Shrewsbury Collection

   

(52 items found)

description - DEDICATION COMMITTEE



THE BUILDING COMMITTEE

CHARLES O. GREEN,

GEORGE N. GATES, EDWARD L. KNOWLTON,



THE BOARD OF SELECTMEN

CLARENCE B. COOK,

EDWARD L. KNOWLTON, JAMES M. WINCHESTER.



THE TRUSTEES OF THE PUBLIC LIBRARY

DANIEL W.… subject - relation - Identifier - http://dlib.cwmars.org/u?/shrewsbury,55

description - DEDICATION EXERCISES



AT TWO O'CLOCK



Address of Welcome Daniel W. Bemis, Ohairman

Prayer Rev. Arthur H. Sedgwick

Singing Schumann Male Quartette

Historical Address Maj. William T. Harlow, of Worcester

Singing Male Quartette

Address… subject - relation - Identifier - http://dlib.cwmars.org/u?/shrewsbury,54

description - Dedication of the...

Jubal Howe Memorial Library

Shrewsbury

Massachusetts

Thursday Afternoon and Evening

September the Twenty-fourth

Nineteen hundred and three subject - relation - Identifier - http://dlib.cwmars.org/u?/shrewsbury,53

description - The monthly newsletter is from October-November 1972 and features the Shrewsbury Free Public Library as the Tour of the Month. The newsletter contains the history of the library as well as current happenings at the library in pages 2-3. A photo of… subject - Shrewsbury Public Library (Shrewsbury, Mass) ; Shrewsbury (Mass.)--History; Central Massachusetts Regional Library System relation - Part of archive collection at the Shrewsbury Public Library www.shrewsbury-ma.gov/library Identifier - 38124000314595 http://dlib.cwmars.org/u?/shrewsbury,51

description - 6



FILM BORROWING



To insure the prompt return of films for pick-up by the next borrower, the Central Massachusetts Regional Library System, as of January 1, 1972, imposes a fine of $2.00 per film for each day or part of a day that a film or… subject - relation - Identifier - http://dlib.cwmars.org/u?/shrewsbury,50

description - NEW REGIONAL ADMINISTRATOR



Mrs. Barbara Weaver

Regional Administrator



Living just across the state line in Thompson, Connecticut, I have for a long

time been aware of the advantages the residents of Central Massachusetts Regional

Library… subject - relation - Identifier - http://dlib.cwmars.org/u?/shrewsbury,49

description - 4

MEETINGS



You are cordially invited to attend a meeting of GWPLA (Greater Worcester Public

Library Administrators) at 10:00 a.m., Thursday, November 30, 1972 at the Richard

Sugden Public Library, Spencer, Massachusetts.



ALA 1974



For… subject - relation - Identifier - http://dlib.cwmars.org/u?/shrewsbury,48

description - 3

One of the recent services is the loaning of framed art prints. The original collection of 21 prints was purchased with money given the library in 1968 by the Shrewsbury Expressway Committee from their unexpended funds.



In 1969 the library… subject - relation - Identifier - http://dlib.cwmars.org/u?/shrewsbury,47

description - 2

In 1792 the Shrewsbury Social Library was formed by a group of "Propri etors" who

shared their books and literary interests.

In 1872 the town voted to provide funds for the establishment of a Free Public Library

in a room in the Town House.… subject - relation - Identifier - http://dlib.cwmars.org/u?/shrewsbury,46

description - CRAC NEWS

Central Regional Advisory Council

CENTRAL MASSACHUSETTS REGIONAL LIBRARY SYSTEM

Headquarters in Worcester Public Library, northern area center in Fitchburg Public Library

October-November 1972

TOUR OF THE MONTH

SHREWSBURY FREE PUBLIC… subject - relation - Identifier - http://dlib.cwmars.org/u?/shrewsbury,45

description - Program booklet for the Homecoming and 50th Anniversary of the Shrewsbury Public Library dated November 8th, 1903-1953. subject - Public libraries-Massachusetts-Shrewsbury; Shrewsbury--History relation - Part of archive collection at the Shrewsbury Public Library www.shrewsbury-ma.gov/library Identifier - 38124000314553 http://dlib.cwmars.org/u?/shrewsbury,39

description - Tea Committee

Mrs. Harold G. Clayton, Chairman

Miss Dorothy M. Churchill, Mrs. Harold J. Hamilton

Mrs. William J. Elliot, Mrs. Eveleth V. Hill

Mrs. John M. Fallon, Mrs. Laurence H. Lougee

Mrs. Warren J. Gauch, Mrs. Edward S. Ross

Mrs. Albert J.… subject - relation - Identifier - http://dlib.cwmars.org/u?/shrewsbury,38

description - Page 2



Dates in Our History

Social Library, Town Hall 1792

Shrewsbury Free Public Library 1872

Jubal Howe Memorial Library 1903

Artemas Ward Annex 1925

NUMBER OF READERS: 5,047

Adult Department 4,200

Juvenile Department 847

There are about… subject - relation - Identifier - http://dlib.cwmars.org/u?/shrewsbury,37

description - "Homecoming"

and

50th Anniversary

SHREWSBURY

FREE PUBLIC LIBRARY

1903 • 1953

NOVEMBER EIGHTH

Two-thirty until Five, in the Afternoon subject - relation - Identifier - http://dlib.cwmars.org/u?/shrewsbury,36

description - Shows the new children's room in the basement level under the original building. Looking towards the south you see the new furniture, bookcases and carpeting. The original brick pillars and walls as they are being used in the reconstruction. subject - Shrewsbury Public Library (Shrewsbury, Mass); Library buildings-Massachusetts-Shrewsbury; Library buildings - Design and construction. relation - Part of archive collection at the Shrewsbury Public Library www.shrewsbury-ma.gov/library Identifier - 38124000314686 http://dlib.cwmars.org/u?/shrewsbury,35

description - This room was added in 1922 through a donation by a descendent of Artemus Ward and originally housed a library of Eastern Massachusetts Biography and History. It later became the Children's Room and this image show how it was used in the 1950's. subject - Shrewsbury Public Library (Shrewsbury, Mass) ; Library buildings--Shrewsbury (Mass) - History ; Ward, Artemus ,1834-1867. relation - Part of archive collection at the Shrewsbury Public Library www.shrewsbury-ma.gov/library Identifier - 38124000314702 http://dlib.cwmars.org/u?/shrewsbury,34

description - Shows the reconstruction in the original building of the main entryway off of Main Street. In the center of the photo you can see the original wood doors and leaded glass panels from the 1903 building. subject - Shrewsbury Public Library (Shrewsbury, Mass); Library buildings-Massachusetts-Shrewsbury; Library buildings - Design and construction. relation - Part of archive collection at the Shrewsbury Public Library www.shrewsbury-ma.gov/library Identifier - 38124000314660 http://dlib.cwmars.org/u?/shrewsbury,33

description - View of the construction of the basement and stairway in the new wing. Shows the glass entryway and the angled lighting in the ceiling and support beams. subject - Shrewsbury Public Library (Shrewsbury, Mass); Library buildings-Massachusetts-Shrewsbury; Library buildings - Design and construction. relation - Part of archive collection at the Shrewsbury Public Library www.shrewsbury-ma.gov/library Identifier - 38124000314694 http://dlib.cwmars.org/u?/shrewsbury,32