| Elk
City Carnegie Library |
| From
Oklahoma Libraries 1900-1937.
|
1912 |
A
committee of women from the Presbyterian Church started a drive
for a
public library. On February 24th the Elk City Library Association
was organized with Mrs. John Scott as president. 250 books were
donated, and business men helped with monthly subscriptions
to pay the expenses. A room was rented in the back of a bank
building. Miss Goldie Nolan was the first librarian. |
| 1915 |
With a
$10,000 gift from the Carnegie Corporation and the cooperation
of
the Library Association and the Commercial Club, a new library
building was formally opened on October 11th. The book collection
was 1,881 volumes with the circulation the first year of 12,000. |
Oklahoma Libraries
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