Photograph of Bonnie Juergens placing napkins on a table of food. A celebratory cake is on the table. She is in a room with room with bulletin board and people are sitting at tables or standing nearby in small groups. One of the tables holds a bowl of punch.

Photograph of Kathy Alexander and Library Director, David Holt exchanging a wrapped present. The Holt is kissing Alexander on the temple. They are standing in the Austin Public Library Staff room with cabinets and a sink in the back ground.

Photograph of Reference Librarian Jim Hicht sitting at a table. Standing behind him is a line of people holding plates of food.

Photograph of an unidentified man holding a drink standing with an unidentified woman. An unidentified individual is to the right of the photograph. Behind them is a wall with a clock and a hot beverage dispenser on the countertop cabinetry.

Photograph of three women, Mary Elton, Peggy Rudd, and Karen Smith at a table of food in the Austin Public Library staff room; Smith is reaching toward the table. Behind the women is a table with a bowl of punch and cups. In the background of the photograph are two women are standing behind the table of punch, and one individual is standing her the sink. The back of one unidentified individual is in the foreground of the photograph.

Photograph of a group of seven individuals socializing in the Austin Public Library staff room. A trio of women are the focus of the photograph and have been identified as Mary Elton, Karen Smith, and Peggy Rudd. Two women stand to the right side of the photograph and two individuals are in the foreground. The room has support columns, tables, chairs and a plant. Multi-story buildings and rooftops can be seen outside the wall of windows.

Photograph of a two unidentified women interacting with a table of food during a celebration in the Austin Public Library staff room. Behind them another unidentified woman is standing near a table with a bowl of punch and cups. In the background of the photograph is a group of four individuals near the cabinet counter tops and a group of three individuals standing near a hallway.

Photograph of Biruta Kearl (left) and Mam Elton (right) standing in the Austin PL staffroom. Both women are holding a hand in front of their face. Behind the women are kitchen cabinets, a sink, and a stove with a large pot. Similar photos in this collection show they are at a dinner party at the library.

Photograph of an unidentified woman getting a plate of food from a table holding assorted foods in the Austin Public Library staff room. Behind her are two vending machines. Two unidentified women stand to the right side of the photograph.

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 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 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 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 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 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 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 man standing with his hand on a large standing floor globe. Behind him are tables with chairs, tall library bookshelves, and short library bookcases.