The First U.S. Children’s Library
The very first children’s library in the nation began in 1835 when a local physician in Hopkington, New Hampshire left $100 in his will to create a children’s library in West Cambridge.
The money was used to purchase several books from Little, Brown, and Company. According to legend, the books were brought by wheelbarrow to the new library and the librarian, Mr. Jonathan Dexter.
The doctor, Dr. Learned created the first free and continuous children’s library in the nation.
Information from Robbins Library.
