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==History== | ==History== | ||
− | A subscription library was established in Pensacola by the [[Pensacola Library Association]] in [[1885]]. | + | A subscription library was established in Pensacola by the [[Pensacola Library Association]] in [[1885]]. |
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+ | In [[1911]], the [[Wikipedia:Carnegie Corporation of New York|Carnegie Corporation]] offered a $25,000 grant to establish a public library in Pensacola, if the city would commit but a tenth of that amount. The public voted not to accept the "tainted" money, however, and the [[Pensacola City Council]] rejected the grant on [[July 13]].<ref>''[http://books.google.com/books?id=ts4pAAAAYAAJ Herald of Gospel Liberty]''. Christian Pub. Association, 1911.</ref> A similar offer seems to have been made again in [[1916]], but was again refused by the city. | ||
+ | Pensacola did not have a public library until [[1938]], when it was opened through the work of [[Lucia Tryon]] in the [[old Christ Church]] building. The old church building reopened as the library on [[February 15]], 1938 with 3,352 donated books. | ||
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