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| image=File:Bertha Ellsperman_1897.jpg

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| content=In the 1900 United States Census for Wooster City, Ward 1 Bertha Ellsperman was listed as a "Librarian at Reading Room".  This photo shows Ms. Ellsperman working at her desk in 1897.  She was the first Librarian of the new Wooster Public Library and Museum established in 1897.

| content=In the 1900 United States Census for Wooster City, Ward 1 Bertha Ellsperman was listed as a "Librarian at Reading Room".  This photo shows Ms. Ellsperman working at her desk in 1897.  She was the first Librarian of the new Wooster Public Library and Museum established in 1897.  She was hired on 10 April 1897.  She was relieved of her duties as librarian in 1901.

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| image=File:Carnegie Library_0001.jpg

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| content=In 1897, a number of citizens of Wooster organized the Wooster Free Library Association.

| content=In 1897, a number of citizens of Wooster organized the Wooster Free Library Association. In 1903, Andrew Carnegie agreed to donate $15,000 for a free public library in Wooster.  By June 1903, the location of the new library was chosen.  The new free public library would be located on the "old Larwill property on North Market street".  The new library opened in 1905.

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