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Title
Judge
Silas
S
.
Richards
photograph
Subject
Richards
,
Silas
S.
,
1857-1946
Place
Clyde
(Ohio)
;
Sandusky
County
(Ohio)
Description
Photograph
,
Judge
Silas
S
.
Richards
,
1857-1946
. In
1904
, on
behalf
of the
Board
of
Education
,
local
community
leader
Judge
S
.
S
.
Richards
personally
visited
Andrew
Carnegie
concerning
funding
for a
new
public
library
building
for
Clyde
and
surrounding
area
.
Andrew
Carnegie
started
donating
money
to
build
library
buildings
throughout
the
English-speaking
world
in
1881
. By the
time
he was
done
thirty-eight
years
later
,
1,679
libraries
had been
built
in the
United
States
.
Mr
.
Carnegie
agreed
to
pay
for the
building
of the
library
, with the
stipulation
that the
Clyde
community
must
pay
for the
lot
and for
equipping
the
library
. Also,
10%
of his
gift
must
be
raised
and
spent
on the
library
annually
. At
least
$3,700.00
was
raised
locally
through
donations
. An
appropriate
site
had been
chosen
for the
library
at a
cost
of
$1,826.00
. The
Clyde
Village
Board
of
Education
levied
a
one-mil
tax
on
property
to
provide
the
$1,000.00
needed
per
year
to
operate
the
library
,
thus
meeting
Carnegie’s
requirements
.
Portrait
appears
to have his
signature
in
pencil
.
Cardboard
mount
is
embossed
with "The
Studio
C.L.Lewis
,
Toledo
,
Ohio
"
Submitting Institution
Clyde
Public
Library
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Date created
2009-12-29
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