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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.

This image shows the layout of the Lawrence Public when it first opened in the Carnegie building before it was renovated in 1937. On the left wing of the library is the reading room; on the right is the reference section. In the center is the…

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

A photograph of two women standing in front of the Lawrence Public Library Bookmobile.

A photograph of an architectural model of the Lawrence Public Library. The model shows the proposed library, a large one-story rectangular building with a flat roof. Its design features are typical of the New Formalism popular in the 1970s. The…

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

A photograph of the checkout desk of the New Library. A computer sits on the desk announcing due dates for books and in the background are the stacks.

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

A photograph of the media room of the Lawrence Public Library. Visible are several shelves holding CDs, DVDs, and VHS tapes organized by genre.

A record of the proceedings of
the literary society, Kansas Atheneum. The document describes the creation of an institution for the encouragement of literature and fine arts.

The constitution of the literary society, Kansas Atheneum.

A short notice in the Kansas Herald of Freedom that books have been sent to Lawrence for the collection of the Kansas Atheneum.

An article in the Kansas Herald of Freedom mentioning the Kansas Atheneum, the early literary society and library in Lawrence. The article makes reference to the Atheneum having "fallen into abeyance" with the recent turmoil in Lawrence and calls…

A short newspaper item announcing the new circulating library opened by J.S. Boughton in 1865.

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.

A short newspaper article reccounting the details of the first meeting of the Lawrence Library Association and the temporary appointment of officers.

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

The annual report, published in the Daily Kansas Tribune, of the first year of the Lawrence Library Association. The report recounts how the association was formed, its arrangments to puchase J.S. Boughton's library collection, and the advances that…

An advertisement in the Daily Kansas Tribune announcing a lecture by Ralph Waldo Emerson hosted by the Lawrence Library Association. The subject of the lecture is reported to be "The Man of the World," and the price of admission is 50 cents.

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

An advertisement in the Daily Kansas Tribune announcing a lecture by Professor Oscanyan, The Celebrated Turk. The subject of the lecture is reported to be "Domestic Life in Turkey," and the price of admission is 50 cents.