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[Reference Librarians]

Description: Photograph of Kathleen Grobe (left) and Carolyn Simon (right) speaking behind the reference desk at a library with a card catalog, notecards, and books spread before them. A typewriter and stacks of books sit on the desk. Behind the desk are bookshelf and two unidentified people by the doorway to a office room with bulletin board, calendar, desk, and more books.
Date: 1978
Partner: Central Texas Library System

[Stack of Belton Journals]

Description: Photograph of a two shelves stacked with The Belton Journals from 1966 through 1971, Consumer Reports Buying Guide Issues (legible years include 1957, 1961, 1963, and 1964), a stack of newspapers, and an unknown collection of books with the title beginning with Texas.
Date: 1978
Partner: Central Texas Library System

[Carolyn Gilles Reads to Children]

Description: Photograph of Carolyn Gilles, Children's Librarian at APL Windsor Village Library, reading to a group of twenty-five children. The children are sitting together on a rug in the corner of a room. The base of the walls are decorated with wall decals depicting children's songs like Baa Baa Black Sheep.
Date: 1977
Partner: Central Texas Library System

[People Read Periodicals in the Library]

Description: Photograph of two unidentified men reading periodicals (one is Psychology Today) in chairs flanking a side table with a plant and another magazine. Behind them sits an unidentified woman reading a periodical at a circular table and chair. The background of the photo is a periodical display shelving; identifiable magazines include Harper's and National Geographic.
Date: 1978
Partner: Central Texas Library System

[Credit Slide: Production]

Description: Photograph of a black screen with white text stating "Produced for the Central Texas Library System through a grant from the Texas Library Systems Act." Believed to be from the video recording The Texas Library System: Coming of Age.
Date: 1978
Partner: Central Texas Library System

[Cassette Circulation Display]

Description: Photograph of a library's Cassette Circulation display including some Shakespeare works: Macbeth and Henry V and She Stoops to Conquer by Oliver Goldsmith. The behind the display is a man reading a book on a couch beside a wall of bookshelves.
Date: 1978
Partner: Central Texas Library System

[Two Women Sort Through Papers]

Description: Photograph of two women sorting through papers at a desk in an office space filled with metal shelves. The woman on the right, Doris Clark, who is the Austin Public Library Overdues Supervisor, is standing and sorting through a stack of folded papers (possibly newspapers), and an unidentified woman is sitting at the desk sorting through an open manila file folder. On the desk are several boxes and stacks of notecards, pencils, and other office materials. A few unidentified people can be seen si… more
Date: 1978
Partner: Central Texas Library System

[Celia Carroll Reads Children's Book to Adults]

Description: Photograph of Celia Carroll standing and reading/showing a children's picture book to three unidentifiable women sitting at a table. The table has stack of papers and materials including children's literature. Behind them is a paneled wall and tall cabinet. Carroll was Austin Public Library's Children's Coordinator.
Date: 1978
Partner: Central Texas Library System

[Two Women Speak in the Literature Section of a Library]

Description: Photograph of two unidentified women in a discussion with one of the women flipping through a book at a counter. A few large books, including The Columbia Encyclopedia, sit on top of the counter. The bookshelf behind them to the left is labeled as 800 Literature (Literature (Belles-lettres) and rhetoric materials). The right wall is covered by bookshelves holding books and periodicals and a file cabinet with an illegible Clipping Index box on top.
Date: 1978
Partner: Central Texas Library System

[Paul Medley at His Desk]

Description: Photograph of Paul Medley sitting at his desk with a name plate, office supplies, papers, typewriter, desk phone, and a golden eagle statue. The right wall is covered by shelves with books and art. The left wall has two framed photos with signatures of a group of professionals and a framed diploma from the University of Texas at Austin.
Date: 1978
Partner: Central Texas Library System

[Bryan Public Library Exterior]

Description: Photograph of Bryan Public Library's brick, white trimmed, and windowed exterior with a sign reading Library over the double glass doors. Each ground-floor window has a small landscaped hedge in front, and a few cars can be seen in a parking lot behind the library.
Date: 1978
Partner: Central Texas Library System

[Librarian at Book Return Counter]

Description: Photograph of Lena Armstrong working at a counter with a "Return Books Here" sign and a row of books sitting on top the counter. Behind her are three bookshelves in a row; one has a clock on it. The back wall has three windows and a bookshelf with a framed portrait on top. Armstrong was director of Belton Library for over 50 years.
Date: 1978
Partner: Central Texas Library System

[Lena Armstrong]

Description: Photograph of Lena Armstrong standing in front of a window and behind a rectangle table with a typewriter, a box labeled as Danish Go-Rounds, and papers. Against the back wall is a white two-level display case of artifacts and a hanging piece of artwork. Armstrong was the director of Belton Public Library for over 50 years.
Date: 1978
Partner: Central Texas Library System

[Carnegie Library Exterior]

Description: Photograph of the Belton Carnegie Library's two-story exterior and main entrance with a double set of stone and brick columns and peaked roof details. The photo is taken from across the street and shows one occupied vehicle and one unoccupied vehicle out front of the library steps and landscaping. The library is now a local history museum.
Date: 1978
Partner: Central Texas Library System

[A Woman Reads an Issue of Orbit]

Description: Photograph of a woman at a desk reading a stapled paper issue of Orbit: The Voice of Public Libraries in Central Texas. The acronym CTMRCN is seen above a graphic on the front page. The desk has an apple with protruding pencils and pens and boxes of book cards. Behind the woman is stained glass, framed artwork, and a window nook.
Date: 1978
Partner: Central Texas Library System

[Map of Texas's Major Resource Center Service Areas in 1971]

Description: Photograph of a poster showing a map of Texas illustrating the "boundaries of major resource center service areas determined by the Texas State Library in cooperation with the Library Development Committee of the Texas Library Association in July 1971. The counties are divided into service areas as follows: "Abilene - 31, Amarillo - 25, Austin - 29, Corpus Christi - 25, Dallas - 33, El Paso - 9, Fort Worth - 21, Houston - 28, Lubbock - 29, San Antonio - 24"
Date: 1978
Partner: Central Texas Library System
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