Fort Worth Public Library
http://www.fortworthlibrary.org
Fort Worth, Texas
About
History of the Fort Worth Public Library
The city's first library began in April 1892 as an idea by 20 women, meeting at the home of Jenny Scheuber, to form the Fort Worth Public Library Association. Within one month, this association had received its state charter, but it took the association's contacting wealthy philanthropist Andrew Carnegie for it to bring the Fort Worth Public Library and Art Museum into existence. Carnegie, who was donating building funds for libraries throughout the English-speaking world, suggested the women ask the local gentlemen for "the price of a good cigar" to help raise the necessary local supporting funds. When the City Council approved spending $4,000 per year to run the library, Carnegie contributed $50,000 for the building.
Fort Worth's first library opened in 1901. One hundred-plus years later, the Fort Worth Public Library has grown from a library with 1 building, 5 staff, a budget of around $4,000 and just under 7,000 books, to a system with 15 locations, over 220 staff, a $16.3 million dollar annual budget, and over 2 million books, DVDs, CDs, online databases, magazines, government documents, and microfiche. The Fort Worth Public Library Foundation celebrates Mr. Carnegie's generosity each year with its annual Cigar Smoker. We celebrate his legacy every day as we continue to find new ways to provide exciting programs, collections, and other library services to the residents of Fort Worth.
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Feb 10, 2009
THREE BRAVE WOMEN
I like a good biography once in a while. I have learned about other cultures and life outside of my own country this way. I checked out and read three biographies of brave women recently. One was set in Afghanistan, one in Iran, and one in Iraq. All three gave me a …
Feb 6, 2009
She's Baaaaaaaaaaaack! And She's Wired!
Hi guys. I've been away and now I'm back. And that's enough about that.
So, let me just plunge directly into my topic by saying that I don't watch TV. I watch DVDs of TV programs or movies almost exclusively. Ok, sometimes while turning on the set in order to load a DVD …
Feb 4, 2009
RECESSION
Recession - "a period of reduced economic activity" I do not know enough to talk about bull and bear markets. I do know that my lifestyle has fallen victim to the recession. I buy less, eat out less, travel less and look for cheap theatres. I also buy fewer books and …
Jan 31, 2009
Keepin' it real
I love non-fiction. When I was a kid I loved reading about earthquakes and superstitions and ghosts. So is it really any wonder that I would turn out to be the person who gets to pick out all the new Adult Non-fiction books for the library? Is it also any wonder that my …
Jan 28, 2009
NEW YEAR'S RESOLUTIONS
Some of us do resolutions. I only did one for the New Year. I tend to be a couch potato - not in front of the television or DVD player but in front of a good book. Yes, all books are good unless proven otherwise. My resolution was to get off the couch, put down the …
Spencer, Jul 24, 2007:
The Fort Worth Public Library ROCKS HARDCORE! Everyone who's anyone goes there.
Where are you?
Andy Davis, Jul 22, 2007:
glad you found me on here.......... ad
PrettyRikiArt, Jul 18, 2007:
Thanks for the invite to the library. I had a piece in a show there once. It was like a year or two ago. Let me know when you need art for shows or anything!
-Riki