LIBRARY HOURS Elgin Public Library Hours: Monday 1:30-5:30 Tuesday 1:30-5:30 Wednesday 11-5,30 Thursday 1:30-7, Friday 1:30-5:30 Saturday 9:30-12:30. |
| UPCOMING LIBRARY EVENTS: Valley Book Club &The Valley Writers Click on this link for more infomation: www.elgin.lib.ia.us Story Hour by Kris Stark Each Wednesday morning at 10:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.at the library Tutoring Tutoring by certified teachers is available at the library each Thursday afternoon by appointment. Contact Lisa Leuck at 426-5313 for more information. Birthday Book Club- Join the library’s Birthday Book Club! For a donation of $10, your special birthday person can choose a book to be placed in the collection, and a special book plate in their honor will be put inside. The birthday patron will be the first to check out the book, their picture will be displayed in the library, and they will be invited to a birthday party just for members at the end of the year. |
FRIENDS OF THE ELGIN PUBLIC LIBRARY Supporting a loved and valued community resource Memberships and contributions welcome! |
| Elgin's Walter Kohler Memorial Public Library includes the following materials for the public. |
| Historical and Genealogical Materials at the Elgin Public Library, Elgin, Iowa : |
| History of the Community : Elgin Then And Now |
| The library's historical and genealogical materials are located in the Northeast corner of the library building. |
| Extensive County Histories are available for Fayette and Clayton Counties, which include images of residents and historic scenes from the area. |
| Church Cemetary Records are available for the Apostolic, Christian and Illyria and Highland Churches. Information about contact persons and information about other cemetary records available upon request. |
| Elgin residents have compiled extensive research into local area history including obituaries and photographs and have willingly shared these materials with the public library. They can be located in the ELGIN HISTORY area of the northeast corner. |
| Genealogical materials from the collection include a large collection of local family scrapbooks.The two boxes on top of the bookcase contain materials on how to conduct genealogical research. |
| Video interviews of present and past residents about Elgin history were taped between 1998-1999 |
| The library has collected microfilm of the Elgin Echo dating back to 1891 |
| The Elgin historical society is located directly to the north of the Elgin Public Library. |
| Between the library and historical society, this mural shows the places from which the original residents of Elgin emigrated and includes names of many of the original families. |
| Created By Lauren Van Waardhuizen and Mark Anderson | School of Library and Information Science | University of Iowa | Iowa City, IA | Updated, Feb 28, 2005. |
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| ELGIN PUBLIC LIBRARY 214 Main Street, PO Box 36 Elgin, Iowa 52141 Phone: (563) 426-5313 Fax: (563) 426-5999 Librarian: Lisa Leuck email: ELGIN LIBRARY |
