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Annual report of Lawrence Public Free Library for the year 1955. Includes book stock, circulation, and registration. Donald Potter resigned as head librarian and LeRoy Fox replaced him. Helen Osma became assistant librarian. 1123 elementary students…

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…

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…

The annual report, published in the Daily Kansas Tribune, of the third year of the Lawrence Library Association. The report details that year's receipts and disbursements, book acquisitions, lectures, donations, and conditions of the reading room,…

A leaflet from the Lawrence Public Library Board of Directors asking the citizens of Lawrence to help the library purchase new books. With the construction of the new building and the transition to a free library, the leaflet explains, the library…

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…

An article announcing the marriage of Nellie Frances Griswold to Herbert Beatty. The article describes the wedding, which took place in the home of Nellie's mother Helen M. Banks and stepfather George A. Banks.

A typewritten bio on Nellie Griswold Beatty, head librarian of the Lawrence Public Library. The bio summarizes her early life as well as her work in the library, and was evidently written before she retired in 1918.

A bookmark urging people to vote yes on the new library bond issue. The bookmark shows a cartoon man holding up a sign that reads "For a Better Public Library."

An article reporting Lawrence Public Library efforts to send books overseas for American soldiers recovering in French hospitals.

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