OCPL Home > About OCPL > OCPL Timeline > 1900s
[Click any image to see larger version]
1901: Donation
of $200,000 from Carnegie Foundation follows lengthy solicitation by Mayor
McGuire; collection divided among different downtown sites until new building
opens
- Herald, July 20,
1930, Post-Standard, Sept. 6, 1930
1901: Hon.
Howard G. White donates volumes of early newspapers including the Syracuse
Standard
- 1916 Annual Report
1902: Cornerstone
of the new library containing such item as newspapers and 1902 silver coins
laid on the site of the former library
at Montgomery and Jefferson Sts.
- Post-Standard, Aug. 2,
1902
Newspaper Clipping - Image 1
1903: North
Side branch opens in the Odd Fellows Hall at the corner of Ash and Townsend streets under Miss Mary
Schaefer in March
- 1904 Annual Report
North Side Branch Interior - Image 1
1904: Daily
circulation between 5,000 – 6,000; total volumes 61,000; 34 dailies, 21
weeklies, two monthly papers
- Post-Standard,
July 30, 1904
1905: New
“Syracuse Central Library” building opens on March 23, 1905
- Syracuse Journal, Mar. 23, 1905; Syracuse
Herald, Mar. 24, 1905
Cataloging Room
Main Staircase
Study Room
Periodical Room, postcard image
Delivery Room, postcard image
Main Desk, Christmastime
Carnegie Library Souvenirs
Main Reading Room
1905: John D. Barrow
donates “a large number” of paintings originally displayed in one room on the third floor but later distributed
throughout the library
- 1916 Annual Report
1906: Museum of Fine
Arts opens in Central Library
- Post-Standard?, April 11, 1906
1908: J. William Smith
donates over 458 rare books on the “History of Bookmaking” in honor of Ezekiel Mundy and houses in special cases in
the trustees room
- Post-Standard, July 1, 1908
Newspaper Clipping - Image 1
1908: New York State
Genealogical Bureau locates its headquarters in Syracuse, citing extensive genealogical resources at
the Syracuse Public Library, University and Onondaga Historical Association
- Post-Standard,
Jan. 29, 1908
Newspaper Clipping - Image 1
1909: Paul Paine
starts as assistant to Ezekiel Mundy
- Herald, Nov. 5, 1909
Newspaper Clipping - Image 1
Choose Another Time Period From the List Below
Last updated February 5, 2010