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History:
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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