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This box contains a history of the Free Reading Room, the hopes and plans to build a library, correspondence with Andrew Carnegie, the deed to the land from the First Congregational Church, as well as architect and contractor information.

This envelope contains an interior view of a large gathering filling the small sanctuary of the First Congregational Church, when it was located on the north side of Pine Street, Boulder, Colo.

ARCHITECTURAL DESCRIPTION: Sand-lime facing brick with sandstone details. Color closely matched. Windows with glass segmented by a metal frame in fishscale pattern., STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE: This building was Boulder's first public library. The library was financed by Andrew Carnegie. The building is modeled after the Grecian Temple "Illyses" which architect Thomas MacLaren considered to represent the most perfect type of Greek architecture., DATE BUILT : 1906., STYLE : Classical Revival., ARCHITECT: Thomas MacLaren.

This box contains the records of Community Development grants 1979-1983, and Colorado Historical Society grants 1980-1982.

One vertical file that contains information clipped from newspapers, magazines, and other publications on Boulder's Carnegie Library building, both when it served as the the main Boulder Public Library and when it became the local history branch of the Boulder Public Library.

Views of the original First Congregational Church at 1125 Pine Street.

This box contains newspaper clippings, brochures, programs, and information on programs offered by the Maria Rogers Oral History Program and Boulder Genealogical Society.

Photographs that document the history of Boulder Public Library buildings, events and staff.