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Library Association reviews building plans, 1956
Photograph published in A History of the Martin County Library System, by Luann Justak and Nina Taylor with caption reading "Members of the Library Association review plans for the new library in 1956." Lolene Stokes identified as the woman standing on the left, Dr. W. Ira Williams stands third from the left, Don Armstrong is seated on the right and Dick Pryor stands second from the right. -
Mobile library trailer, c. 1983
According to A History of the Martin County Library System, by Luann Justak and Nina Taylor, the trailer served a mobile library for Hobe Sound and Indiantown in the 1980s. The mobile library unit would be parked in each community for two weeks every month. A library branch opened in Hobe Sound and Indiantown in 1984 and 1990 respectively. -
Stuart Woman's Club Library, 1945
Typed caption on back reads "First library, Woman's Club, Albany Street, Stuart. Picture taken in 1945." Photo published in A History of the Martin County Library System, by Luann Justak and Nina Taylor. -
Martin County Public Library, c. 1957
Photograph published on the front cover of A History of the Martin County Library System, by Luann Justak and Nina Taylor. -
Librarian Edna Coutant stamps library book, 1953
Edna Coutant and her pioneer family moved to Potsdam (Stuart) in 1897. Coutant began teaching when she was around 13 years old. After retiring from teaching in 1947, Coutant also served as a librarian and ran the Woman's Club Public Library. She also played a role in planning and organizing Martin County's first Public Library.
Published in the Stuart News (1 Jan 1953) with the caption: "Mrs. Edna Coutant, now in her third year as librarian at the Martin County Public Library here, stamps an outgoing book at her desk in the Stuart Woman's Club building."Tags Librarians -
Elizabeth Stapleton Stokes at typewriter, c. 1950
Elizabeth Stapleton Stokes served as the president of the Stuart Woman's Club from 1954 to 1956 and the first president of the Martin Memorial Hospital Auxiliary. In 1953, Elizabeth Stapleton married Charles A. Lintell. Poor copy. -
Woman's Club Public Library, c. 1955
The Stuart Women's Club and Public Library building which opened in 1934 on Albany Avenue. The Woman's Club used this building until 1958. -
Martin County Library Association members at the Women's Club library, c. 1955
Martin County Library Association members Mary Alice Linch Kanner (president), L.C. Kickliter (treasurer and Martin County tax collector), and Mary Stokes (secretary) in front of the Woman's Club.Tags Public libraries -
Martin County public library site, 1956
Martin County Library Association officers at the future site of the Martin County public library building, next to a sign stating "The site for Martin County Library." The land donated by Willard and LaVerne Kiplinger, and built in 1957.
Left to right: Mary Lolene Stokes, Mary Kanner, and Lacy Kickliter.
Photograph published in A History of the Martin County Library System, by Luann Justak and Nina Taylor.Tags Public libraries -
Grant Plaza from US 1, 1972
View of Grant Plaza from south US 1. The shopping center opened in February of 1972 at the corner of US 1 & Monterey Road and in 1976 became part of Stuart Square Shopping Center.