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Spring 2024
We are celebrating!!! We have been YOUR library for 160 years.
In October of 1864, members of our community came together to do something worthwhile for the community. That worthwhile endeavor was forming a library for all to enjoy. We found our current home on Litchfield Street (Daycoeton Place) in 1901 due to then Library President Elisha Turner’s generosity. Since, we have undergone two major renovations and have expanded to a 33,000sq facility for you to enjoy.
We have seen our circulating collection expand from strictly books to include audiobooks, movies, periodicals, cake pans, and now a variety of eResources. Our in-house services have expanded past just a Reading Room to dynamic Children and Teen departments, public access computers, WiFi, quiet study spaces, educational and entertaining programs for all ages, and our Torrington Savings Bank Community Room.
We wouldn’t be a thriving institution without past benefactors, like Lauren Wetmore, who had the foresight to start an endowment for the Library at the turn of the 20th Century. Under the guidance of past Presidents John H. Brooks and Charles W. Roraback - and donors like yourself - the Library has prudently nurtured and grown the endowment to support our current million dollar operating budget.
We have seen many trends in our 160 years. Some have stood the test of time (being a hub for free technology no matter how quickly it changes); while others have disappeared (does anyone remember Audiobook PlayAways? Neither do we!). One constant in our history is YOUR commitment to supporting the Library.
YOU -- and those that came before you -- have generously donated your time and hard-earned money to make the library an enriching, engaging, and empowering organization for all residents to enjoy for the last 160 years.
Can you imagine where the Library will be in another 160 years? What trends will come and go? What will another President and Director write to future generations of your family?
With your support, and mirroring the words of Lauren Wetmore from 1885: “I have no fears for the future[...]This institution can go on with increased vigor. One man cannot do everything but united we can do everything necessary to insure success” (Register Citizen Newspaper, October 11, 1939).
Together - and united - we can and will do more for the community. It all started with your support and will continue with your support.
We cannot wait to see what the next 160 years brings and we are excited to have you and your family along for the next stage or our journey!
Warmly,
Steven M. Temkin, President
AND
Jessica Gueniat, Director
We are celebrating!!! We have been YOUR library for 160 years.
In October of 1864, members of our community came together to do something worthwhile for the community. That worthwhile endeavor was forming a library for all to enjoy. We found our current home on Litchfield Street (Daycoeton Place) in 1901 due to then Library President Elisha Turner’s generosity. Since, we have undergone two major renovations and have expanded to a 33,000sq facility for you to enjoy.
We have seen our circulating collection expand from strictly books to include audiobooks, movies, periodicals, cake pans, and now a variety of eResources. Our in-house services have expanded past just a Reading Room to dynamic Children and Teen departments, public access computers, WiFi, quiet study spaces, educational and entertaining programs for all ages, and our Torrington Savings Bank Community Room.
We wouldn’t be a thriving institution without past benefactors, like Lauren Wetmore, who had the foresight to start an endowment for the Library at the turn of the 20th Century. Under the guidance of past Presidents John H. Brooks and Charles W. Roraback - and donors like yourself - the Library has prudently nurtured and grown the endowment to support our current million dollar operating budget.
We have seen many trends in our 160 years. Some have stood the test of time (being a hub for free technology no matter how quickly it changes); while others have disappeared (does anyone remember Audiobook PlayAways? Neither do we!). One constant in our history is YOUR commitment to supporting the Library.
YOU -- and those that came before you -- have generously donated your time and hard-earned money to make the library an enriching, engaging, and empowering organization for all residents to enjoy for the last 160 years.
Can you imagine where the Library will be in another 160 years? What trends will come and go? What will another President and Director write to future generations of your family?
With your support, and mirroring the words of Lauren Wetmore from 1885: “I have no fears for the future[...]This institution can go on with increased vigor. One man cannot do everything but united we can do everything necessary to insure success” (Register Citizen Newspaper, October 11, 1939).
Together - and united - we can and will do more for the community. It all started with your support and will continue with your support.
We cannot wait to see what the next 160 years brings and we are excited to have you and your family along for the next stage or our journey!
Warmly,
Steven M. Temkin, President
AND
Jessica Gueniat, Director
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