Martin Digital History

Browse Items (107 total)

  • The Friends of the Library bookstore in Blake Library. Marked 19 February 1999.
  • An active reference desk at Blake Library, marked as 28 February 1996.
  • Photocopy of the dedication and open house for the new Martin County Public Library.
  • Collection of documents regarding the establishment of the first library.

    Includes:
    -History of the first public library.
    -Project at a glance
    -Clipping: Here are the answers to your queries
    -Clipping: Statement of the BOCC
    -Memo re lease for library building
    -Martin County Library Association minutes, 26 June 1956
    -Clippings
    -Laying of the cornerstone
  • Collection of documents regarding the establishment of the Martin County Library Association and the first public library of Stuart.

    Includes:
    -History of the Martin County Library Association
    -Charter of MCLA, 1955
    -Lease 1955
    -Cancellation of lease, 1956
    -Bill of Sale, Woman's Club of Stuart to Martin County, 1956
    -MCLA Resolution on transferal of land etc. from MCLA to Martin County, 1957
    -Warranty Deed between Willard and Laverne Kiplinger and the Martin County Library Association, 1958
    -Name change of Martin County Library Association to the Friends of the Blake Library in Stuart, 2001
  • Small building with flag in yard. List of Hobe Sound events on back.
  • Corner of the Hobe Sound Library building with building funding thermometer sign in front.
  • Volunteers checking the books donated for the new Hobe Sound branch. Mounted on colored paper, possibly for display.
  • Volunteers checking the books donated for the new Hobe Sound branch. Mounted on colored paper, possibly for display. Published in the Jupiter Courier Journal (1 June 1983) with the caption: "Above, library auxiliary President Nancy Brown, left, and several volunteer workers sort through the hundreds of volumes that already have been donated to the facility."
  • Old medical building being dismantled in preparation for the new Hobe Sound Library. Published in the Jupiter Courier Journal (1 June 1983) with the caption: "Most of the interior walls at the former Hobe Sound Medical Center have already been ripped out, top, make room for the book shelves at what will become Hobe Sound's new library."
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