https://s3.amazonaws.com/omeka-lplks/original/ad994085be0d882163cef1bb90f3a7f4.pdf a8cd9cad30cbbf9222e64f9cfd5226ea PDF Text Text The Lawrence Tree P u b l i c L i b r a r y . Lawrence has a l w a y s been the Athens of Kansas, b e g i n n i n g she has had c i t i z e n s who and money to e s t a b l i s h and From the were g l a d to g i v e t h e i r support p u b l i c e d u c a t i o n a l time institutions, x l i i s i s w e l l i l l u s t r a t e d i n the development o f the e x c e l l e n t p u b l i c l i b r a r y which i s now in m a i n t a i n e d a t an expense of |4000,0C per the s p r i n g o f 1865, a circulating l i b r a r y was year, started by J . B. Boughton i n the Hartman b u i l d i n g , which stood a t 735 Massachusetts and Street. Mr, Boughton had about 41S0.00 worth of books l o a n e d them out a t t e n c s n t s a week, or f u r n i s h e d an e^nnual t i c k e t f o r ^.5,00. The movement was popular and many times the s h e l v e s were empty when the doors were c l o s e d i n the evening. Soon the need of a r e a d i n g room i n c o n n e c t i o n w i t h the c o l l e c t i o n of books was f e l t , s.nd i n December of the same y e a r l a r g e r were s e c u r e d and quarters the l i t t l e l i b r a r y moved t c rooms over the drug s t o r e of George L e i s , a t 740 M a s s a c h u s e t t s B t r e e t , Mr, but Boughton was t h o r o u g h l y i n l o v e w i t h the l i b r a r y i d e a , soon found t h a t he was not a b l e f i n a n c i a l l y to m a i n t a i n i n s t i t u t i o n a s he wanted the l i t t l e l i a r c h 7, 1866, c i t y to have. Accordingly, on he had a meeting c a l l e d a t the l i b r a r y rooms f o r the purpose o f o r g a n i s i n g a l i b r a r y a s s o c i a t i o n , z a t i o n was such an A preliminary organi- a f f e c t e d , a t e n t a t i v e c o n s t i t u t i o n was adopted, and f o l l o w i n g o f f i c e r s were e l e c t e d : the �P r e s i d e n t . Samuel A, Riggs. V i c e - P r e s i d e n t , L. J , Worden, S e c r e t a r y . J . s. T r e a s u r e r , W. Boughton, H. H. Whitney. A committee was a p p o i n t e d to secure members which were l i m i t e d to fifty. T h i s was done, and on March 2 0 t h , a m e e t i n g was h e l d a t which the c o n s t i t u t i o n was r e v i s e d and adopted, framing a permanent organization. On March 2 6 t h , an e l e c t i o n was h e l d and the following o f f i c e r s were e l e c t e d : P r e s i d e n t , Kev. John S. Brown. Vice-president, Samuel A. Riggs. R e c o r d i n g S e c r e t a r y , Dudley C. H a s k e l l . Corresponding S e c r e t a r y , Rev, T r e a s u r e r , W i l l i a m A. Richard Cordley. Simpson, Board o f D i r e c t o r s , Ddmund G. Roas, B, W. J . Worden, Rev. Woodward, Lorenzo W i l l i a m C. Tenny, John H. W i l d e r and Ripley liv, S p a r r . The new f i x t u r e s and charge of Mr, Boughton was F o l l o w i n g him. 1667, when she was employed a s librarian Miss Helen Iseiman acted as succeeded by Mrs, I n the summer of 18S6, on Eous;hton $600 f o r h i s l e a s e , the books he had accumulated, and a t once assumed the l i b r a r y , f o r a month. u n t i l May, o r g a n i z a t i o n p a i d Mr, Helen M. librarian Griswold. Bayard Taylor d e l i v e r e d a l e c t u r e " R u s s i a " under the a u s p i c e s of the a s s o c i a t i o n , and the proceeds, amounting t o "a c o n s i d e r a b l e of bocks. .sum of money" were u s e d i n the purchase The n e x t y e a r , Ralph Waldo Emerson and Theodore T i l t o n �3. were s e c u r e d to l e c t u r e i n Lawrence and the p r o c e e d s u s e d i n the same way. S t i l l , a s a l i b r a r y i s a l w a y s l i m i t e d o n l y by i t s a v a i l - a b l e f u n d s , the board o f d i r e c t o r s saw the need o f more books than c o u l d be s e c u r e d by these l e c t u r e s and from membership f e e s , and a p p o i n t e d a committee t o s o l i c i t d o n a t i o n s . Among the c o n t r i b u - t i o n s were t h i r t y s i x volumes by Mr, and Mrs. Kimmel, a l a r g e and v a l u a b l e c o l l e c t i o n by Rev. R. Huts and a number o f volumes by Governor and Mrs. C h a r l e s Robinson. L u r i n g the f i r s t ^ ^ g ^ t w o y e a r s o f the e x i s t e n c e o f the a s s o c i a t i o n , s e v e n t y - f i v e volumes were p u r c h a s e d and one hundred and f i f t y donated. I n F e b r u a r y , 1 8 7 1 , t h e r e were 15C0 volumes and f o r t y p a p e r s and magazines. I n September. 1 8 7 1 , t h e C i t y took over the l i b r a r y and a s h o r t time a f t e r w a r d i t was moved i n t o the Lawrence N a t i o n a l Bank b u i l d i n g a t the c o r n e r o f M a s s a c h u s e t t s and Seventh S t r e e t s , where i t o c c u p i e d t h r e e rooms on t h e second f l o o r . The l i b r a r i a n a t t h a t time was Mrs. Hhoda H. T r a s k , who had succeeded Mrs. G r i s w o l d ?/hen she was m a r r i e d t o Mr, George A. Banks i n September, 1870. Mrs, T r a s k r e s i g n e d i n 1885 and Mrs. Mary F. Simpson took up the work, WCA^ Mrs. Simpson was l i b r a r i a n f o r seventeen y e a r s . I n 1902, she succeeded by Mrs. N e l l i e G. B e a t t y , the p r e s e n t l i b r a r i a n , who i s a daughter o f Mrs. G r i s w o l d , the l i b r a r i a n o f h a l f a centircy ago. D u r i n g a l l o f these y e a r s , the l i b r a r y had been g r a d u a l l y i n c r e a s i n g i n s i z e and i n f l u e n c e . I t now p o s s e s s e d about 6C00 volumes. P a t r o n s p a i d one d o l l a r p e r y e a r f o r the use o f books, and,though t h e l i b r a r y was n o m i n a l l y under the c o n t r o l o f the c i t y c o u n c i l , the income �4. of the l i b r a r i a n depended p a r t l y upon the amount she r e c e i v e d from the s a l e of tickets. L i b r a r y s c i e n c e was d e v e l o p i n g r a p i d l y , and w h i l e Lawrence l i b r a r y had the s e r v e d i t s purpose w e l l , the time had come f o r i t t o adopt modern methods and i n f l u e n c e and u s e f u l n e s s t o enter a much l a r g e r f i e l d as a f r e e p u b l i c l i b r a r y . The man who was most a c t i v e i n promoting t h i s change was P e t e r L. Emery. f a m i l i a r w i t h the c o n d i t i o n s under which Andrew warnegie of Being was p r o v i d i n g funds f o r the e r e c t i o n of l i b r a r y b u i l d i n g s i n many c i t i e s over the c o u n t r y , Mr. iijnery, w i t h the c o - o p e r a t i o n c i t i z e n s , succeeded i n s e o i i r i n g the promise of Mr. of s e v e r a l Carnegie to donate $27,500 t o Lawrence f o r a l i b r a r y b u i l d i n g under the u s u a l requirements. T h i s n e c e s s i t a t e d the o r g a n i z a t i o n of a f r e e p u b l i c l i b r a r y under the s t a t e l a w , and a promise upon the p a r t o f C i t y government to p r o v i d e maintenance. Mrs. the a t l e a s t $2,750 each y e a r f o r i t s T h a r l e s P. Grosvenor donated two l o t s a t the c o r n e r o f Vermont and Warren s t r e e t s upon which to e r e c t the b u i l d i n g . The q u e s t i o n >jf e s t a b l i s h i n g and m a i n t a i n i n g l i b r a r y - J i d r e a a i n g room was s u b m i t t e a to the v o t e r s of the a t the e l e c t i o n h e l d A p r i l 7, 1905, majority. o f Mr. a free public City and was c a r r i e d by a l a r g e The c i t y c o u n c i l a c c o r d i n g l y voted to a c c e p t the donation C a r n e g i e , and proceeded to o r g a n i z e the l i b r a r y under the s t a t u t e s of the s t a t e . T h i s was tinder the a d m i n i s t r a t i o n Mayor A. L. S e l l g , S e l i g was Mr. of thoroughly i n accord w i t h the movement and was p e c u l i a r l y f o r t u n a t e i n the s e l e c t i o n of h i s board of d i r e c t o r s f o r the new library. T h i s board c o n s i s t e d of �7 5. J , R. G r i g g s , A, L. Cox. Gurdon Grovenor, f , M. A. J . D i c k e r , C l a r e n c e S, K a i l , P. E. Emery, B e n n e t t , J . D. Bowersook, Mrs. A. Henley. Edward Bumgardner, H a r r y Dick and W i l l i a m B r o m e l s i c k . w i t h the Mayor a s a member e x - o f f i c i o . These^ and t h e members who succeeded them, have a l w a y s been devoted w o r k e r s i n making a l i b r a r y t h a t i s o f r e a l s e r v i c e t o the people o f the city. The Carnegie b u i l d i n g was completed i n December, 1904, t h e books moved from the o l d l o c a t i o n , and the nev/ l i b r a r y was f o r m a l l y opened December 26, 1904, I n the meantime, Mrs, B e a t t y had been making a study of modern l i b r a r y s c i e n c e and bad commenced c a t a l o g i n g the bocks. From t h a t time to the p r e s e n t she h a s been a r e a l l i b r a r i a n i n e v e r y sense o f the term. but t o Mrs. Her a s s i s t a n t s have been competent and devoted, B e a t t y more than to any other one p e r s o n a r e the people of l,av7rence i n d e b t e d f o r the p e r f e c t i o n to which the l i b r a r y has attained. The f i r s t y e a r o f the new regime p r o v e d the p o p u l a r i t y o f the f r e e l i b r a r y over the o l d s u b s c r i p t i o n p l a n . At the o l d l i b r a r y , about 350 p e o p l e p u r c h a s e d annual t i c k e t s . During y e a r 1905, the the t i c k e t h o l d e r s numbered 2421, and the number of books c i r c u l a t e d was 50903. were 5798 volumes i n u s e . At the c l o s e of t h i s y e a r , t h e r e S i n c e t h a t time t h e r e h a s been a g r a d u a l but steady development of the l i b r a r y i n t o a genuine educational i n s t i t u t i o n . S i t u a t e d a s i t i s i n the c e n t e r of the c i t y , and c o n t i g u o u s to the t h r e e p r i n c i p a l school b u i l d i n g s , t h e c o n d i - t i o n s have been f a v o r a b l e f o r the growth of the l i b r a r y i n t o an ever �6. p r e s e n t h'=»lp to the p u b l i c s c h o o l s . There h a s been a steady g a i n i n the n o n - f i c t i o n c i r c u l a t i o n which shows the i n c r e a s e d c a p a c i t y of the l i b r a r y f o r h e l p i n study. To s c o r e s of the c i t i z e n s of Lawrence, the l i b r a r y i s i n d e b t e d f o r s e r v i c e s and d o n a t i o n s . The most v a l u a b l e g i f t s have been t h e l a r g e c o l l e c t i o n o f c h i l d r e n ' s books and German c o l l e c t i o n c o n s i s t i n g of 374 voliimes from Mrs. P o e h l e r , and Theodore the L. H. P e r k i n s Memorial Fund o f $1000, which produces $60 each y e a r f o r the p u r c h a s e o f books. Many o t h e r d o n a t i o n s a r e worthy of mention i f space would p e r m i t . l i b r a r y now the Tlie has 13,834 volumes, a r e g i s t r a t i o n of over 5CC0, and a c i r c u l a t i o n of more than t e n volumes f o r each t i c k e t h o l d e r . The books a r e c l a s s i f i e d , indexed and c a t a l o g u e d i n aocordaxice w i t h the most modern r u l e s . An a p p r o p r i a t i o n of about |25C per year p r o v i d e s the l i b r a r y w i t h the most v a l u a b l e c u r r e n t p e r i o d i c a l s , Lawrence h a s r e a s o n to be proud o f i t s up to date library. With a l a r g e c o l l e c t i o n of t h e l a t e s t r e f e r e n c e books, l a r g e and c o m f o r t a b l e r e a d i n g rooms and e v e r y f a c i l i t y demanded of such an i n s t i t u t i o n i n these days, the Lawrence Free P u b l i c L i b r a r y performs a s e r v i c e and e x e r t s an i n f l u e n c e f o r good t h a t cannot be o v e r estimated, ..Miartifesp««k»#n4^^^^^ � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource History of the Lawrence Public Library Subject The topic of the resource Libraries -- Kansas -- Douglas County Lawrence Public Library (Lawrence, Kan.) History -- Kansas Biography -- Kansas Description An account of the resource Resources related to the history of the Lawrence Public Library in Lawrence, Kansas. 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