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A photograph of the exterior facade of the renovated library building, designed by Gould Evans.

A photograph of the exterior of the renovated library building, designed by Gould Evans. The photograph shows a large crowd gathered on the exterior plaza for a library event.

An article in the Lawrence Daily Journal-World reporting on an additional grant requested of Andrew Carnegie for necessary library renovations. The library requested $15,000 to make additions to the building as well as updates to the interior to…

A photograph of the workroom for the reference department taken on the last day of service at the Carnegie library.

A photograph of the reference department and art room of the Carnegie building on the last day of service. Pictured are some of the very few seats available for patrons in the library.

Portraits of four men shot down together during Quantrill's Raid, Dr. J.F. Griswold, H.W. Baker, Josiah C. Trask, and S.M. Thorpe, compiled for Richard Cordley's A History of Lawrence, Kansas (1895). The four men were lodging with their families in…

An article reporting that the city of Lawrence approved a bond issue of $19,250 for the expansion of the Carnegie library building. The Public Works Administration in Kansas agreed to allocate $15,750 in funds for the project, totaling $35,000.

A full-page spread in the Lawrence Outlook regarding the proposed site for the new library building. It features several pictures of the area before the library was built.

A poem, written possibly by head librarian Lillian Constant, dedicated to Eleanor Henley, president of the Lawrence Library Board. It tells of the many ways the library needs Mrs. Henley and eagerly awaits her return to it.

Image shows the exterior of the Lawrence National Bank on what now is 647 Massachussetts Street. From 1873-1904, the Lawrence City Library held three rooms in the first floor.

Image shows the interior of the reading room of the Lawrence City Library in 1895. Two bookshelves stand on either side of a doorway through which a work table is visible. Four young men sit at the table perusing library materials. In the…

A photograph of Peter Emery, who played a large part in securing a Carnegie grant for the construction of a new library building. The photograph shows him aged 55 to 70 wearing a fur hat and a light gray suit with a dark gray waistcoat and tie.

Oral history interview with Pattie Johnston, outreach coordinator at the Lawrence Public Library, where she talks about her experience of the library, starting with the Carnegie library, which she visited often as a child. She describes the…

A photograph of a woman reading to two children in the stacks of the Lawrence Public Library.

A mother with two young daughters look through the library stacks in search of books.

A photograph showing a patron talking to two librarians in the reference desk. In the background are the stacks.

The agreement between the Lawrence Public Library and Rowland & Stevenson for a subscription to a number of newspapers and magazines. The library paid $95.75 yearly for this subscription.

The text of a 1903 ordinance from Lawrence, Kansas, concerning an election to be held to vote on establishing and maintaining a free public library in the City of Lawrence.

A full-page spread in the Lawrence Journal-World regarding the space shortage in the Carnegie Library.

A short newspaper article announcing the Lawrence Library Association's purchase of J.S. Boughton's book collection and reading room furnishings.

An obituary in the Lawrence Daily Journal for Rhoda Trask, Quantrill's Raid widow and city librarian from 1870-1885.

An article giving further information of J.S. Boughton's death and funeral arrangements as well as a portrait of his life.