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The Westport Library is a public library in the town of Westport, Connecticut, established on February 4, 1886, by members of the Westport Reading-Room and Library Association. [ 2 ] : 132 Morris Ketchum Jesup , born in 1830 to a country doctor, [ 2 ] : 73 amassed a fortune in the railroad business and became the benefactor of the library ...
Westport is a town in Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States. Located in the Gold Coast along the Long Island Sound , it is 48 miles (77 km) northeast of New York City and is part of the Western Connecticut Planning Region .
New London Public Library; Norfolk Library (Connecticut) S. ... Westport Library This page was last edited on 11 October 2023, at 11:16 (UTC). ...
An exhibition marking the 70th anniversary of Hurricane Carol," put together by the Westport Historical Society, will be on display at the Westport Free Public Library from Feb. 3 to March 30, 2024.
The property is in both Norwalk and Westport, Connecticut, with about 15.5 acres (63,000 m 2) in Norwalk and 2.5 acres (10,000 m 2) in Westport. [1] The location was sometimes referred to as Westport, which has more theater than Norwalk. Lortel later donated much of her memorabilia to the Westport Public Library.
Westport Free Library circa 1910. The original Westport Library (whereabouts unknown) was destroyed by fire on New Year's Day of 1903, and in January an appeal was made by the Westport Borough Council to Andrew Carnegie for funds to rebuild the reading rooms and library. [1] [2]
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Boston Public Library: A Centennial History (Harvard University Press, 1956) Wiegand, Wayne A. Main Street Public Library: Community Places and Reading Spaces in the Rural Heartland, 1876–1956 (University of Iowa Press, 2011) Wiegand, Wayne A. A Part of Our Lives: A History of the American Public Library (Oxford University press, 2015).