a t t e n c s n t s a week, or f u r n i s h e d an e^nnual
t i c k e t f o r ^.5,00.
The movement was popular and many times the
s h e l v e s were empty when the doors were c l o s e d i n the
evening.
Soon the need of a r e a d i n g room i n c o n n e c t i o n w i t h the c o l l e c t i o n
of books was
f e l t , s.nd i n December of the same y e a r l a r g e r
were s e c u r e d and
quarters
the l i t t l e l i b r a r y moved t c rooms over the drug s t o r e
of George L e i s , a t 740 M a s s a c h u s e t t s B t r e e t ,
Mr,
but
Boughton was
t h o r o u g h l y i n l o v e w i t h the l i b r a r y i d e a ,
soon found t h a t he was not a b l e f i n a n c i a l l y to m a i n t a i n
i n s t i t u t i o n a s he wanted the l i t t l e
l i a r c h 7, 1866,
c i t y to have.
Accordingly,
on
he had a meeting c a l l e d a t the l i b r a r y rooms f o r the
purpose o f o r g a n i s i n g a l i b r a r y a s s o c i a t i o n ,
z a t i o n was
such an
A preliminary
organi-
a f f e c t e d , a t e n t a t i v e c o n s t i t u t i o n was adopted, and
f o l l o w i n g o f f i c e r s were e l e c t e d :
the
�P r e s i d e n t . Samuel A,
Riggs.
V i c e - P r e s i d e n t , L. J , Worden,
S e c r e t a r y . J . s.
T r e a s u r e r , W.
Boughton,
H. H.
Whitney.
A committee was a p p o i n t e d to secure members which were l i m i t e d to
fifty.
T h i s was
done, and on March 2 0 t h , a m e e t i n g was h e l d a t
which the c o n s t i t u t i o n was
r e v i s e d and adopted, framing a permanent
organization.
On March 2 6 t h , an e l e c t i o n was h e l d and
the
following
o f f i c e r s were e l e c t e d :
P r e s i d e n t , Kev.
John S. Brown.
Vice-president,
Samuel A.
Riggs.
R e c o r d i n g S e c r e t a r y , Dudley C. H a s k e l l .
Corresponding S e c r e t a r y , Rev,
T r e a s u r e r , W i l l i a m A.
Richard
Cordley.
Simpson,
Board o f D i r e c t o r s , Ddmund G. Roas, B, W.
J . Worden, Rev.
Woodward, Lorenzo
W i l l i a m C. Tenny, John H. W i l d e r and
Ripley
liv, S p a r r .
The new
f i x t u r e s and
charge of
Mr,
Boughton was
F o l l o w i n g him.
1667,
when she was
employed a s
librarian
Miss Helen Iseiman acted as
succeeded by Mrs,
I n the summer of 18S6,
on
Eous;hton $600 f o r h i s l e a s e ,
the books he had accumulated, and a t once assumed
the l i b r a r y ,
f o r a month.
u n t i l May,
o r g a n i z a t i o n p a i d Mr,
Helen M.
librarian
Griswold.
Bayard Taylor d e l i v e r e d a l e c t u r e
" R u s s i a " under the a u s p i c e s of the a s s o c i a t i o n , and the proceeds,
amounting t o "a c o n s i d e r a b l e
of bocks.
.sum of money" were u s e d i n the purchase
The n e x t y e a r , Ralph Waldo Emerson and Theodore T i l t o n
�3.
were s e c u r e d to l e c t u r e i n Lawrence and the p r o c e e d s u s e d i n the
same way.
S t i l l , a s a l i b r a r y i s a l w a y s l i m i t e d o n l y by i t s a v a i l -
a b l e f u n d s , the board o f d i r e c t o r s saw the need o f more books than
c o u l d be s e c u r e d by these l e c t u r e s and from membership f e e s , and
a p p o i n t e d a committee t o s o l i c i t d o n a t i o n s .
Among the c o n t r i b u -
t i o n s were t h i r t y s i x volumes by Mr, and Mrs. Kimmel, a l a r g e and
v a l u a b l e c o l l e c t i o n by Rev. R. Huts and a number o f volumes by
Governor and Mrs. C h a r l e s Robinson.
L u r i n g the f i r s t ^ ^ g ^ t w o y e a r s o f the e x i s t e n c e o f the
a s s o c i a t i o n , s e v e n t y - f i v e volumes were p u r c h a s e d and one hundred
and f i f t y donated.
I n F e b r u a r y , 1 8 7 1 , t h e r e were 15C0 volumes and
f o r t y p a p e r s and magazines.
I n September. 1 8 7 1 , t h e C i t y took over the l i b r a r y and a
s h o r t time a f t e r w a r d i t was moved i n t o
the Lawrence N a t i o n a l Bank
b u i l d i n g a t the c o r n e r o f M a s s a c h u s e t t s and Seventh S t r e e t s , where
i t o c c u p i e d t h r e e rooms on t h e second f l o o r .
The l i b r a r i a n a t t h a t
time was Mrs. Hhoda H. T r a s k , who had succeeded Mrs. G r i s w o l d ?/hen
she
was m a r r i e d t o Mr, George A. Banks i n September, 1870.
Mrs, T r a s k r e s i g n e d i n 1885 and Mrs. Mary F. Simpson took up the
work,
WCA^
Mrs. Simpson was l i b r a r i a n f o r seventeen y e a r s .
I n 1902, she
succeeded by Mrs. N e l l i e G. B e a t t y , the p r e s e n t l i b r a r i a n , who i s a
daughter o f Mrs. G r i s w o l d , the l i b r a r i a n o f h a l f a centircy ago.
D u r i n g a l l o f these y e a r s , the l i b r a r y had been g r a d u a l l y
i n c r e a s i n g i n s i z e and i n f l u e n c e .
I t now p o s s e s s e d about 6C00 volumes.
P a t r o n s p a i d one d o l l a r p e r y e a r f o r the use o f books, and,though t h e
l i b r a r y was n o m i n a l l y under the c o n t r o l o f the c i t y c o u n c i l , the income
�4.
of the l i b r a r i a n depended p a r t l y upon the amount she r e c e i v e d from
the s a l e of
tickets.
L i b r a r y s c i e n c e was d e v e l o p i n g r a p i d l y , and w h i l e
Lawrence l i b r a r y had
the
s e r v e d i t s purpose w e l l , the time had come
f o r i t t o adopt modern methods and
i n f l u e n c e and u s e f u l n e s s
t o enter a much l a r g e r f i e l d
as a f r e e p u b l i c l i b r a r y .
The man
who
was most a c t i v e i n promoting t h i s change was P e t e r L. Emery.
f a m i l i a r w i t h the c o n d i t i o n s under which Andrew warnegie
of
Being
was
p r o v i d i n g funds f o r the e r e c t i o n of l i b r a r y b u i l d i n g s i n many c i t i e s
over the c o u n t r y , Mr.
iijnery, w i t h the c o - o p e r a t i o n
c i t i z e n s , succeeded i n s e o i i r i n g the promise of Mr.
of s e v e r a l
Carnegie to
donate $27,500 t o Lawrence f o r a l i b r a r y b u i l d i n g under the u s u a l
requirements.
T h i s n e c e s s i t a t e d the o r g a n i z a t i o n of a f r e e p u b l i c
l i b r a r y under the s t a t e l a w , and a promise upon the p a r t o f
C i t y government to p r o v i d e
maintenance.
Mrs.
the
a t l e a s t $2,750 each y e a r f o r i t s
T h a r l e s P. Grosvenor donated two l o t s a t
the
c o r n e r o f Vermont and Warren s t r e e t s upon which to e r e c t the b u i l d i n g .
The q u e s t i o n
>jf e s t a b l i s h i n g and m a i n t a i n i n g
l i b r a r y - J i d r e a a i n g room was
s u b m i t t e a to the v o t e r s of the
a t the e l e c t i o n h e l d A p r i l 7, 1905,
majority.
o f Mr.
a free public
City
and was c a r r i e d by a l a r g e
The c i t y c o u n c i l a c c o r d i n g l y voted to a c c e p t the donation
C a r n e g i e , and proceeded to o r g a n i z e
the l i b r a r y under the
s t a t u t e s of the s t a t e .
T h i s was tinder the a d m i n i s t r a t i o n
Mayor A. L. S e l l g ,
S e l i g was
Mr.
of
thoroughly i n accord w i t h
the
movement and was p e c u l i a r l y f o r t u n a t e i n the s e l e c t i o n of h i s board
of d i r e c t o r s f o r the new
library.
T h i s board c o n s i s t e d of
�7
5.
J , R. G r i g g s , A, L. Cox.
Gurdon Grovenor, f , M.
A. J . D i c k e r , C l a r e n c e S, K a i l , P. E. Emery,
B e n n e t t , J . D. Bowersook, Mrs. A. Henley.
Edward Bumgardner, H a r r y Dick and W i l l i a m B r o m e l s i c k . w i t h the
Mayor a s a member e x - o f f i c i o .
These^ and t h e members who
succeeded
them, have a l w a y s been devoted w o r k e r s i n making a l i b r a r y t h a t i s
o f r e a l s e r v i c e t o the people o f the
city.
The Carnegie b u i l d i n g was completed i n December,
1904,
t h e books moved from the o l d l o c a t i o n , and the nev/ l i b r a r y was f o r m a l l y
opened December 26,
1904,
I n the meantime, Mrs,
B e a t t y had been making a study of
modern l i b r a r y s c i e n c e and bad commenced c a t a l o g i n g the bocks.
From t h a t time to the p r e s e n t she h a s been a r e a l l i b r a r i a n i n e v e r y
sense o f the term.
but t o Mrs.
Her a s s i s t a n t s have been competent and
devoted,
B e a t t y more than to any other one p e r s o n a r e the people
of l,av7rence i n d e b t e d f o r the p e r f e c t i o n to which the l i b r a r y
has
attained.
The f i r s t y e a r o f the new
regime p r o v e d the p o p u l a r i t y
o f the f r e e l i b r a r y over the o l d s u b s c r i p t i o n p l a n .
At the o l d
l i b r a r y , about 350 p e o p l e p u r c h a s e d annual t i c k e t s .
During
y e a r 1905,
the
the t i c k e t h o l d e r s numbered 2421, and the number of
books c i r c u l a t e d was 50903.
were 5798 volumes i n u s e .
At the c l o s e of t h i s y e a r , t h e r e
S i n c e t h a t time t h e r e h a s been a
g r a d u a l but steady development of the l i b r a r y i n t o a genuine
educational i n s t i t u t i o n .
S i t u a t e d a s i t i s i n the c e n t e r of the c i t y ,
and c o n t i g u o u s to the t h r e e p r i n c i p a l
school b u i l d i n g s , t h e c o n d i -
t i o n s have been f a v o r a b l e f o r the growth of the l i b r a r y i n t o an ever
�6.
p r e s e n t h = l to the p u b l i c s c h o o l s .
'»p
There h a s been a steady g a i n
i n the n o n - f i c t i o n c i r c u l a t i o n which shows the i n c r e a s e d c a p a c i t y
of the l i b r a r y f o r h e l p i n study.
To s c o r e s of the c i t i z e n s of Lawrence, the l i b r a r y i s
i n d e b t e d f o r s e r v i c e s and d o n a t i o n s .
The most v a l u a b l e g i f t s
have been t h e l a r g e c o l l e c t i o n o f c h i l d r e n ' s books and
German c o l l e c t i o n c o n s i s t i n g of 374 voliimes from Mrs.
P o e h l e r , and
Theodore
the L. H. P e r k i n s Memorial Fund o f $1000, which
produces $60 each y e a r f o r the p u r c h a s e o f books.
Many o t h e r
d o n a t i o n s a r e worthy of mention i f space would p e r m i t .
l i b r a r y now
the
Tlie
has 13,834 volumes, a r e g i s t r a t i o n of over 5CC0, and
a c i r c u l a t i o n of more than t e n volumes f o r each t i c k e t h o l d e r .
The books a r e c l a s s i f i e d , indexed and c a t a l o g u e d i n aocordaxice w i t h
the most modern r u l e s .
An a p p r o p r i a t i o n of about |25C per
year
p r o v i d e s the l i b r a r y w i t h the most v a l u a b l e c u r r e n t p e r i o d i c a l s ,
Lawrence h a s r e a s o n to be proud o f i t s up to date
library.
With a l a r g e c o l l e c t i o n of t h e l a t e s t r e f e r e n c e books, l a r g e and
c o m f o r t a b l e r e a d i n g rooms and e v e r y f a c i l i t y demanded of such an
i n s t i t u t i o n i n these days, the Lawrence Free P u b l i c L i b r a r y
performs
a s e r v i c e and e x e r t s an i n f l u e n c e f o r good t h a t cannot be o v e r estimated,
..Miartifesp««k»#n4^^^^^
�
The Lawrence Tree P u b l i c L i b r a r y .
Lawrence has a l w a y s been the Athens of Kansas,
b e g i n n i n g she has had
c i t i z e n s who
and money to e s t a b l i s h and
From the
were g l a d to g i v e t h e i r
support p u b l i c e d u c a t i o n a l
time
institutions,
x l i i s i s w e l l i l l u s t r a t e d i n the development o f the e x c e l l e n t p u b l i c
l i b r a r y which i s now
in
m a i n t a i n e d a t an expense of |4000,0C per
the s p r i n g o f 1865,
a circulating
l i b r a r y was
year,
started
by J . B. Boughton i n the Hartman b u i l d i n g , which stood a t 735 Massachusetts
and
Street.
Mr,
Boughton had about 41S0.00 worth of books
l o a n e d them out a t t e n c s n t s a week, or f u r n i s h e d an e^nnual
t i c k e t f o r ^.5,00.
The movement was popular and many times the
s h e l v e s were empty when the doors were c l o s e d i n the
evening.
Soon the need of a r e a d i n g room i n c o n n e c t i o n w i t h the c o l l e c t i o n
of books was
f e l t , s.nd i n December of the same y e a r l a r g e r
were s e c u r e d and
quarters
the l i t t l e l i b r a r y moved t c rooms over the drug s t o r e
of George L e i s , a t 740 M a s s a c h u s e t t s B t r e e t ,
Mr,
but
Boughton was
t h o r o u g h l y i n l o v e w i t h the l i b r a r y i d e a ,
soon found t h a t he was not a b l e f i n a n c i a l l y to m a i n t a i n
i n s t i t u t i o n a s he wanted the l i t t l e
l i a r c h 7, 1866,
c i t y to have.
Accordingly,
on
he had a meeting c a l l e d a t the l i b r a r y rooms f o r the
purpose o f o r g a n i s i n g a l i b r a r y a s s o c i a t i o n ,
z a t i o n was
such an
A preliminary
organi-
a f f e c t e d , a t e n t a t i v e c o n s t i t u t i o n was adopted, and
f o l l o w i n g o f f i c e r s were e l e c t e d :
the
�P r e s i d e n t . Samuel A,
Riggs.
V i c e - P r e s i d e n t , L. J , Worden,
S e c r e t a r y . J . s.
T r e a s u r e r , W.
Boughton,
H. H.
Whitney.
A committee was a p p o i n t e d to secure members which were l i m i t e d to
fifty.
T h i s was
done, and on March 2 0 t h , a m e e t i n g was h e l d a t
which the c o n s t i t u t i o n was
r e v i s e d and adopted, framing a permanent
organization.
On March 2 6 t h , an e l e c t i o n was h e l d and
the
following
o f f i c e r s were e l e c t e d :
P r e s i d e n t , Kev.
John S. Brown.
Vice-president,
Samuel A.
Riggs.
R e c o r d i n g S e c r e t a r y , Dudley C. H a s k e l l .
Corresponding S e c r e t a r y , Rev,
T r e a s u r e r , W i l l i a m A.
Richard
Cordley.
Simpson,
Board o f D i r e c t o r s , Ddmund G. Roas, B, W.
J . Worden, Rev.
Woodward, Lorenzo
W i l l i a m C. Tenny, John H. W i l d e r and
Ripley
liv, S p a r r .
The new
f i x t u r e s and
charge of
Mr,
Boughton was
F o l l o w i n g him.
1667,
when she was
employed a s
librarian
Miss Helen Iseiman acted as
succeeded by Mrs,
I n the summer of 18S6,
on
Eous;hton $600 f o r h i s l e a s e ,
the books he had accumulated, and a t once assumed
the l i b r a r y ,
f o r a month.
u n t i l May,
o r g a n i z a t i o n p a i d Mr,
Helen M.
librarian
Griswold.
Bayard Taylor d e l i v e r e d a l e c t u r e
" R u s s i a " under the a u s p i c e s of the a s s o c i a t i o n , and the proceeds,
amounting t o "a c o n s i d e r a b l e
of bocks.
.sum of money" were u s e d i n the purchase
The n e x t y e a r , Ralph Waldo Emerson and Theodore T i l t o n
�3.
were s e c u r e d to l e c t u r e i n Lawrence and the p r o c e e d s u s e d i n the
same way.
S t i l l , a s a l i b r a r y i s a l w a y s l i m i t e d o n l y by i t s a v a i l -
a b l e f u n d s , the board o f d i r e c t o r s saw the need o f more books than
c o u l d be s e c u r e d by these l e c t u r e s and from membership f e e s , and
a p p o i n t e d a committee t o s o l i c i t d o n a t i o n s .
Among the c o n t r i b u -
t i o n s were t h i r t y s i x volumes by Mr, and Mrs. Kimmel, a l a r g e and
v a l u a b l e c o l l e c t i o n by Rev. R. Huts and a number o f volumes by
Governor and Mrs. C h a r l e s Robinson.
L u r i n g the f i r s t ^ ^ g ^ t w o y e a r s o f the e x i s t e n c e o f the
a s s o c i a t i o n , s e v e n t y - f i v e volumes were p u r c h a s e d and one hundred
and f i f t y donated.
I n F e b r u a r y , 1 8 7 1 , t h e r e were 15C0 volumes and
f o r t y p a p e r s and magazines.
I n September. 1 8 7 1 , t h e C i t y took over the l i b r a r y and a
s h o r t time a f t e r w a r d i t was moved i n t o
the Lawrence N a t i o n a l Bank
b u i l d i n g a t the c o r n e r o f M a s s a c h u s e t t s and Seventh S t r e e t s , where
i t o c c u p i e d t h r e e rooms on t h e second f l o o r .
The l i b r a r i a n a t t h a t
time was Mrs. Hhoda H. T r a s k , who had succeeded Mrs. G r i s w o l d ?/hen
she
was m a r r i e d t o Mr, George A. Banks i n September, 1870.
Mrs, T r a s k r e s i g n e d i n 1885 and Mrs. Mary F. Simpson took up the
work,
WCA^
Mrs. Simpson was l i b r a r i a n f o r seventeen y e a r s .
I n 1902, she
succeeded by Mrs. N e l l i e G. B e a t t y , the p r e s e n t l i b r a r i a n , who i s a
daughter o f Mrs. G r i s w o l d , the l i b r a r i a n o f h a l f a centircy ago.
D u r i n g a l l o f these y e a r s , the l i b r a r y had been g r a d u a l l y
i n c r e a s i n g i n s i z e and i n f l u e n c e .
I t now p o s s e s s e d about 6C00 volumes.
P a t r o n s p a i d one d o l l a r p e r y e a r f o r the use o f books, and,though t h e
l i b r a r y was n o m i n a l l y under the c o n t r o l o f the c i t y c o u n c i l , the income
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of the l i b r a r i a n depended p a r t l y upon the amount she r e c e i v e d from
the s a l e of
tickets.
L i b r a r y s c i e n c e was d e v e l o p i n g r a p i d l y , and w h i l e
Lawrence l i b r a r y had
the
s e r v e d i t s purpose w e l l , the time had come
f o r i t t o adopt modern methods and
i n f l u e n c e and u s e f u l n e s s
t o enter a much l a r g e r f i e l d
as a f r e e p u b l i c l i b r a r y .
The man
who
was most a c t i v e i n promoting t h i s change was P e t e r L. Emery.
f a m i l i a r w i t h the c o n d i t i o n s under which Andrew warnegie
of
Being
was
p r o v i d i n g funds f o r the e r e c t i o n of l i b r a r y b u i l d i n g s i n many c i t i e s
over the c o u n t r y , Mr.
iijnery, w i t h the c o - o p e r a t i o n
c i t i z e n s , succeeded i n s e o i i r i n g the promise of Mr.
of s e v e r a l
Carnegie to
donate $27,500 t o Lawrence f o r a l i b r a r y b u i l d i n g under the u s u a l
requirements.
T h i s n e c e s s i t a t e d the o r g a n i z a t i o n of a f r e e p u b l i c
l i b r a r y under the s t a t e l a w , and a promise upon the p a r t o f
C i t y government to p r o v i d e
maintenance.
Mrs.
the
a t l e a s t $2,750 each y e a r f o r i t s
T h a r l e s P. Grosvenor donated two l o t s a t
the
c o r n e r o f Vermont and Warren s t r e e t s upon which to e r e c t the b u i l d i n g .
The q u e s t i o n
>jf e s t a b l i s h i n g and m a i n t a i n i n g
l i b r a r y - J i d r e a a i n g room was
s u b m i t t e a to the v o t e r s of the
a t the e l e c t i o n h e l d A p r i l 7, 1905,
majority.
o f Mr.
a free public
City
and was c a r r i e d by a l a r g e
The c i t y c o u n c i l a c c o r d i n g l y voted to a c c e p t the donation
C a r n e g i e , and proceeded to o r g a n i z e
the l i b r a r y under the
s t a t u t e s of the s t a t e .
T h i s was tinder the a d m i n i s t r a t i o n
Mayor A. L. S e l l g ,
S e l i g was
Mr.
of
thoroughly i n accord w i t h
the
movement and was p e c u l i a r l y f o r t u n a t e i n the s e l e c t i o n of h i s board
of d i r e c t o r s f o r the new
library.
T h i s board c o n s i s t e d of
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J , R. G r i g g s , A, L. Cox.
Gurdon Grovenor, f , M.
A. J . D i c k e r , C l a r e n c e S, K a i l , P. E. Emery,
B e n n e t t , J . D. Bowersook, Mrs. A. Henley.
Edward Bumgardner, H a r r y Dick and W i l l i a m B r o m e l s i c k . w i t h the
Mayor a s a member e x - o f f i c i o .
These^ and t h e members who
succeeded
them, have a l w a y s been devoted w o r k e r s i n making a l i b r a r y t h a t i s
o f r e a l s e r v i c e t o the people o f the
city.
The Carnegie b u i l d i n g was completed i n December,
1904,
t h e books moved from the o l d l o c a t i o n , and the nev/ l i b r a r y was f o r m a l l y
opened December 26,
1904,
I n the meantime, Mrs,
B e a t t y had been making a study of
modern l i b r a r y s c i e n c e and bad commenced c a t a l o g i n g the bocks.
From t h a t time to the p r e s e n t she h a s been a r e a l l i b r a r i a n i n e v e r y
sense o f the term.
but t o Mrs.
Her a s s i s t a n t s have been competent and
devoted,
B e a t t y more than to any other one p e r s o n a r e the people
of l,av7rence i n d e b t e d f o r the p e r f e c t i o n to which the l i b r a r y
has
attained.
The f i r s t y e a r o f the new
regime p r o v e d the p o p u l a r i t y
o f the f r e e l i b r a r y over the o l d s u b s c r i p t i o n p l a n .
At the o l d
l i b r a r y , about 350 p e o p l e p u r c h a s e d annual t i c k e t s .
During
y e a r 1905,
the
the t i c k e t h o l d e r s numbered 2421, and the number of
books c i r c u l a t e d was 50903.
were 5798 volumes i n u s e .
At the c l o s e of t h i s y e a r , t h e r e
S i n c e t h a t time t h e r e h a s been a
g r a d u a l but steady development of the l i b r a r y i n t o a genuine
educational i n s t i t u t i o n .
S i t u a t e d a s i t i s i n the c e n t e r of the c i t y ,
and c o n t i g u o u s to the t h r e e p r i n c i p a l
school b u i l d i n g s , t h e c o n d i -
t i o n s have been f a v o r a b l e f o r the growth of the l i b r a r y i n t o an ever
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p r e s e n t h'=»lp to the p u b l i c s c h o o l s .
There h a s been a steady g a i n
i n the n o n - f i c t i o n c i r c u l a t i o n which shows the i n c r e a s e d c a p a c i t y
of the l i b r a r y f o r h e l p i n study.
To s c o r e s of the c i t i z e n s of Lawrence, the l i b r a r y i s
i n d e b t e d f o r s e r v i c e s and d o n a t i o n s .
The most v a l u a b l e g i f t s
have been t h e l a r g e c o l l e c t i o n o f c h i l d r e n ' s books and
German c o l l e c t i o n c o n s i s t i n g of 374 voliimes from Mrs.
P o e h l e r , and
Theodore
the L. H. P e r k i n s Memorial Fund o f $1000, which
produces $60 each y e a r f o r the p u r c h a s e o f books.
Many o t h e r
d o n a t i o n s a r e worthy of mention i f space would p e r m i t .
l i b r a r y now
the
Tlie
has 13,834 volumes, a r e g i s t r a t i o n of over 5CC0, and
a c i r c u l a t i o n of more than t e n volumes f o r each t i c k e t h o l d e r .
The books a r e c l a s s i f i e d , indexed and c a t a l o g u e d i n aocordaxice w i t h
the most modern r u l e s .
An a p p r o p r i a t i o n of about |25C per
year
p r o v i d e s the l i b r a r y w i t h the most v a l u a b l e c u r r e n t p e r i o d i c a l s ,
Lawrence h a s r e a s o n to be proud o f i t s up to date
library.
With a l a r g e c o l l e c t i o n of t h e l a t e s t r e f e r e n c e books, l a r g e and
c o m f o r t a b l e r e a d i n g rooms and e v e r y f a c i l i t y demanded of such an
i n s t i t u t i o n i n these days, the Lawrence Free P u b l i c L i b r a r y
performs
a s e r v i c e and e x e r t s an i n f l u e n c e f o r good t h a t cannot be o v e r estimated,
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History of the Lawrence Public Library
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A Librarian's Log
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Lawrence Public Library Annual Report, 1924
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Lawrence Public Library Annual Report, 1925
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The annual report for 1925. The report mentions improvements to the library, including a new coal bin, a rearrangement of the basement, and improved parking, as well as needed improvements, such as a better lighting system, additional catalog filing space and new typewriters.
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1925
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Lawrence Public Library Annual Report, 1926
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Lawrence Public Library Annual Report, 1927
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The annual report for 1927. The report mentions how the library has fared in competition with the radio, the motor car, and the movie.
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History of the Lawrence Public Library
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Short History of the Library by Lillian J. Constant
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A short history of the library from 1865 to about 1929, written by Lillian J. Constant, head librarian of the Lawrence Public Library
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Lawrence Public Library Annual Report, 1929
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The annual report for 1929. The report contains a brief history of the library, and the need for space in looking toward the future.
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Douglas County (Kan.)
1929