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On August 7, 1944 the library was designated as a County Library System, qualifying it for state funding. Now with proper government funds to support it, the library was officially named the Augusta Public Library. A $10,000 grant was allocated to renovating the old Academy Building, followed by a $100,000 bond referendum for library use.
[1] [2] A group of 49 library trustees and one librarian met for the first time on September 12, 1890, at the American Library Association meeting in the White Mountains. [3] [1] Nathan Hunt, the City Librarian of Manchester, was NHLA's first president, elected in 1891. [1] NHLA became a state chapter of the American Library Association in 1941 ...
The library's origins pre-date the United States: "The beginnings of the State Library were in 1717 and it is generally considered to be the oldest such institution in the United States." [3] Originally housed in Portsmouth, the state library has been located in Concord since 1808. [4]
In 2009, the Futurity hosted its 30th annual event. [3] Augusta hosts the Augusta Literary Festival on the first Saturday in March at the Augusta-Richmond County Library in downtown Augusta (823 Telfair Street). [4] Along with these annual events, downtown Augusta also hosts a monthly "First Friday" arts festival in the downtown Artist's Row ...
The Centre Harbor Village Historic District encompasses the historic village of Center Harbor, New Hampshire.It consists of a small cluster of properties located north of Plymouth Street and Main Street, as well as the Nichols Memorial Library (located just south of the junction of the two streets with Old Meredith Road), and the Kona Fountain, which is located in the center of that ...
County Name Address Columbia County Columbia County Library: 7022 Evans Town Center Blvd, Evans, GA 30809 Grovetown Library: 105 Old Wrighstboro Rd, Grovetown, GA 30813 Harlem Branch Library: 145 N Louisville St, Harlem, GA 30814 Burke County Burke County Library: 130 Highway 24 South, Waynesboro, GA 30830 Midville Branch Library
The Shedd-Porter Memorial Library, located at 3 Main Street, is the public library of Alstead, New Hampshire. The library building was a gift to the town from John Graves Shedd and Mary Roenna (Porter) Shedd, and is a Beaux Arts building built in 1910 to a design by William H. McLean and Albert H. Wright. [ 3 ]
The Portsmouth Athenæum is an independent membership library, gallery, and museum in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, United States.It preserves and provides access to an extensive collection of manuscripts, rare books, photographs, artworks and artifacts, and digital collections related to local history and genealogy, in addition to a circulating library for its membership.