"Turnback Tuesday" features a woman who had a huge impact on the City of Derby, Mrs. Alice (Grout) Wood. Alice and her husband loved Derby and wanted to make a lasting contribution.
In 1901, they announced their gift of a public library to the City of Derby along with a gift of $5,000 for books. The Library - dedicated Dec. 27, 1902 - still has some of these original books in its collection.
[This was first published on Oct. 2, 2018.]
Thanks goes to the Derby Public Library staff for sharing interesting local history each week.
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