Photograph of the exterior of the Austin Public Library main entrance: stairs leading up to the arcade (row of arches) with three double entry doors. An unidentified woman descends the stairs.

Photograph of Bryan Public Library's brick, white trimmed, and windowed exterior with a sign reading Library over the double glass doors. Each ground-floor window has a small landscaped hedge in front, and a few cars can be seen in a parking lot behind the library.

Photograph of the Belton Carnegie Library's two-story exterior and main entrance with a double set of stone and brick columns and peaked roof details. The photo is taken from across the street and shows one occupied vehicle and one unoccupied vehicle out front of the library steps and landscaping. The library is now a local history museum.

Photograph of Carolyn Simon, reference librarian, searching through a drawer of a card catalog. Card catalog drawers line both walls in frame.

Photograph of a library's Cassette Circulation display including some Shakespeare works: Macbeth and Henry V and She Stoops to Conquer by Oliver Goldsmith. The behind the display is a man reading a book on a couch beside a wall of bookshelves.

Photograph of Children's Librarian Celia Carroll leading a meeting; on the table in front of her, there is a stack of stapled papers and what appear to be children's books and a puppet or decoration. Five unidentified women sit around the table listening and taking notes. The brick back wall has a collapsible room divider and a bookshelf.

Photograph of Celia Carroll standing and reading/showing a children's picture book to three unidentifiable women sitting at a table. The table has stack of papers and materials including children's literature. Behind them is a paneled wall and tall cabinet. Carroll was Austin Public Library's Children's Coordinator.

Photograph of three unidentified children standing across a long counter from an unidentified woman holding a stack of books in each hand. The background of the photograph shows two vending machines near the main entrance to the building and a door, library cart, bookshelves, and signs behind the woman at the counter. A water tower and another building can be seen through the glass of the entrance way.

Photograph of three unidentified children standing across a long counter from an unidentified woman holding a stack of books in each hand. The background of the photograph shows two vending machines near the main entrance to the building and a door, library cart, bookshelves, and signs behind the woman at the counter. A water tower and another building can be seen through the glass of the entrance way.

Photograph of a group of eleven unidentified children sitting and reading books at a large table in room at the library. One young girl looks at the camera. The room is filled with bookshelves, and the back wall has a window and door that lead to another room of the library.

Photograph of a black screen with white text stating "by Richard Kidd Productions, Inc." Believed to be from the video recording The Texas Library System: Coming of Age.

Photograph of a black screen with white text stating "Directed by Reagan Bradshaw." Believed to be from the video recording The Texas Library System: Coming of Age.

Photograph of a black screen with white text stating "narration by Cactus Pryor." Believed to be from the video recording The Texas Library System: Coming of Age.

Photograph of a black screen with white text stating "Produced for the Central Texas Library System through a grant from the Texas Library Systems Act." Believed to be from the video recording The Texas Library System: Coming of Age.

Photograph of David Earl Hall sitting at a desk in his office. The desk is covered with stacks of letters, newspapers, papers, etc. On the walls behind him hang a large framed artwork and an illegible, possible, certificate or diploma. Hall was the Director of Austin Public Library from the 1970s to 1991.

Photograph of David Earl Holt, director of Austin Public Library from the 1970s through 1991.

Photograph of the Dr. Eugene Clark Library's exterior as seen from across W Prairie Lea St. The library appears to be a cross floor plan with a second story domed center. The exterior is red brick with limestone trim. Some snow remains on the library roof and lawn. ---The library is a two story, Greek cross plan and is a Classical Revival building of red brick with limestone trim, with four projecting pediment pavilions forming the arms.

Photograph of four women sitting at two tables in a corner between a wall of bookshelves and a wall of window blinds. Three of the women have notepads, so they appear to be attending a meeting with the speaker out of frame.

Photograph of Lena Armstrong standing in front of a window and behind a rectangle table with a typewriter, a box labeled as Danish Go-Rounds, and papers. Against the back wall is a white two-level display case of artifacts and a hanging piece of artwork. Armstrong was the director of Belton Public Library for over 50 years.

Photograph of Lena Armstrong behind a library desk. Armstrong was Library Director at Belton Public Library. On the desk are a date stamp and ink pad, stack of library books, card catalog drawers, and miscellaneous office supplies. Behind the woman is a mostly empty double bookcase with a framed piece artwork on top. A print of a tiger is pinned to the right wall.

Photograph of Lena Armstrong holding a damaged piece of newspaper above a typewriter on a table at Belton Public Library. An unidentifiable person is standing next to her. Some framed art hang on the opposite wall that includes a door and a window.

Photograph of Lena Armstrong working at a counter with a "Return Books Here" sign and a row of books sitting on top the counter. Behind her are three bookshelves in a row; one has a clock on it. The back wall has three windows and a bookshelf with a framed portrait on top. Armstrong was director of Belton Library for over 50 years.

Photograph of Virginia Kuse, Data Processing Supervisor at Austin Public Library, showing a card from a card catalog drawer while holding a stack of cards in her hand. An unidentified man looks at the card from his seat at a desk typing machine. Behind them is a wall covered with a card catalog system and shelves of office supplies and boxes.

Photograph of the Madison County Library sign in the mostly empty and wet parking lot of the building. A blue pick-up truck is parked outside the library. The one story building has a glass and white trimmed entrance with a white inlay / shutters / sign on either side of the entrance.