37. I am indebted to Linda A. Aumick, Reference and Adult
Services Supervisor at Middletown Thrall Library, for her explanation of this complex arrangement. "Interview" by author June 12, 1996. Helen Bloom, "Thrall Patrons Read While Transfer Debated," Times Herald Record, [Middletown, NY] March 11, 1967, p. 4 discusses some of the same issues explained by Mrs. Aumick,
38.
Barbara Gref, "Small Cities Get School Budget Vote,"
Times_Herald Record, (Middletown, NY), June 20, 1996, p. 8.
Linda A. Aumick, "Interview" by author, June 12, 1996.
39. 40.
"Thrall Library..." Middletown Daily Press, January 11,
1901, p. [3].
41.
"Thrall Library - Mrs. S. Maretta Thrall's Magnificent
Gift to the City of Middletown is Now Completed," Middletown Daily Press, January 5, 1901, p. [3].
Ibid., p. [3].
42. 43.
Ibid., p. [3].
44.
Ibid., p. [3].
45.
"Ex-librarian Passes Away," Middletown Daily Herald, June
8, 1925, p.2.
46.
Grace Bennett, "Being a history of library service in
Middletown, New York, and in particular a history of Thrall Library in commemoration of its Fiftieth Anniversary," June 1951, p. 3. (unpublished), Local History Room, Middletown Thrall Library, Middletown, New York.
Ann Vail, "Interview" by author June 5, 1996. Historical
Society of Middletown and Wallkill Precinct, Middletown, New York.
48.
Bennett, "Being a history..." pp. 3-4.