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Title
May
Wright
Photograph
Subject
Literary Ohio
Ohio Women
Libraries
Librarians
Place
Waynesville (Ohio)
Warren County (Ohio)
Description
This
5.1
"
x
7.88
"
(12.95
x
20.01
cm)
photograph
from
1883
shows
May
Wright
(d
.
1951)
,
daughter
of a
prominent
Waynesville
,
Ohio
family
. In
1917
she was
hired
as
librarian
at the
Wayne
Township
Public
Library
,
now
the
Mary
L
.
Cook
Public
Library
. At
first
,
funds
were
so
scarce
that
Wright
worked
without
a
salary
. As
money
became
available
for
operating
expenses
,
Wright
received
a
nominal
salary
of
ten
dollars
per
month
. She
retired
in
1924
.
Dr
.
Mary
L
.
Cook
and
several
interested
citizens
met
February
17
,
1917
to
organize
a
library
association
. A
one-dollar
membership
fee
was
charged
to
residents
of
Wayne
Township
, and
local
citizens
donated
money
,
books
, and
furniture
. The
Wayne
Local
Board
of
Education
appointed
a
seven-member
board
of
trustees
. A
charter
was
granted
April
20
,
1917
, and the
Wayne
Township
Public
Library
opened
in a
room
of a
former
hotel
, The
Miami
House
. On
April
11
,
1924
, the
Library
Association
Board
of
Trustees
passed
a
resolution
transferring
all
library
property
,
books
,
furniture
, and
cash
to a
School
District
Library
Board
of
Trustees
. The
Wayne
Township
Board
of
Education
then
appointed
the
trustees
and
Cook
was
named
president
, a
position
she
held
for
44
years
. In
1917
Mrs
.
I
.
H
.
Harris
offered
to
rent
the
former
banking
rooms
of the
old
Citizens
Bank
in her
residence
on the
southeast
corner
of
North
and
Main
streets
to the
Wayne
Township
Public
Library
,
now
the
Mary
L
.
Cook
Public
Library
, for
five
dollars
per
month
. The
library
moved
into the
Harris
building
in
1935
. In
1954
it
moved
to the
old
Union
Schoolhouse
at
Fourth
and
Miami
streets
.
Dr
.
Mary
L
.
Cook
received
the
community's
highest
tribute
for her
public-spirited
service
when
the
library
board
renamed
the
library
the
Mary
L
.
Cook
Public
Library
during
a
reception
on
July
23
,
1961
. In
1988
,
after
voters
approved
a
bond
issue
worth
about
$550,000
, a
new
building
was
constructed
for the
library
.
Date of Original
1883
Collection
http://www.mlcook.lib.oh.us/ohioana_roommary_l.htm
Source
Audiovisual material
OHR BD 977.1763
Submitting Institution
Mary L. Cook Public Library
Rights
For rights and reproduction requests, go to the Ohio Historical Society's Audiovisual and Graphic Reproduction Services page at
http://www.ohiohistory.org/resource/audiovis/photodup.html;
Online access is provided for research purposes only. For rights and reproduction requests or more information, go to
http://www.ohiohistory.org/images/information
Type
StillImage
File Name
Om1719_2825101_002.tif
Image Height
2351
Image Width
1569
File Size
1162.277 KB
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