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[Program Features Bill Moyers at the Marshall Public Library]

Bill Moyers waits to be introduced at a Marshall Public Library program during the nation's Bicentennial in 1976. Mr. Moyers, a favorite son of Marshall, Texas, returned to speak about the value of libraries to democracy.

Date: 1976

Item Type: Photograph

[Library Circulation Desk Staff]

Two library staff members, unidentified, discuss business at Marshall Public Library's circulation desk in 1978.

Date: 1978

Item Type: Photograph

[Bookmobile]

The new bookmobile at Marshall Public Library, c. 1978, is readied for use by two helpers (unidentified).

Date: 1978

Item Type: Photograph

[UT Alumni Celebrate Library Opening]

Members of the Harrison County Association of ex-University of Texas Students celebrate the opening of the new Marshall Public Library at a reception on October 20, 1973.

Date: October 20, 1972

Item Type: Photograph

[Celebrating a Library's Opening]

Two young women, both library supporters, attended the reception celebrating the opening of Marshall's new library building in October, 1973.

Date: October 1973

Item Type: Photograph

[Library Supporters Pose at Library Opening]

Audrey Kariel, Project Director, and Carolyn Abney, civic leader and library supporter, pose at the reception for the grand opening of new Marshall Public Library October 20, 1973.

Date: October 20, 1972

Item Type: Photograph

[Jaycee Jaynes Benefit Library and Hospital]

In 1972, the local chapter of the Jaycee Jaynes held a game night to benefit the building funds for the Marshall Public Library and Marshall Memorial Hospital. Seated left to right, Mrs. Tom Wynn, Mrs. John Carrington, and Mrs. Kenneth White confer about door prizes.

Date: 1972

Item Type: Photograph

[End of Summer Reading Program at the Library]

In 1979 the summer reading program at the Marshall Public Library ended with a picnic and outdoor games. Here the children line up for one of the activities.

Date: 1979

Item Type: Photograph

[Library Supporter Speaks Persuasively for New Library]

Don Harper, library supporter, presents a persuasive speech to convince the public of the need for a new public library building. According to the caption, he emphasized, "Now, not later, is the time to act." The new library in Marshall, Texas opened October, 1973.

Date: 1973

Item Type: Photograph

[Library Supporters]

Dr. Rutledge McClaran of Marshall, Texas is pictured in a newspaper photo with a fellow library supporter, Mrs. Warren F. Keyes. Both served as presidents of the local Friends of a Public Library organization during the group's early years. Mrs. Keyes was also a member of the women's clubs which owned the private lending library which predated the Marshall Public Library. She successfully advocated for a public library.

Date: January 14, 1976

Item Type: Photograph

[Bill Moyers and Fan]

Bill Moyers, national journalist and Marshall favorite son, visits with a fan after his speech. He returned to Marshall, Texas, during the nation's Bicentennial celebration in 1976 to speak on the value of libraries in a community.

Date: 1976

Item Type: Photograph

[Marshall Public Library Staff at Work]

Mrs. Naomi Rhea, Marshall Public Library staff member, works on book processing.

Date: 1977~

Item Type: Photograph

[Picnic at the Library]

The end of the summer reading program in 1979 included a picnic for the children on the grounds of Marshall Public Library. A staff person (unidentified) serves punch to the children. The menu also included sandwiches and cookies for hungry eaters in grades one through six.

Date: 1979

Item Type: Photograph

[Library Benefactors at Marshall Opening]

Library benefactors greet other library supporters at the reception for the new Marshall Public Library on October 20, 1973. Third from left is Mrs. George Gold Olincy, then her sister Mrs. Bernice Gold Kranson, fourth from left, and then Mr. George Olincy, right. The Mose and Etta Gold auditorium at the library was named for the Gold's parents.

Date: October 20, 1973

Item Type: Photograph

[Opening of Marshall's First McDonald's]

Audrey Kariel performs the ribbon-cutting for the first McDonald's in Marshall, Texas on October 20, 1972. The ribbon held 100 one-dollar bills which were donated to the building fund for the new Marshall Public Library, which opened one year later.

Date: October 20, 1972

Item Type: Photograph

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