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County Community Library Home > History |
• 1907-1910
• 1911-1915 • 1916-1920
• 1921-1925 • 1926-1930
• 1931-1935 • 1936-1940 •
1941-1945 •
(More to come!) |
| 1907
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| Librarian:
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Isabel Conklin |
| Borrowers: |
418 |
| County
borrowers: |
16 |
| Books: |
484 |
| Circulation: |
160 |
| Gifts: |
Unnamed donor - $10.00, Carnegie Corporation
of New York - $10,000.00 for new building |
| City
appropriation: |
$875.00 |
| Administration:
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Members of the first library board were Mrs.
H. L. Clark, Margaret Sinclair, Thos. Barker, F.E. Munroe, and
Mrs. B. Welton. Officers: C.J. McCormick, President; F.E. Munroe,
Secretary; Thos. Barker, Chairman, book committee. |
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Notes:
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The Ladysmith Carnegie library was the last
library in this area set up under a Carnegie grant according
to W.E. Thompson, who was instrumental in seeing that Ladysmith
got a free library. Before the new building was put up, the
library opened on Nov. 3, 1906 in a small frame building on
West Second Street, and it contained only a few magazines
and second-hand books.
Excavation was begun for the basement of the
new Carnegie library in August, 1907.
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| 1908
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| Librarian:
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Isabel Conklin |
| Borrowers: |
705 |
| County
borrowers: |
12 |
| Books: |
689 |
| Circulation: |
n/a |
| Gifts: |
$50.00 - J.W. Fritz, $25 - J. Vaughan |
| City
appropriation: |
$1,000.00 |
| Administration:
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Library board: President, Charles J. McCormick;
Secretary, F.E. Munroe, Chairman book committee, Thos. Barten,
Trustees: Mrs. Mary Welpton, Margaret Sinclair, Mrs. Theo. Thomas,
J.A. Michaelson |
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Notes:
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Books were donated by Mr. E. Hill, Mr. Munroe,
Mr. Newman, Mrs. Corbet and Mrs. Roberts. |
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| 1909
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| Librarian:
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Isabel Conklin |
| Borrowers: |
867 |
| County
borrowers: |
25 |
| Books: |
1032 |
| Circulation: |
9920 |
| Gifts: |
$50.00 - J.W. Fritz, $25 - J. Vaughan, $25.00
- S.J. Cardinal, $25.00 - E.M. Worden |
| City
appropriation: |
$1,000.00 |
| Administration: |
Trustees: F.E. Munroe, Mrs. B.J. Welpton, Margaret
Sinclair, C.J. McCormick, J.A. Michaelson, Mrs. T.M. Thomas
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| 1910
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| Librarian:
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Mabel Sinclair |
| Borrowers: |
1151 |
| County
borrowers: |
n/a |
| Books: |
1051 |
| Circulation: |
7270 |
| Gifts: |
n/a |
| City
appropriation: |
$1,000.00 |
| Administration:
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Trustees: Mrs. W. M. Walker, J. A. Michaelson,
Mrs. Margaret Sinclair, Mr. John Pederson, Mrs. T. M. Thomas,
Mr. F. E. Munroe, E. C. Gotham |
| Notes: |
The estimated population of Ladysmith at this
time was 2,700 |
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• History
> 1907-1910 • 1911-1915
• 1916-1920 • 1921-1925
• 1926-1930 • 1931-1935
• 1936-1940 •
• 1941-1945 •
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