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Ellen Alexander and her sons putting through a hole at the first annual Putt Fore the Library fundraiser.

Logan Creach and his dad Eric Creach were participating in the first year (2009) of the Putt Fore the Library fundraiser. The hole was sponsored and decorated by New Pioneer Coop where Eric was store manager.

Bear and Frog were reading with masks to promote the Busy Bears winter reading program for the Coralville Public Library's Children's Department.

Coralville Public Library Children's Librarians try out their snowman decorating kits. The kits are provided to accompany a program called " ABC- A Book and a Craft" the last week in January. The kits were distributed through curbside pick up due…

Members of the Coralville Library Teen Advisory Board wrapped and delivered board games to the Coralville Food Pantry. Games were purchased with a grant from Thrivent.

Pictured delivering to John Boller, Executive Director of the Coralville Food…

Friends of the Coralville Library purchased and distributed books to children at Coralville Food Pantry instead of the Coralville Community Meal, which was substantially altered due to COVID restrictions.

Following a significant snowfall the previous week, Coralville Streets Division removed snow that had been piled up in the Coralville parking lot. The pile had taken up most of the parking spaces on the north side of the Coralville Library Parking …

A view of the rotunda fountain. On the far stand several tables set up as a place to quarantine returned library materials. After being returned, these materials sit out for 72 hours before being cleaned and checked back in. A library staff member…

Several tables set up in the Coralville Public Library rotunda, all carrying stacks of books and other library materials. The Circulation Desk can be seen in the left far corner; in the right, another table holds cleaning supplies.

During the…

A view of the Coralville Public Library from the Circulation Desk in the rotunda, past the Reference Services area to the fireplace at the end of the corridor.

The following statement is from Laura Crossett, the creator of this image and the…

Library staff members Eric Mott, Karen Stierler, and Lily Smith-Jensen work at the Circulation Desk. All three have a phone to their ear and appear to be in conversation. Karen looks at a DVD, possibly calling a patron who had that item on hold,…

A video of library staff members Lily Smith-Jensen and Tina Bailey-Murray ride scooters around the empty Coralville Public Library.

Sara Pitcher, the creator of this video and the Web Resources Assistant at the Coralville Public Library, gave…

A periodical clipping of a photograph and description. Three Girl Scouts members stand behind a table that holds bake sale items and other miscellaneous goods, all holding items; the troop leader, too, holds up a Christmas wreath. A young man stands…

A photograph of Harold D. Paschal, the Grand Master of the masonic Clarksville Lodge 668 of Coralville, and Mayor Michael Kattchee stand next to the public library cornerstone. The symbolic laying of the cornerstone ceremony was attended by about 75…

Town Hall, Coralville's original City Hall was built at 405 Second Ave on land donated by the Charles E. Robinson family on the understanding that the upper portion would be used for church service with town hall and community room occupying the…

Volunteers work to help update and remodel the Fesler building

Left to right, Library Director Jean Schwab, Pauline Lovetinsky, & Frances Rogers stand by the convertible they rode during the 1990 4thFest Parade in celebration of their accumulated 75 years of service to the Coralville community through library…

Muralist Diana Greer stands next to a portion of her 15 foot mural on the new library wall, showing her unfinished work to a group of children. The mural covered most of the library walls, featuring small idyllic scenes similar to the one shown here:…