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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.

A short history of the library from 1865 to about 1929, written by Lillian J. Constant, head librarian of the Lawrence Public Library

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.

The annual report for 1932. The Report mentions the role of the library during the Great Depression, and the library's financial standing.

The annual report for 1933. The report mentions the rates in which certain kinds of books are read, and the effect of the Great Depression on book circulation.

The annual report for 1934. The report mentions how the library is being used by the population and the library's involvement in the Douglas County Relief Program.

The annual report for 1935. The report mentions work on a picture file and Kansas scrapbook and the dire need for expansion.

The annual report for 1937. The report mentions the vast improvement of the building expansion for the work of the library.

The annual report for 1938. The report mentions the continuing work of the library and the delights of the renovated building.

The annual report for 1939. The report mentions the work of the reference department and the children's department.

The annual report for 1941. The report mentions the library's contribution to the war effort.

The annual report for 1942. The report mentions the Sunflower Ordnance Works and library conditions during war.

The annual report for 1945. The report mentions the services the library offers.

The annual report for 1946. The report mentions the library's work with University of Kansas students.

Postcard with a black and white photograph of the entrance arch to Haskell Institute on the front. Photograph depicts the entrance arch with campus buildings in the background. White border is around the entire photograph. On the bottom of the border…

Postcard with a black and white photograph of Central School on the front. Photograph shows the building's front and the side facing the street. At the bottom of the photograph "July 20th 08" is written in black ink. There is a white border at the…

Oral history interview with Gerald Cooley, who was the assistant city attorney for the City of Lawrence at the time the fair housing ordinance was passed in Lawrence in July 1967. This interview was conducted by Tom Arnold on October 12, 2016, as…

Portraits of four men shot down together during Quantrill's Raid, Dr. J.F. Griswold, H.W. Baker, Josiah C. Trask, and S.M. Thorpe, compiled for Richard Cordley's A History of Lawrence, Kansas (1895). The four men were lodging with their families in…

Herman Cox was a Merchant Marine during the Second World War. Interviewed by Pattie Johnston on March 15, 2007, Cox talked about his experiences, and how the Merchant Marine contributed to the war effort. Cox was born on August 23, 1927, in…