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Today the library's 20 locations include a Main Library, an innovative library for children and teens called ImaginOn, and a network of branch libraries throughout Mecklenburg County. Throughout the system, the library provides free and open access to its physical and electronic collections and information, as well as to its services for people ...
The Carolina Room was first included as a separate part of public library service in Charlotte in 1956, when a new Main Library building opened. The previous Carnegie Free Library did not have an appropriate space to store rare documents and books. The Carolina Room made it possible to create an archive within the Main Library. [2]
Library City or town Image Date granted [1] Grant amount [1] [2] Location Notes 1: Andrews Andrews: Apr 13, 1914: $5,000 Demolished in 1979 to make room for a new library. 2: Charlotte Charlotte: Mar 12, 1901: $40,000 310 N. Tryon St. Demolished in 1954. New library building opened on the same site in 1956 and a third in 1989. 3: Durham Durham ...
The Billy Graham Library is a public museum and library documenting the life and ministry of Christian evangelist Billy Graham. The 40,000-square-foot (3,700 m 2) complex [1] opened to the public on June 5, 2007. [2] The library is located on the grounds of the international headquarters of the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association in Charlotte ...
1903 – Charlotte Carnegie Public Library opens. [12]1905 Brevard Street Library for Negroes opens. Southern Power Company incorporated. [13]1908 – Union National Bank founded.
Rectifying a shameful history by erasing it. Wakestone was the mansion built in Raleigh for Josephus Daniels in the early 1920s as he was nearing the end of his tenure as U.S. Secretary of the Navy.
On June 16, 2021, the museum announced it would sell the downtown location and look for a new home. This news comes as the museum adds virtual activities such as the digital walking tour starting in August 2021. These changes come with the help of a $600,000 grant from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation. [3]
CMS claimed neutrality on Banned Books Week. Then, it told librarians not to celebrate it. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools tells staff not to ‘explicitly’ celebrate Banned Books Week