1. The pediment and sign taken from the facade of the 1893 building and installed in the courtyard of the current building.

2. The original Morrisson Library building as it appeared in 1864.

3. The John C. Wolfe painting of founder Robert Morrisson created in 1865 and now hanging near the entrance of the current building.

4. Sarah Wrigley, Librarian from 1864 to 1903.

5. Caroline Middleton Reeves, who in 1893 donated $30,000 to library.

6. Ada L. Bernhardt, Librarian from 1903 to 1945.

7. Harriet Bard, Librarian from 1945 to 1985.

8. The library building as it looked in 1893 after the renovations made possible by the donation of Mrs. Reeves.

9. Clarence Brown, library board president whose gift enabled the building of a separate room containing a Civil War collection.

10. The current library.

11. Carol B. McKey, Library Director since 1985.

 


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