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Monday, June 10, 2013

Public Library, Easthampton, Massachusetts


[LIB9459] Still in use as a public library.

Emily Williston, widow of the late Samuel Williston, responded with a major gift of $16,000 to construct a new library. The building was designed by Boston architects Peabody and Stearns. On February 23, 1881 the building was opened to the public. [website]


Wednesday, June 5, 2013

Public Library, Monterey, California


[LIB9441] In 1906, the Monterey Library Association turned over its assets to the City of Monterey. With a piece of real estate donated by Mrs. A.M. Freitas and a building grant from Andrew Carnegie, the Monterey Public Library opened its doors at 425 Van Buren Street in 1911. The new library was designed by prolific California architect William Weeks, in the Mission Revival style, and was home for Monterey Public Library for the next 40 years. It featured separate reading rooms for adults and children and a basement smoking room with a fireplace for gentlemen only. On June 30, 1911, the Monterey Daily Cypress predicted that the new gentlemen's smoking room would be quite popular with laborers because the entrance was situated so that a fellow could drop in for a read and a smoke without having to dress up. Today, the Carnegie building, which has been expanded and remodeled, is home to the library for Monterey Institute of International Studies. [website]


Public Library, Detroit, Michigan


[LIB9439] Situated at Gratiot Avenue and Farmer Street, was built in 1875 and contains 200,000 volumes. It is conducted by a board, appointed by the Board of Education. [from the back of the card]

Tuesday, June 4, 2013

1919 Converse Memorial Library, Amherst College, Amherst, Massachusetts



[LIB9436] 1827: First printed Library catalog published.

Dayton Memorial Library, Regis College, Denver, Colorado


[LIB9435] - Maximum capacity of 150,000 volumes, the building seats 400 with a variety of cheerful, practical seating accommodations, including tables, carrels, independent study hall, group study and seminar rooms. Unique design of the library dominates panoramic view of campus. [from the back of the card]

Library, Mirror Lake Park, St. Petersburg, Florida


[LIB9434] - The St. Petersburg Public Library (also known as the Mirror Lake Library or Carnegie Library) is a Carnegie library built in 1915 in Beaux-Arts style. It is located in St. Petersburg, Florida (280 Fifth Street North). On June 13, 1986, it was added to the U.S. National Register of Historic Places.

Green Free Library, Wellsboro, Pennsylvania


[LIB9432] - The borough of Wellsboro was already more than 100 years old when the first effort was made to establish a free public library. In 1911, a local philanthropist, Charles Green of Roaring Branch, left a $50,000 trust with instructions to create the Green Free Library. Several years passed until Mary B. Robinson bequeathed Chester Place, the family home built in 1855 by her father, Chester Robinson. After extensive renovations to Chester Place, the new Green Free Library officially opened on January 26, 1917. [website]


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Monday, June 3, 2013

Library, Windsor, Connecticut


[LIB9389] An undated vintage postcard published by Elm City Pub. Co., New Haven, Connecticut

1959 The New Library, Hartford, Connecticut


[LIB9388] - The completion of the New Hartford Public Library is the culmination of a long history which dates back to 1774 when Hartford's first library, called the Hartford Library Company, was formed. In its 182 years of existence the Library has had a variety of locations.

1952 Reuben McMillan Free Library, Youngstown, Ohio


[LIB9386]

Vital Records 
Mahoning County was formed in 1846 by combining Austintown, Berlin, Boardman, Canfield, Coitsville, Ellsworth, Jackson, Milton, Poland and Youngstown townships from Trumbull County, and Beaver, Green, Goshen, Smith and Springfield townships from Columbiana County.

For vital records contact information, select from a county below:

Library, Radcliffe College, Cambridge, Massachusetts


[LIB9385] - Published by the Harvard Co-operative Society.