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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…

City Manager Sims Ely ruled all aspects of life in Boulder City. This 1940 letter informs the library of his appointment of a new Treasurer to the board. He sends his communication of the appointment to the woman, Mrs. Anna Wyatt through her husband.…

A typed budget for the Boulder City Library District for the 1944-1945 year. Note the beginning balance of $817.51. This is better than in had been in the past for the library. The information about the Tax Levy appears here and points to the fact…

This three page City Order outlines the regulations for the operation of the "Boulder City School Library." Since the base collection was given to the community by the "Librarian of Congress" the base material was considered federal property. It was…

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

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.

In 1944, for the first time in the history of the library, 33 subscriptions were paid for by the library rather than depending solely upon donations.

This is the three page handwritten meeting report made by newly appointed La V La Hayward documenting the infamous 1938 meeting. Sims Ely appointed Mrs. Dodge to be Chairman, Mrs. Harris to be Financial Chariman, Mrs. Hayward to be Secretary, and all…