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DUBUQUE LIBRARY ASSOCIATION
DUBUQUE LIBRARY ASSOCIATION. The Dubuque Library Association was organized late in 1855 with Platt SMITH president; Austin ADAMS, vice president; and J. S. Blatchley, librarian. The object was to collect a library of general literature. (1)
By March, 1856 the Association had sixty members and 200 volumes. A membership fee was set at $5.00. (2)
The organization was known as the YOUNG MEN'S LITERARY ASSOCIATION by 1863 when it was renamed the Young Men's Library Association. (3)
See: CARNEGIE-STOUT PUBLIC LIBRARY
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Source:
1. Oldt, Franklin T. and Patrick J. Quigley, History of Dubuque County, Iowa. Chicago: Goodspeed Historical Association, 1880, p 110
2. Ibid., p. 114
3. Henricks, Susan (Library Director), email, May 1, 2019