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An article in the Lawrence Journal-World about the space shortage in the Carnegie Library. The article features an image of three librarians sitting among piles of books. Pictured in the center of the image is Helen Osma, long time librarian.

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 HERE

A brochure outlining the needs of the library for renovation and the services that it will offer.

A brochure outlining the history and growth of the library, it's new needs, and the solution of constructing a new library building.

A photograph of Massachusetts Street showing businesses along the west side of the 700 block. The first building on the left is Geo. Leis Drugs, where the Lawrence City Library was housed from 1866 to 1873. The second building is a bookstore. The…

A small pamphlet outlining the By-Laws and Rules of the Lawrence Public Library in 1908

An early image of the Carnegie building that housed the Lawrence Public Library from 1904 to 1971. This picture shows the exterior of the building with minimal shrubbery and landscaping.

An image of the Carnegie building that housed the Lawrence Public Library from 1904-1971. This picture shows the exterior of the building with bare trees and shrubs. On the right foreground, a woman walks by.

An image of the Carnegie building that housed the Lawrence Public Library from 1904-1971. This picture shows the exterior of the building with grown trees and shrubs in summer foliage. On the far left, the back of a 1920s-era automobile is visible.

A catalogue of all the books in the library's collection in 1892, 84 pages

A photograph of a young boy searching through the card catalog at the children's department in the basement of the Carnegie Library.

This photograph shows two children, a boy and a girl, sitting on the floor among the stacks of the children's department. They are both holding stereoscopes and appear to be in the act of browsing through stereoscopic images.

A photograph of children gathered in the Children's Department in the basement of the Carnegie Library.

The photograph shows a group of children gathered by the librarian's desk in the basement children's department of the Carnegie Library. In the background are the stacks, with newly released books displayed all along the top of the shelves, some of…

A photograph of children reading in the basement children's department of the Carnegie library.

A photograph of a program at the children's department. There is a line of children holding puppets in front of a puppet theater, and a group of children seated in chairs facing them.

The photograph shows a young woman reading to children in the basement children's department of the Carnegie Library.

A librarian holds story time in the expanded children's room of the new libary. In the background the stacks are visible, decorated in a Halloween theme

A photograph of the circulation desk at the Carnegie building on the last day of service. Pictured is a librarian standing at the desk and the stacks in the background.

A photograph of the circulation desk at the Carnegie building on the last day of service. Pictured are two librarians; on the far wall is a sign that reads, "Model of New Library Building on the Balcony."

Opinion piece on the costs and benefits of accepting the conditions of the Carnegie grant for a new library building, namely that the city set aside an amount equaling 10% of the grant for the funding of the library. The article reports on the…

The constitution of the literary society, Kansas Atheneum.

Handwritten copy of a letter from Peter Emery on behalf of the Lawrence Public Library Board of Directors to Mrs. L.H. Perkins thanking her for the generosity of her husband in bequeathing $1000 to the library for the purpose of buying new books. …

A short piece in the Daily Kansas Tribune describing the book collection and Reading Room of the Lawrence Library Assocation.

Plans for the renovation of the Lawrence Public Library by Gould Evans Architects. It shows renderings of the library renovation design as well as floor plans and layouts.