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===Early efforts=== ===Early efforts===
In November 1841, less than a year after the village of Southport (Kenosha from 1850) was incorporated, an editor of the village newspaper, the ''South Port American,'' published a proposal for establishing a free public library "open to all".<ref>{{cite news |title=Public Libraries |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/south-port-american-public-libraries/161615676/ |accessdate=27 December 2024 |work=South Port American |date=4 November 1841|via=Newspapers.com}}{{free access}}</ref> Private ] were established by June 1842.<ref>{{cite news |title=Circulating Library |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-telegraph-courier-circulating-librar/161676779/ |accessdate=27 December 2024 |work=South Port American |date=28 June 1842|via=Newspapers.com}}{{free access}}</ref> On November 25, 1843, a group of prominent residents made the first attempt to establish a public library, forming the Southport Library Association. The association's members included ], one of the founders of Southport, and ], the ] rector of St. Matthew's Church and former ].<ref name="1843_meeting">{{cite news |title=Library Meeting |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-telegraph-courier-library-meeting/161676848/ |accessdate=27 December 2024 |work=The Telegraph-Courier |date=5 December 1843|via=Newspapers.com}}{{free access}}</ref> Despite electing directors and adopting bylaws, the association, chaired by Hatch, made no further progress.<ref name="1843_meeting"/> In November 1841, less than a year after the village of Southport (Kenosha from 1850) was incorporated, an editor of the village newspaper, the ''South Port American,'' published a proposal for establishing a free public library "open to all".<ref>{{cite news |title=Public Libraries |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/south-port-american-public-libraries/161615676/ |accessdate=27 December 2024 |work=South Port American |date=4 November 1841|via=Newspapers.com}}{{free access}}</ref> Private ] were established by June 1842.<ref>{{cite news |title=Circulating Library |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-telegraph-courier-circulating-librar/161676779/ |accessdate=27 December 2024 |work=South Port American |date=28 June 1842|via=Newspapers.com}}{{free access}}</ref> On November 25, 1843, a group of prominent residents attempted to establish a public library, forming the Southport Library Association. The association's members included ], one of the founders of Southport, and ], the ] rector of St. Matthew's Church and former ].<ref name="1843_meeting">{{cite news |title=Library Meeting |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-telegraph-courier-library-meeting/161676848/ |accessdate=27 December 2024 |work=The Telegraph-Courier |date=5 December 1843|via=Newspapers.com}}{{free access}}</ref> Despite electing directors and adopting bylaws, the association, chaired by Hatch, made no further progress.<ref name="1843_meeting"/>


In February 1871, local businessman and future ] ] purchased several hundred books and established a free library for Kenosha County residents; as Simmons was a member of the local Unitarian church, he established the library there.<ref name="1871_free_library">{{cite news |title=A Free Library |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-telegraph-courier-a-free-library/161731657/ |accessdate=28 December 2024 |work=The Telegraph-Courier |date=23 February 1871|via=Newspapers.com}}{{free access}}</ref> Books could be checked out one at a time for two weeks, with a single renewal allowed.<ref name="1871_free_library"/> In June 1873, Simmons first proposed a library building be erected in what would become ], "to surpass any other in the state."<ref name="Child_library">{{cite news |title=Child Library Is New Unit In City Progress |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/kenosha-news-child-library-is-new-unit-i/162025474/ |accessdate=1 January 2025 |work=Kenosha News |date=11 April 1929|via=Newspapers.com}}{{free access}}</ref> On May 22, 1883, a special election was held to determine whether Kenosha should accept a bequest of approximately $3,500 from the estate of a Caroline Field to establish a public library named the "Cahoon Library." Despite the vote being in favor, subsequent legal difficulties delayed the city from moving forward; though a court ruling in March 1890 gave the city permission to accept the bequest, the project failed to advance.<ref>{{cite news |title=Cahoon Library |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-telegraph-courier-cahoon-library-cas/161678688/ |accessdate=1 January 2025 |work=Telegraph-Courier |date=26 December 1889|via=Newspapers.com}}{{free access}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Field will case|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-telegraph-courier/161678607/|accessdate=1 January 2025 |work=Kenosha News |date=3 April 1890|via=Newspapers.com}}{{free access}}</ref> In February 1871, local businessman and future ] ] purchased several hundred books and established a free library for Kenosha County residents; as Simmons was a member of the local Unitarian church, he established the library there.<ref name="1871_free_library">{{cite news |title=A Free Library |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-telegraph-courier-a-free-library/161731657/ |accessdate=28 December 2024 |work=The Telegraph-Courier |date=23 February 1871|via=Newspapers.com}}{{free access}}</ref> Books could be checked out one at a time for two weeks, with a single renewal allowed.<ref name="1871_free_library"/> In June 1873, Simmons first proposed a library building be erected in what would become ], "to surpass any other in the state."<ref name="Child_library">{{cite news |title=Child Library Is New Unit In City Progress |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/kenosha-news-child-library-is-new-unit-i/162025474/ |accessdate=1 January 2025 |work=Kenosha News |date=11 April 1929|via=Newspapers.com}}{{free access}}</ref> On May 22, 1883, a special election was held to determine whether Kenosha should accept a bequest of approximately $3,500 from the estate of a Caroline Field to establish a public library named the "Cahoon Library." Despite the vote being in favor, subsequent legal difficulties delayed the city from moving forward; though a court ruling in March 1890 gave the city permission to accept the bequest, the project failed to advance.<ref>{{cite news |title=Cahoon Library |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-telegraph-courier-cahoon-library-cas/161678688/ |accessdate=1 January 2025 |work=Telegraph-Courier |date=26 December 1889|via=Newspapers.com}}{{free access}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Field will case|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-telegraph-courier/161678607/|accessdate=1 January 2025 |work=Kenosha News |date=3 April 1890|via=Newspapers.com}}{{free access}}</ref>


===Beginnings and the first Kenosha Public Library=== ===Beginnings and the first Kenosha Public Library===
Upon arriving in Kenosha in 1894, George W. Johnston, the recently appointed editor of the ''],'' soon recognized local demand for a public library, and used his paper to promote the cause, publishing several articles on the subject.<ref name=library_history>{{cite news |title=A Library History |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-telegraph-courier-a-library-history/161680734/ |accessdate=1 January 2025 |work=Telegraph-Courier |date=19 March 1896|via=Newspapers.com}}{{free access}}</ref> He also canvassed local community leaders.<ref name=library_history/> With their support assured, on the evening of November 14, 1895, 40 prominent local residents assembled in the parlor of the Hotel Grant to begin the process of establishing a public library board.<ref name="library_sight">{{cite news |title=A Library In Sight |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-telegraph-courier-a-library-in-sight/161618514/ |accessdate=1 January 2025 |work=Telegraph-Courier |date=19 March 1896|via=Newspapers.com}}{{free access}}</ref><ref name="1901_Simmons">{{cite report|author1=Strong, William W. |author2=Barnes, Clara P.|date=31 May 1901 |title=First Annual Report of Gilbert M. Simmons Library For the Year Ending May 31, 1901 |url=https://hdl.handle.net/2027/uiug.30112001270682 |publisher=Gilbert M. Simmons Library |page= |access-date=1 January 2025}}</ref> At the meeting, a five-member organization committee was nominated and elected, comprising Johnston and businessmen Colonel William W. Strong, James Cavanagh, George A. Yule, and John O'Donnell.<ref name=library_sight/> On December 20, 1895, the committee formally incorporated the Kenosha Public Library, with a constitution and bylaws providing for election of officers, a board of directors, and a provision that any county resident "of good repute," be eligible to join the library association upon agreeing to the terms of membership and payment of annual dues of $2.00, intended for purchasing books and covering other expenses.<ref>{{cite news |title=The Library Incorporated |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/kenosha-news-the-library-incorporated/161744483/ |accessdate=1 January 2025 |work=Kenosha News |date=20 December 1895|via=Newspapers.com}}{{free access}}</ref><ref name="all_ready"/> Upon arriving in Kenosha in 1894, George W. Johnston, the recently appointed editor of the ''],'' soon recognized local demand for a public library, and used his paper to promote the cause, publishing several articles on the subject.<ref name=library_history>{{cite news |title=A Library History |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-telegraph-courier-a-library-history/161680734/ |accessdate=1 January 2025 |work=Telegraph-Courier |date=19 March 1896|via=Newspapers.com}}{{free access}}</ref> He also canvassed local community leaders.<ref name=library_history/> With their support assured, on the evening of November 14, 1895, 40 prominent local residents assembled in the parlor of the Hotel Grant to begin the process of establishing a public library board.<ref name="library_sight">{{cite news |title=A Library In Sight |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-telegraph-courier-a-library-in-sight/161618514/ |accessdate=1 January 2025 |work=Telegraph-Courier |date=19 March 1896|via=Newspapers.com}}{{free access}}</ref><ref name="1901_Simmons">{{cite report|author1=Strong, William W. |author2=Barnes, Clara P.|date=31 May 1901 |title=First Annual Report of Gilbert M. Simmons Library For the Year Ending May 31, 1901 |url=https://hdl.handle.net/2027/uiug.30112001270682 |publisher=Gilbert M. Simmons Library |page= |access-date=1 January 2025}}</ref> At the meeting, a five-member organizing committee was nominated and elected, comprising Johnston and businessmen Colonel William W. Strong, James Cavanagh, George A. Yule, and John O'Donnell.<ref name=library_sight/> On December 20, 1895, the committee formally incorporated the Kenosha Public Library, with a constitution and bylaws providing for election of officers, a board of directors, and a provision that any county resident "of good repute," be eligible to join the library association upon agreeing to the terms of membership and payment of annual dues of $2.00, intended for purchasing books and covering other expenses.<ref>{{cite news |title=The Library Incorporated |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/kenosha-news-the-library-incorporated/161744483/ |accessdate=1 January 2025 |work=Kenosha News |date=20 December 1895|via=Newspapers.com}}{{free access}}</ref><ref name="all_ready"/>


On January 6, 1896, the library board was chosen,<ref name="1901_Simmons"/> from which officers were elected on January 10.<ref name="all_ready">{{cite news |title=It's All Ready Now |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-telegraph-courier-its-all-ready-now/161618264/ |accessdate=2 January 2025 |work=Telegraph-Courier |date=16 January 1896|via=Newspapers.com}}{{free access}}</ref><ref name="secretary_report">{{cite news |title=The Secretary's Report |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/kenosha-news-the-secretarys-report-mad/162086122/ |accessdate=2 January 2025 |work=Kenosha News |date=14 January 1897|via=Newspapers.com}}{{free access}}</ref> On January 17, Johnston, the secretary of the library board, recommended the library be located in rooms over the Redeker and English store, in a building owned by Zalmon Simmons at 171 Main Street.<ref name="secretary_report"/><ref name="75_building">{{cite news |title=Library building is 75 years old |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/kenosha-news-library-building-is-75-year/161994345/ |accessdate=2 January 2025 |work=Kenosha News |date=23 May 1975|via=Newspapers.com}}{{free access}}</ref> The suggestion was accepted and the rooms leased from Simmons for $5.00 a month.<ref name="secretary_report"/><ref name="75_building"/> On January 27, Clara Parkinson Barnes (1854–1932),<ref>{{cite news |title=Mrs. Barnes, First Library Leader, Dies |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/kenosha-news-obituary-for-barnes-barnes/89879783/ |accessdate=2 January 2025 |work=Kenosha News |date=15 March 1932|via=Newspapers.com}}{{free access}}</ref> a sister-in-law of board member Cavanagh,<ref>{{cite news |title=Obituary for Nellie Parkinson Cavanagh (Mrs. James Cavanagh) |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/kenosha-news-obituary-for-james-cavanagh/162117588/ |accessdate=2 January 2025 |work=Kenosha News |date=12 November 1931|via=Newspapers.com}}{{free access}}</ref> was appointed librarian.<ref name="secretary_report"/> The library rooms were ready by March 2,<ref name="secretary_report"/> at which date the Unitarian Church public library donated its collection of approximately 800 volumes to the Kenosha library,<ref name="1901_Simmons"/> encouraged by wide community support and a donation of $1,000 to the new library by George Yule.<ref name=library_history/> On January 6, 1896, the library board was chosen,<ref name="1901_Simmons"/> from which officers were elected on January 10.<ref name="all_ready">{{cite news |title=It's All Ready Now |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-telegraph-courier-its-all-ready-now/161618264/ |accessdate=2 January 2025 |work=Telegraph-Courier |date=16 January 1896|via=Newspapers.com}}{{free access}}</ref><ref name="secretary_report">{{cite news |title=The Secretary's Report |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/kenosha-news-the-secretarys-report-mad/162086122/ |accessdate=2 January 2025 |work=Kenosha News |date=14 January 1897|via=Newspapers.com}}{{free access}}</ref> On January 17, Johnston, the secretary of the library board, recommended the library be located in rooms over the Redeker and English store, in a building owned by Zalmon Simmons at 171 Main Street.<ref name="secretary_report"/><ref name="75_building">{{cite news |title=Library building is 75 years old |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/kenosha-news-library-building-is-75-year/161994345/ |accessdate=2 January 2025 |work=Kenosha News |date=23 May 1975|via=Newspapers.com}}{{free access}}</ref> The suggestion was accepted and the rooms leased from Simmons for $5.00 a month.<ref name="secretary_report"/><ref name="75_building"/> On January 27, Clara Parkinson Barnes (1854–1932),<ref>{{cite news |title=Mrs. Barnes, First Library Leader, Dies |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/kenosha-news-obituary-for-barnes-barnes/89879783/ |accessdate=2 January 2025 |work=Kenosha News |date=15 March 1932|via=Newspapers.com}}{{free access}}</ref> a sister-in-law of board member Cavanagh,<ref>{{cite news |title=Obituary for Nellie Parkinson Cavanagh (Mrs. James Cavanagh) |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/kenosha-news-obituary-for-james-cavanagh/162117588/ |accessdate=2 January 2025 |work=Kenosha News |date=12 November 1931|via=Newspapers.com}}{{free access}}</ref> was appointed librarian.<ref name="secretary_report"/> The library rooms were ready by March 2,<ref name="secretary_report"/> at which date the Unitarian Church public library donated its collection of approximately 800 volumes to the Kenosha library,<ref name="1901_Simmons"/> encouraged by wide community support and a donation of $1,000 to the new library by George Yule.<ref name=library_history/>

The first Kenosha Public Library opened on March 14, 1896,<ref name="1896_opening"/> with Clara Barnes as librarian and an initial collection of approximately 1,200 volumes, 400 of which were fiction.<ref name="1896_opening">{{cite news |title=Public library announcement |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-telegraph-courier-public-library/161613138/ |accessdate=2 January 2025 |work=Telegraph-Courier |date=12 March 1896|via=Newspapers.com}}{{free access}}</ref><ref name="1901_Simmons"/> All Kenosha County residents were eligible to borrow books, but while browsing were requested to not personally remove them from their shelves "unless absolutely necessary."<ref name="1896_opening"/>


==Recognition== ==Recognition==

Revision as of 22:33, 2 January 2025

Kenosha Public Library
Gilbert M. Simmons Library, formerly the main library and currently a branch library of the KPL.
TypePublic library
EstablishedDecember 20, 1895 (1895-12-20) (incorporated)
Service areaKenosha, Wisconsin
Branches5
Access and use
Population served137,750 (2022)
Other information
DirectorBrandi Cummings (Interim)
Employees70 (2022)
Parent organizationKenosha County Library System (KCLS)
AffiliationSHARE Consortium
Public transit accessKenosha Area Transit
Websitemykpl.info

The Kenosha Public Library (KPL) is the public library serving the city of Kenosha, and is the resource library for the Kenosha County Library System (KCLS), of which it is a member.

Governance

The KPL is governed by a board of trustees appointed by the Mayor of Kenosha and approved by the City Council. The board is composed of nine citizen members: eight City of Kenosha residents and one representative of the Kenosha Unified School District. KPL is a member of the SHARE Consortium.

Organization and services

The library has an Outreach department and five branches:

  • Simmons Neighborhood Library (1900)
  • Uptown Neighborhood Library (1925)
  • Southwest Neighborhood Library (1981, rebuilt 2004). The KCLS main resource library.
  • Northside Neighborhood Library (1993)
  • Kids@Uptown Lofts (2024)

The library offers audiobook, e-book, and eMagazine services, including OverDrive eBooks & eAudiobooks, TeachingBooks Library, Ebsco eBooks, and Online tutoring, delivered via the library's website.

History

Uptown Neighborhood Library

Early efforts

In November 1841, less than a year after the village of Southport (Kenosha from 1850) was incorporated, an editor of the village newspaper, the South Port American, published a proposal for establishing a free public library "open to all". Private circulating libraries were established by June 1842. On November 25, 1843, a group of prominent residents attempted to establish a public library, forming the Southport Library Association. The association's members included William Bullen, one of the founders of Southport, and Frederick Winslow Hatch, the Episcopal rector of St. Matthew's Church and former Chaplain of the United States Senate. Despite electing directors and adopting bylaws, the association, chaired by Hatch, made no further progress.

In February 1871, local businessman and future Kenosha mayor Zalmon Gilbert Simmons purchased several hundred books and established a free library for Kenosha County residents; as Simmons was a member of the local Unitarian church, he established the library there. Books could be checked out one at a time for two weeks, with a single renewal allowed. In June 1873, Simmons first proposed a library building be erected in what would become Library Park, "to surpass any other in the state." On May 22, 1883, a special election was held to determine whether Kenosha should accept a bequest of approximately $3,500 from the estate of a Caroline Field to establish a public library named the "Cahoon Library." Despite the vote being in favor, subsequent legal difficulties delayed the city from moving forward; though a court ruling in March 1890 gave the city permission to accept the bequest, the project failed to advance.

Beginnings and the first Kenosha Public Library

Upon arriving in Kenosha in 1894, George W. Johnston, the recently appointed editor of the Kenosha Evening News, soon recognized local demand for a public library, and used his paper to promote the cause, publishing several articles on the subject. He also canvassed local community leaders. With their support assured, on the evening of November 14, 1895, 40 prominent local residents assembled in the parlor of the Hotel Grant to begin the process of establishing a public library board. At the meeting, a five-member organizing committee was nominated and elected, comprising Johnston and businessmen Colonel William W. Strong, James Cavanagh, George A. Yule, and John O'Donnell. On December 20, 1895, the committee formally incorporated the Kenosha Public Library, with a constitution and bylaws providing for election of officers, a board of directors, and a provision that any county resident "of good repute," be eligible to join the library association upon agreeing to the terms of membership and payment of annual dues of $2.00, intended for purchasing books and covering other expenses.

On January 6, 1896, the library board was chosen, from which officers were elected on January 10. On January 17, Johnston, the secretary of the library board, recommended the library be located in rooms over the Redeker and English store, in a building owned by Zalmon Simmons at 171 Main Street. The suggestion was accepted and the rooms leased from Simmons for $5.00 a month. On January 27, Clara Parkinson Barnes (1854–1932), a sister-in-law of board member Cavanagh, was appointed librarian. The library rooms were ready by March 2, at which date the Unitarian Church public library donated its collection of approximately 800 volumes to the Kenosha library, encouraged by wide community support and a donation of $1,000 to the new library by George Yule.

The first Kenosha Public Library opened on March 14, 1896, with Clara Barnes as librarian and an initial collection of approximately 1,200 volumes, 400 of which were fiction. All Kenosha County residents were eligible to borrow books, but while browsing were requested to not personally remove them from their shelves "unless absolutely necessary."

Recognition

KPL was named the Power of Libraries Award Winner in 2018, Wisconsin Library Association's 2020 Library of the Year, and a finalist for the National Medal for Museum and Library Service in 2021.

References

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  2. ^ "2019 Kenosha County Library System Plan" (PDF). Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction. Retrieved 1 January 2025.
  3. "Board of Trustees". mykpl.info. Retrieved 2024-12-25.
  4. "SHARE Consortium". lakeshores.lib.wi.us. Retrieved 2024-12-26.
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  6. "Digital Resources". Retrieved 2024-12-26.
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  8. "Circulating Library". South Port American. 28 June 1842. Retrieved 27 December 2024 – via Newspapers.com.Free access icon
  9. ^ "Library Meeting". The Telegraph-Courier. 5 December 1843. Retrieved 27 December 2024 – via Newspapers.com.Free access icon
  10. ^ "A Free Library". The Telegraph-Courier. 23 February 1871. Retrieved 28 December 2024 – via Newspapers.com.Free access icon
  11. "Child Library Is New Unit In City Progress". Kenosha News. 11 April 1929. Retrieved 1 January 2025 – via Newspapers.com.Free access icon
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  13. "Field will case". Kenosha News. 3 April 1890. Retrieved 1 January 2025 – via Newspapers.com.Free access icon
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  15. ^ "A Library In Sight". Telegraph-Courier. 19 March 1896. Retrieved 1 January 2025 – via Newspapers.com.Free access icon
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  20. ^ "Library building is 75 years old". Kenosha News. 23 May 1975. Retrieved 2 January 2025 – via Newspapers.com.Free access icon
  21. "Mrs. Barnes, First Library Leader, Dies". Kenosha News. 15 March 1932. Retrieved 2 January 2025 – via Newspapers.com.Free access icon
  22. "Obituary for Nellie Parkinson Cavanagh (Mrs. James Cavanagh)". Kenosha News. 12 November 1931. Retrieved 2 January 2025 – via Newspapers.com.Free access icon
  23. ^ "Public library announcement". Telegraph-Courier. 12 March 1896. Retrieved 2 January 2025 – via Newspapers.com.Free access icon
  24. "Power of Libraries". SirsiDynix. Retrieved 2024-12-28.
  25. "Kenosha Public Library honored as Library of the Year". Kenosha News. Retrieved 2024-12-25.
  26. "2020 Awards Announcements". Wisconsin Library Association. Retrieved 2024-12-25.
  27. "KPL selected as finalist for National Medal for Museum and Library Science". Kenosha.com. Retrieved 2024-12-25.
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