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A postcard showing the first public library in Columbus, Indiana, the "Carnegie Public Library," which was dedicated in 1903. The building was demolished before the current building opened. In 1899 a library in the county first began occupying two rooms inside the original Columbus City Hall at the southwest corner of Fifth and Franklin Streets ...
Columbus Day, also called Indigenous Peoples Day, may be a federal holiday, but it's also one of the nation's most inconsistently celebrated days, according to Pew Research. Even though the event ...
Today the building houses the Purdue University Extension office, the Bartholomew County Health Department’s nursing program and the Women, Infants and Children program. In late 2013 the County paid an Indianapolis-based engineering and architectural firm, DLZ Indiana Inc., to study the cost of rehabilitating the building. [1]
The first books in the library were delivered by Harold Lusk, Chairman of the Library committee which established the Library delivered the Library's first books in his car! The reading room had 61 seats and was open from 7:45 a.m. to 9:50 p.m. Monday through Friday, 7:45 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. on Saturday and 2 p.m. to 9:50 p.m. on Sunday.
The Columbus Metropolitan Library reminds that all 23 of its branches are open as a place for people to escape the heat wave this week.
Approximately 29 states and Washington, D.C. do not celebrate Columbus Day. About 216 cities have renamed it or replaced it with Indigenous Peoples' Day, according to renamecolumbusday.org .
Many such collections are housed within the library's climate-controlled vault and are accessible upon request. The origins of the William and Gayle Cook Music Library began in 1918 and was cultivated by Charles Campbell, the head of Indiana University's Music Department. The collection grew from a few scores and books in Campbell's office into ...
Samantha Hendrickson, Columbus Dispatch May 7, 2024 at 6:02 AM The new Health Community Center at 1600 E. Long St. on Columbus' Near East Side will open Wednesday to help address the community's ...