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Lake Shore News (Wilmette, Illinois), 27 Feb 1913, p. 1     The directors of Evanston public library have appointed a legislative committee consisting of Wirt E. Humphrey, C. P. Coffin and C. M. Cartwright, to co-operate with other bodies in an effort to get the Juul law modified so that public libraries will secure the appropriations from the tax fund that ...

Elsie T. Rippel, Local News, 26 Feb 1916, p. 15     The present building was first occupied in 1905. General description of the collection Photograph Wilmette Free Public Library...

Lake Shore News (Wilmette, Illinois), 5 Sep 1912, p. 4     List of new books. ...

Lake Shore News (Wilmette, Illinois), 13 Mar 1913, p. 7     The Glencoe Public Library has circulated 4,166 books since Sept. 10, 1912. Other statistics...

Lake Shore News (Wilmette, Illinois), 6 Feb 1913, p. 9     New books at the Winnetka Public Library are listed by author's last name and title...

Wilmette Life (Wilmette, Illinois), 13 May 2010, 31, 32     ...

Bosch, Sandy Illian, Wilmette Life (Wilmette, Illinois), 21 Apr 2011, p. 18     As of July 1 the five library systems that now serve libraries throughout Northern Illinois will merge to form a new organization, RAILS--Reaching Across Illinois Library System. The decision to combine the Metropolitan, Alliance, DuPage, North Suburban and Prairie Area library systems, which provide services such as interlibrary loans of ...

Wilmette Life (Wilmette, Illinois), 17 Sep 2009, p. 8     Full article available at Wilmette Public Library.

Diane Teska, Wilmette Life (Wilmette, Illinois), 2 Aug 1973, 80, 81     Interview with library director, Leonard Freiser, about the services, facilities, and activities that take place in the library. Statistics provided about the collection: 74,000 books, 375 periodicals, 2,640 records, 250 framed art reproductions. Per capita circulation of books is 14.5. Total book circulation for 1972-73 is 473,309 Photographs Jackie Less, ...

Wilmette Life (Wilmette, Illinois), 19 Nov 2009, p. 50     Full article available at Wilmette Public Library.

The Inter Ocean (Chicago, Illinois), 30 Jul 1903     Village, split into three factions, cannot agree on best position for new Carnegie Library. Women oppose men at the polls. Members of defeated parties now argue that none but men should have been allowed to vote--railroad tracks in the streets add to difficulty. ...

    Completed staircase, elevator, and atrium at the Wilmette Public Library, approximately 1988.

    The newly constructed new entrance to Wilmette Public Library, completed in 1979. The new entrance faces Park Ave.

    Photo of the front entrance to the Wilmette Public Library, taken in the spring of 2005.

    A photo showing the expansion of the library on the third floor in 1998. The addition was a small addition that finished off the third floor and allowed an almost total reconfiguration of the library and the expansion of Youth Services.

Cullotta, Karen Ann, Wilmette Life (Wilmette, Illinois), 31 Oct 2019, Cover, 6     Describes the efforts of local libraries, including Wilmette Public Library, to remove barriers to access, including going fine-free.

    Construction site Wilmette Public Library looking west.

Wilmette Life (Wilmette, Illinois), 21 Feb 1935, p. 5     Card party to raise funds for converting old school into library, nursery school. ...

Lake Shore News (Wilmette, Illinois), 15 Jan 1914, p. 4     The opening night of the "Green Stockings" engagement at the Evanston theatre, Monday, January 19, has been taken over by the library committee of the Evanston Drama Club for the purpose of raising funds to purchase new plays and current dramatic literature for the Evanston Public Library. Tickets may be ...

Wilmette Life (Wilmette, Illinois), 2 Aug 1973, p. 78     Dorothy Hasse, reference librarian, has been appointed acting director of the Wilemtte Library by the board of directors. She assumed her duties August 1, replacing Leonard Freiser, who has resigned. Board members on the search committee for a new director are JOhn O'Connor, Minna Gunther and Richard Smith. ...