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Alden Public Library is located in Alden, Iowa, United States. The community's first library association was formed in 1882, and they acquired 225 books. The annual membership fee to use the library was $1. [2] It was discontinued within two years, and Alden's second library association was formed in 1885 by women in the community.
The front of the Alden Public Library. Alden is believed to have the smallest endowed Carnegie Library built in the United States. [13] It was built at a cost of $9,000, and was a gift from Andrew Carnegie on November 3, 1913. [14] The original Library was built in 1914 with the grant from the Carnegie Foundation. The Library was placed on the ...
March 17, 1981 (1012 Water St. Alden: 3: Carnegie-Ellsworth Public Library: Carnegie-Ellsworth Public Library: May 23, 1983 (520 Rocksylvania Ave. Iowa Falls
This library is the work of J.G. Ralston and was dedicated on February 23, 1906. It was the second library proposed for Waterloo and now houses offices for private attorneys. 98: Waverly: Waverly: Feb 20, 1903: $10,000 100 2nd Street SW This library was dedicated on January 1, 1905, and now houses city offices. 99: West Liberty West Liberty ...
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Marilla Waite Freeman (February 21, 1871 – October 29, 1961) was a prominent librarian known for her innovative ideas in library service. At the time of her retirement from the Cleveland Public Library in 1940, she was "one of the best known and most beloved librarians in the country."
According to James Wynne, Barton's library consisted of as many as 16,000 volumes, [7] though the Catalogue of the Barton Collection at the Boston Public Library suggests the collection numbered approximately 12,000 volumes at the time of its accession in 1873. [8] Detail of a letter from Thomas Pennant Barton to Thomas Rodd, dated May 13th, 1844.