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The library was immediately very popular with the residents, issuing library cards to 1,700 patrons between January and April 1939. The first Salt Lake County Library Board was established a year earlier, in 1938, and members included Dr. C. N. Jensen, Dr. Calvin S. Smith, Alf G. Gunn and County Commissioner J. R. Rawlins.
Its temporary location was on the top floor of the Salt Lake City and County Building, and the collection consisted mainly of a stockpile of 11,910 books donated by the Pioneer Library Association. [3] The Pioneer Library Association also provided a librarian for the new library, Annie E. Chapman, for whom the current Chapman branch is now named.
The library's collection comprises over 500,000 books, subscriptions to over 60 newspapers and magazines, an expansive digital library with a variety of resources, 163 internet-capable computers. A notable item in the collection is a 19th century edition of John James Audubon's Birds of America, which was purchased by the library in 1903. The ...
A: ^ Owing to confusion from Old Colorado City's incorporation into Colorado Springs, Jones counts a library twice and reports this figure as 36.; B: ^ Bobinski and Miller do not list Gardiner as having received a full grant because its grant was to complete an unfinished building (noted in Anderson and Miller); Anderson and Jones include it.
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Salt Lake County is located in the U.S. state of Utah. As of the 2020 United States census , the population was 1,185,238, [ 1 ] making it the most populous county in Utah. Its county seat and largest city is Salt Lake City , the state capital . [ 2 ]
Magna (/ ˈ m æ ɡ n ə / MAG-nə) is a city in Salt Lake County, Utah, United States. The current population of the city stands at 29,251 according to the 2020 census , a 10.4% increase over 26,505 in 2010.
The Draper Branch of the Salt Lake County Library is located just south of the station (off 1130 East). Immediately south of the passenger platform (on the north side of East Pioneer Road) is an exhibit that includes an historic rail car and the history of Draper, particularly the history of egg production in the area.