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A November 1942 newspaper clipping, presumably from the Boulder City News announcing receipt of $70 which will be earmarked for 3 months wages for an assistant librarian.

High finance in the year of 1940 shows a balance of $62.70 at the year's end. A reported "party" brought in some funding but the library still had expenses such as shelf rental and a typewriter to pay for.

Memorabilia from 1978 library benefit including a yellow ($10.00) ticket to the event and a photograph of the 1978 Miss Nevada attended by two other teen young women.

An exterior photograph of the Boulder City Library shortly after completion, including newly planted landscaping.

A clipping of a Review Journal newspaper article announcing the marriage between James Monroe Harvey and Charlotte Sedgwick in 1974. The couple met in the library when Harvey, as an Astrologer gave a lecture there for National Library Week. The…

Interior photograph of numerous unidentified youth in the basement location of the Boulder City Library during a Summer Reading Program entitled "Rocket to Adventure."

Here are two examples of gifts received by the developing library for the purchase of new books.

This newspaper article describes library activity during the month of July in the year 1941. The increase in use is utilized as evidence to the importance of the library for the growth of the community.

The number of materials donated to the…

A 1941 newspaper article encourages desert dwellers to visit a "cool, quiet and restful rendezvous." The article attempts to intrigue readers to peruse books donated by the Library of Congress. It also promises the arrival of some detective novels…

Boulder City News article from the November, 19, 1940, Volume 3, Number 232 issue. The article informs the public that the library is collecting back issues of magazines from community members. A car is offered to retrieve the donations on the…