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{{Infobox Biography
| subject_name =Lucia M. Tryon
| image_name =LuciaTryon.jpg
| image_size =180px
| image_caption =
| date_of_birth =[[November 22]], [[1903]]
| place_of_birth =Maumee, Ohio
| date_of_death =[[November 30]], [[2000]]
| place_of_death =Pensacola
| occupation =Librarian
| religion =[[First United Methodist Church|Methodist]]
| spouse =
| parents =Alan Cooke & Anna Willnetta (Reno) Tryon
| children =
| signature =
| signaturesize =
}}
'''Lucia Madaline Tryon''' ([[1903]]-[[2000]]) was the chief librarian of Pensacola's [[West Florida Public Library|public library system]] from its founding in 1938 until 1968{{date uncertain}} and the [[City of Pensacola|city]]'s first female department head. The [[Lucia M. Tryon Branch Library]] was named for her in March [[1990]].
She was hired by the [[City of Pensacola]] to convert [[Old Christ Church]] to the city's first public library, which opened on [[February 15]], [[1938]] with 3,352 books. She helped establish a [[segregation|segregated]] library for black patrons in [[1952]] and oversaw construction of the [[downtown library]] in [[1957]]. Tryon was instrumental in joining the Escambia and [[Santa Rosa County Library System|Santa Rosa]] library systems together as the [[West Florida Regional Library]], and she was especially proud of the first [[Bookmobile]] program in [[1963]], because it made the library's resources available to residents in outlying rural areas.<ref>"Spunk, energy inspire start of Pensacola woman's career." ''Pensacola News Journal'', December 5, 2000.</ref>
Tryon was forced to retire from the library on her 65th birthday, which she told colleagues was "the saddest day of her life."<ref>"Lucia Tryon 'got out there and fought for the library.'" ''Pensacola News Journal'', December 1, 2000.</ref> She continued to volunteer with the [[Friends of the Pensacola Public Library]] until her health began to fail. She passed away on [[November 30]], [[2000]] at age 97.
==See also==
*[[Lelia Abercrombie]]
==References==
{{refbegin}}
*[http://www.gratisbooks.com/pchapdet.php?chapter_id=49 Tryon family geneology]
{{refend}}
{{reflist}}
[[Category:Librarians|Tryon, Lucia]] [[Category:Namesakes|Tryon]] [[Category:Pensacola High School graduates|Tryon, Lucia]]
| subject_name =Lucia M. Tryon
| image_name =LuciaTryon.jpg
| image_size =180px
| image_caption =
| date_of_birth =[[November 22]], [[1903]]
| place_of_birth =Maumee, Ohio
| date_of_death =[[November 30]], [[2000]]
| place_of_death =Pensacola
| occupation =Librarian
| religion =[[First United Methodist Church|Methodist]]
| spouse =
| parents =Alan Cooke & Anna Willnetta (Reno) Tryon
| children =
| signature =
| signaturesize =
}}
'''Lucia Madaline Tryon''' ([[1903]]-[[2000]]) was the chief librarian of Pensacola's [[West Florida Public Library|public library system]] from its founding in 1938 until 1968{{date uncertain}} and the [[City of Pensacola|city]]'s first female department head. The [[Lucia M. Tryon Branch Library]] was named for her in March [[1990]].
She was hired by the [[City of Pensacola]] to convert [[Old Christ Church]] to the city's first public library, which opened on [[February 15]], [[1938]] with 3,352 books. She helped establish a [[segregation|segregated]] library for black patrons in [[1952]] and oversaw construction of the [[downtown library]] in [[1957]]. Tryon was instrumental in joining the Escambia and [[Santa Rosa County Library System|Santa Rosa]] library systems together as the [[West Florida Regional Library]], and she was especially proud of the first [[Bookmobile]] program in [[1963]], because it made the library's resources available to residents in outlying rural areas.<ref>"Spunk, energy inspire start of Pensacola woman's career." ''Pensacola News Journal'', December 5, 2000.</ref>
Tryon was forced to retire from the library on her 65th birthday, which she told colleagues was "the saddest day of her life."<ref>"Lucia Tryon 'got out there and fought for the library.'" ''Pensacola News Journal'', December 1, 2000.</ref> She continued to volunteer with the [[Friends of the Pensacola Public Library]] until her health began to fail. She passed away on [[November 30]], [[2000]] at age 97.
==See also==
*[[Lelia Abercrombie]]
==References==
{{refbegin}}
*[http://www.gratisbooks.com/pchapdet.php?chapter_id=49 Tryon family geneology]
{{refend}}
{{reflist}}
[[Category:Librarians|Tryon, Lucia]] [[Category:Namesakes|Tryon]] [[Category:Pensacola High School graduates|Tryon, Lucia]]
