Ground breaking for the Mid-City Library Branch. (from left): Ken Osterberger, City Council Member; Dempsey Williams, Jr. Library Board; Dewey Raborn, City Council; Dr. I. Ashton Robins; J. Burton LeBlanc, Library Board; Mayor W.W. Dumas; W. J....
Margaret Reed Gueymard , East Baton Rouge Parish Public Library; Essae M. Culver, State Librarian; Edith Atkinson, State Library; and Ruth Ferguson, State Library with U.S. Soldiers at the Harding Field Base Library. Baton Rouge, La. Date: ca. 1945
Ground breaking ceremonies for the Mid City Branch Library Expansion. (L. to r.) Sallie Farrell, State Librarian; Dr. I. Ashton Robins, Library Board; Fire Chief Muller; Mrs. Jules F. Landry, Library Board President; unknown, Mrs. Max Scheneker;...
Tillie Scheneker, Library Director and Dr. I Ashton Roberts, member of the Library Board of Control at the opening of the Zachary Branch of the East Baton Rouge Parish Library. Date: November 1, 1966
Stella Smith, Library Assistant in the Circulation Department with Jimmy Smith, Library Page at the former Main Library. 700 Laurel St. Baton Rouge, La. Date: November, 1958
Mrs. Tillie Scheneker, Librarian and Maurice B. Sachse, Library Board member at the opening of the North Baton Rouge Branch Library. Located at the corner of Plank Rd. and Winbourne St., at the time of its opening, this library was the largest in...
Reading Room of the Zachary Branch of the East Baton Rouge Parish Library. Opened on November 1, 1966; the library was given rent free for five years by Louisiana National Bank. Date: ca. 1960's
Reading Room of the Zachary Branch of the East Baton Rouge Parish Library. Opened on November 1, 1966; the library was given rent free for five years by Louisiana National Bank. Date: ca. 1960's
Louisiana Department of Highways presents Dr. I Ashton Roberts, member of the Library Board of Control books on safety to the East Baton Rouge Parish Library. Date: June 17, 1965
The Baton Rouge Sportsman's League presents books to the East Baton Rouge Parish Library. (l. to r.) Paul Brunett Vice President Sportsmen's League; Mayor W.W. Dumas, Mrs. Jules Landry, Library Board Member; and Mr. R.E. Leonard, President of Baton...
Ida Rice and Gladys Brown, Library Assistants in the Circulation Department at the former Main Library, 700 Laurel St., Baton Rouge, La. Date: November, 1958
Reading Room of the Zachary Branch of the East Baton Rouge Parish Library. Opened on November 1, 1966; the library was given rent free for five years by Louisiana National Bank. Date: ca. 1960's
Charles J. Wise, retired accountant is one of the library's "most faithful borrowers". Wise visited the library almost daily for 10 years in the 1940's to read books magazines and newspapers. Taken from 1948-1949 scrapbook. Date: September, 1949
East Baton Rouge Parish High School Seniors participate in the "Librarian for a Day" program at the East Baton Rouge Parish Library as part of Louisiana Library Week. Sammy Dupre and Norman Ray Miller of Woodlawn School help shelve books at the Old...
Mrs. Martha Mott (at charging desk) Gladys Brouphy, slipping books; Mildred Lyner, on phone; Hubert Cavell dark shirt, facing camera library page; at the old Main Library 700 Laurel Street, Baton Rouge, La. Date: 1966.
Mrs. Charles Ralph Odom, Library Business Manager in Librarian's office at Mid-City Branch Library Dedication Day. Baton Rouge, la. Date: November 15, 1967
Opening of the North Baton Rouge Branch Library. Located at the corner of Plank Rd. and Winbourne St., at the time of its opening, this library was the largest in the system. Date: February 20, 1960