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Annual report of Lawrence Public Free Library for the year 1956. Includes expansion of the physical plant, book stock, circulation, and changes in registration. Report also mentions the growth of the library collection and the necessity of hiring…

Annual report of Lawrence Public Free Library for the year 1957. Includes book stock, circulation, and registration. The library started to provide magazines for patrons. The report mentions the growth of Lawrence and University of Kansas population…

Annual report of Lawrence Public Free Library for the year 1959. Includes book stock, expenses, circulation, and registration. The report includes a preoccupation with the dropping in circulation numbers since 1955 and a possible plan to increase…

Annual report of Lawrence Public Free Library for the year 1960. Improvements in the physical plant made the library more comfortable for patrons and the circulation number went up. Plans were made to experiment with the bookmobile services for two…

Annual report of Lawrence Public Free Library for the year 1961. The report mentions the rapid growth of Lawrence's population and physical improvements in the building. Funds, registration, circulation, and preoccupations for the physical space are…

Minutes of Lawrence Public Library board’s meetings for the year 1967. Includes financial reports, circulation, book stock, and registration. The minutes reported that Northeast Kansas Library System added funds to the library once Lawrence Public…

Minutes of Lawrence Public Library board's meetings for the year of 1968. The minutes include financial report, circulation, registration, book stock, salaries, and expenses.
Some repairs had to be made to the stairs and roof during this year.
A…

Minutes of Lawrence Public Library board's meetings for the year of 1969. Include financial report, circulation report, registration, book stock, salaries, and expenses.
By January 29th the chairman, Skipper Williams, reported to the board the…

Minutes of Lawrence Public Library board's meetings for the year of 1970. Financial report, circulation report, registration, book stock, salaries, and expenses.
Increases in the costs of construction were reported.
Due to the growing Lawrence…

Minutes of Lawrence Public Library board's meetings for the year of 1971. Financial report, circulation report, registration, book stock, salaries, and expenses.
The Secretary attached the next documents:
A letter from the architect's firm with…

Minutes of Lawrence Public Library board's meetings for the year of 1972. Includes report of finances and problems with the construction of the new building.

An installation schedule was included for the new location of the library.
The…

Fifty-eighth annual report of the Lawrence Free Public Library, year of 1962. It mentions some improvements in the building like staff parking spaces and the necessity to expand the adult shelves. Thelma Baker, head of adult services, and Edward…

Lawrence Free Public Library annual report for the year of 1963. A brochure with information for general distribution had been attached. The report includes numbers on circulation, budget, work at the library, and staff.

Lawrence Free Public Library annual report for the year of 1964. It includes information about circulation, book records, budget, and a brochure that was distributed in the community. Necessity for new facilities and the support of the city are…

Lawrence Free Public Library annual report for the year of 1965. The library implemented new services like book delivery for people confined in houses, interlibrary loans, and a desk for reference in the adult section. The need to upgrade the…

Lawrence Free Public Library annual report for the year of 1966. A survey was conducted by the State Library of Kansas showing that the building was inadequate to serve the population of the city. The Library assumed the responsibility as…

Lawrence Free Public Library annual report for the year of 1967. A copy of the report's brochure was attached. The Ballard Center received a loan of 600 books and organized a children's and young adult library staffed with volunteers. The facilities…

Lawrence Free Public Library annual report for the year of 1968. Copy of the report's brochure was attached. The library ceased its role as administrative librarian for Northeast Kansas libraries. Wayne Mayo resigned as NEKLS administrator. The…

Lawrence Free Public Library annual report for the year of 1969. The city gave instructions to plan for a new building. By February the architectural firm Robertson, Peters, Ericson & Williams was selected to design the new building. A site at 8th…

Lawrence Free Public Library annual report for the year of 1970. The library was awarded $ 120,000 for the John Cotton Dana award.
Due to problems with the acquisition of the land, the construction of the new building was postponed until 1972.…

Lawrence Free Public Library annual report for the year of 1971. The construction of the new building started in April at 707 Vermont. Information about circulation, registration, book stock, and budget was included.

Lawrence Public Library annual report for the year 1972. The most important topic of the report is the completion of the new building and the change-over during August. The report expressed how the services were expanded due to the use of meeting…

Minutes of the Lawrence Public Library's meetings for the year of 1933. Includes annual and regular meetings and cost of operation. A committee was formed to direct improvements in the building.

Minutes of the Lawrence Public Library's meetings for the year of 1934. Includes annual and regular meetings, cost of operation. Some repairs in the building were reported.

Minutes of the Lawrence Public Library's meetings for the year of 1935. Includes annual and regular meetings, cost of operation. The board advice that the library should not become a member of the American Library Association.