Tag: LauraPhilbrook

• Dear Laura and Dear Edna

  Letters to the first two female library directors in honor of Women’s History Month Dear Laura, You were the first female director of Russell Library. The first director, George Winchester, resigned after 8 years. The library struggled financially during its first years and Winchester resigned partly because of his disinclination of dealing anymore with the…

  Mary

  March 25, 2024

  History of Russell Library, Inside Stories, Kids and Teens, Library Services, Middletown, CT, Secrets of Russell Library

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