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Monthly Board of Trustees Minutes - May 1961

This is the minutes from the board meeting on May 26, 1961. Also included is the combined budget and bill list for May 1961, a letter from J.J. Swartz Co. that contains a proposal for a north end library branch, and circulation statistics for May…

Photo of Rev. W. H. Prestley

Photograph of Rev. W. H. Prestley; (died 5/7/1914). Pastor of the Presbyterian church in Decatur for 13 years. He came to the church in Decatur in 1876. After leaving Decatur in 1890 he went to Kankakee and remained there until 1897, when he went to…

Photograph of William Hitt Penhallegon

Photograph of Rev. William Hitt Penhallegon, (born in Wales, came to America in 1870, died 10/22/1926). Pastor of First Presbyterian Church from 1890's to 1915. For more information see the Decatur Daily Review; 10/23/1926.

Monthly Board of Trustees Minutes - March 1961

This is the minutes from the board meeting on March 31, 1961. Also included are the minutes from the Personnel Committee meeting on March 17, 1961, a letter from Mary T. Howe to John Dever (City Manager) about black-topping spaces for the…

Monthly Board of Trustees Minutes - June 1961

These are the minutes for the board meeting on June 23, 1961 and the special meeting on June 30, 1961. Also included is the circulation statistics for June 1961, an agreement with Swartz Homes Inc., gift list for June 1961, description of materials…