This was a presentation I gave at a special event celebrating the 100th anniversary of the construction of the Ida Public Library in Belvidere, Illinois, a Carnegie library built in 1913.

1. The Ida Public Library Building:
100 Years of History, 1913-2013

2. The Beginning: The
Belvidere Ladies’ Library
Society

3. Ida Fuller Hovey
1859-1883

4. General Allen C. Fuller
1822-1901

5. Ida Public Library in City Hall on
South State Street

6. Mary Crandall, the
first director of Ida
Public Library from
1885-1912

7. Andrew Carnegie, the
“Patron Saint of Libraries”

8. Deed for Library Property:
January 2, 1912

9. Building Contract:
May 20, 1912

10. Ida Public Library Dedication:
February 12, 2013

11. Photos from
the Archives

12. Photos from
the Archives

13. Promotional
Poster: 1924

14. Louise F. Jacobs, head librarian from
1953-1955, with young readers

15. 100th Anniversary of Ida Public
Library: 1983

16. Expansion
Referendum:
November 1985

17. Building an Addition:
1985-1987

18. Building Floor Plans

19. Architect’s Drawing of the New
Building: 1985

20. Dedication of the
New Addition:
June 7, 1987
Library Construction:
1985

22. Ida Public Library Today