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The library was named in honor of Gail Borden (November 9, 1801 – January 11, 1874), who in 1856 invented condensed milk.Gail Borden never lived in Elgin or donated any funds for the library which bears his name, but in 1892, his stepsons, Samuel and Alfred Church, residents of Elgin, purchased and donated the Scofield Mansion at 50 N. Spring Street to house the new library.
Created by a 1966 referendum in Streamwood, it currently has one main Streamwood facility and one Hanover Park branch. It serves 66,000 residents, though many of its towns are served only in-part by Poplar Creek, with other residents being patrons of the Schaumburg Township District Library , Gail Borden Public Library District , or the ...
In 1934, Minneapolis was awarded a $125,000 endowment from the Carnegie Corporation for four branch buildings. [10] By the mid-1950s, there were 25 branch libraries, and the bookmobile reached 1,300 families. [11] The Hennepin County Library board was established as a separate entity in 1965 as a building initiative to serve the rest of the county.
Gail Borden Public Library - Township Building [317] Evanston: 85 [319] Residents of The Mather, a senior living community, marched from their community to Fountain Square. Frankfort: 400 [320] Breidert Green Park Galesburg: 100 [321] lawn of the Knox County Courthouse Glen Ellyn: 1,000 [322] –2,000 [323] Lincoln Elementary School - Glenbard ...
The library was established in 1913 as a library association with the generous support of the Pine Bluff Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution. [2] In 2016 a flood affected the old library building. Another flood occurred in 2017 due to a faulty pump. [3] The new library opened in 2020 at a cost of $10,500,000. [6]
The Borden family owned the house in the late 19th century — the well-to-do businessman Andrew Borden, his second wife, Abby, Andrew’s daughters Emma and Lizzie, and live-in maid Bridget Sullivan.
The Arkansas Regional Library for the Blind and Print Disabled [6] is part of the Library of Congress National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped (NLS) network and the Arkansas State Library. Arkansas citizens unable to use regular print material may borrow popular books and magazines in recorded or Braille format free of ...
Gail Borden Jr. was born in Norwich, New York, on November 9, 1801, to Gail Borden Sr. (1777–1863), and Philadelphia (née Wheeler) Borden (1780–1828). [1] The family moved to Kennedy's Ferry, Kentucky (renamed as Covington in 1814). There, he learned the art of surveying while aiding his father in the surveying of what would become ...