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Manchester City Library company history timeline

1850

After the Free Libraries Act was passed in 1850, Sir John Potter, the Mayor of Manchester, led a campaign to collect subscriptions to purchase a building and the books to put in it.

1854

The Manchester Athenaeum collection was officially transferred to the city on September 6, 1854, bringing to life Mayor Smyth's dream of a Manchester City Library.

The Manchester City Library has been a cultural treasure to Manchester and New Hampshire since 1854.

1871

In 1871, the City erected a new building for it on Franklin Street, on a lot given by the Amoskeag Manufacturing Company.

1882

The first Labor Day holiday was celebrated on Tuesday, September 5, 1882 in New York.

1910

Soon after the death of his wife Elenora Blood Carpenter in January, 1910, the president of Amoskeag Paper Mill Frank Pierce Carpenter offered to construct a library building in her memory.

1914

The structure which still houses the library today was dedicated, before an estimated crowd of more than 5,000 people, as the Elenora Blood Carpenter Building on November 18, 1914.

1942

In 1942, a readers' advisory service was introduced to advise patrons on the best books in specific subject areas.

1958

The New Hampshire Room of Manchester City Library, a reference library of local history and genealogy information, was formally dedicated on March 16, 1958.

1995

During the summer of 1995, the New Hampshire Room was moved to the largest second floor room in the Carpenter Memorial Building.

2014

C. N. O'Neil served as assistant librarian in charge of the New Hampshire Room until her retirement in 2014.

2022

Tue, Jul 12, 2022 -- Storytime at the Mall of New Hampshire at 11:30 AM

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