Middletown Thrall Library presents one of the latest digitized texts in its ongoing Digital History Initiative. The author of this document has graciously granted Middletown Thrall Library permission to reproduce this work for the benefit of students, patrons, researchers, Middletown residents and our Internet visitors.

"Middletown Thrall Library, 1901-1996: A Historical Study of a Small City Public Library" offers rare insight into one of Middletown's most important social, cultural and educational institutions: the library. This comprehensive work covers nearly a century of the library's evolution, from its beginnings to the new Thrall Library on Depot Street.

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The original print edition of this document is available in the Local History department at the library. A digital, non-Internet version of this document will soon be available on one of the public computers in the library.