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Newspaper clipping about the cornerstone for The Samuel T. Busey Memorial Library being laid on July 23, 1917.

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Newspaper clipping about the opening of the Samuel T. Busey Memorial Library

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Photo of the Gill Building aka the Knowlton and Bennett Building, 135 W. Main St.

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Photo of Masonic Temple at 201 W. Main St

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Photo of The Urbana Free Library at 203 S. Race Street

Young Men's Library Association of Urbana Charter (1872) 1-2_COPY.jpg
This is the founding charter for The Urbana Free Library. The document is signed by all the member's of the Young Men's Library Association of Urbana, including Frederick Eubeling, Frank Jaques, and Samuel Busey.

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1908 pamphlet from the Urbana Commercial Club with the first mention of the proposed new library.

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Count of daily visitors to the library in August and September of 1874

Cunningham Book Stamp_1.jpg
This bookplate was placed in all the books donated to the Samuel T. Busey Memorial Library from Joseph Cunningham

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Portrait of architect Joseph Royer taken for 1910 Elk's Convention in Urbana
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