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The start of the current library systems has its roots in 1871, when the
Legislature created the Cassopolis Reading Room and Library Association. The objective of the society was "the establishment and maintenance of a library and reading room; the procuring and furnishing of lectures on literary and
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In addition to the collection of microfilmed papers which the local history branch holds, the library holds detailed information on the births, marriages, and deaths of residents. The library is home to several different collections of local books and information on the different communities around
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District Library has a total of five libraries located around Cass County. The Cass District Library has a staff of 19 people. It services a population of almost 37,000 people covering almost 500 square miles (1,300 km). The library is a community gathering place as they
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In talking about the 100th anniversary of the library
Wuepper said, “We can shed light on marriages, birth, death … all the important things in life, coming in and going out…” the library holds those details in its 100-year-old walls." This library is a piece of Americana from the early twentieth
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Cassopolis; in 1909 building of the LaGrange Township Library was completed (today this building is home to the Local History Branch of the library system). The Cass County board of supervisors purchased a building for a new library in December 1959. The handsome,
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scientific subjects, scientific and intellectual improvements". By 1889 the library had 1400 volumes and was open two hours per week for members of the association to circulate books.
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