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The Woodstock Library is a branch of the Multnomah County Library in southeast Portland, Oregon, United States.The library's origins date back to 1908, when the people of the Woodstock neighborhood established a reading room at the Woodstock Fire Station, which soon became one of fifteen "deposit stations" (packing crates that turned into two-shelf bookcases and could hold up to 50 books each).
The first non-indigenous settler arrived around 1770, and the town of Woodstock was established in 1787. Later, territory from Woodstock was contributed to form the towns of Middletown (1789), Windham (1798), Shandaken (1804), and Olive (1853). [citation needed] Woodstock played host to numerous Hudson River School painters
In January 1901, the library allowed books to circulate for the first time. [5] The governance and operation of library has a circuitous history. On March 16, 1902, Portland's library became the first free library in the state paid for by taxes. [5] At that time it featured more than 38,000 volumes and 215 periodicals. [5]
Woodstock is a neighborhood located in inner southeast Portland, Oregon, United States.It is one of the city's oldest neighborhoods, platted in 1889. Notable buildings include the Woodstock Community Center, the Woodstock Library, and Woodstock School.
Mar. 28—Woodstock defined a generation. The Bethel Woods Center for the Arts has an initiative to preserve an oral history of the iconic moment. From Aug. 15-18, 1969, the Woodstock Music and ...
The L. P. Fisher Public Library, started in 1912 and completed in 1914, is a landmark in the town of Woodstock, New Brunswick, Canada.Named for Lewis Peter Fisher (1821-1905), a loyalist lawyer, mayor, and leading citizen of Woodstock who bequeathed $208,000 (a considerable sum in 1905) for local charitable purposes, including the construction of a free library.
"I have talked to people who attended Woodstock when they were 5, but the average age of people who were there was 18," said Neal V. Hitch, senior curator at the Museum at Bethel Woods. The museum ...
Samuel Trumbull's circulating library, Norwich [21] Pomfret. Social Library of Abington in Pomfret (est.1793) [2] United English Library for the Propagation of Christian and Useful Knowledge, Pomfret (1739–1805) [2] Saybrook. Library of Second Society, Saybrook (est.1795) [2] Southington. Union Library Society, Southington (1797–1847) [2 ...