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On the Establishment of Zamość Library
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In 2021, Książnica Zamojska (Zamość Library) celebrated its 100th anniversary. The library’s history began in 1921, when the Jan Zamoyski Public Library Association was founded in the town. The article provides information about the reading room and library of the Polish National Educational Society in Zamość, run successively by Maria Jaśkiewicz and Regina Kłossowska, which had already been established in the first years of the 20th century. The first public library housed a book collection donated to it by the Ziemianin Joint-Stock Society, which was later supplemented by books purchased by the Municipal Board and the Poviat Department. Kłossowska was succeded by Stanisława Lewicka and Ludwika Gołkowska as chief librarians. In addition, the collection was taken care of by The Book Lovers’ Circle, whose active members were Henryk Rosiński and Zygmunt Klukowski. After Halina Górczyńska was put in charge of the library, it was relocated to the town hall’s outhouse. In order to save as many books as possible during the occupation (the Germans burned them and drowned them in the marshes), a huge book lending campaign was carried out. Part of the collection was hidden by Władysław Kabat, curator of the Zamość museum, in his house. After the war, appeals were launched for the return of the collections and contributions of books and money. These appeals, which the author found in archival press records, are cited in the article. The last information comes from 1945, when the library was opened under the auspices of the Workers’ University Society and was run by sisters Anna and Irena Todys.
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libraries in Zamość, Ziemianin Joint-Stock Society, Regina Kłossowska, Władysław Kabat, Book Lovers’ Circle in ZamośćMost read articles by the same author(s)
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