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}} The Charles M. Bailey Public Library is the public library serving Winthrop, Maine. It was officially established by the town on November 4, 1916, and opened to the public on December 2, 1916. The library became a free library in 1970,〔''Kennebec Journal'', September 15, 1970〕 and was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1985. The original granite structure was designed by prominent Maine architect John Calvin Stevens, and his son John Howard Stevens.〔''History of Winthrop, Maine 1771-1925'', p. 111.〕 The 2015 addition was designed by Maine architect Philip M Locashio.〔http://www.centralmaine.com/2014/07/14/winthrop-library-expansion-work-to-begin-by-september/〕 ==Founding== The Winthrop Public Library was originally opened on July 8, 1889. The library location was referred to as "Packard Block" in early Town Reports. The original library contained 1,322 volumes at the time of opening and featured a reading room. The collection had grown to 2,700 volumes by 1904.〔https://archive.org/stream/winthropregister00lcmitc/winthropregister00lcmitc_djvu.txt〕 The cost to use the original library was $1 per year, and the original library construction was funded through a combination of private fundraising and a Town grant.〔http://www.library.umaine.edu/townreport/content/winthrop/Winthrop_1890.pdf〕 In November 1916, Charles M. Bailey of Winthrop, Maine entered into an agreement with the Town of Winthrop to give a new building to be used for library and reading room purposes. The new library was opened to the public on December 2, 1916 in a dedication ceremony that featured president of Colby College, Arthur J. Roberts, and Dennis' Orchestra of Augusta, Maine. Charles M. Bailey was the best known member of the Society of Friends in Winthrop, and was known for his "Bailey's Praying Band", who conducted evangelistic services. Bailey also owned one of the largest oilcloth manufacturers in America at the time, and employed two hundred individuals in Winthrop in the early 1900s.〔 The 1916 structure of rock faced and chiseled granite is still in use today. Charles Irving Bailey (the elder son of Charles M. Bailey) was the first person to serve as Chair of the newly formed Board of Trustees.〔''Records of the Meetings of the Trustees 1918-1974''〕 Lula A. Clifford was the first head librarian to serve in the new Bailey building, and served to the time of her death in 1940. Clifford's starting salary was $1 for each afternoon and evening the library was open to the public, and in 1920 was set at $25 per month.〔 Mr. John Stanley served as Town Librarian for twenty-five years (at the Packard Block location) before Charles M. Bailey donated the Bowdoin St. building. John Stanley continued serving on the Board of Trustees and Book Committee after Clifford was hired in 1916. Lula A. Clifford was noted as being Stanley's assistant librarian prior to 1916. The first book replacement notice was sent out to C.S. Fowle on January 17, 1920.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Charles M. Bailey Public Library」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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