Key dates
- 1893. "Book social" given by the People's Literary Society (November)
- 1893. City Council adopts resolution establishing a library (December )
- 1894. Library opens in McBean Building (February)
- 1902. Andrew Carnegie Foundation provides $20,000 for construction of new library building.
- 1903. Carnegie library opens on December 3.
- 1914. Library modernized with electric lighting.
- 1915. Fire in library offices causes $3,000 in damage; most of earliest library records destroyed.
- 1947. Death of Minnie Enger, who had worked at library for 30 years.
- 1949. Children's room opened as a memorial to Enger.
- 1969. New library opens to replace outmoded Carnegie building.
Other library history posts:
Alma Public Library. (1/15/2016)
Altoona Public Library. (1/16/2016)
Appleton Public Library. (1/17/2016)
Vaughn Public Library, Ashland. (1/18/2016)
Baraboo Public Library. (1/19/2016)
Boulder Junction Public Library. (1/20/2016)
Brillion Public Library. (1/22/2016)
Jane Morgan Memorial Library, Cambria. (1/24/2016)
Listed by year of legal establishment:
1888. Vaughn Public Library, Ashland
1891. Wisconsin Library Association established.
1894. Chippewa Falls Public Library.
1895. Baraboo Public Library
1897. Appleton Public Library
1917/1943(?). Cambria library/Jane Morgan Memorial Library
1959. Brillion Public Library
1960. Altoona Public Library
1977. Boulder Junction Community Library
1985. Alma Public Library
Altoona Public Library. (1/16/2016)
Appleton Public Library. (1/17/2016)
Vaughn Public Library, Ashland. (1/18/2016)
Baraboo Public Library. (1/19/2016)
Boulder Junction Public Library. (1/20/2016)
Brillion Public Library. (1/22/2016)
Jane Morgan Memorial Library, Cambria. (1/24/2016)
Listed by year of legal establishment:
1888. Vaughn Public Library, Ashland
1891. Wisconsin Library Association established.
1894. Chippewa Falls Public Library.
1895. Baraboo Public Library
1897. Appleton Public Library
1917/1943(?). Cambria library/Jane Morgan Memorial Library
1959. Brillion Public Library
1960. Altoona Public Library
1977. Boulder Junction Community Library
1985. Alma Public Library
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