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JAN
11
Library, Earlham College, Richmond, Indiana, 1911
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JAN
11
LIB715798 Earlham has its roots in the Great Migration of Quakers from the eastern United States, especially from North Carolina, in the first half of the nineteenth century. A peculiarly Quaker combination of idealism and practicality drew them to the Northwest Territory. As Friends, those who came out of the South had found themselves increasingly uneasy living in a slave society. As small farmers, the abundance of cheap, fertile land made Ohio and Indiana magnets of migration.
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JAN
03
Morrison Reeve's Library, Richmond, Indiana, 1905
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JAN
03
LIB110797
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DEC
20
State Library, Richmond, Virginia
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DEC
20
[LIB674] Sorry, there is no reproduction of this postcard!
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NOV
17
1952 Public Library, Richmond Virginia
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NOV
17
[LIB0926] First and Franklin Streets. The Finance Committee of Richmond’s Common Council twice passed up Mr. Andrew Carnegie’s generous offers of financial assistance to establish a public library in Richmond. The first offer, of $100,000, in March 1901, made it as far as the selection of Trustees for the Library, a recommendation for a site for the proposed building and the sum of $22,000 to purchase it. After consideration, the Finance Committee rejected the recommendation. Mayor Carlton McCarthy tried again in 1906, at which time Mr. Carnegie was willing to double his original offer to $200,000. The matter again came to the Finance Committee, where it was “read and ordered to be received and filed.” No further action was taken. Individuals and community leaders in business, education and civic institutions had rallied to the Library, to no avail. They founded the Richmond Public Library Association in 1905 to advocate for a public library in Richmond
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MAR
20
1943 Library, Eastern Kentucky State Teachers College, Richmond KY
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MAR
20
Renamed Eastern Kentucky University.[LIB2426]
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OCT
21
State Library Building, RICHMOND VA
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OCT
21
[LIB1874]"This handsome public building was erected in 1895, though the South wing was added in 1909. The lower floors contain the court-room of the Supreme Court of Appeals, the law library and offices of various State Officials."
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MAY
19
1906 State Library RICHMOND VA
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MAY
19
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