Photograph of two women on either side of a card catalog with a box of bookmarks on top. The woman on the right, holding a bookmark, is Jean Schmaus, ILL Librarian at Austin Public Library. Behind them are rows of tables and chairs and rows of bookshelves with signs or displayed books.

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 three unidentified women in various activities in a reference library room with desks, tables, and chairs. One woman is typing a notecard for a card catalog. One woman is answering a phone from a desk covered in papers, binders, office supplies, and cigarettes. One woman is sitting at a table with piles of books and materials. The two back walls are lined with bookshelves, and the left bookshelf is filled with books of matching bindings.

Photograph of two unidentified women sitting together at a desk sorting through newspaper clippings. Another unidentified woman stands at the desk holding a small box. A window air conditioner unit sits in the back right window, and the remaining cubicle desk spaces are covered with office supplies, stacks of books, and some framed artwork. The woman on the far right is Jean Schmaus, ILL Librarian at Austin Public Library.

Photograph of an unidentified woman removing cards from a card catalog drawer while standing at a counter with stack of books and a phone. Another unidentified woman is sitting at a lower counter to the left. Behind them are short bookshelves with the clear black backs of other bookshelves extending above.

Photograph of two women sorting through papers at a desk in an office space filled with metal shelves. The woman on the right, Doris Clark, who is the Austin Public Library Overdues Supervisor, is standing and sorting through a stack of folded papers (possibly newspapers), and an unidentified woman is sitting at the desk sorting through an open manila file folder. On the desk are several boxes and stacks of notecards, pencils, and other office materials. A few unidentified people can be seen sitting and working at the back of the room.

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 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 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 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 two unidentified women in a discussion with one of the women flipping through a book at a counter. A few large books, including The Columbia Encyclopedia, sit on top of the counter. The bookshelf behind them to the left is labeled as 800 Literature (Literature (Belles-lettres) and rhetoric materials). The right wall is covered by bookshelves holding books and periodicals and a file cabinet with an illegible Clipping Index box on top.

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 Paul Medley sitting at his desk with a name plate, office supplies, papers, typewriter, desk phone, and a golden eagle statue. The right wall is covered by shelves with books and art. The left wall has two framed photos with signatures of a group of professionals and a framed diploma from the University of Texas at Austin.

Photograph of a close-up of Paul Medley's face in his office. Behind him are some binders on bookshelves.

Photograph of an unidentified man and an unidentified woman sitting holding books in a large room with three seating areas: two rugs with couches, chairs, and coffee tables and one round table with chairs. Both walls are mostly floor-to-ceiling windows; the right wall are clear windows showing other buildings, and the left wall is covered with curtains. The left wall includes a two glass cabinets displaying artifacts, an open book on display, and a pay phone.

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 an unidentified woman sitting and reading a book at a rectangular table in a small space with all the walls lined with bookshelves. Most of the books seem to have matching bindings in large selections. One window has an air conditioner unit, and both have roman shades.

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 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 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 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 a woman at a desk reading a stapled paper issue of Orbit: The Voice of Public Libraries in Central Texas. The acronym CTMRCN is seen above a graphic on the front page. The desk has an apple with protruding pencils and pens and boxes of book cards. Behind the woman is stained glass, framed artwork, and a window nook.

Photograph of nine unidentified women writing at tables forming an L-shape in a room with a blackboard, refreshment table, and framed artwork. One woman is standing at the desk in the foreground.

Photograph of a poster showing a map of Texas illustrating the "boundaries of major resource center service areas determined by the Texas State Library in cooperation with the Library Development Committee of the Texas Library Association in July 1971. The counties are divided into service areas as follows: "Abilene - 31, Amarillo - 25, Austin - 29, Corpus Christi - 25, Dallas - 33, El Paso - 9, Fort Worth - 21, Houston - 28, Lubbock - 29, San Antonio - 24"