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Related Links · This one deserves reading, Read More. More Public Libraries stories Also by Ieleen Building of Library was Controversial Issue Back in 1904 posted by Ieleen on 09:01 AM July 5th, 2004 from the you've-come-a-long-way-baby dept. This one deserves reading, if only just for some of the quotes..."As the Oil City Library officially marks its 100th anniversary Tuesday, it is hard to imagine the very idea of building a new library during a time of prosperity and growth would ever meet with protest. That was the case, though, as a pro-library faction tried to rally support for a new library building in 1900. A smattering of old newspaper clippings, culled from The Derrick and the Blizzard newspapers in Oil City, offer evidence that there was resistance to the whole project. Detractors began to lobby against the project, in part because they worried " Read More. Building of Library was Controversial Issue Back in 1904 | Log in/Create an Account | Top | Search Discussion Threshold: -1: 0 comments 0: 0 comments 1: 0 comments 2: 0 comments 3: 0 comments 4: 0 comments 5: 0 comments Flat Nested No Comments Threaded The Fine Print: The following comments are owned by whoever posted them. We are not responsible for them in any way. XML 
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