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Library Anniversaries 2008

Submit additions to this list to Larry T. Nix at nix@libraryhistorybuff.org.

For information on celebrating library anniversaries go to:
http://www.libraryhistorybuff.org/anniversaries.htm.

370th anniversary of the founding of the Harvard University Library

190th anniversary of the founding of the New York State Library

175th anniversary of the founding of the Peterborough (NH) Town Library, the first tax supported free public library in the world

130th anniversary of the founding of the Milwaukee Public Library.

115th of the World’s Columbian Exposition in Chicago at which ALA sponsored a library exhibit and the World’s Library Congress took place

115th anniversary of the formation of the Connecticut Public Library Committee

115th anniversary of the opening of the Newberry Library in Chicago

115th anniversary of the establishment of the Department of Library Science of Armour Institute in Chicago, predecessor of the Library School at the University of Illinois

115th anniversary of the first traveling libraries in the United States, sent out by the New York State Home Education Department

110th anniversary of the organization of the Fox River Valley Library Association of Wisconsin

110th anniversary of the opening of the new building which housed the Milwaukee Public Library and the Milwaukee Public Museum.

110th anniversary of the establishment of the New Jersey Traveling Library Commission

100th anniversary of the Black Earth (WI) Public Library

100th anniversary of the Bloomington (WI) Public Library

100th anniversary of the Eager Free Public Library, Evansville, WI
http://www.evansvillehistory.net/files/39WestMain.html

100th anniversary of the Elroy (WI) Public Library

100th anniversary of the Great Bend (KS) Public Library (08-14-08)

100th anniversary of the Paul Sawyier Public Library in Frankfort, KY (12-12-08)
http://www.pspl.org/

50th anniversary of the National Library Week celebration

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