[Michlib-l] [Everyone] Your Help Needed: What Is The Oldest Public Library in Michigan?

[Kathleen Dimond]

Wow that's pretty impressive, I thought Manchester District Library was
old, founded in 1838.  We are pretty proud of that.




On Fri, Apr 24, 2015 at 2:05 PM, Maren Kroening <mkroening at cityofwarren.org>
wrote:

> Congratulations Mount Clemens!
>
> As for the Data Digest, I'd be careful with the statement "Detroit Public
> Library was established 32 years before the first Library of Congress..."
> According to the Library of Congress' history page, the Library was
> established in 1800 and was housed in the Capitol for the use of Congress
> until the Library of Congress building was completed and opened its doors
> to the public in 1897. http://www.loc.gov/about/history-of-the-library/
>
> Just my two cents,
>
> Maren Kroening
> mkroening at cityofwarren.org
> Arthur Miller Branch
> Warren Public Library
> 5460 Arden, Suite 303
> Warren, MI 48092
> 586.751.5377
> Fax 586.751.5902
>
> ________________________________________
> From: michlib-l-bounces at mcls.org <michlib-l-bounces at mcls.org> on behalf
> of Deborah Larsen <larsend at libcoop.net>
> Sent: Friday, April 24, 2015 1:21 PM
> To: Kathie Brown
> Cc: everyone; Jim Flury; michlib-l
> Subject: Re: [Michlib-l] [Everyone] Your Help Needed: What Is The Oldest
> Public Library in Michigan?
>
> Not claiming to be the oldest in Michigan, mind you, but Mount Clemens
> Public Library was established in 1865 and like DPL, is also celebrating
> our 150th anniversary during 2015.
>
> ---
> Deborah Larsen
> Assistant Director
> Mount Clemens Public Library
> 150 Cass Ave. | Mount Clemens MI 48043
> 586-469-6200 | www.mtclib.org
> www.arcadiapublishing.com/9781467100120/Legendary-Locals-of-Mount-Clemens
>
> On 04.24.2015 1:01 PM, Kathie Brown wrote:
> > According to
> > https://www.michigan.gov/documents/mde/lm_2009_DataDigest_325316_7.pdf
> >
> >
> > Michigan's largest library, Detroit Public Library, is also the
> > state's oldest established free public library. Detroit Public Library
> > was established 32 years before the first Library of Congress, and is
> > only
> > 17 years younger than the United States' oldest public library, Boston
> > Public Library.
> >
> > Kathie Brown
> > Coordinator of Automation Services
> > Farmington Community Library
> > Farmington Branch / Farmington Hills Main
> > 248.848.4316
> > 248.553.3228 Fax
> > kathie.brown at farmlib.org
> >
> > "If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need."
> > ** Marcus Tullius Cicero **
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: everyone-request at lists.tln.lib.mi.us
> > [mailto:everyone-request at lists.tln.lib.mi.us] On Behalf Of Jim Flury
> > Sent: Friday, April 24, 2015 12:54 PM
> > To: michlib-l; everyone
> > Subject: [Everyone] Your Help Needed: What Is The Oldest Public
> > Library in Michigan?
> >
> > All,
> >
> > Earlier today I was contacted by Chris Hall at the Detroit Free Press.
> > You will recall that Chris has always been very interested in as well
> > as supportive of, the Michigan Activity Pass program. To that end,
> > here is the link to an article she wrote about the program that
> > appeared in the March 1, 2015 issue of the Detroit Free Press:
> >
> http://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/2015/02/28/michigan-activity-pass-program-expands-state-parks-program-free-admission-special-discount/24191905/
> >
> > Anyway, with the ongoing celebration of the 150th birthday of Detroit
> > Public Library, Chris asked me if I knew what was the oldest public
> > library in the state of Michigan. By that she didn't mean oldest
> > building but rather, earliest establishment of a public library. She
> > wondered if it might be DPL. I said I didn't know, but that if I had
> > to guess it would be either Sault Ste. Marie or Monroe (previously
> > Frenchtown), based on the fact that those two places were settled so
> > early. I also told Chris that there were people out there in library
> > land who are a lot smarter than I am, who would know the answer to her
> > question:
> >
> > What is the oldest public library in Michigan?
> >
> > Thanks!
> >
> > Jim
> >
> > Jim Flury
> > Technical Services Manager
> > The Library Network
> > 41365 Vincenti Court
> > Novi, MI 48375
> > 248-536-3100 x133
> > Fax 248-536-3098
> > jflury at tln.lib.mi.us
> >
> >
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Kathleen Dimond
MDL Director
Manchester District Library
912 City Street
Manchester, MI 48158
734.428.8045
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