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119 9th Street S.W. ---- ----
Hwy 3 W. P.O. Box 652
Clarion, Iowa 50525 ---- Phone (515) 602-6000
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Wright
County Historical Society & Research Library |
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The Wright County Historical
Society maintains this Historical & Research Library which is located on the
1920s –1930s streetscapes within Heartland Museum. It is also the home of
the Clarion Historical Society.
The Historical Society collects history of the entire county and has
designated a shelf for each of the seven towns represented in Wright County.
The library contains a good cross-section of public school books from this
period.
Since Frank Lloyd Wright was the leader in designing buildings in the first
30 to 40 years of the twentieth century, the Wright County Historical
Society chose his Prairie School of Architecture for the design of their
library within Heartland Museum. The interior is designed to reflect the
same period of time.
Retired farmer and full-time volunteer George Boyington of Clarion agreed to
take on this complicated construction task if his friend Paul Larson, also
retired from MidAmerican Energy, would work with him. After Thanksgiving of
2003 they began construction of the red oak shelves in George’s home shop
from a photo in a magazine. They had no diagrams or set of plans. By May 1,
2004, the project was completed and the Library opened. Over 1,500 hours
were spent on this endeavor.
The Library has proven to be a good source for genealogy research. Family
histories are on the shelves, and the collection increases as persons drop
in and share their attic treasures, records, photos and scrapbooks. The
sources for genealogy research include tax lists, chattel mortgages, maps
and plat books. Other helps are school annuals, church directories and many
things reflecting the history of the area. There are always ongoing projects
which add to the wealth of information to be found.
The Library benefits from those who think of donating rather than throwing
when estates are settled or moves are made. |
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