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Revision as of 13:16, 7 March 2017

Women's Christian Association
Former type Libraries (Reading room)
Industry Information
Fate Dissolved
Successor(s) Wooster Free Library Association
Founded Wooster, Ohio (1895 (1895))
Founder(s) Miss Edella E. Bennett
Defunct 1997 (1997)
Headquarters Wooster, Ohio, United States
Number of locations Wooster, Ohio
Key people Miss Edella E. Bennett
"Few families can afford a library of six hundred books and the leading magazine of the day. Everyone is welcome to avail themselves of the opportunity to read."

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Locations

City Directories

Comprehensive History

Slogans

Historical documents

Timeline

  • 1895 - Organized
  • - Prayer services were an early part of the WCA and held adjoining to the reading room. Some records indicate they were held in connection with the reading room. [2]
  • 1896 - July, An unidentified man served as librarian and begun to loan the books no later than July. [3]
  • 1896 - December 26, According to a local newspaper, the reading room was developing into a public library. [4]
  • 1897 - Spring, Sufficient number o citizens were interested in organizing the Wooster Free Library Association [5]

Gallery

Business Letterheads

Business Photos

Newspaper articles

Newspaper full-text articles

Newspaper ads

Newspaper citations with no attached images

References

  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 Mast of Library Science, by Joyce A. McKnight. June, 1970, p. 8.
  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 Mast of Library Science, by Joyce A. McKnight. June, 1970, p. 7.
  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 Mast of Library Science, by Joyce A. McKnight. June, 1970, p. 8.
  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 Mast of Library Science, by Joyce A. McKnight. June, 1970, p. 7.
  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 Mast of Library Science, by Joyce A. McKnight. June, 1970, p. 8.

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