Records, 1800-1988.

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Records, 1800-1988.

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These records include minutes of the Lexington Library Company; and minutes, annual reports, fragmentary accession records, clippings, and scrapbooks of the Lexington Public Library.

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Kentucky Department of Libraries and Archives, Kentucky Guide Project Office

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Lexington Public Library (Lexington, Ky.)

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The Lexington Library Company (sometimes Association), was incorporated by the Kentucky state legislature in 1800. The company was formed of shareholders purchasing five-dollar shares and was the result of efforts begun in the mid-1790s to establish a collection to be used by Transylvania Seminary students. By 1800, however, the library's function was to serve the reading needs of its shareholders only. A "free" public library was authorized by the legislature in 1898 an...

Lexington Library (Lexington, Ky.)

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