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A full-page spread in the Lawrence Outlook regarding the proposed site for the new library building. It features several pictures of the area before the library was built.

A short article announcing receipt of the official offer from Andrew Carnegie of $25,000 toward the construction of a new library building

A short article in The Salina Evening Journal announcing the marriage of long-time head librarian Nellie Griswold Beatty to Sydney Palmer, of Hutchinson, Kan. The article includes a short bio on Nellie Griswold Beatty, including her involvement with…

A portrait of Edward Bumgardner, longtime member of the Lawrence Public Library Board of Directors and major donor and patron of the Lawrence Public Library. The photograph shows him at about 25 to 35 years of age, wearing a dark suit and polka dot…

Image shows the interior of the reading room of the Lawrence City Library in 1895. Two bookshelves stand on either side of a doorway through which a work table is visible. Four young men sit at the table perusing library materials. In the…

Image shows the exterior of the Lawrence National Bank on what now is 647 Massachussetts Street. From 1873-1904, the Lawrence City Library held three rooms in the first floor.

An oral history with Sherri Turner, assistant director of the Lawrence Public Library, where she talks about her time at the library since 1985. A former reference librarian, she discusses the way the library managed information before the time of…

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 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…

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

A photograph of the front door of the Carnegie building on the last day of service. Two librarians ate pictured, one holding a box and the other locking up the library for the last time.

A photograph of the workroom for the reference department taken on the last day of service at the Carnegie library.

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."

A photograph taken from the circulation desk at the Carnegie building on the last day of service.

A photograph of the reference department and art room of the Carnegie building on the last day of service. Pictured are some of the very few seats available for patrons in the library.

A photograph of the exterior of the new building of the Lawrence Public Library taken at its opening in 1972. On the left foreground is a sign reading "Lawrence Public Library" while on the background is the library, constructed of stucco and…

A photograph of the interior of the new building of the Lawrence Public Library. The image shows the entrance hall of the library, where a man is walking in and two women stand off to the side talking by one of two display stands.

A photograph of the interior of the new building of the Lawrence Public Library. The image shows the entrance hall where two display cases stand. Behind one of the display cases, two women stand in conversation.

A photograph showing a patron talking to two librarians in the reference desk. In the background are the stacks.

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 launching of the online catalog. On the foreground is a man wearing a t-shirt that reads on the back, "We're Online!" and shows a catalog entry for a Langston Hughes book. On the background is Bruce Flanders, library director at…