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| | Friends of Middletown Thrall Library - The First Decade 1989 - 1999 |
 | | In 1998 the Friends designated a special $10,000 donation to be used exclusively for expensive reference books and materials needed by the library to meet the needs of an ever-growing number of library users. |
 | | Among the significant materials purchased were: the 34-volume Dictionary of Art, the 8-volume International Encyclopedia of Dance, The Riverside Shakespeare, Encyclopedia of Earth & Physical Sciences, The Great Migration Begins, and a Chronology of European History. |
 | | For the Summitfield and David Moore Heights branches, where student use is particularly high, the donation allowed for the purchase of Milestones of Science & Technology, The Complete Dinosaur Dictionary, Encyclopedia of Mammals, The Hispanic American Almanac, and the complete World Book Encyclopedia in print and CD-ROM formats. |
| www.geocities.com /Athens/Academy/7637/firstdecade.htm (900 words) |
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