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Scan of the application building permit and certificate of occupancy for the new library in the former Fitzgerald house.

Color photo of a check from Bessie Heard, Chairman of the McKinney Public to W.L. Fitzgerald and Sarah Newman for the purchase of 402 W. Louisiana. This check was used as a deposit to hold the house for use by the library until the Library Board…

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 the Children's Room including a small table and shorter bookshelves. "Members of the Art club painted the whimsical designs along with aquiring Mother Goose prints to decorate the room."

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…