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The firm of Misener & Lamkin operated a circulating library in Boise City in the 1860s. [6] The firm, later known as Brown & Lamkin and then as H.H. Lamkin, managed the library from a bookstore at the Boise City post office. [7] And a library operated at Fort Boise as early as 1867, but it was not a public library. [8]
The Boise Public Library began in 1895 when members of the Columbian Club opened a subscription library and reading room in Boise City Hall. [4] When Boise received a grant in 1904 to build a Carnegie library, local architects John E. Tourtellotte and Charles F. Hummel won the design contract, and the local firm of Michels & Weber received the construction contract.
For the Boise Public Library, officials changed its challenging policy to allow the board more time to consider challenged material so that it can comply with the 60-day deadline from the new law.
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The Carnegie Public Library in Boise was built for $25,000 in 1905. It was paid for by philanthropist Andrew Carnegie. The city and the Columbian Club, a women’s group, added $5,000 for furnishings.
Carnegie Libraries: Their History and Impact on American Public Library Development. Chicago: American Library Association. ISBN 0-8389-0022-4. Jones, Theodore (1997). Carnegie Libraries Across America. New York: John Wiley & Sons. ISBN 0-471-14422-3. Note: The above references, while all authoritative, are not entirely mutually consistent.
Idaho librarian June Meissner was closing up for the day at the downtown Boise Public Library when a man approached her asking for help. As an information services librarian, answering patrons ...