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.

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

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 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 an unidentified woman speaking on a corded phone handset. Behind her is a brick wall with three unknown framed artworks.

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 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 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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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 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 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 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 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 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.