TABLE OF CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION . ,.r, . ........,,,,rrI_,_______Y,,_I________,_rr_ V _ ]X L
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PREFACE ..,....................,,_.____________   _________A V _____,_ _ __r_ V V   A XI
CHAPTER 1 II......O_,...............II..._._,,._.,..IO_.».IOI__.,I._.__ I __ _ H V____ 1 ‘
Early Louisville Libraries
CHAPTER H ,,_,ir..r,.i_,,.r,_......i..__________________________,__________,_>,____i_____ 20
"Sic Transit Gloria——"
CHAPTER IH ir,v. . .......r......__,___,__,_,___,,_____________r,_____,,____________V_____ 50
The Polytechnic Picks Up the Pieces
CHAPTER IV ...._ir...r,.. . ...............,r.,.»,_.._.._,.i_i_ci.,.._ , ._...___,.._.,, V 79
The Louisville Free Public Library Arrives
CHAPTER V ......,.er.......i..»........r_......i.............r..i.i..........,._...., A 100
The Free Public Library’s Formative Years
CHAPTER VI ...,ll......_l..l..ll......l.......Y...v...l............._...llll   . 124
From Cabinet of Curiosities to Museum
CHAPTER VH ..il.......r.....l...............r...........r..Y....`.l»»...... r rrlr I 135
The War Years and the Twenties
CHAPTER VIH ,.................r....r..».........Y.......».»......r l. Ar...r.~.re.... 156
The Troublous Thirties
CHAPTER IX .....V.......l..........V.................ri...».............i..r .. ...i V. 188
The Library at Work-—1942
NOTES ..,...il......... , ...4...............................>.»............l,l,...l...l... . 221
APPENDICES
APPENDIX A: Finances   ......rr.rrr.ll . ..l.l,...... V .,.,.l.l.,,,... . 237
APPENDIX B: Circulation .lr.lll......,,...l.. . Yri,....,...... . . ..rr 248
APPENDIX C: Officers and Trustees, 1902-1942 . 252
APPENDIX D: Biographical Sketches of the
Librarians ...r,l....i........r.r».»...,rr...»»...,.... M .   257
APPENDIX E: The Library’s Art Collection . , .. 262 ·
BIBLIOGRAPHY . .l........Y...r......~.. . ..»....w...... . ..rr..r,... A   275
LNDEX I , _____,l______________,____,,_ _ ___4 , ______,_______________,__,,_     279