https://s3.amazonaws.com/omeka-lplks/original/6791d94f4b52d93cce5621e50341888c.pdf 7419a7bd7402fbbc5cc60efea56744eb PDF Text Text H e l l i e Griswold Beatty. E v e r y man, woman and c h i l d i n the c i t y o f Lawrence knows Mrs. N e l l i e G. B e a t t y . Being a n a t i v e daughter o f Kansas and o f Lawrence, and h a v i n g been d u r i n g the l a s t f i f t e e n years i n charge o f t h e p o p u l a r p u b l i c l i b r a r y , h e r name i s f a m i l i a r i n e v e r y home i n t h e c i t y . . Her p a r e n t s were Dr. J c F. G r i s w o l d and Helen Mary (Hewitt) Griswold. They were among t h e e a r l y s e t t l e r s o f t h e f r e e s t a t e town, and Doctor G r i s w o l d was one o f the v i c t i m s i n the inhuman massacre o f the Q u a n t r e l l r a i d . N e l l i e G r i s w o l d grew to womanhood i n Lawrence and attended t h e p u b l i c s c h o o l , t h e h i g h school and the S t a t e U n i v e r s i t y . I n c o l l e g e she was a member o f t h e Kappa Alpha T h e t a sorority. Down towm she was connected w i t h such o r g a n i z a t i o n s a s the F r i e n d s i n Co"uncil, t h e C o n g r e g a t i o n a l Church and the Order of the Eastern Star. She was m a r r i e d June 18, 1885 to W. H. B e a t t y . son, Jerome G r i s w o l d B e a t t y , h a s made an^,usual newspaper correspondent and short s t o r y w r i t e r . Their success a s a He i s a t p r e s e n t P u b l i c i t y D i r e c t o r o f t h e McClure F i l m C o r p o r a t i o n . H i s w i f e was Dorothea J a n e t McKnight. E v e r s i n c e t h e Carnegie Endowment and t h e o r g a n i z a t i o n o f t h e Lawrence F r e e P u b l i c L i b r a r y , Mrs. B e a t t y h a s been t h e �a. l i b r a r i a n i n charge, and she i s l a r g e l y r e s p o n s i b l e f o r i t s development i n t o a modern and h i g h l y e f f i c i e n t e d u c a t i o n a l institution. She took charge o f the c i t y l i b r a r y when i t was managed on the s u b s c r i p t i o n p l a n w i t h about 350 p a t r o n s ; f a c i l i t i e s f o r s e r v i c e have been i n c r e a s e d many times i n the new l i b r a r y , and t h e r e a r e now more than 5000 t i c k e t h o l d e r s . Even t h i s does not e x p r e s s the e x t e n t o f development t h a t has t a k e n p l a c e d u r i n g h e r admini s t r a t i o n , f o r the l i b r a r y i n i t s r e l a t i o n s h i p to t h e p u b l i c s c h o o l s , the u n i v e r s i t y , the V a r i o u s study c l u b s and the p u b l i c i n g e n e r a l , e x e r t s an i n f l u e n c e t h a t i s not to be measured by statistics. T h i s , Mr«, B e a t t y r e g a r d s a s h e r l i f e work, and she h e r s e l f t a k e s more p r i d e i n t h e h i g h s t a t u s t h a t the l i b r a r y h a s a t t a i n e d than i n any o t h e r achievement o f her l i f e , the mother o f Jerome B e a t t y . except i n being Her wisdom i n l i b r a r y m a t t e r s i s r e c o g n i z e d among l i b r a r i a n s , and she h a s a l w a y s stood h i g h i n the c o u n c i l s o f the S t a t e L i b r a r y A s s o c i a t i o n , and h a s s e r v e d a s i t s s e c r e t a r y f o r s e v e r a l y e a r s , and a s i t s p r e s i d e n t . � 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/. 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