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Photo of former library employee Kathy Wagner returning books to shelves at the Carnegie Public Library in Coffeyville, KS

Photograph of Carnegie Library Staff reading to children. No captions were written on the photo, so the names of those in attendance are unknown except for Kathy Wagner and Sue Staudt (former library staff) who are pictured at the back watching the…

Exterior photos of the Coffeyville Public Library taken in 1987 for the 75th anniversary of the Coffeyville Library.

Photo of library assistant John Hare (deceased) retrieving books from the Carnegie Public Library's book drop in Coffeyville, KS.

The library drop box was originally donated by the Coffeyville Rotary Club.

Letter from Andrew Carnegie in response to Coffeyville's request for a grant to build a library for Coffeyville's citizens. Dated January 6, 1911.

Transcription:

Andrew Carnegie, New York
January 6, 1911

Mayor George…

Complete minutes from the Carnegie Public Library monthly board meetings. This meeting minutes collection starts in January 1981 and ends in December 1990

Complete minutes from the Carnegie Public Library monthly board meetings. This meeting minutes collection starts April 19, 1910 and ends April 3, 1958.

Pages 312-321 include the original by-laws for the Library Board of Trustees.

Photo of the Carnegie Public Library in Coffeyville, Kansas.

A written account of the history of the library for its 75th anniversary from 1912 to 1987. Included in the history is information about early talk of a Reading Room in 1878 and Coffeyville's first official city library to the formation of the…