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Kent Branch Library Reaches 100 Year Milestone
Sojourner’s Truth Staff
Toledo Lucas County Public
Library board members and staff were joined by local elected
officials on Thursday, October19, to celebrate the Kent
Branch centennial.
Kent
Branch Library opened December 11, 1917 and was
the result of a collaboration between the Toledo Public
Library, the City of Toledo, and philanthropist Andrew
Carnegie. The branch was named in honor of Eliza M. Kent,
the first manager of the Children's Department at Main
Library.
Thursday’s celebration
featured musical entertainment by Old West End Academy third
graders, a welcome by Branch Manager Jessica Luce, an
address by Clyde Scoles, director of the Toledo Lucas County
Public Library and the presentation of commemorative
proclamations by local, state and federal elected officials.
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Kent Branch Manager Jessica Luce and Toledo Lucas County
Public Library Director Clyde Scoles |
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The event, said Scoles,
was a “celebration of the values of freedom and equality.”
Noting the generosity of Andrew Carnegie, who funded a
number of libraries around the country during that period,
Scoles said the philanthropist “stressed the importance of
hard work and self-motivation” and that “his gift is a
ladder to self-improvement.” U.S. Congresswoman; State
Representative Michael Ashford; Toledo Mayor Paula
Hicks-Hudson and Toledo City Councilman Larry Sykes
presented the proclamations from their respective
colleagues.
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