1798-2000 (bulk 1871-2000).
(Mixed Material)

Organized into 15 series by topic.

Ledgers and documents relating to the three early social libraries (1798-1871); early records of public library, including accession books, catalogs, patron lists, and financial records; records relating to library building construction in 1884 and its donation to the Town of Lincoln by George G. Tarbell; administrative and financial records, including trustees' meeting minutes (to 2000); records, plans, photographs relating to 1958 and 1987 additions; gifts, bequests, memorials, anniversaries and events, and programs; clippings and photographs; and ephemera.

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Additional and related records owned by,the repository.

Social library in Lincoln, Mass., established 1798, privately operated until 1812; second and third social libraries organized and operated consecutively from 1840 to 1871; public library established 1870, from collections of earlier social libraries, school libraries, and personal collection of Eliza Roach Farrar; building erected 1884 as gift of benefactor, George G. Tarbell, Lincoln native and Boston businessman; single story addition in 1958; in 1987 enlarged two-story addition built; library governed by six trustees, appointed and elected.

Finding aid in the repository.

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