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the Wasser lot, 100 x 100, on the northeast corner of Buffalo and Osage, opposite the home of J. E. Raymond, who offered to pay for it, the cost also being $ 500. By a vote of 4 to 2 the board decided on the Viets lot because it was closer to the square, although inferior to the other location in some respects.
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Offices were in the county courthouse until being moved to the McMillan building on the south side of the square, over E. Beadle's Store, in the spring of 1901. Mrs. Eva Mitchell was chosen as the first librarian. At that time the library had 370 books, and the librarian received 50 cents per day for
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and Weir City had already taken such a step. In January 1898, Mrs. McKay, president of the Ladies Reading Club, appointed Mrs. Haldeman, Mrs. Griffin, Mrs. Smith, and Mrs. Wasser a committee to study the situation. A year later, January 21, 1899, representatives of the Ladies Reading Club, the Mutual
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Two lots were considered for the building of the Carnegie Library. The one chosen was the Viets lot, offered by Marion Coulter, who lived across the street to the south. The price of this 100 x 95 foot lot was $ 500, all of which had been pledged by residents of the neighborhood. The other lot was
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In 1882 there were over 500 books in the Public Library, and 95 new volumes had been ordered. Dr. G. A. Keyes was librarian, and kept the library in his office on the south side of the square, and John Randolph was president. It was open to members of the association at a cost of $ 1 per year. A
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on the condition that the city council would pledge maintenance. The city council acted promptly, and it was said that at a population of about 2,500, Girard was the smallest city in the world to have a Carnegie Library at that time. It was also rumored that Jane Addams was a friend of Andrew
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keeping it open from 2 to 9 P.M. on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays. Miss Blanche Warren became librarian in December, 1901, and served until 1936, by far the longest service of anyone who has held this post.
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In December 1871, the Girard Literary Institute and Library Association held a meeting. In 1875, the librarian of that organization published thanks to several individuals who had made valuable donations to the
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Improvement Club, and the Sunflower Club met with Mrs. Haldeman and formed the Federation of City Clubs. At another meeting exactly one week later the Federation organized the Girard Library Association.
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In 1884 John Randolph was chairman at a meeting held in the courthouse for the purpose of considering the establishment of a free library.
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In 1905, Lewis H. Phillips, an attorney, backed by the Commercial Club and other organizations, succeeded in obtaining $ 8,000 from
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festival was held that year for the benefit of the library. The same year mention was made of the A. O. U. W. (
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In 1889 a circulating library was being established in the Veatch Music Store by two college students.
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Library Association met at Crawfordsville, located approximately 5 miles west of present-day Girard.
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An expansion and addition to the original Carnegie building was made in 2002.
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Carnegie and may have had something to do with obtaining the money.
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Girard's Carnegie library was not the first library in the city.
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in 1987. It was the first free library in the city.
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Girard Public Library is located in Kansas
Girard Public Library is located in the United States
Girard, Kansas
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