LaSalle Branch Library covers
19th in a series
Research:
From "The Library World" column of May 1916, reprinted in The Library Journal:
NEW YORK. La Salle. La Salle's New Public Library was opened to the public, April 6, in rooms in the postoffice building. One thousand well selected books are on the shelves — the larger share have been donated — and a reading table with the latest magazines is a feature. The Library Association has 102 charter members, and has been granted a charter by the State Board of Regents. It will be open three afternoons each week, Miss Marian V. Tompkins acting as librarian. [1]
Notes:
The middle stretch of this library's history becomes a bit murky, so I contacted the library through Facebook and was able to confirm that the current LaSalle Branch Library in Niagara Falls is the La Salle public library discussed in The Library Journal.
I also found, through local news coverage, that the library is used as setting in the 2016 film Marshall about the life of the Thurgood Marshall, the first African American Supreme Court Justice. [2]
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References:
- Cutter, Charles Ammi. "The Library World", May 1916. Library Journal, Volume 41. R. R. Bowker Company. page 359. Print. Digitized at Google.
- Mroziak, Michael. "LaSalle library's past proves useful as 'Marshall' filming commences". May 23, 2016. NPR radio station WBFO 88.7 [Buffalo, NY]. Web. Retrieved 2016-08-25.
