Carrie Westlake Whitney
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Carrie Westlake Whitney
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Obituary for Carrie Westlake Whitney, or Carrie Whitney, "Mother of the Kansas City Public Library" as the first public librarian of Kansas City. Native of Virginia coming to Kansas City as librarian at a rental library (the city's first circulating library) at 8th and Main Streets in 1881 before being appointed public librarian at the northeast corner of 8th and Walnut Streets. Later moved to a new library building at the southwest corner of 8th and Oak Streets (later demolished) and then another larger new library building at 9th and Locust Streets in 1898, serving as head librarian until succeeded by Purd Wright in 1911.
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1934-04-09
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Related Item
The Kansas City Star
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Shelf Locator
Vertical File: Whitney, Carrie Westlake, Mrs.
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Restriction on Access
This document is not available online. You may come to the Missouri Valley Room to view it or request a photocopy from the Library's Document Delivery service. http://www.kclibrary.org/copy-requests
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