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Ventura County Library is a free public library system of 12 community libraries and a museum library in Ventura County, California, organized in 1916. [1] At the time of its centennial in 2016, the system provided access to 412,715 physical volumes and more than 500,000 virtual items to its nearly 300,000 card holders.
The Wright Building was donated to the Town of Duxbury by Georgianna Wright (1837–1919), an influential citizen of Duxbury and philanthropist. In 1890, Wright had donated her guest house to serve as the first Duxbury Free Library. The wooden building soon grew too cramped and by 1906, Wright decided to fund the construction of a new building.
Jefferson - Vassie D. Wright Memorial Branch Library is a branch library of the Los Angeles Public Library in the Jefferson Park neighborhood of Los Angeles, California.It was built in 1923 based on a Spanish Colonial Revival design by architect C.E. Noerenberg.
It's truly heartbreaking. How could this sweet girl not have a whole line of humans waiting around the block to bring her home? At 2 years old, she's over the hump of her puppy years.
The Lawrence Memorial Library in Springfield, Illinois, was designed by American architect Frank Lloyd Wright for client Susan Lawrence Dana in 1905. Wright had previously designed Dana's Springfield residence, now known as the Dana–Thomas House, in 1902. Dana commissioned the library for the West Room of the Rheuna D. Lawrence School. [1]
The Jackson Hinds Library System is set to receive $3.75 million in federal grant funds to help with the recovery of the Eudora Welty Library, the City of Jackson's downtown, flagship library.
The historic Central Library Goodhue building was constructed in 1925 and is a Downtown Los Angeles landmark. [5] The Central Library was designed by the architect Bertram Goodhue. [6] The Richard J. Riordan Central Library complex is the third largest public library in the United States in terms of book and periodical holdings.
The Wright, whose exhibits include Underground Railroad documents and letters from Malcolm X and Rosa Parks, also hosted memorial events for Parks and Aretha Franklin, who lay in state in the museum's rotunda in 2005 and 2018, respectively. Notably, The Wright is the current home of The National Museum of the Tuskegee Airmen. [3]