[Women Search the Card Catalog]

Photograph of an unidentified women standing in the foreground at a counter while speaking with an unidentified woman sitting in a chair searching through a card catalog. The room behind them is filled with bookshelves.
Date: 1978
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Reference Librarians]

Photograph of Kathleen Grobe (left) and Carolyn Simon (right) speaking behind the reference desk at a library with a card catalog, notecards, and books spread before them. A typewriter and stacks of books sit on the desk. Behind the desk are bookshelf and two unidentified people by the doorway to a office room with bulletin board, calendar, desk, and more books.
Date: 1978
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Carolyn Simon Searches the Card Catalog]

Photograph of Carolyn Simon, reference librarian, searching through a drawer of a card catalog. Card catalog drawers line both walls in frame.
Date: 1978
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Celia Carroll Leads a Meeting]

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.
Date: 1978
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Women Discuss the Texas Almanac]

Photograph of two unidentified women speaking between bookshelves of non-fiction books. One woman is pointing to a Texas Almanac, 1972-1973 she is holding open.
Date: 1978
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Austin Public Library Exterior]

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.
Date: 1978
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Waco-McLennan County Library Exterior]

Photograph of the exterior main entrance for the Waco-McLennan County Library. The name is displayed on the side of the building, and stairs lead up to the main windowed entrance.
Date: 1978
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Stack of Belton Journals]

Photograph of a two shelves stacked with The Belton Journals from 1966 through 1971, Consumer Reports Buying Guide Issues (legible years include 1957, 1961, 1963, and 1964), a stack of newspapers, and an unknown collection of books with the title beginning with Texas.
Date: 1978
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Dr. Eugene Clark Library Exterior]

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.
Date: 1978
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Woman Speaks on a Phone Handset]

Photograph of an unidentified woman speaking on a corded phone handset. Behind her is a brick wall with three unknown framed artworks.
Date: 1978
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[People Read Periodicals in the Library]

Photograph of two unidentified men reading periodicals (one is Psychology Today) in chairs flanking a side table with a plant and another magazine. Behind them sits an unidentified woman reading a periodical at a circular table and chair. The background of the photo is a periodical display shelving; identifiable magazines include Harper's and National Geographic.
Date: 1978
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[San Marcos City Limit Population Sign]

Photograph of the San Marcos, Texas city limit sign: San Marcos, City Limit, Pop. 18860. Behind the sign is a landscape / cityscape view including only two high-rise buildings.
Date: 1978
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Madison County Library Exterior #1]

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.
Date: 1978
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Lena Armstrong Poses at a Library Desk]

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.
Date: 1978
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Children's Reading Group]

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.
Date: 1978
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Man Researches at the Library]

Photograph of an unidentified man reading a small booklet in his hands. He sits at a library desk covered with papers and backed by a large research book set. Behind him are library shelves, an unidentified person standing at a piece of furniture and windows looking outside to another multi-story building and sky.
Date: 1978
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Credit Slide: Narration]

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.
Date: 1978
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Credit Slide: Production]

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.
Date: 1978
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Credit Slide: Director]

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.
Date: 1978
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Young Girl Carries Stack of Books]

Photograph of an unidentified young girl carrying a stack of six books and walking next to an unidentifiable female who is gesturing with her right hand. The out-of-focus background shows some chairs, a globe, and short bookshelves with framed artwork on the top.
Date: 1978
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Two Women Look Through Books]

Photograph of two unidentified women standing in a library; one women is flipping through a book in her hands, and the other woman is reaching for a book among multiple stacks of books on a counter. Behind the women is an interior wall with two curtained windows, and the remainder of the room is filled with many tables with chairs and tall and short bookshelves.
Date: 1978
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Man and Woman Look Through Card Catalog]

Photograph of an unidentified woman looking through a card catalog drawer on a counter with note cards and an illegible sign sitting on top. A man holding a stack of books under his arm looks over her shoulder.
Date: 1978
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Man and Woman Speak Over a Desk of Books]

Photograph of an unidentified man speaking across a desk covered with stacks of books, papers, and miscellaneous objects to an unidentified woman holding a stack of books. Behind them the wood panelled room is filled with bookshelves. A piece of framed landscape artwork is sitting across the top of two bookshelves in the right of the frame.
Date: 1978
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Two Young Boys Play with Stereoscopes]

Photograph of two young boys playing with stereoscopes under a mobile of caricatures. Against the back wall is a card catalog topped with two pieces of framed artwork, another stereoscope, and some miscellaneous objects one is labeled with an illegible sign and a 24 cents sign. The left side of the frame shows a partial view of a sign and bookshelf.
Date: 1978
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History