[Biruta Kearl and Sam Whitten at a Meeting]

Photograph of Sam Whitten, U.T. Library School professor, wearing a yellow name tag and Biruta Kearl wearing an orange name tag are sitting at a table covered in papers. The woman is holding a drinking cup, and the man is holding a piece of paper. Behind the table is a curtain and a projector screen.
Date: [1977..1988]
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Bonnie Juergens Prepares a Table of Food]

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.
Date: 1979
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

[Children Check-out Books with a Librarian #1]

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

[Children Check-out Books with a Librarian #2]

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.
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

[Congressman Jake Pickle Displays a Card]

Photograph of Congressman Jake Pickle showing off a notecard. An unidentified woman stands to his left while two unidentified women stand in the doorway. The women are wearing large round lapel buttons. The group is in front of the Pflugerville Community Library.
Date: 1981
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Crowd at a Fayette Public Library Outdoor Speaking Event #1]

Photograph of an unidentified man speaks at a podium with a large seated group of people on a platform in front of the entrance to the Fayette Public Library. The crowd of listeners is gathered in the foreground and along the covered walkway of the building, and a photographer is crouched by the leftmost pillar. The event may be the library's grand opening.
Date: [1977..1981]
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Crowd at a Fayette Public Library Outdoor Speaking Event #2]

Photograph of an unidentified man speaks at a podium with a large seated group of people on a platform in front of the entrance to Fayette Public Library. The crowd of listeners is gathered in the foreground and along the covered walkway of the building. The event may be the library's grand opening.
Date: [1977..1981]
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Crowd at an Outdoor Speaking Event #3]

Photograph of a crowd around a podium platform at the entrance of a large stone and wooden building with the six flags of Texas hoisted in front. An unidentified man speaks from the podium in the center left of the photograph.
Date: [1977..1981]
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Crowd of People Inside a Building]

Photograph of two unidentified women passing something over a counter while surrounded by a crowd of people in a room with a view through two windows into another room. The counter has an attached pen, papers, and a small standing sign.
Date: [1977..1981]
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[David Earl Hall Sits at a Desk]

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

[David Earl Holt, Austin Public Library Director]

Photograph of David Earl Holt, director of Austin Public Library from the 1970s through 1991.
Date: 1978
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[David Holt and Kathy Alexander Exchange a Present]

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.
Date: 1979
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

[East Side Branch Library Exterior #2]

Photograph of an unknown library's beige exterior with awning and wall of windows; the library interior rooms are filled with bookshelves, seating areas, a vending machine, and a Christmas tree. The right of the library building has a taller protrusion with a logo, possibly from the previous grocery store occupant. The street in front of the library shows a power line across the photograph, two parked cars and an unidentified man walking past.
Date: [1977..1981]
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Four People Browse a Library]

Photograph of an unidentified man and unidentified woman look around a library near a book display sign while behind them, two unidentified women are reading material from a desk. Behind the group are three rows of short orange bookshelves and a orange framed collection of images hangs above small framed art on the back wall. White bookshelves are against the back wall and in rows to the right of the photo.
Date: [1977..1981]
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Four Women Attend a Meeting]

Photograph of four unidentified women sitting at two tables facing an unknown speaker. One woman is shuffling papers. The women are inside in a downstairs room. The photograph has a blue hue to the image.
Date: [1977..1988]
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Four Women Sit at a Library's Corner Tables]

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

[Group Meeting in a Library]

Photograph of a group of seven unidentified people are seated around a table covered with papers while one of the unidentified women is speaking or reading from her stack of papers. Out of focus books are in the foreground. Behind the group are file cabinets, collage posters of building images hang from the left wall, and bookshelves line the back wall by the doorway.
Date: [1977..1981]
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Herman Brown Free Library Exterior #2]

Photograph of the rock and wood exterior of the two story Herman Brown Library, situated on a block corner. A display case containing a large bunny image is located on the street corner in front of the library. A two-door car and pick-up truck are parked in front of the library on the right side while three cars are parked along the left side.
Date: [1977..1981]
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Jim Hicht Sits at a Table]

Photograph of Reference Librarian Jim Hicht sitting at a table. Standing behind him is a line of people holding plates of food.
Date: 1979
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