The Library History Buff

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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.

370^th anniversary of the founding of the Harvard University Library

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

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

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

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

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

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

115^th 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

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

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

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

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

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

100^th anniversary of the Bloomington (WI) Public Library

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

100^th anniversary of the Elroy (WI) Public Library

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

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

50^th anniversary of the National Library Week celebration

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