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A new Everett Public Library (WA) audio podcast brings to life the early history of Everett Public Library, in which a small group of determined Everett women parlayed political muscle and donated books into an enduring civic institution. The podcast is part of the City\u2019s observance of the 125th anniversary of the library\u2019s birth.

21 min.

Voice actors: Abigail Cooley, Van Ramsey, Mindy Van Wingen, Ron Averill, Lisa Labovitch, Andrea Wallis, Carol Ellison, Eileen Schnarr, Alan Jacobson, Joyce Peter, Laura McCarty, Cameron Johnson.

Script: Cameron Johnson

Audio editing: Cameron Johnson

Excerpts:

1Clark, Norman H. Mill Town. Seattle: University of Washington Press, c1970.

2Everett News, July 5, 1894

3 Croly, Mrs. J.C. The History of the Woman\u2019s Club Movement in America, New York: Henry G. Allen & Co., c1898

4 Dilgard, David. \u201cOrigins of the Everett Public Library\u201d [unpublished]

5Book Club Member Frances King Sears, 1921 letter [unpublished]

6 \u201cWoman\u2019s Book Club,\u201d composed by WBC Historian Nellie R. Hake. Published in A History of Woman\u2019s Book Club, November 12, 1962. Foremothers\u2019 Luncheon, Elks Home\u2014Everett, WA [Unpublished]

7From: \u201cThe Magic City,\u201d date unknown, author unknown. [Unpublished]

8Spriesterbach, Cora. History of Everett Woman\u2019s Book Club: 1894-1940 [Unpublished]

9Everett Public Library Historical Sketch, 1894-1954 [Unpublished]

10Herald editorial November 1, 1894

11 Spriesterbach, Cora. History of Everett Woman\u2019s Book Club: 1894-1940 [Unpublished]

12Origins of the Everett Public Library\u2014date unknown [Unpublished]

13Everett\u2014Thumbnail History. HistoryLink.org

14Origins of the Everett Public Library [Unpublished]

15Herald April 27, 1901

16 \u201cThe Origins of Everett Public Library.\u201d [Unpublished]

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17Everett News, July 5, 1925

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18 Everett Herald January 20, 1903

19Spriesterbach, Cora. History of Everett Woman\u2019s Book Club: 1894-1940 [Unpublished]

20Application for National Register status [Unpublished]

21 Everett Herald April 7, 1906

22Dilgard, David. EPL Evergreen Branch [Unpublished]

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Music:

Bach, Johan Sebastian. Cello Suite No. 1 in G. John Michel.

Beethoven, Ludwig van. \u201cChoral Fantasia, op. 80\u201d, Washtenaw Community Orchestra Chorus, Michigan, 20 December 2009.

Barnacled, Cloud Pump.

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Killian, Joy and Richard Beserra, Exotic Music from Enchanted Lands.\u201d

Pianodamper. Schubert, Franz, \u201cPiano Sonata #13.\u201d STE-043-cut-reverb. Internet archive.

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