Category:	Buildings - Public
		Subject:	Jackson Public Library
		Code:	1025
		Item Type	Description
		Article - 1	Article in "Our Towns" by Janet Hounsell on history of library and librarian Hilda Matero - July 23, 1944
		Article - 1	Article in "The Irregular" by Jeffrey Mandel on history of library - August 30, 1977
		Article - 1	Letter to editor of "Conway Daily Sun" from Bob Davis against moving library to Trickey Barn - April 27, 1998
		Document - 2	Original By Laws March 1880 - copied from book in Jackson Library
		Document - 2	Subscription paper for first books donated to library - March 18, 1880 - copied from book in Jackson Library which also list donors
		Deed - 3	Quit Claim Deed for land from Nancy L. Meserve & Flora V. Stilphen to the Jackson Public Library - recorded October 9, 1900
		Article - 4	Article from "The Irregular" - August 30, 1977 on history & with mention of the Adams Social Library as being the first library in Jackson. Also article from "Granite State Libraries" - January 1978 by Priscilla Bissell
		Document - 5	Letter from Hugh W. Hastings - March 25, 1940 to Trustees of the Library about distributions from the Wentworth Trust
		Article - 6	Article from Jackson Town Column - April 21, 1999. Report on formation of the "new" Friends of the Jackson Library.
		Article - 7	Letter from Barbara Powis to Betty Whitney mentioning controvery over moving Library to its present location
		Article - 8	Undated article from Mountain Ear. Includes historic data and shows a 1924 postcard of position of building before it was moved to present location in 1930 when Route 16 was redirected and stone bridge was built.
		Document - 9	Letter to Jackson Taxpayers from Jackson Barn Committee to vote "Yes" on warrant at Town Meeting in March 1998 for $3,500 to be expended for feasibility study on renovating the Trickey Barn for future Library use.
		Document - 10	Catalog of exhibition "The Architecture of William Ralph Emerson at Carpenter Center, Harvard University, May through June, 1969. Emerson was the architect of the Jackson Library building. He also designed artist, Frank Shapleigh's house in Jackson.
		Letter-11	Series of letters dated in 1880s from J.K. Porter to General Wentworth regarding shipments of books to the Library.
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