Branches for Colored

BRANCHES FOR COLORED 1 9U6 CIRCULATION Crosby Barret School Crosby Friendship School George Washington Carver School (Aldine System) Katy 115 171 569 202 19b 7 CIRCULATION Crosby Barret School Fairbanks 3b3 McNair George Washington Carver Katy 200 25 508 U23 In April at the request of the Colored Home Demonstration Agent and Mrs# Eleanor Shobert, postmistress , library trustee and former custodian of Fairbanks branch, a collection of 72 books was placed in the store of Mrs# J.E# Maddox who agreed to be custodian without pay, for colored people# Several years previously, books had been in the school, but Clara Scott, teacher, was too negligent to have the books remain there# Edna Washington, colored, requested a branch library for McNair Station, between Highlands and Goose Creek# She agreed to be custodian without pay# 102 books were put in her combination home and store and post office, July 31* 19b7 In September, Friendship School, colored, was combined with Barrett, which left only one colored branch at Crosby# In December the Katy colored school collection was closed because of lack of pupils to use the books# 19b 8 CIRCULATION bo 118 3b0 112 Crosby Barret School Fairbanks George Washington Caryer McNair In September, the Crosby School, McNair, and George Washington Carver School branches were closed# 19b9 CIRCULATION Fairbanks 205