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Photo of Grandma Goodrich's Home from the early 20th century. This home sat on the current site of The Urbana Free Library, at 201 W. Elm St.

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

George McKinley Bennett (1863-1955) was key member and organizer of the Urbana Association of Commerce. In 1907, this association pushed for the construction of a new library building in Urbana, which ultimately became the Samuel T. Busey Memorial…

Image of Frederick E. Eubeling (1841-1911). Eubeling was one of the founding member of The Urbana Free Library and worked in the library during the 1890s when it was in the City Building.

Frank Jaques (1839-1896) came to Urbana in 1858. He was a lawyer, businessman, philanthropist, and early supporter of the library

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

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

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

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

This article discusses the first public bond issue of which Urbana women could vote