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RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS RELATING TO THE HOWELL FREE PUBLIC LIBRARY AND CARNEGIE LIBRARY BUILDING&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;April 28 1909&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Board met at Library. Present M.J. McPherson, L.S. Brooke, Geo. Barnes, R.B. McPherson, G.H. Chapel, &amp;amp; A.D. Thompson. Report of sect read and affirmed.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The board reorganized by electing the following officers.&lt;br /&gt;President M.J. McPherson&lt;br /&gt;President Protempfore L.S. Brooke&lt;br /&gt;Secretary A.D. Thompson&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Treasurer R. Bruce McPherson&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;After due consideration the following bills were allowed.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;George Wahr Ann Arbor&lt;br /&gt;bill of April 17 '09 $29.02&lt;br /&gt;bill of April 27 '09 16.38 $45.40&lt;br /&gt;Interstate Long Dist. Co 6.00&lt;br /&gt;rental April Quarter&lt;br /&gt;Henry Hook 1.25&lt;br /&gt;4 Trees&lt;br /&gt;Lucy Chapel Librarian 30.00&lt;br /&gt;salary April&lt;br /&gt;A.J. Brown Janitor 17.50&lt;br /&gt;half of salary April village, half to township&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Electric LIght &amp;amp; Water Commission 4.32&lt;br /&gt;lights for April&lt;br /&gt;water to ?Nov '09 11.00&lt;br /&gt;R.B. McPherson &amp;amp; L.S. Brooke were appointed book committee.&lt;br /&gt;The report of the treasurer was read &amp;amp; accepted.&lt;br /&gt;After some discussion in regard to the annual report, the board adjourned.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Geo. Barnes, Sect.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;June 2 1909&lt;br /&gt;Board met at Library. Present M.J. McPherson, L.S Brook, Geo. Barnes, R. Bruce McPherson Geo. H. Chapel &amp;amp; A.D. Thompson.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;After due consideration, the following bills were allowed.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A.J. Brown salary 1/2 to village, 1/2 to township $17.50&lt;br /&gt;Lucy Chapel, salary 30.00&lt;br /&gt;The Electric Lights for May 3.68&lt;br /&gt;$51.68&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;L.S. Brook presented report for books to be considered for purchasing.&lt;br /&gt;Moved, supported and carried that report of book committee be accepted and checked over by Librarian and those selected be purchased by committee.&lt;br /&gt;Moved, supported &amp;amp; carried that we adjourn.&lt;br /&gt;A.D. Thompson Secy</text>
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RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS RELATING TO THE HOWELL FREE PUBLIC LIBRARY AND CARNEGIE LIBRARY BUILDING&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;April 19 1909&lt;br /&gt;Board met at library. Present G.H. Chapel, R.B. McPherson, Geo. Barnes &amp;amp; L.S. Brooke who has just been elected full term. &lt;br /&gt;Absent M.J. McPherson who was reelected full term &amp;amp; A.D. Thompson.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;After due consideratons, the following bills were allowed.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Lucy Chapel Library sal March $30.00&lt;br /&gt;A.J. Brown, Janitor 17.50&lt;br /&gt;half of salary township/half of salary village&lt;br /&gt;Burt B. Wright repairing 5.50&lt;br /&gt;O.J. Parker bill of April 15 '09 2.35&lt;br /&gt;toilet paper &amp;amp; C&lt;br /&gt;E.G. Donohue Corrunna Mich 5.00&lt;br /&gt;for books from the Personal H?? &lt;br /&gt;Publishing Co. Des Moines, Iowa&lt;br /&gt;Mrs. Cleave assist. librarian 27.00&lt;br /&gt;bill of April 15 '09 to date &lt;br /&gt;Theo E. Schulte New York 27.50&lt;br /&gt;set ??clives 13 vol Stoddard 32 E 289 St&lt;br /&gt;Jones ?Caruthers Howell 69.72&lt;br /&gt;19,920 coal @7&lt;br /&gt;Electric Light &amp;amp; Water Com 4.88&lt;br /&gt;lights March&lt;br /&gt;Geo Wahr Ann Arbor books&lt;br /&gt;March 19 '08 15.77&lt;br /&gt;March 11 '08 20.53&lt;br /&gt;March 27 '08 25.16&lt;br /&gt;March 28 '08 14.60&lt;br /&gt;March 11 '09 3.83&lt;br /&gt;March 18 '09 49.50&lt;br /&gt;March 27 '09 11.34&lt;br /&gt;Total 140.73&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Geo.H Chapel was appointed to look after rese?ting trees.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Geo. Barnes Sect.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;April 15 '09 Continued&lt;br /&gt;Mrs. T.R. Staley presented the Libary 3 vol - Thos Scott's Bible, published in 1816 for which she was tendered a ?ile of thanks.&lt;br /&gt;Hon Edwin Farmer sent the Library a set of Regimental Histories from the &amp;gt;alale which were accepted with thanks by the board.&lt;br /&gt;Geo. Barnes Sect</text>
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RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS RELATING TO THE HOWELL FREE PUBLIC LIBRARY AND CARNEGIE LIBRARY BUILDING&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Jan 25 1909&lt;br /&gt;Board met at Library. Present M.J. McPherson, A.D. Thompson, Thos Gordan Jr. Geo Barnes, Geo Chapel&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;After due consideration the following bills were allowed.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;James Canfield $2.00&lt;br /&gt;2 loads of manure&lt;br /&gt;George Wahr Ann Arbor 3.80&lt;br /&gt;bill of Jan 14 '09&lt;br /&gt;The Bloomington World 62.75&lt;br /&gt;binding books Ind&lt;br /&gt;Mrs. Cleave Howell 14.50&lt;br /&gt;repairing books&lt;br /&gt;S.M. Armstrong 2.09&lt;br /&gt;? ...her&lt;br /&gt;Lucy Chapel Librarian 30.00&lt;br /&gt;salary January&lt;br /&gt;A.J. Brown Janitor 17.50&lt;br /&gt;half salary village&lt;br /&gt;half salary township for January&lt;br /&gt;Electric Light &amp;amp; Water Com 7.04&lt;br /&gt;lights for January&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The report of the Librarian was read &amp;amp; accepted. Placed on file.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;M.J. McPherson was authorized to order repairs for the electric lights.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;M.J. McPherson, Thos Gordan &amp;amp; R.B. McPherson were appointed to look after annual report.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Geo. Barnes Sect.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;March 10, 1909&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Board met at office of Thos. Gordan Jr. Present Thos. Gordan Jr., G.H. Chapel, Geo. Barnes, A.D. Thompson, &amp;amp; R.B. McPherson&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The following bills were audited and allowed.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;H.E. Johnson Magazine $62.60&lt;br /&gt;for 1909&lt;br /&gt;Interstate Long Dist. Tel Co 6.00&lt;br /&gt;Telephone to April 1, '09&lt;br /&gt;Lucy Chapel Librarian 30.00&lt;br /&gt;sal February&lt;br /&gt;A.J. Brown Janitor 17.50&lt;br /&gt;half salary to village, half to township&lt;br /&gt;Municipal Elect. Light &amp;amp; Water 3.60&lt;br /&gt;Com for Feb&lt;br /&gt;George Wahr's offer of Century&lt;br /&gt;Dich ? accepted&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Geo Barnes Sect.</text>
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&lt;li&gt;Miss Lucy Chapel, Librarian 1906-1910 (resigned)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Mrs. Myrtle Wilkinson, Librarian 1910-1916 (resigned)&lt;/li&gt;
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&lt;li&gt;Mrs. Ellen Lyons, Acting Librarian 1979-1980&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Kathleen Zaenger, Librarian 1980-1989 then Director 1989-2018 (resigned)&lt;/li&gt;
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                <text>&lt;p&gt;Howell Carnegie Library board minutes and ledger entries approved by the board.&lt;/p&gt;
RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS RELATING TO THE HOWELL FREE PUBLIC LIBRARY AND CARNEGIE LIBRARY BUILDING&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Nov 30, 1908&lt;br /&gt;Board met. Present M.J. McPherson, Thos Gordan Jr., G.H. Chapel &amp;amp; Geo. Barnes&lt;br /&gt;After due consideration the following bills were allowed.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;W.E. Beach Insurance 12.00 $12.35&lt;br /&gt;&amp;amp; ?expos .0.35&lt;br /&gt;George Bahr Ann Arbor&lt;br /&gt;Oct 26 '08 22.07&lt;br /&gt;Oct 31 '08 84.82&lt;br /&gt;Nov 12 '08 78.34&lt;br /&gt;Nov 19 '08 65.11&lt;br /&gt;total 250.34&lt;br /&gt;check sent Dec '08&lt;br /&gt;Lucy Chapel Librarian 30.00&lt;br /&gt;A.J. Brown - Janitor 17.50&lt;br /&gt;salary half township 17.50&lt;br /&gt;half village 17.50&lt;br /&gt;Howell Electric Light &amp;amp; Water Com 6.40&lt;br /&gt;light for October&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The President and Sect. of Library board motioned to place to $3000 insurance on books &amp;amp; furniture&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Geo. Barnes instructed to order list of magazines&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Library Bureau 156 Wabash Ave Chicago 74.00&lt;br /&gt;Golden and Case &amp;amp; Bane&lt;br /&gt;check sent Dec 20&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Jan 14 '09&lt;br /&gt;Board met at Library. Present M.J. McPherson, Thos Gordan Jr., G.H. Chapel &amp;amp; Geo. Barnes&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The following bills were allowed.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;W.E. Beach Insurance $18.00&lt;br /&gt;on books&lt;br /&gt;The H.W. Wilson Company - Minneapolis 6.00&lt;br /&gt;Readers Guide &lt;br /&gt;F.M Lansing Insurance Books 18.00&lt;br /&gt;1500 American In Co&lt;br /&gt;Congressional Library Washington 10.00&lt;br /&gt;Geo. Wahr Books&lt;br /&gt;Nov 25 53.30&lt;br /&gt;Dec 7 9.87&lt;br /&gt;Jan 7 '09 4.05&lt;br /&gt;total 67.22 67.22&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Electric LIght 7.28&lt;br /&gt;Lucy Chapel Librarian 30.00&lt;br /&gt;salary Dec.&lt;br /&gt;A.J. Brown Janitor 17.50&lt;br /&gt;half salary village 17.50&lt;br /&gt;half salary township '&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Geo Barnes Sect</text>
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&lt;li&gt;Miss Lucy Chapel, Librarian 1906-1910 (resigned)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Mrs. Myrtle Wilkinson, Librarian 1910-1916 (resigned)&lt;/li&gt;
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&lt;li&gt;Kathleen Zaenger, Librarian 1980-1989 then Director 1989-2018 (resigned)&lt;/li&gt;
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RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS RELATING TO THE HOWELL FREE PUBLIC LIBRARY AND CARNEGIE LIBRARY BUILDING&lt;br /&gt;Sept 26, 1910&lt;br /&gt;Meeting held at Library. Present L.S. Brooke, L.E. Howlett, A.D. Thompson and Geo. H.Chapel.&lt;br /&gt;Minutes of last meeting read and approved.&lt;br /&gt;After due consideration, the following bills allowed.&lt;br /&gt;A.J. Brown salary 1/2 to vill, 1/2 to twp $20.00&lt;br /&gt;Mrs. Wilkinson salary 30.00&lt;br /&gt;Express to L.S. Brooke .60&lt;br /&gt;Francis Lasher &amp;amp; Co. bill 7/25/10 60.00&lt;br /&gt;W.P. Blessed manager bill 9/12/10 10.50&lt;br /&gt;Mark Brown bill manure .75&lt;br /&gt;A.D. Thompson bill ex freight .67&lt;br /&gt;Electric Lights for Sept 4.08&lt;br /&gt;Beurmann Co. table for mens room 36.00&lt;br /&gt;Total 162.60&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Moved, supported and carried that list of books presented by book committee be ordered.&lt;br /&gt;Moved by L.E. Howlett &amp;amp; seconded by Geo. H. Chapel that there be assessed upon the property of the township one mill for the support &amp;amp; maintenance of the Library.&lt;br /&gt;Carried.&lt;br /&gt;Moved by R.B. McPherson &amp;amp; seconded by L.E. Howlett that M.J. McPherson &amp;amp; Geo. H. Chapel be appointed to committee to look up and report on the advisability of keeping the Library open every evening&lt;br /&gt;except Sundays. Carried.&lt;br /&gt;Meeting Adjourned&lt;br /&gt;A.D. Thompson&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Oct 31 1910&lt;br /&gt;Meeting held at Library.&lt;br /&gt;Present M.J. McPherson, Rev. L.S. Brooke, R.B. McPherson, &amp;amp; Geo. H. Chapel. On motion Geo. Chapel elected secretary. ?&lt;br /&gt;Minutes of last meeting read and approved.&lt;br /&gt;After due consideration, the following bills were allowed.&lt;br /&gt;A.J. Brown, Salary 1/2 vill 1/2 township $20.00&lt;br /&gt;Mrs. Wilkinson Salary 30.00&lt;br /&gt;Long distance Telephone rental 6.00&lt;br /&gt;Geo. Barnes bill (envelopes &amp;amp; printing annual report) 28.75&lt;br /&gt;Noah Boothby wood 3.00&lt;br /&gt;Mark Brillon .30&lt;br /&gt;A.J. Peavy &amp;amp; Son 6 1/2 ton coal 45.50&lt;br /&gt;Electric Lights for Sept 4.56&lt;br /&gt;C.A. Beebe sprinkling 1/2 vill, 1/2 twp 12.25&lt;br /&gt;Library bureau 9/16/10 23.20&lt;br /&gt;Library bureau 10/1/10 3.20&lt;br /&gt;Geo. Wahr 9/28/10 23.37&lt;br /&gt;Geo. Wahr 9/23/10 5.00&lt;br /&gt;Geo. Wahr 10/5/10 30.98&lt;br /&gt;Geo. Wahr 10/21/10 53.59&lt;br /&gt;Water bill for LIbrary 3.19&lt;br /&gt;Moved by L.S. Brooke, seconded by R.B. McPherson that list of books presented that were requested be purchased. Carried.&lt;br /&gt;Moved by R.B. McPherson &amp;amp; seconded by Chapel that list of magazines &amp;amp; periodicals as presented by book committee&lt;br /&gt;be purchased. Carried.&lt;br /&gt;Moved by R.B. McPherson &amp;amp; seconded by Brooke that the application of associate relationship of State Library be signed. Carried.&lt;br /&gt;Meeting Adjourned.Geo. H. Chapel, Secy Pro tem</text>
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RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS RELATING TO THE HOWELL FREE PUBLIC LIBRARY AND CARNEGIE LIBRARY BUILDING&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;July 25 1910&lt;br /&gt;Meeting held at Library.&lt;br /&gt;Present L.E. Howlett, Geo. H. Chapel, no quorum being present, meeting was adjourned to July 27, 1910.&lt;br /&gt;Adjourned meeting July 27, 1910. Present R.B. McPherson, Brooks, Howlett and Thompson.&lt;br /&gt;Minutes of last meeting read and approved.&lt;br /&gt;After due consideration, the following bills were allowed.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mrs. Wilkinson on vacation&lt;br /&gt;A.J. Brown, salary for July 1/2 vill, 1/2 twp. $20.00&lt;br /&gt;Mrs. Cleave asst librarian 30.00&lt;br /&gt;Lond (sic) Distance Telephone Rental 6.00&lt;br /&gt;Chas Beebe Spinkling 1/2 vill 1/2 tsp 3.50&lt;br /&gt;Electric Light for July 3.04&lt;br /&gt;Houghton Miflin Co. 17.50&lt;br /&gt;Geo Barrie &amp;amp; Sons 38.00&lt;br /&gt;Francis A. Lasher Co. 58.00&lt;br /&gt;Total 176.04&lt;br /&gt;Moved supported and carried that book committee be instructed to order list of books as presented.&lt;br /&gt;Moved supported and carried that the committee on repairs have the roof painted and repaired as needed.&lt;br /&gt;On Motion, meeting adjourned&lt;br /&gt;A.D. Thompson, Secy&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Aug 29 1910&lt;br /&gt;Meeting held at Library. Present M.J. McPherson, L.S. Brook, Geo. H. Chapel, L.E. Howlett, and A.D. Thompson.&lt;br /&gt;Minutes of last meeting read and approved.&lt;br /&gt;After due consideration, the following bills were allowed.&lt;br /&gt;A.J. Brown, salary 1/2 to vill, 1/2 twp $20.00&lt;br /&gt;Mrs. Wilkinson Salary for Aug 30.00&lt;br /&gt;Geo Wahr Bill Books Aug 6, '10 8.32&lt;br /&gt;Geo Wahr bill books Aug 17, '10 less 1 book returned 19.73&lt;br /&gt;Electric Lights for August 5.52&lt;br /&gt;A. Riley Crittenden Printing Annual Report 2.00&lt;br /&gt;Bill of W.R. Knapp &amp;amp; Son Painting Roof (not given)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Moved supported and carried that committee on Mens room be instructed to order ?two davenports and table for mens room.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Moved supported and carried that the Library be kept open from 9AM until 9 PM Wednesday and Thursday Aug 31st and Sept 1, '10&lt;br /&gt;during homecoming.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Moved supp. and carried that book com. order list of books as presented.&lt;br /&gt;On motion, meeting adjourned, A.D. Thompson</text>
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&lt;li&gt;Miss Lucy Chapel, Librarian 1906-1910 (resigned)&lt;/li&gt;
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&lt;li&gt;Kathleen Zaenger, Librarian 1980-1989 then Director 1989-2018 (resigned)&lt;/li&gt;
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                <text>&lt;p&gt;Howell Carnegie Library board minutes and ledger entries approved by the board.&lt;/p&gt;
RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS RELATING TO THE HOWELL FREE PUBLIC LIBRARY AND CARNEGIE LIBRARY BUILDING&lt;br /&gt;June 6, 1910&lt;br /&gt;Meeting held at Library.&lt;br /&gt;Present M.J. McPherson, R.B. McPherson, L.S. Brooke, Geo. H. Chapel, L.E. Howlett, &amp;amp; A.D. Thompson&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Minutes of last meeting read and corrected and approved and also minutes of special meeting read and approved.&lt;br /&gt;After due consideration, the following bills were allowed.&lt;br /&gt;A.J. Brown, salary for May 1/2 vill, 1/2 twp $20.00&lt;br /&gt;Mrs. Wilkinson Salary for May 30.00&lt;br /&gt;The Book shop Bindery 314 &amp;amp; 322 Chicago, Ill 57.95&lt;br /&gt;Geo. Wahr bill books 5/11/10 34.54&lt;br /&gt;Geo. Wahr bill books 5/17/10 4.55&lt;br /&gt;Geo. Wahr bill books 5/25/10 2.20&lt;br /&gt;A.F. Peavy &amp;amp; sons Coal 5/30/10 37.12&lt;br /&gt;Electric Lights for May 3.68&lt;br /&gt;Total 186.49&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;On motion Secretary was ordered to write to Frank Freund and to parties who presented books to Library expressing the appreciation &lt;br /&gt;of their donations of Picture and books.&lt;br /&gt;On Motion, meeting adjourned&lt;br /&gt;A.D. Thompson Secy&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;June 24 1910&lt;br /&gt;Meeting at Library.&lt;br /&gt;Present M.J. McPherson, L.E. Howlett, Geo. H Chapel, and A.D. Thompson&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;After consideration, the following bills were allowed.&lt;br /&gt;A.J. Brown salary for June 1/2 vill, 1/2 twp $20.00&lt;br /&gt;Mrs. Wilkinson salary for June 30.00&lt;br /&gt;Dodd Mead &amp;amp; Co bill May 20/10 10.00&lt;br /&gt;A.D. Thompson 1.00&lt;br /&gt;Electric Lights for June 3.04&lt;br /&gt;Total 64.04&lt;br /&gt;Moved supported and carried that book committee be instructed to order list of books as presented.&lt;br /&gt;Moved supported and carried we adjourn&lt;br /&gt;A.D. Thompson Secy&lt;br /&gt;Also pasted on page a bill to Carnegie Library dated May 30th, 1910&lt;br /&gt;from Central Drug Store&lt;br /&gt;O.J. Parker Prescription Pharmacist&lt;br /&gt;Sept 20 1909 ?1 gal muriatic acid .60&lt;br /&gt;Feb 2 1910 6 block ? toilet paper .50&lt;br /&gt;1/2 doz steel pens .05&lt;br /&gt;Jun 6 1 gal muriatic acid .60&lt;br /&gt;6 block toilet paper .50&lt;br /&gt;total $2.45</text>
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&lt;li&gt;Miss Lucy Chapel, Librarian 1906-1910 (resigned)&lt;/li&gt;
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RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS RELATING TO THE HOWELL FREE PUBLIC LIBRARY AND CARNEGIE LIBRARY BUILDING&lt;br /&gt;April 26th, 1910&lt;br /&gt;Meeting held at LIbrary.&lt;br /&gt;Present. Brooke, Chapel, McPherson, M.J., Thompson&lt;br /&gt;Minutes of last meeting read and approved.&lt;br /&gt;After due consideration, the following bills were allowed.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A.J. Brown, Salary for April vill 17.50, 17.50 tsp $17.50&lt;br /&gt;Miss Wilkinson salary 30.00&lt;br /&gt;Inter State Long Distance telephone rental 6.00&lt;br /&gt;Geo. Wahr bill 4/5 11.25&lt;br /&gt;Geo. Wahr bill 4/15-10 37.06&lt;br /&gt;Electric Light for April &amp;amp; Water tax 15.48&lt;br /&gt;Total 117.29&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Moved supported and carried that the book committee be ordered to purchase bill of books as read.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Moved supported and carried that we order the International Yearbook for 1908 and 1909 and ?Handbook of U.S. Public Documents and Latin and German Lexicon.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Moved and supported that the report of the Librarian be accepted and place on file: carried.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Moved and supported that M.J. McPherson be a committee to see the Edition of the papers in Howell and have them publish Librarian's &lt;br /&gt;report and try to get them to publish the lists of new books from time to time.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Moved, supported and carried that we adjourn until May 3rd 1910 a 7:30 PM. A.D. Thompson&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;May 3rd, 1910&lt;br /&gt;Adjourned meeting held at Library.&lt;br /&gt;Present: M.J. McPherson, L.S. Brooke, L.E. Howlett, R.B. McPherson, Geo. H. Chapel, and A.D. Thompson&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Report of Treasurer read and on motion accepted. Moved, supported and carried that we have 750 copies of Annual Report or Yearbook&lt;br /&gt;printed for distribution among taxpayers.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;M.J. McPherson and R.B. McPherson were elected committee to prepare Annual Yearbook and have same printed.&lt;br /&gt;On motion, the Salary of Janitor was unanimously voted at $40 per month. On Motion, M.J. McPherson and A.D. Thompson were&lt;br /&gt;appointed as committee to attend to all matters pertaining to Library and village where they are jointly interested.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The following bills were allowed&lt;br /&gt;H. W. Wilson Co Books $2.50&lt;br /&gt;The Board proceeded to the election of officers for ensuing year as follows:&lt;br /&gt;President M.J. McPherson&lt;br /&gt;Vice President L.S. Brooke&lt;br /&gt;Secretary A.D. Thompson&lt;br /&gt;Treasurer R.B. McPherson&lt;br /&gt;On motion the following committees were elected for the year&lt;br /&gt;Book Committee L.E. Howlett &amp;amp; L.S. Brooke&lt;br /&gt;Men's Room R.B. McPherson &amp;amp; L.S. Brooke&lt;br /&gt;Grounds &amp;amp; Buildings M.J. McPherson and Geo. H. Chapel&lt;br /&gt;On motion, meeting adjourned&lt;br /&gt;A.D. Thompson Secy</text>
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                  <text>Howell Carnegie Library board minutes and ledger entries approved by the board. The date ranges from 1902 (before the library existed) to middle of 1969.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Summary of Librarians of Howell Carnegie Library from the beginning to present (2026).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;li&gt;Miss Lucy Chapel, Librarian 1906-1910 (resigned)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Mrs. Myrtle Wilkinson, Librarian 1910-1916 (resigned)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Miss Gladys Cook, Librarian 1916-1919 (resigned)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Miss Winnifred Brown, Librarian 1919-1923 (resigned)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Mrs. Adeline L. Huntington, Librarian 1923-1925 (died)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Mrs. Minnie L. Van Slyke, Librarian 1925-1951 (resigned)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Ina Hight, Librarian 1951-1965 (resigned)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Marcia H. Bamber, Librarian 1965-1968 (resigned)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Geraldine Fisher, Librarian 1968-1979 (resigned)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Mrs. Ellen Lyons, Acting Librarian 1979-1980&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Kathleen Zaenger, Librarian 1980-1989 then Director 1989-2018 (resigned)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Holly Ward Lamb, Director 2018-present&lt;/li&gt;
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              <text>Please &lt;a href="https://howelllibrary.org/howell-area-archives/#archives-inquiry"&gt;submit an inquiry&lt;/a&gt; to the archives if you want a better quality digital image. Include the title of the image and reason for print/digital image with your inquiry. Archives staff will contact you regarding your inquiry.</text>
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              <text>Library board minutes are not eligible for U.S. copyright protection. It is the researcher's obligation to determine and satisfy copyright or other use restrictions when publishing or otherwise distributing materials found in these digital collections. Transmission or reproduction of protected items beyond that allowed by fair use requires the written permission of the copyright owners. Researchers must make their own assessments of rights in light of their intended use. &lt;a href="https://howelllibrary.org/policies/permissions-policies/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"&gt;View Permissions Policy for more information.&lt;/a&gt;</text>
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                <text>&lt;p&gt;Howell Carnegie Library board minutes and ledger entries approved by the board.&lt;/p&gt;
RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS RELATING TO THE HOWELL FREE PUBLIC LIBRARY AND CARNEGIE LIBRARY BUILDING&lt;br /&gt;March 2nd, 1910&lt;br /&gt;Meeting held at Library.&lt;br /&gt;Present L.S. Brooke, Geo. H Chapel, Geo. Barnes &amp;amp; A.D. Thompson&lt;br /&gt;Minutes of last meeting read and approved.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;After due consideration, the following bills were allowed&lt;br /&gt;A.J. Brown salary 1/2 vill, 1/2 twp $17.50&lt;br /&gt;Lucy Chapel Williams, bal salary 17.50&lt;br /&gt;Myrtle Wilkinson salary 1/2 mos 15.00&lt;br /&gt;Geo. Wahr Bill books 2/21/1910 5.08&lt;br /&gt;Livingston Democrat Printing 1.75&lt;br /&gt;Int. State Long Distance Rental 3.00&lt;br /&gt;Voted to send to LIbrary of Congress 10.00&lt;br /&gt;Electric Lights for February 4.56&lt;br /&gt;total $84.39&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Moved supported and carried that picture presented by Lucy Chapel be accepted and admitted ? vote of tahnk &amp;amp; Secy instructed to ? letter of acceptance to donor.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Meeting adjourned&lt;br /&gt;A.D. Thompson, Secy&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;March 28th, 1910&lt;br /&gt;Meeting held at Library.&lt;br /&gt;Present: L.S. Brooke, Geo. H Chapel, Geo. Barnes and A.D. Thompson&lt;br /&gt;Minutes of last meeting read and approved.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;After due consideration, the following bills were allowed.&lt;br /&gt;A.J. Brown Salary 1/2 vill, 1/2 township $17.50&lt;br /&gt;Myrtle Wilkinson salary 30.00&lt;br /&gt;Geo. Wahr bill books 3/16/10 less history returned 1.58&lt;br /&gt;Geo. Wahr bill books 3/28/10 3.95&lt;br /&gt;Geo. Barnes bill printing 2.50&lt;br /&gt;Electric Lights for March 3.84&lt;br /&gt;total $59.37&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Moved, supported and carried that list of books presented by book committee be purchased.&lt;br /&gt;On motion, meeting adjourned.&lt;br /&gt;A.D. Thompson Secy</text>
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