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==Contact Information== | ==Contact Information== | ||
'''Marshall Public Library''' | '''Marshall Public Library'''<br>612 Archer Avenue<br>Marshall, IL 62441<br> | ||
'''Telephone: (217) 826-2535'''<br> | |||
'''Hours of Operation:'''<br> | |||
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday - 10 am to 6 pm <br> | |||
Thursday - 10 am to 8 pm <br> | |||
Friday, Saturday - 10 am to 5 pm <br> | |||
'''Email:''' jpoorman@marshallplib.com<br> | |||
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'''Website:''' http://www.marshallillibrary.com <br> | '''Website:''' http://www.marshallillibrary.com <br> | ||
'''Facebook:''' https://www.facebook.com/MarshallPLib<br> | '''Facebook:''' https://www.facebook.com/MarshallPLib<br> | ||
==Description of Collections== | ==Description of Collections== | ||
*[https://www.marshallillibrary.com/ClarkCountyGenealogyCollection Genealogy and Historical Collections]. | |||
Marshall Public Library offers a variety of local history and genealogical resources. All collections from the Clark County Genealogical Library have been recently transferred to the Marshall Public Library, now housed in the library's Activity Room. Collections include family histories; resource books; copies of county birth, death and marriage records for Clark County as well as other Illinois counties and even surrounding states. | |||
The Marshall Public Library has collected and digitized local history through Marshall newspapers, interviews and photos. The CCGL collection brings an additional 20,000 county newspapers such as the Clark County Democrat, Casey Daily Reporter, Martinsville Planet, Clark County Daily Chronicle, and more. Print materials include 1800 volumes of family histories, cemetery records and maps, census data, churches and schools by township, wills, birth and death records, town histories and more. | |||
The library's newspaper collection has been digitized and is available on the website, free of charge. The website also hosts the invaluable Oral History Collection featuring interviews with local residents over the past several decades. | The library's newspaper collection has been digitized and is available on the website, free of charge. The website also hosts the invaluable Oral History Collection featuring interviews with local residents over the past several decades. | ||
==Services== | ==Services== | ||
Here are some of the materials and services you’ll find at Marshall Public Library: | Here are some of the materials and services you’ll find at Marshall Public Library: | ||
*Internet accessible computers for public use, plus iPads, a scanner and CD writer | |||
*Local, regional, and national newspapers are available for reading in the library | |||
*Internet accessible computers for public use, plus iPads, a scanner and CD writer | *A digital microfilm reader and printer to search a microfilm collection of all of newspapers ever printed in Marshall, dating back to pre-Civil War | ||
*Local, regional, and national newspapers are available for reading in the library | *Original Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps of Marshall dated 1892 and 1912 in print and also on microfilm | ||
*A digital microfilm reader and printer to search a microfilm collection of all of newspapers ever printed in Marshall, dating back to pre-Civil War | *A collection of local history and genealogical resources | ||
*Original Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps of Marshall dated 1892 and 1912 in print and also on microfilm | *A photocopier, a fax machine, a typewriter, and a variety of audiovisual and office equipment | ||
*A collection of local history and genealogical resources | |||
*A photocopier, a fax machine, a typewriter, and a variety of audiovisual and office equipment | |||
Search the database of more than 500 libraries within Illinois Heartland Library System and order what you need using your library card for delivery to our library. | |||
==History== | |||
Marshall Public Library was officially opened on October 4<sup>th</sup>, 1916. | Marshall Public Library was officially opened on October 4<sup>th</sup>, 1916. | ||
In 1915, the Walter Burdick Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution sought to include the question of a public library in the April election. A newspaper campaign was started to create “favorable sentiment” towards the establishment of a 2 mill tax to support a public library. The proposition carried and in January 1916, Mayor John W. Lewis appointed the first library board. The library was located on the second floor of the Claypool Block on the southwest corner of 5<sup>th</sup> and Main Street (now Archer Avenue) and was accessible only by an outside stairway. | In 1915, the Walter Burdick Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution sought to include the question of a public library in the April election. A newspaper campaign was started to create “favorable sentiment” towards the establishment of a 2 mill tax to support a public library. The proposition carried and in January 1916, Mayor John W. Lewis appointed the first library board. The library was located on the second floor of the Claypool Block on the southwest corner of 5<sup>th</sup> and Main Street (now Archer Avenue) and was accessible only by an outside stairway. | ||
In 1929, the library was moved to a room on the second floor above the City Hall. No rent was required at this location and there was an inside stairway. | In 1929, the library was moved to a room on the second floor above the City Hall. No rent was required at this location and there was an inside stairway. | ||
In 1963, the Marshall Women’s Club presented the idea of moving the library to a ground floor location to better service the public. Funding, however, was an issue and nearly ended the project. In November 1964, a Friends of the Library group was organized and a campaign begun to relocate the library. The Friends group headed the fundraising efforts and was able to purchase the building at 612 Archer Avenue. | In 1963, the Marshall Women’s Club presented the idea of moving the library to a ground floor location to better service the public. Funding, however, was an issue and nearly ended the project. In November 1964, a Friends of the Library group was organized and a campaign begun to relocate the library. The Friends group headed the fundraising efforts and was able to purchase the building at 612 Archer Avenue. | ||
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==Tips for Your Visit== | ==Tips for Your Visit== | ||
Our photocopier is located just past the circulation desk. Black and white copies are 15 cents each and can be paid for at the circulation desk. If you need color copies, the cost is 50 cents, and our staff will be happy to make these copies in the back for you. | Our photocopier is located just past the circulation desk. Black and white copies are 15 cents each and can be paid for at the circulation desk. If you need color copies, the cost is 50 cents, and our staff will be happy to make these copies in the back for you. | ||
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