A History of the Two Carnegie Libraries in Vermillion, South Dakota
Schlenker EH. 2019. A History of the Two Carnegie Libraries in Vermillion, South Dakota. South Dakota State Historic Preservation Office, South Dakota State Historical Society; Clay County Historic Preservation Commission; Pressing Matters, Inc.
From the Preface: "Vermillion house two Carnegie libraries in the early twentieth century. One was a public library that served the city of Vermillion and Clay County. The second was an academic library whose purpose was to create a space for University of South Dakota (USD) students to study and learn. For the Vermillion Public Library to exist, support was required from the city and its citizens. The university library needed approval and funding from the state Board of Regents, which oversees higher education. Early in its history, the university library consisted of reading rooms in the rebuilt (following an 1893 fire) University Hall (now Old Main), which according to USD President Garrett Droppers, was totally inadequate for the growing student population. The purposes of this book are to discuss the many steps required to construct both libraries (and in the case of the university library, to enlarge it later to double its size), as well as to outline their use after the buildings no longer served as libraries...." Project funding was provided in part by a Historic Preservation Fund grant to the South Dakota State Historic Preservation Office, South Dakota State Historical Society, administered by the State, Tribal, Local Plans and Grants division, National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior (grant number P19AF00014).
- Type
- Published Report
- Authors
- Schlenker, Evelyn
- Date of Issue
- 2019
- Publisher
- South Dakota State Historic Preservation Office, South Dakota State Historical Society; Clay County Historic Preservation Commission; Pressing Matters, Inc.
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- HPF
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