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In 1857, the City Library Association was formed in Springfield in response to the 1851 Massachusetts Public Library Law, which authorized cities and towns to establish and maintain public libraries, as well as an 1855 petition by residents requesting funding for a library. [1] Prior to this, the Springfield Library Company ran a private ...
The construction of the first library was funded with a $50,000 contribution from Andrew Carnegie in 1903. It opened, as the Springfield Public Library, in 1905 with 700 books and an annual circulation of 8,657. [3] The building served as the main library for the Springfield Library-Greene County district until 1999.
The Indian Orchard Branch Library is a historic branch library at 44 Oak Street in Springfield, Massachusetts. The Classic Revival building was constructed in 1909 to a design by John W. Donohue, and was the first permanent branch library building in the Springfield public library system; it was funded in part by a grant from Andrew Carnegie. [2]
Springfield Public Library will be closed for two weeks while it completes the final phase of its remodel. Starting Monday, the library will remain closed, meaning no physical check-outs will be ...
"The main message we want to get across is that for our citizens in Springfield, we in the city government care about your health. We care about your safety. We care about your well-being," said ...
Gwendolyn Harrison started working at Lincoln Library in Springfield as a 16-year-old page. It is where she got her first professional job after earning her master's degree in library science ...
Springfield Library: 810 Highway 119 South, Springfield, GA 31329 Liberty County Hinesville Library: 236 West Memorial Drive, Hinesville, 31313 Midway-Riceboro Library: 9397 E. Oglethorpe Highway, Midway, GA 31320
Library, 1930s. The Central Library, constructed in 1913, was paid for by Andrew Carnegie. It is the second library to be built at that location. [1] Adult fiction and nonfiction are based in Rice Hall (named for William Rice), consisting of a main floor and mezzanine.