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Documents from the Coyle Archive

Below is a list of historic documents that pertain to the history and operation of the Coyle Free Library. The formatting has been preserved as much as possible.

Date
Title
Description
April 1, 1960 Historical Sketch of the Coyle Free Library General overview of the history of Coyle from 1890's to 1950's. Details construction and move into library building on the corner of Second and Queen Streets.
November 7, 1979 "Our Library Roots And Branches" General overview of the history of Coyle. Lots of budget and service information from the late 1970's.

 

History of Coyle Patrons and Items
Year
Items in Catalog
New Patrons Registered
Total Patrons Registered
Items Borrowed
1898
166
313
N/A
not available (N/A)
1923
4,250
N/A
N/A
N/A
1955
18,339
N/A
N/A
32,756
1956
17,885
1,548
4,193
44,623
1957
18,607
N/A
5,075
51,036
1958
18,874
N/A
5,247
54,579
1959
19,019
N/A
4,913
57,601
1970
46,009
2,580
10,768
96,169
1971
48,417
2,630
11,317
100,237
1979
66,307
N/A
N/A
N/A
1991
83,315
2,359
25,006
167,774
1992
84,171
2,486
27,492
175,236
1993
84,555
2,142
25,875
169,283
1994
83,899
2,185
28,060
165,460
1995
88,011
2,307
 
177,679
1996
92,190
2,273
 
176,360
2000
       
2001
       
2002
 
2,561
 
163,472
Public Access Computing Uses
2002
21,436
 
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Youth Department
Just for Teens
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