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Lawrence Public Library Board meetings minutes for 1924. Includes committees, expenses reports, and repairs plans. The report of the librarian had been attached.

Lawrence Public Library Board meetings minutes for 1925. Includes salaries, committees, expenses reports, and repairs. Some modifications to the building are described.

Lawrence Public Library Board meetings minutes for 1926. Includes salaries, donations, committees, expenses reports, and repairs.
A new committee for the new year was formed.

Lawrence Public Library Board meetings minutes for 1927. Includes salaries, donations, committees. It mentions documentation had been interchanged between Washington and the Law department at KU about plans for changes in the building.

Lawrence Public Library Board meetings minutes for 1928. Includes salaries, donations, committees, expenses reports. Insurance recommendations for the building in case of tornados.

Lawrence Public Library Board meetings minutes for 1929. Includes salaries, donations, committees, expenses reports. The secretary wrote about the death of William Bromestick on February 16th. Mr. Finch requested that the library be closed for one…

Lawrence Public Library Board meetings minutes for 1930. Includes changes in the building, salaries, donations, and expenses reports. New members for the new year administration were designated. The librarian proposed a plan to open the library after…

Lawrence Public Library Board meetings minutes for 1931. The board recognized the work of Mr. A.L. Selig who was the mayor of Lawrence when the library was founded. The testament of Henry Moore is mentioned in the report which includes a piece of…

Lawrence Public Library Board meetings minutes for 1932. This report is divided in two in dfferent books. This one only contains 2 pages with salaries and cash collections for January 5th.

The annual report for 1905. The report outlines the work of the Lawrence Public Library during its first year in the Carnegie building.

The annual report for 1916. The report mentions the grant request from Carnegie for library expansions, building repairs, and the shortcomings of the reference section

The annual report for 1917. The report mentions the effect of WWI on the library, the denial of the Carnegie grant, and increasing congestion

The annual report for 1918. The report mentions the resignation of Nellie Griswold Beatty, later Palmer, as head librarian, an influenza outbreak that lowered library circulation, and the continuing effect of WWI

The annual report for 1919. The report mentions the new arrival of Lillian J. Constant from the University of Kansas library.

The annual report for 1920. The report mentions contributions made by library board president Mrs. Henley, the illness and death of librarian Virginia Edwards, and her succession by Lillian J. Constant

The annual report for 1921. The report mentions the growing library collection and the struggle to fit all the books in the building.

The annual report for 1922. The report mentions the new children's room donated by Mrs. Henley and staff changes

The annual report for 1924. The report mentions increased circulation, a growing collection, and exensive use of reference materials.

The annual report for 1925. The report mentions improvements to the library, including a new coal bin, a rearrangement of the basement, and improved parking, as well as needed improvements, such as a better lighting system, additional catalog filing…

The annual report for 1926. The report mentions improvements, including a new lighting system, a new typewriter, and better parking, as well as a dire need for more space

The annual report for 1927. The report mentions how the library has fared in competition with the radio, the motor car, and the movie.

The annual report for 1928. The report mentions improvements such as additional shelving and needed improvements, including better heating and a new typewriter for the catalog department.

The annual report for 1929. The report contains a brief history of the library, and the need for space in looking toward the future.

The annual report for 1930. The report mentions the work of the reference department and the library's role at the start of the Great Depression.

The annual report for 1931. The report mentions the library's role in the early days of the Great Depresion, the financial status of the library in troubled times, and the work of the reference department.