Heck yes Lawrence, Kansas!

Home of the Jayhawks.

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Help Lawrence Become a Certified Kind Community!

“Hey, Matt?! Do you have time to do this thing with paint pens by Saturday?! Kennedy Glass donated a container!”

From SAT 2/10 to SAT 3/17, If you do something kind or are tracking on your kindness log, put a puffball in the Kindness Collection and help us be a Certified Kind Community!

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Because I’m roadtripping (sorta… it’s more like sprinting in an ultramarathon than a roadtrip…)

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What are you reading this summer?

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Lawrence, KS

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Designed by architect George A. Berlinghof, Lawrence Public Library’s Carnegie Building featured a Neoclassical style with Corinthian columns located at the corner of 9th and Vermont.  Photo of the library circa 1920. Read more about the history of Kansas libraries in our local history collection.   

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Opening Day At The New Lawrence Public Library - September 24, 1972

Photo One: The south entrance of the building.

Photo Two: The dedication ceremony.  Pictured are Clark Coan (Chair of the Library Board), Dean Gross (Kansas State Librarian), and John Emick (Lawrence Mayor).

Photo Three: The circulation desk.  Pictured are Sharon Parks (L.) (Assistant) and JoAnn Hubbard (Circulation Head). 

Photo Four: The west stacks.

Photo Five: The technical processing room.  Pictured are Mrs. Helen Osma (Head of T.C.) and Dr. Albert Bergstahler.

Photo Six: An art exhibit in the south foyer. 

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downtown LK

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The Raven Book Store, Lawrence KS

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How excited we are that Harry and the Potters are playing the library

We love @harryandthepotters! They’ll be playing an after hours concert on 

Sunday | Feb 28 | 6-8pm | Auditorium | 100000% FREE

Grab your wands and wizarding robes for a magical, after hours show with Harry and the Potters. Muggles and magical folk are welcome to this absolutely free show. Draco and the Malfoys will be playing as well, so don’t miss this after hours wizardrock duel! Costumes are encouraged (even if you choose to dress as a muggle).

(Also as a Slytherin I have to say I’m equally excited that Draco and the Malfoys will also be playing. - molly) 

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Always Be Closing

Why does the intersection of 23rd and Massachusetts have two hulking stone monuments, each topped with a heavy metal doublecross light fixture?

The Breezedale monuments are the only evidence left of an aggressive period of suburban development between 1900 and 1910 for a town that wouldn’t exist for decades.

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This place ❤️❤️

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Then and Now

I’ve got several stories I’ve been noodling around with, finding out where they are going to take me and trying to shape them into more than just a list of interesting factoids.

Part of that process has led me to seek out old maps of Lawrence to get a better sense of what was here, how past leaders and developers expected Lawrence to expand, etc. One great resource has been the Lawrence Library’s Helen Osma Local History Collection, with a number of local histories, directories, and maps. My favorite, stored in the flat files, is the 1902 survey of Douglas County.

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If you are a current or former LGBTQ+ student of the Lawrence Public Schools (Kansas), please take this survey. Questions? Contact [email protected].

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I <3 my library

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“There must be every kind of books in your library. The most beautiful gardens are those with many different flowers, with all kinds of herbs and weeds!” - Mehmet Murat ildan