Open House, February 5, 1956, Temporary Headquarters, 5844-46 Merriam Drive, Merriam. Photo courtesy Johnson County Library collection on JoCoHistory
Monday, Nov. 20, 2023
The Founding Mothers of Johnson County Library
The “founding” of Johnson County Library started with the Prairie School Library Committee in 1951 and lasted at least five years – through the referendum campaign in 1952, followed by the problem of funding the newly-authorized library, to the transition from volunteer libraries to staffing by paid library employees, which concluded in 1956. At that point, the Library Committee was evolved into the Friends of the Library. Many of the women originally involved in leading the effort moved away in the years after.
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