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Black and white photo of the Children's Room including a small table and shorter bookshelves. "The Children's Room was a project by a club in the City Federation of Women's Clubs to arrange the collection so it is appealing to children along with…

Black and white photo of a woman browsing book in a library. Picture caption reads, "Caldonia Young, librarian in the Doty branch of the Memorial Public Library is pictured above in the library room which is located in the E. S. Doty school of…

Black and white photo of Caldonia Young. "Caldonia Young was a McKinney native, who graduated from Fred Douglas High School, later renamed Doty High School. She attend college at Bishop College and Prairie View University before returning to McKinney…

Color document of expenditures and deposits with totals. "This budget report prepared by Library Board Trreasurer, Mrs. W.R. (Leah) West to show deposits and expenditures for the library for 1950 and the beginning of 1951. At the bottom, she comments…

Black and white photo of young girls browsing the library bookshelves.

Black and white photo of Virgina St. in Downtown McKinney. "The first "library" in McKinney was housed in the back room of Smith Drug Store when they were on Virginia Street. Anyone who paid the onetime fee of $0.25 could borrow books."

Black and white photo of members of the Owl Club in 1901. Photo description: "Members of The Owl Club in 1901. First row left to right: Mrs. J.C. Erwin, Sr., Mrs. W.E. Ditto (nee Mamie Dowell), Mrs. John Church, Mrs. George Wilcox. Second row: Mrs.…

Black and white photo of members of the Owl Club at their annual picinic in 1897.