1970s
Look through all of the documents from the 1970s below or search the entire collection in the search box above.
Includes the Library's East Expansion.
Library Negotiates Bond Arrangement, July 1970
From left to right – unknown, William Siegel, Village Clerk (seated); Mrs. Selma Regan Petty, Skokie Public Library trustee; Mayor Albert J. Smith, Mayor, Village of Skokie (seated); Rabbi Karl Weiner, Skokie Public Library trustee; Mary Radmacher, Chief Librarian, Skokie Public Library
East Expansion Groundbreaking, February 5, 1971
From Left: L.O. Green, former President of Library Board; Chief Librarian Mary Radmacher; Library Trustee Diana Hunter; Library Trustee Selma Regan Petty; Library Trustee Howard Hummer; Walter Flintrup, President, Citizens for the Library (and later a Library Board member); Rabbi Karl Weiner, President of the Library Board; Mrs. Albert J. (Angie) Smith, wife of Mayor Albert Smith.
East Expansion Topping Off, June 2, 1971.
From left: Library Trustee Dr. John M. Wozniak; Library Trustee Diana Hunter; Library Board President Karl Weiner; Skokie Mayor Albert J. Smith; Library Trustee Howard Hummer; Library Trustee Selma Regan Petty; Chief Librarian Mary Radmacher; unidentified.
On the roof: The man waving on the left is Principal Architect James W. Hammond of Hammond and Roesch.
Installation of Elliott Balter's Swans sculpture into the library’s Water court. Foreground: Earle Smith, the library’s head of maintenance, directing the placement of the sculpture (1979)
January 14, 1970
February 11, 1970
February 18, 1970
Special Meeting
March 11, 1970
March 18, 1970
Special Meeting
April 8, 1970
May 13, 1970
June 3, 1970
July 22, 1970
August 5, 1970
Special Meeting
August 14, 1970
September 9, 1970
October 19, 1970
November 11, 1970
December 9, 1970
Invitation for Bids for Skokie Public Library East Expansion
January 13, 1971
January 21, 1971
Special Meeting
February 10, 1971
March 3, 1971
Special Meeting
March 10, 1971
April 14, 1971
April 22, 1971
Special Meeting
May 12, 1971
May 20, 1971
Special Meeting
June 9, 1971
July 2, 1971
July 14, 1971
August 11, 1971
September 8, 1971
October 13, 1971
October 20, 1971
Special Meeting
November 10, 1971
November 15, 1971
Special Meeting
December 8, 1971
January 12, 1972
January 20, 1972
Special Meeting
January 31, 1972
Special Meeting
February 9, 1972
February 17, 1972
Special Meeting
March 8, 1972
April 12, 1972
May 10, 1972
June 14, 1972
July 12, 1972
August 9, 1972
August 31, 1972
Special Meeting
September 13, 1972
October 11, 1972
November 8, 1972
December 13, 1972
January 10, 1973
February 14, 1973
March 14, 1973
May 2, 1973
May 9, 1973
May 17, 1973
Special Meeting
June 7, 1973
July 11, 1973
August 1, 1973
September 12, 1973
October 16, 1973
November 14, 1973
December 12, 1973
January 9, 1974
February 13, 1974
March 6, 1974
April 10, 1974
May 8, 1974
June 12, 1974
June 26, 1974
Special Meeting
July 31, 1974
August 14, 1974
September 12, 1974
October 9, 1974
November 12, 1974
November 14, 1974
Special Meeting
December 11, 1974
January 8, 1975
February 12, 1975
February 23, 1975
Special Meeting
March 12, 1975
April 8, 1975
May 14, 1975
June 11, 1975
July 9, 1975
August 13, 1975
September 11, 1975
October 8, 1975
November 12, 1975
December 10, 1975
January 14, 1976
February 11, 1976
Special Meeting
March 3, 1976
Special Meeting
March 24, 1976
March 31, 1976
Special Meeting
April 12, 1976
May 12, 1976
June 9, 1976
July 14, 1976
August 11, 1976
September 8, 1976
October 13, 1976
November 10, 1976
December 9, 1976
January 26, 1977
February 9, 1977
March 9, 1977
April 13, 1977
May 11, 1977
June 8, 1977
July 13, 1977
August 3, 1977
September 8, 1977
October 12, 1977
November 9, 1977
December 12, 1977
Special Meeting
December 14, 1977
January 11, 1978
January 30, 1978
Special Meeting
February 8, 1978
March 8, 1978
April 12, 1978
May 10, 1978
June 14, 1978
July 12, 1978
August 14, 1978
September 13, 1978
October 19, 1978
November 8, 1978
December 13, 1978
January 10, 1979
February 14, 1979
March 7, 1979
April 10, 1979
May 9, 1979
May 23, 1979
Special Meeting
June 13, 1979
July 11, 1979
August 15, 1979
September 12, 1979
October 10, 1979
November 14, 1979
