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The Boise Public Library is a public library system in Boise, Idaho, ... an event space, and offices for Boise City Department of Arts and History. Groundbreaking was ...
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.
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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.
Boise's Carnegie Public Library opened in 1905 on Washington St. and remained at that site until the library moved in 1973. 1955 – Boise homosexuality scandal begins; 1957 – Boise Cascade headquartered in Boise; 1958 – Second public high school, Borah, opens; 1960 – Population: 34,481; 1964 – Bishop Kelly High School opens
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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