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Lawrence Free Public Library's Rise to Modern Status
This historical account traces Lawrence Kansas from a small circulating library in 1866 to the Lawrence Free Public Library funded by Carnegie gifts. It details early leadership, building moves, key donors, and the 1904 Carnegie library opening, highlighting growth to 15 834 volumes, 5 000+ patrons, and a strong educational impact.
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Lawrence Free Library
Edward Raumgartner
The
State Historical Society
Lawrence
Athens
Kanse
J. S. Boughton
Hartman Building
Massachusets Street
George Leis
Massachusetts Street
Boughton
Samuel A. Riggs
L. J. Worden
W. H. F. Whitney
John S. Brown
Dudley C. Haskell
Richands Cordley
William A. Simpson
Edmund G. Ross
B. W. Woodward
Lorenzo J. Worden
William C. Tenny
John H. Wilder
Ripley W. Sparr
Helen Iserman
Heron M. Grisworth
Bayard Taylor
Russia
Association
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Theodore Tilton
Rhoda H. Trask
Griswold
George A. Banks
Trask
Mary F. Simpson
Simpson
S. Nellie G. Beatty
Peter K.emery
Andrew Carnegie
Emery
Carnegie
Charles P. Grosvenor
Vermont and
Warren Streets
A. L. Selig
A. J. Dicker
Clarence S.hall
P. E. Emery
Gordon Grovenor
F. M Bennett
J.D. Bowersock
Beatty
Theodore Poehler
L. H. Perkins
Lawrence Free Public Library