WCPL Outlying Branches

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Discover the history of our mobile branch.

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Extension Service

  • 1935 - A budget was set to provide equipment, room in the basement of the library for a collection of books for county extension. Much work was done during the summer in starting this collection library. The library was promised $2,000 from county funds for the work and also $500-$700 from the State Aid Funds which had been made available by the Ohio State Legislature in 1933.
  • 1941 - July, William E. Bartel, first extension librarian was called to Army camp. Replaced by Helen Vallish was able to drive the bookmobile. [1]
  • 1942 - October, Priscilla Johnson County extension librarian and resigned March 1944. [2]
  • 1945 - Up to this point Branches received no budget of their own. They were provided books and librarians from the Main library. The buildings were funded by the towns they were located in. At times, too little supervision and help from Wooster a problem Helen Sebeika hoped to solve. [3]
  • 1945 - Up to this point Branches received no budget of their own. They were provided books and librarians from the Main library. The buildings were funded by the towns they were located in. At times, too little supervision and help from Wooster a problem Helen Sebeika hoped to solve. [4]
  • 1947 - February, Mrs. Faith Stoughton was hired as County librarian.
  • 1948 - Wayne County donated $300 toward a new bookmobile. The branches were still under the supervision of the County librarian and visited them once a month. * 1948 - Wayne County donated $300 toward a new bookmobile. The branches were still under the supervision of the County librarian and visited them once a month. [5]
  • 1950 - May, Mrs. Faith Stoughton resigned as County librarian. Replaced by Lawrence Huber as County librarian. [6]
  • 1951 - New service added was to bring books and a way to read them while in bed was brought to hospital patients. [7]

Outlying Branches

Shreve Library

WCPL's Shreve branch.

Rittman Library

WCPL's Rittman branch.
  • 1936 - Rittman High School Library became a deposit station almost immediately, had a circulation of 7,992 books. Additional deposit stations were setup in 1936 with $2,500 from the County Budget Commission and an extra $400 from the State of Ohio.
  • 1937 - Became a deposit station almost immediately, had a circulation of 7,992 books.

Sterling

  • By 1937 became a deposit station.

Creston Library

WCPL's Creston branch.

Dalton Library

WCPL's Dalton's branch.

Doylestown Library

WCPL's Doylestown branch.

West Salem Library

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WCPL's West Salem branch.

Bookmobile Library

One of WCPL's two bookmobiles—a 2003 Bluebird.
  • 1910 - Miss Myrtle Allen annual reports noted:
    • The loan of books to teachers begun when the library became a school district library was continued with the purchase of books solely for use in schools.
    • A traveling library department was established during this year and for each month of the year, a collection of from 30 to 50 books in a small books case was sent to each school in the city. These books could be taken home by the students so a basis for the school branches to be established in the 1920's and later was made. [8]
  • 1939 - Fall, County Budget Commission granted $1,500 for the purchase of the library's first bookmobile. The truck was manufactured by Indiana Body Company of Richmond, Indiana. [9]
  • 1940 - September 3rd week, the bookmobile was put on exhibit at the Wayne County Fair for all residents to see. [10]
  • 1940 - October 3, The first bookmobile stop was Fredericksburg, Ohio which also was the first Deposit station. In the last 3 months of the year the number of registration of borrowers from the bookmobile came to 2,874. William E. Bartels was appointed librarian of extension including the bookmobile. [11]
  • 1942 Gas rationing affected the operation of the Bookmobile. [12]
  • 1948 - Mrs. Faith Stoughton reported that the bookmobile had been serving 16 communities for the past 2 years, visiting every 3 weeks. Circulation was 145,731 up 6,500 from the previous year. [13]
  • 1948 - Wayne County donated $300 toward a new bookmobile. The branches were still under the supervision of the County librarian and visited them once a month. * 1948 - Wayne County donated $300 toward a new bookmobile. The branches were still under the supervision of the County librarian and visited them once a month. [14]

Wooster High School Branch

  • 1910 -
  • 1933 - Miss Virginia Kerr reported that although there were not many new books circulation was good. She was also giving lessons in library science as part of the English curriculum.
  • 1937 - Miss Margaret Haunstein became librarian at the high school. [15]

Club room & Meeting room

  • 1937 - A large room located in the basement was equipped for various group and quickly became a popular meeting place. [16]
  • 1937 - A problem which was brought to attention appeared in Mrs. Eugenia Glenn's report and would trouble librarians for the next 30 years was a lack of meeting room space. [17]
  • 1939 - The room was used 56 times [18]
  • 1941 - The club room was used for carious courses in first aid and nursing. [19]

Museum

  • Housed on the 2nd floor. The museum was of special interest to James Mullins and George J. Schwartz
  • Sample of items in collected included: Dr. J. H. Todd's collection of Ohio archaeological specimens; Rev. Jacob Reis' relics of "Cameron" in West Africa; James Mullins's "fine collection" of stuffed birds which he had purchased at the St. Louis World's Fair for $2,500. [20]
  • Museum officially opened in 1918, but many visitors were welcome to see the collection as it grew during the early years. Miss Myrtle Allen, librarian in her annual reports credits the museum with drawing many people to the library. [21]

Deposit Station

Apple Creek
  • By 1937 became a deposit station.
Dalton
  • By 1937 became a deposit station.
Fredericksburg School
West Salem
  • By 1937 became a deposit station.
  1. ↑ History of the Wayne County Public Library: a research paper submitted to the Kent State University Library School in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Library Science, by Joyce A. McKnight. June, 1970, p. 32, 34.
  2. ↑ History of the Wayne County Public Library: a research paper submitted to the Kent State University Library School in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Library Science, by Joyce A. McKnight. June, 1970, p. 38.
  3. ↑ History of the Wayne County Public Library: a research paper submitted to the Kent State University Library School in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Library Science, by Joyce A. McKnight. June, 1970, p. 37.
  4. ↑ History of the Wayne County Public Library: a research paper submitted to the Kent State University Library School in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Library Science, by Joyce A. McKnight. June, 1970, p. 37.
  5. ↑ History of the Wayne County Public Library: a research paper submitted to the Kent State University Library School in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Library Science, by Joyce A. McKnight. June, 1970, p. 41
  6. ↑ History of the Wayne County Public Library: a research paper submitted to the Kent State University Library School in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Library Science, by Joyce A. McKnight. June, 1970, p. 43.
  7. ↑ History of the Wayne County Public Library: a research paper submitted to the Kent State University Library School in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Library Science, by Joyce A. McKnight. June, 1970, p. 44.
  8. ↑ History of the Wayne County Public Library: a research paper submitted to the Kent State University Library School in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Library Science, by Joyce A. McKnight. June, 1970, p. 18.
  9. ↑ History of the Wayne County Public Library: a research paper submitted to the Kent State University Library School in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Library Science, by Joyce A. McKnight. June, 1970, p. 31.
  10. ↑ History of the Wayne County Public Library: a research paper submitted to the Kent State University Library School in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Library Science, by Joyce A. McKnight. June, 1970, p. 32.
  11. ↑ History of the Wayne County Public Library: a research paper submitted to the Kent State University Library School in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Library Science, by Joyce A. McKnight. June, 1970, p. 32.
  12. ↑ History of the Wayne County Public Library: a research paper submitted to the Kent State University Library School in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Library Science, by Joyce A. McKnight. June, 1970, p. 35.
  13. ↑ History of the Wayne County Public Library: a research paper submitted to the Kent State University Library School in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Library Science, by Joyce A. McKnight. June, 1970, p. 41
  14. ↑ History of the Wayne County Public Library: a research paper submitted to the Kent State University Library School in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Library Science, by Joyce A. McKnight. June, 1970, p. 41
  15. ↑ History of the Wayne County Public Library: a research paper submitted to the Kent State University Library School in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Library Science, by Joyce A. McKnight. June, 1970, p. 32.
  16. ↑ History of the Wayne County Public Library: a research paper submitted to the Kent State University Library School in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Library Science, by Joyce A. McKnight. June, 1970, p. 32.
  17. ↑ History of the Wayne County Public Library: a research paper submitted to the Kent State University Library School in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Library Science, by Joyce A. McKnight. June, 1970, p. 32.
  18. ↑ History of the Wayne County Public Library: a research paper submitted to the Kent State University Library School in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Library Science, by Joyce A. McKnight. June, 1970, p. 32.
  19. ↑ History of the Wayne County Public Library: a research paper submitted to the Kent State University Library School in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Library Science, by Joyce A. McKnight. June, 1970, p. 35.
  20. ↑ History of the Wayne County Public Library: a research paper submitted to the Kent State University Library School in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Library Science, by Joyce A. McKnight. June, 1970, p. 15.
  21. ↑ History of the Wayne County Public Library: a research paper submitted to the Kent State University Library School in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Library Science, by Joyce A. McKnight. June, 1970, p. 15.
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