{"id":577,"date":"2026-01-08T12:46:06","date_gmt":"2026-01-08T18:46:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.harrisontest.lib.ms.us\/?page_id=577"},"modified":"2026-03-25T09:12:15","modified_gmt":"2026-03-25T14:12:15","slug":"history-of-our-libraries","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.harrisontest.lib.ms.us\/index.php\/history-of-our-libraries\/","title":{"rendered":"History of Our Libraries"},"content":{"rendered":"

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September 23, 1891<\/span>\u00a0\u2013 The Biloxi Library Association files with the State of Mississippi\u00a0for a Charter.<\/p>\n

About 1893<\/span>\u00a0\u2013 A subscription library (borrowers pay an annual fee) is in operation in Pass Christian. \u00a0The Library continued this operation for several years.<\/p>\n

April 8, 1893<\/span>\u00a0\u2013 A\u00a0newspaper article\u00a0reports on efforts to organize a public library in Biloxi.<\/p>\n

1898<\/span> \u2013 King\u2019s Daughters found first free public library in Mississippi, in Biloxi. \u00a0It was destroyed by fire in 1900, but reestablished in the Creole Cottage.<\/p>\n

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April 4, 1893 Article<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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November 9, 1900<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>\u2013 Fire in Downtown Biloxi destroys 90 buildings, including the King\u2019s Daughters Library building.<\/p>\n

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Creole Cottage – November 21, 1976 – Clarion Ledger<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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March 23, 1911<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>\u2013 More than 1,000 volumes had been loaned out since January 1, 1911, from The King\u2019s Daughters Library in Biloxi. Collection totals 3,000. <<Newspaper article.>><\/p>\n

October 27, 1911<\/span>\u00a0\u2013 First steps were taken to organize a Library Association in Gulfport. A meeting was held at the Gulfport City Hall.<\/p>\n

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About 1912<\/span> \u2013 Gulfport City Ordinance No. 337 established a free public library in a section of the Gulfport City Hall.<\/p>\n

1913<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>\u2013 King\u2019s Daughters operates a small free library under the staircase in Gulfport City Hall.<\/p>\n

March, 1916<\/span>\u00a0\u2013 Mayor George M. Foote of Gulfport reported that the Andrew Carnegie Corporation had made an appropriation of $10,000 for a 2,800 square foot Carnegie Library in Gulfport.<\/p>\n

November 20, 1916<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>\u2013 Time Capsule Ceremonies are held for the new Gulfport-Carnegie Public Library, still under construction.<\/p>\n

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April 2, 1917<\/span> \u2013 After six months of construction, the Gulfport-Carnegie Public Library\u00a0officially opens. Mrs. S. M. Williams is named Librarian. The City of Gulfport budgets a monthly \u201callowance\u201d of $35.00 for Mrs. Williams’ salary and to purchase books and supplies.<\/p>\n

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March 23, 1911<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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June 1, 1925<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>\u2013 Biloxi Library moves from the Creole Cottage to its new building at 124 Lameuse Street, designed by local architect Carl Matthes.<\/p>\n

1925-1926<\/span>\u00a0\u2013 Automobile carrying boxes of books begins service to county areas from the Gulfport Carnegie Library.<\/p>\n

1926<\/span>\u00a0\u2013 Gulfport-Carnegie Library opens a county extension department, and the library begins to receive county funds on an annual basis.<\/p>\n

1926<\/span>\u00a0\u2013 Virgie Fayard becomes the librarian of the Biloxi Public Library.<\/p>\n

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1924 Biloxi Library<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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June 25, 1930<\/span>\u00a0\u2013 Mollie Rodenberg, former Librarian of the Biloxi Library (1905-1925), passes away at age 82.<\/p>\n

1931<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>\u2013 Florence Freidhoff was named the Head Librarian of the Biloxi Public Library<\/p>\n

1935<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>\u2013 Harrison County Rural Library stations and auto routes were established under Hyacinth Yerger, with primarily funding from the Works Progress Administration<\/p>\n

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June 25, 1930<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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1941<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>\u2013 Harrison County purchases a bookmobile.<\/p>\n

1941-1943<\/span>\u00a0\u2013 Harrison County Rural Library evolves into Harrison County Library and moves from the Gulf and Ship Island Building in Gulfport to an office on 25th Avenue in Gulfport.<\/p>\n

1944<\/span>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Miss Maria Person\u00a0appointed as the Head of the Harrison County Library. She is the first library science degree holder to be employed by a library in Harrison County.<\/p>\n

February, 1947<\/span>\u00a0\u2013 With funding from Harrison County and the Lions Club, the Gulfport-Carnegie Library opens a branch at the corner of 19th Street and 43rd Avenue in Gulfport.\u00a0 It later becomes known as the West Branch.<\/p>\n

October, 1947<\/span>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0 The Harrison County Library and the Gulfport Carnegie Library merge. The new Library is known as the Gulfport Carnegie-Harrison County Library. Maria Person is appointed as Head Librarian.<\/p>\n

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1951<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>\u2013 Gulfport Carnegie-Harrison County Library opens a second branch, the East Branch, in the Soria City area of Gulfport.<\/p>\n

1953<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>\u2013 Gulfport Carnegie-Harrison County Library purchases a new\u00a0bookmobile\u00a0to replace the l94l vehicle.<\/p>\n

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1961<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>\u2013 The Pass Christian Library Commission forms to promote the establishment of public library service in Pass Christian.<\/p>\n

1962<\/span> \u2013 Biloxi Public Library opens the Division Street Station in Biloxi. Later designated a branch, it became a Children\u2019s Library.<\/p>\n

1963<\/span>\u00a0\u2013 Maria Person, Gulfport Head Librarian, serves as the President of the Mississippi Library Association.<\/p>\n

1964<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>\u2013\u00a0House Bill No. 716<\/span> was passed by the legislature. Bill provides the legal framework for the construction and operation of a new City-County main library to replace the aging and overcrowded Carnegie building in downtown Gulfport. The bill establishes a ten-person board (five appointed by supervisors; five by the Gulfport City Commission) to control the library and provides a new formula for the continual support of the library (three-fourths of funding from Harrison County, one-fourth from the City of Gulfport).<\/p>\n

1965<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>\u2013 Gulfport Carnegie-Harrison County Library purchases a new bookmobile to replace the l953 vehicle.<\/p>\n

July 1965<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>\u2013\u00a0Construction begins\u00a0on the new Gulfport-Harrison County Public Library on 21st Ave at 14th Street.<\/p>\n

July 1966<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>\u2013 The new Gulfport-Harrison County Library opens. \u00a0The building\u2019s $892,000 cost is financed from bonds issued by Harrison County.<\/p>\n

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November 27, 1966<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>\u2013\u00a0Formal Dedication Ceremonies\u00a0are held for the new Gulfport-Harrison County Library building.<\/p>\n

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1968<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>\u2013 The Biloxi Public Libraries\u2019 West Biloxi Library Branch opens.<\/p>\n

August, 1969<\/span>\u00a0\u2013 The new library building in Gulfport is\u00a0seriously damaged\u00a0by\u00a0Hurricane Camille, the only public library in the county to be badly damaged. Services are suspended for some weeks. Approximately 45,000 volumes were lost in the storm.<\/p>\n

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June 27, 1965<\/figure>\n

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March, 1970<\/span>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0B. W. Finkbiner\u00a0is hired as the Business Manager for the Gulfport-Harrison County Library.<\/p>\n

1971<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>\u2013 Friends of the Pass Christian Library organization forms.<\/p>\n

1971<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>\u2013 After some years of declining use, the East and West Gulfport Branches were closed.<\/p>\n

July, 1972<\/span> \u2013 Maria Person, Gulfport Head Librarian for over twenty-seven years, passes away.\u00a0\u00a0B. W. Finkbiner, Business Manager, takes over as head of the Gulfport-Harrison County Library.<\/p>\n

September 5, 1972<\/span>\u00a0\u2013 Florence Freidhoff,\u00a0Head Librarian of the Biloxi Public Library for forty years, passes away.<\/p>\n

September 1972<\/span>\u00a0\u2013 Blondie Broom Hartmann is named the Acting Head Librarian for the Biloxi Public Library.<\/p>\n

December, 1972<\/span>\u00a0\u2013 Chairman of the Gulfport-Harrison County Library Board signs an agreement with the Mississippi Library Commission that makes Harrison County public libraries eligible for funds from the Commission\u2019s Personnel Grants Incentive Program. Terms for participating in this program require recipients to be in a county or multi-county library system headed by a director who holds a master\u2019s degree from an American Library Association (ALA) accredited library school.<\/p>\n

In fiscal year 1972-1973, libraries in Harrison County received $143,227 from the grant, including salary for a professional librarian recently employed in Pass Christian, where a new library building is under construction.<\/p>\n

May 1973<\/span> \u2013 Using a Mississippi Library Commission-owned bookmobile as a temporary building, the Gulfport-Harrison County Library opens regular branch library service in the Orange Grove area of the county. The Bookmobile is soon replaced by a mobile home also loaned by the Commission.<\/p>\n

June, 1973<\/span>\u00a0\u2013 Announcement of plans to build a new library in Orange Grove. Also, Mr. Finkbiner, implementing the library system concept, sets up a centralized interlibrary loan office in the Gulfport-Harrison County Library and a twice-a-week intralibrary delivery service.<\/p>\n

June, 1973<\/span>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0N<\/span>orman Graham\u00a0is employed as director of the Gulfport-Harrison County Library. The State Library Commission regards his employment as fulfilling the requirement that the county library system be headed by a qualified librarian.<\/p>\n

June, 1973<\/span>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0New public library\u00a0building opens in Pass Christian. Funds for building from: Harrison County \u2013 $50,000; Hurricane Camille \u201cwe care\u201d funds \u2013 $72,716; City of Pass Christian, $16,000.<\/p>\n

October, 1973<\/span>\u00a0\u2013 A\u00a0newspaper article\u00a0reports that Biloxi\u2019s oldest library (The Creole Cottage) is to be relocated and restored.<\/p>\n

1974<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>\u2013 Friends of the Gulfport-Harrison County Library are organized.<\/p>\n

May 1974<\/span>\u00a0\u2013 Gulfport-Harrison County Library establishes Harrison County Library System Technical Processing Center serving all the library jurisdictions in the county.<\/p>\n

September, 1974<\/span> \u2013 Gulfport-Harrison County Library receives a grant of $51,293 from the Mississippi Library Commission to produce the Mississippi Union List of Periodicals, a computer-generated listing of the periodical holdings of some 40 of the largest libraries in the state. This immensely complicated project, the first major computerized publication ever produced in the state, was successfully completed in June, 1975. William E. Stant is hired to complete this complex project.<\/p>\n

December, 1974<\/span>\u00a0\u2013 The Orange Grove Branch moves into the Norwood Village Shopping Center.<\/p>\n

May 1975<\/span>\u00a0\u2013 Friends of the Biloxi Library organization holds its first meeting.<\/p>\n

September, 1975<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>\u2013 A\u00a0scale model\u00a0of Biloxi\u2019s proposed $1.6 million Library and Cultural Center is exhibited at the first general meeting of the Friends of the Biloxi Library.<\/p>\n

September 1975<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>\u2013 A proposed contract for the new Harrison County Library System is completed.\u00a0 The contract left local library autonomy intact and created a representative Advisory Board.<\/p>\n

October, 1975<\/span> \u2013 Groundbreaking ceremonies are\u00a0scheduled\u00a0and\u00a0held\u00a0for the new Biloxi Public Library-Cultural Center.<\/p>\n

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February 1976<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>\u2013 The Advisory Board of the Harrison County Library System holds its initial meeting. Norman Graham was appointed Acting Director of the Harrison County Library System.<\/p>\n

May 1976<\/span>\u00a0\u2013 The Pass Christian Public Library becomes a member of the system.<\/p>\n

September, 1976<\/span>\u00a0\u2013 A library branch opens in the North Bay (now D\u2019Iberville) area of Harrison County.<\/p>\n

September 1, 1976<\/span>\u00a0\u2013 Blondie Broom Hartmann retires from the Biloxi Public Library after twenty years of service.<\/p>\n

October 1976<\/span>\u00a0\u2013 The Harrison County Library System begins its first fiscal year of operation.\u00a0 System Headquarters, housed in the Gulfport-Harrison County Library, runs a technical processing center, bookkeeping office, and interlibrary loan office.<\/p>\n

September 11, 1977<\/span>\u00a0\u2013 The Biloxi Library and Cultural Center at 139 Lameuse Street officially opens in a 33,400 square foot building.<\/p>\n

September 1977<\/span>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0 The system Bookmobile service is retired, and a route serving nursing and retirement homes, the County Farm, day care centers, and the Juvenile Court is established.<\/p>\n

December 1978<\/span>\u00a0\u2013 The new\u00a0Orange Grove Branch building opens.<\/p>\n

March 1979<\/span>\u00a0\u2013 The new D\u2019Iberville Library Branch building opens.<\/p>\n

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September 1982<\/span>\u00a0\u2013 Charline Longino is named the Head Librarian for the Biloxi Public Libraries.<\/p>\n

August 8, 1983<\/span> \u2013 Harrison County supervisors, by resolution of August 8, 1983, create the Harrison County Public Library System, under control of a five-member board made up of representatives from the municipal library boards, the city-county board, and one member from the county at large.<\/p>\n

August 1, 1984<\/span>\u00a0\u2013 The Genealogy Room at the Biloxi Public Library is dedicated in memory of Blondie Broom Hartmann<\/p>\n

October, 1988<\/span>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Japanese children provide a doll\u00a0lost in Camille to the Gulfport Public Library.<\/p>\n

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March 1, 1993<\/span>\u00a0\u2013 Norman Graham retires after nearly 20 years of service as the Director of the Harrison County Library System. Gulfport librarian Coleen Byrd is the Acting Director.<\/p>\n

August 8, 1993<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>\u2013 Richard Mobley is hired as the Director of the Harrison County Library System.<\/p>\n

November, 1994<\/span>\u00a0\u2013 The Harrison County Library System launches a\u00a0$100,000 fund raising campaign\u00a0to help pay for a new computerized card catalog system.<\/p>\n

1995<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>\u2013 Charline Longino, Head Librarian of the Biloxi Public Libraries, serves as the President of the Mississippi Library Association.<\/p>\n

May 2, 1995<\/span>\u00a0\u2013 New D\u2019Iberville Public Library opens on Auto Mall Parkway.<\/p>\n

1996<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>\u2013 Celia Barrett was named the Head Librarian for the Gulfport Public Libraries.<\/p>\n

September 1996<\/span>\u00a0\u2013 Richard Mobley resigns as the Director of the Harrison County Library System. Norman Graham named Acting Director.<\/p>\n

September 1996\u00a0<\/span>\u2013 The long-awaited computerized card catalog system is installed, linking all eight libraries together and centralizing the card catalog system.<\/p>\n

April 15, 1997<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>\u2013\u00a0Robert Lipscomb\u00a0named Director of the Harrison County Library System.<\/p>\n

November 5, 1997<\/span> \u2013 The Harrison County Library System launches its\u00a0website\u00a0at\u00a0www.harrison.lib.ms.us<\/a>.<\/p>\n

January \u2013 March, 1998<\/span>\u00a0\u2013 The Harrison County Library System purchases twenty-five computers for placement in public areas of the eight libraries for Internet access, word processing, and card catalog access.<\/p>\n

April, 1999<\/span> \u2013 The Harrison County Library System receives a grant for the purchase of computer equipment from the Gates Library Foundation, a non-profit organization now known as the\u00a0Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation<\/a>.<\/p>\n

August \u2013 December, 1999<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>\u2013 The General Services Administration (GSA), an agency of the Federal Government, wants to purchase the Gulfport Public Library site for the construction of a new federal courthouse. A group of over 300 library supporters forms and rallies to save the Gulfport Library from demolition. In February 2000, GSA announced that it would not tear down the Gulfport Library.<\/p>\n

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February 18, 2000<\/span> \u2013 Robert Lipscomb, Director, announces plans to locally raise $300,000 and apply for $300,000 in state matching funds to renovate and restore the thirty-four-year-old Gulfport Library.<\/p>\n

December 12, 2002<\/span>\u00a0\u2013 The groundbreaking ceremony for the addition of the Margaret S. Sherry Library is held.<\/p>\n

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January 16, 2004<\/span>\u00a0\u2013 Grand Reopening of the Margaret S. Sherry Memorial Library Branch.<\/p>\n

April 22, 2005<\/span>\u00a0\u2013 Murella H. Powell retires from the Biloxi Public Library after thirty-three years of service.\u00a0 The Local History & Genealogy Department collections are renamed \u201cThe Murella H. Powell Local History & Genealogy Collection.\u201d<\/p>\n

August 29, 2005<\/span> \u2013 Several libraries within the Harrison County Library System were either destroyed or severely damaged by Hurricane Katrina. \u00a0Photographs<\/a><\/p>\n

September 2005<\/span>\u00a0\u2013 Sally James becomes the Head Librarian of the Pass Christian Library.<\/p>\n

September 2005<\/span>\u00a0\u2013 Library service in the Harrison County Library System resumes on a limited basis.\u00a0 Many branches remained closed due to destruction.<\/p>\n

October 2005<\/span>\u00a0\u2013 The Biloxi Public Library is awarded a National Endowment for the Humanities Chairman\u2019s Grant to help stabilize and preserve the Local History & Genealogy Department Collections.<\/p>\n

November 5, 2005<\/span>\u00a0<\/b><\/span>\u2013 The Pass Christian Library reopens in War Memorial Park with the donation of two trailers from DuPont DeLisle Plant.<\/p>\n

January 2, 2007<\/span>\u00a0\u2013 The D\u2019Iberville Public Library reopens.<\/p>\n

June 14, 2007<\/span> \u2013 Ribbon-cutting ceremonies are held at the East Biloxi Temporary Library (150 Bellman St., Biloxi, MS) and the Woolmarket Temporary Library (8455 Woolmarket Rd, Biloxi, MS).\u00a0 Grant funding for the temporary library trailers was provided by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and SOLINET.<\/p>\n

June 15, 2007<\/span>\u00a0<\/b><\/span>\u2013 Ribbon-cutting ceremony held at the Gulfport Temporary Library located at 47 Maples Drive in Gulfport, MS.\u00a0 Grant funding for the temporary library trailer provided by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and SOLINET.<\/p>\n

November 2007<\/span>\u00a0\u2013 The Local History & Genealogy Department was awarded a grant from the Connecticut Book Party for programming and relocation expenses.<\/p>\n

June 20, 2008<\/span> \u2013 D\u2019Iberville Head Librarian Nancy Soder retires.\u00a0 Lucienne Gautier was named the new Head Librarian for D\u2019Iberville.<\/p>\n

July 31, 2008<\/span>\u00a0\u2013 The D\u2019Iberville Public Library is officially renamed the Jerry Lawrence Memorial Library in honor of the late Mr. Lawrence\u2019s contributions to the city and his service as the first mayor of the city.<\/p>\n

August 2008<\/span> \u2013 Bush-Clinton Katrina Funds are awarded to the West Biloxi Library for post-Katrina repairs to the existing building.\u00a0 Funds of $300,000 are allocated to the library for roof reconstruction.<\/p>\n

September 2008<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>\u2013 Bush-Clinton Katrina Funds are awarded to the Pass Christian Library to assist in rebuilding a new library for Pass Christian.\u00a0 Funds totaling $300,000 are allocated to the library project.<\/p>\n

October 27, 2008<\/span>\u00a0\u2013 The Biloxi Public Library\u2019s Local History & Genealogy Department officially reopens in downtown Biloxi after relocating to 135 Main Street on the third floor of the Biloxi Post Office. The ceremonies mark the first time since 2005 that the HCLS historical collections are consolidated in one location.<\/p>\n

December 8, 2008<\/span> \u2013 The Orange Grove Library celebrates its 30th Anniversary with a holiday-themed open house and refreshments.<\/p>\n

February 20, 2009<\/span> \u2013 The groundbreaking ceremonies are held for the new Pass Christian Library. An open house at the Pass Christian Library\u2019s War Memorial Park location was held afterwards, where shrimp and grits and other luncheon items were served.<\/p>\n

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