NH LEGISLATURE 1891
CHAPTER 62 An Act to Promote the Establishment and Efficiency of Free Public Libraries. NH Legislature, 1891.
CHAPTER 202-A PUBLIC LIBRARIES
202-A:1 Declaration of Policy. – Mindful that, as the constitution declares, “knowledge and learning, generally diffused through a community” are “essential to the preservation of a free government” the legislature recognizes its duty to encourage the people of New Hampshire to extend their education during and beyond the years of formal education. To this end, it hereby declares that the public library is a valuable supplement to the formal system of free public education and as such deserves adequate financial support from government at all levels.
Source. 1963, 46:1, eff. July 1, 1963
History of NH Libraries
by Mildred P. McKay, State Librarian, 1942–1964
Peterborough Town Library
First tax supported library in the United States.
1717—2017: the 300th Anniversary of the NH State Library
The following essays were written by Michael York, State Librarian, in commemoration of the 300th anniversary of the NH State Library.
New England Carnegie Libraries
Between 1886 and 1919 Andrew Carnegie donated over $40 million to help pay for 1,687 public library buildings including nine libraries in New Hampshire. Continue reading …
A History of US Public Libraries: Carnegie Libraries
Digital Public Library of America
“…if wealth ever came to me, that it should be used to establish free libraries.”
— Andrew Carnegie
