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JAN
24
Carnegie Library, Marion, Iowa
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JAN
24
[LIB6101] - "We must and will have a public library in Marion," reiterated Adeliza Daniels, a leader in endeavors for improvements in the city in which she was born and lived a full life of 93 years. Through her efforts, the Marion Federation of Women's Clubs was organized in November, 1901, by the women of the city for the express purpose of getting a public library for Marion. She wrote to Andrew Carnegie for funds. When he donated $11,500, the Marion Carnegie Public Library was on its way. [Read more on the website]
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NOV
02
Public Library, Jefferson, Iowa
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NOV
02
[LIB2762] - The Jefferson Public Library was founded in 1901. A $10,000 grant from the Carnegie Foundation in 1903 enabled the city to construct the existing library building. In 1967, a new addition was built to house the growing collections. Renovations completed in 1990 made the library handicapped accessible. The Galaxy Automation System, which computerized the card catalog and circulation functions of the library, was installed in 1995. [Website]
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NOV
01
Post Library, Schick General Hospital, Clinton, Iowa
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NOV
01
[LIB2753] - Amazing by today's standards, Clinton's bustling Schick Hospital was built in less than a year on about 100 acres of former farmland and the city's old Root Park. It emerged at a cost of about $2.5 million, well under its initial budget, with "first-class" everything, said Jone Trumpeter of rural Clinton, who recently published a book of newspaper clippings about the Schick Hospital era. "It had a gymnasium, a theater, an Olympic-sized swimming pool," she said. "There were maybe 62 or 63 buildings." [Website]
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SEP
26
1907 Public Library, Davenport, Iowa
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SEP
26
[LIB2537] - Davenport Public Library’s Richardson-Sloane Special Collections Center has extensive local history and genealogy research collections. Collections include 23,000 books, 18,000 rolls of microfilm, 75,000 photographic images and 2,000 linear feet of archive and manuscript collections. The Center also serves as the archives for the City of Davenport. Follow the “Collections” link on the left (or click here) for details about these materials. [Visit the website for more information] Davenport, Iowa, as seen from south west by davidrumseyBecome a graphic design affiliate at zazzle.com
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JUL
18
1909 Public Library, Marshalltown, Iowa
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JUL
18
[LIB2346] The Marshalltown Public library was established as a free municipal library in 1898. It moved to the building at 36 N. Center Street in 1902 after Andrew Carnegie donated $30,000 for the construction of a new library building. The Leise Addition, just west of the original Carnegie building, was added in 1975. The library's current building, at 105 West Boone Street, was completed in December 2008. [Website] Marshalltown, a pictorial history
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JUN
06
Public Library, Oskaloosa, Iowa
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JUN
06
[LIB1903] The Oskaloosa Public Library opened its doors in 1903. The Oskaloosa Women's Club spearheaded the drive to create a public library for the community. The Carnegie Foundation donated $20,000 for the library's construction, and the library's first book collection came from the YMCA library (which had had a members-only library). [Website] Oskaloosa by laurenahenley customize stamp designs on zazzle.com
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MAY
10
1914 Library and Training School, I.S.T.C. Cedar Falls, Iowa
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MAY
10
[LIB1652] Currently University of Northern Iowa. US Postage Stamp - Cedar Falls, Iowa by gregoryolney2Browse other Us Postage
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MAY
07
1909 Iowa Masonic Library, Cedar Rapids, Iowa
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MAY
07
[LIB1638] The cornerstone for this building was laid with impressive ceremonies on May 7, 1884. For a more comprehensive history of this library click here.
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MAR
24
P.E.O. Memorial Library, Iowa Wesleyan College, Mt. Pleasant, Iowa
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MAR
24
[LIB1243] The Iowa Wesleyan College Archives contain Iowa Wesleyan catalogs; yearbooks; alumni bulletins; alumni directories; information on buildings, presidents, faculty, some alumni, recipients of honorary degrees, student activities and organizations, the Harlan-Lincoln tradition, P.E.O., photographic material. The Archives also include the C.S. Rogers Collection of Henry County newspapers; the Earl Newsom Collection of John Edward Newsom and Emma Day Newsom letters and papers (1876- 1930’s) related to Iowa Wesleyan, Methodism in Iowa and elsewhere, and pioneer missionary work in India; and a small collection of Mt. Pleasant and Henry County, Iowa, material. Website [http://chadwick.iwc.edu]
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FEB
11
Library, Red Oak, Iowa 1927
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FEB
11
Library, Red Oak, Iowa 1927 Vintage by markomundocolor post card printing from zazzle.com
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FEB
09
1955 Iowa Masonic Library, Cedar Rapids, Iowa
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FEB
09
[LIB893] Sorry, this item is not available as a reproduction.
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FEB
07
Library, Storm Lake, Iowa
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FEB
07
[LIB872] Click on the image to order a reproduction of this postcard!
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OCT
25
Public Library, Sibley, Iowa
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OCT
25
[LIB0451] Click on the image to order a reproduction of this postcard!
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OCT
13
1906 Public Library, Nevada, Iowa
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OCT
13
[LIB0378] The first Nevada library was started in 1876, and was housed in the supervisor’s room at the courthouse, where 300 to 400 books were filed. In 1884, the library with its growing inventory was moved to rooms adjacent to City Hall. In 1893, talk began of increasing the facilities of the City Public Library and to provide a reading room. Thus was born the Nevada Public Library and Reading Room Association. In July 1894, it was voted to install electric lights in the library, and by July 1896, increased interest in the reading room was reported, showing that 2,500 people had taken advantage of the reading room privilege during the year. Talk began of the need for library expansion. [Website] Pictures from the Past The City of Nevada, Iowa, and Surrounding "Suburbs"
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SEP
29
1908 Morgan Everts Library, Clarion, Iowa
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SEP
29
[LIB0347] - Clarion Public Library - In February, 1907, the city. voted through its council, to accept the generous offer of Morgan Everts, then of California, but for many years counted one of the pioneers of Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa, to raise a fund of five thousand dollars, after which said Everts would donate ten thousand dollars more toward erecting and maintaining a public library to be known as the "Morgan, Everts Library." The city voted on this question on March 2, 1907, and the measure carried. Read more here.
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SEP
29
Drake Free Public Library, Centerville, Iowa
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SEP
29
[LIB0344] - The Drake gift proposal was formalized by an April 9, 1901 letter to 'The Honorable Mayor and the City Council of Centerville, Iowa. Therein the Ex-Governor officially announced his intentions to give the Library to the city. His statement read as per follows: "The undersigned having long recognized the beneficial influence of education on the moral and intellectual development of people, as well as their happiness and welfare, and believing that no greater good can come to the people of the city of Centerville than through the influence of a well equipped and permanent free public library, and desiring at this time of my life to show the love for the city in which I have lived so long and to evince my earnest desire for its future good, I have decided to make the city, through its common council, the following proposition for the establishment and maintenance of a free public library for said city and its people." Read more here.
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AUG
16
1910 Iowa Masonic Library, Cedar Rapids, IA
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AUG
16
[LIB0147] - "It has been suggested to me that if a certain amount of the funds of the Grand Lodge should be set apart each year, for the purpose of procuring books for the Grand Lodge, a very respectable Masonic Library might thus be collected without the amount expended being felt by the Grand Lodge. This seems to me a subject worthy of your consideration." The foregoing paragraph, which was our first official pronouncement on the subject of a Grand Lodge Library, is taken from the address of Oliver Cock, Most Worshipful Grand Master of Masons in Iowa (then still a Territory), at the second Annual Communication, opening at Iowa City on January 6, 1845. (In the Proceedings for 1850 we find that the above suggestion came from our first Grand Secretary, Theodore S. Parvin.) - Read more here.
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OCT
27
1907 Public Library, Jefferson, Iowa
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OCT
27
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SEP
08
Another one bites the dust...
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SEP
08
Thanks to Edith OSB by way of Flickr, this report about the demolished Carnegie Library in Stuart, Iowa:"The small town of Stuart, Iowa was on the list of Carnegie Libraries in Iowa. I had the address written down, but could not locate the library in the near-dusk when I arrived. When I went back the next morning, I discovered why: the original Carnegie Library building had been torn down, and was now a construction site." [You can read the rest of the story here]
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AUG
27
Public Library, Clinton, Iowa
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AUG
27
[LIB3657]After the voters approved the establishment of a free public library on March 31, 1902, the library organization ordinance was passed by the City Council at its regular meeting on May 13, 1902. On May 23, 1902, Mayor E. A. Hughes' nominees to the first Library Board of Trustees were approved by City Council. The land where the library is currently located was donated to the city by Emma Lamb Young. Ground was broken on June 24, 1903 and construction was completed one year later in June 1904. The day Theodore Roosevelt was elected to his second term, the library opened its doors to the public for the grand showing. On November 9, the library allowed the public to check out books. [Thanks to the Clinton Public Library /www.clinton.lib.ia.us!]
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AUG
21
Public Library, Sioux City, Iowa
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AUG
21
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JUL
07
1915 Public Library, Marshalltown, Iowa
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JUL
07
[LIB3577]The Marshalltown Public library was established as a free municipal library in 1898. It moved to the building at 36 N. Center Street in 1902 after Andrew Carnegie donated $30,000 for the construction of a new library building. The Leise Addition, just west of the original Carnegie building, was added in 1975. The library's current building, at 105 West Boone Street, was completed in December 2008.
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JUL
02
Carnegie Library, Spencer, Iowa
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JUL
02
[LIB3569]A newer library has replaced the original Carnegie Library.
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JUL
02
Homuth Memorial Library, Wartburg College, Waverly, IA
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JUL
02
[LIB3563]Thanks to Cataloger/Archivist Pam Madden, Vogel Library, Wartburg College for this updated information:The library was named Homuth Memorial Library in appreciation of a $100,000 gift from the Elmer E. Homuth family of Fond Du Lac, Wisconsin. The Homuth family had been friends of the college for many years as well as supporting it through their financial gifts. The architects were C. Woodburn & O’Neill of Des Moines, Iowa who were the campus architects. The library was dedicated on May 28, 1959. The cost of the building including furnishings was $293,000 and the building was approximately 17,000 square feet. It was the first time in the history of Wartburg College that the library had its own home.
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