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Library
Timeline
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1940: Business
materials added to “Industrial Room” and newspapers relocated to basement area
- 1940 Annual Report
1941: Indexing of
local newspapers from 1814 – 1900 completed with the help of two dozen Works Progress Administration workers
- Post-Standard,
Aug. 20, 1941
Display Window at Edwards Department Store
Newspaper Clipping - Image 1
1941: Paul Paine
retired and Frieda Gates becomes acting director
- 1941 Annual Report
1942: 5,000 books have
been collected at Central and branch libraries as well as other locations for distribution to the armed services
- Herald-American, Jan. 4, 1942
1942: Phonograph
records of classical music available for patrons to listen in the library with plans to loan records as collection
grows
- Herald-Journal,
July 30, 1942
1943: Classes
taught by the Aircraft Warning Service held at Central Library
- Herald-Journal, Jan. 25, 1943
1945: Catalogs
from colleges and universities are available for public use at Central Library
- Herald-American,
Aug. 12, 1945
1945: Desks
and files are set up for discharged veterans to assist in finding employment, education and veterans’
benefits
- Herald-Journal, Sept. 4, 1945
V-J Day Parade Float
Poster Displays
1945: Traveling collection of American photography exhibited at Central Library from the Museum of Modern Art
- Post-Standard, Nov. 6, 1945
1945: Frieda Gates
recommends microfilming of newspapers published after 1940; notes difficulty of replacing library staff,
salary too low to induce applicants
- Herald-Journal, Dec. 20, 1945
1946: Fluorescent
lighting installed at Central Library
- Post-Standard, Jan. 27, 1946
Signing Up for Library Cards
Children's Department [1952]
1946: Author Lorraine Beim visited the Young People’s Department during National Children’s Book Week
- Post-Standard, Nov. 18, 1946
1946: “Books Sandwiched-In,”
weekly noontime book review series, inaugurated with former director Paul Paine reviewing the
autobiography of William Allen White
- Post-Standard, Oct. 20, 1946
Books Sandwiched-In - Image 1
Books Sandwiched-In - Image 2
Books Sandwiched-In - Poster advertisement
1946: Library service provided by the Syracuse Public Library Extension Department to hospitalized patrons observed 25 years of
continuous operation
- Post-Standard, Dec. 22, 1946
Book service for hospital patients - Image 2
1947: Microfilm reader
installed in newspaper room at Central Library
- Herald-Journal, Dec. 1, 1947
Microfilm Reading - Image 1
Microfilm Reading - Image 2
Newspaper Room / Microfilm Reader
1947: Great Books Foundation launched its Syracuse discussion group program at Central Library
- Herald-American, Nov. 2, 1947
Book discussion group - Image 1
1948: Frieda Gates
named director of Syracuse Public Library following several years service as acting director
- Herald-Journal, Feb. 9, 1948
Mayor Corcoran receives his first library card from Frieda Gates
1948: Dutch children received donation of books from Syracuse children via the Syracuse Public Library to aid in postwar recovery
- Post-Standard, July 19, 1948
Children's Department Assembles Treasure Chest - Image 1
1948: Syracuse Public Library entered float in the City of Syracuse Centennial Parade
- Library Board of Trustees Minutes, Aug. 26, 1948
1948: First of a series of weekly radio broadcasts on “Your Library Bookshelf” begun by Doris Wise of the Young People’s Department and continued in various forms over the next decade
- Herald-Journal, Nov. 2, 1948
Radio broadcast - Image 1
1949: New cork
flooring replaces linoleum in Central Library
- Post-Standard, Feb.
27, 1949
Carnegie Library Interior
1949: New Valley
Branch Library opened at 4874 South Salina St. and renamed the Frederick W. Betts Branch under the direction
of Miss Elizabeth Girard
- Post-Standard, March 11, 1949
Betts Branch Interior
Betts Young Folks' Room