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The Thomas Balch Library is a history and genealogy library located in Leesburg, Virginia.〔 The library, owned and operated by the town of Leesburg, serves as a designated Underground Railroad research site and has an active research program.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.loudoun.daily-monitor.com/thomas-balch-library-adds-database-of-president-james-monroes-slaves/11895/ )〕 ==History== The library was incorporated in 1918. The architect for the library was Waddy Butler Wood. In 1922, the Thomas Balch Library was constructed in Leesburg, Virginia as a memorial to Thomas Balch, a Leesburg native. Thomas Willing Balch (1866-1927) and Edwin Swift Balch (1856-1927), sons of Thomas Balch, originally endowed the subscription library. The Library is part of the Leesburg Historic District.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.leesburgva.gov/government/boards-commissions/board-of-architectural-review/historic-district )〕 The Thomas Balch Library operated for fifty years under a private Board of Trustees. The library was staffed by volunteers and part-time employees. In 1960 the library dropped its subscription and became a free, though segregated, public library. It was desegregated in 1965. In 1973, the Loudoun County Public Library system was established. The Thomas Balch Library joined as a full service public library branch in 1974, alongside the Purcellville, Purcellville Bookmobile and Sterling libraries. In 1994, ownership of the Thomas Balch Library was transferred from the Loudoun County Public Library system to the Town of Leesburg. Under the Town of Leesburg, the library began operating as a history and genealogy library.〔(Leesburg, Virginia: Thomas Balch Library )〕 The (Martin L. Cook ) photograph collection was acquired by the library in 2008. Cook was commissioned after training at the Tuskegee Army Flying School and went on to serve in U.S. Navy in the Department of Defense as an aeronautical engineer. In 2003 a Palladio Award in the category "Traditional Buildings" was given to Bowie Gridley Architects for a "sympathetic" addition to the Library building.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.traditional-building.com/palladio/pw200301.htm )〕 The addition doubled the size of the 1922 building.〔 In 2013, the state legislature passed a special bill enabling the Library to receive a gift of $618,000 left to it by Virginia L. Bowie, a Leesburg resident and longtime library volunteer, although the library is now operated as a branch of the County library system. The Library also holds an annual fundraising event. 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「Thomas Balch Library」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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