Broome County Public Library
Broome County Public Library
About
The Broome County Public Library opened in October 1904. Originally called the Binghamton Public Library, it was created with a gift of $75,000 from Andrew Carnegie. The building was designed to serve as both a public library and a community center. On the first floor was a collection of 14,000 books and the second floor housed the library's auditorium, the Binghamton Museum of Fine Arts (now part of
Roberson Museum) and the Broome County Historical Society.
Broome County Public Library is a member of the South Central Regional Library Council.
Collections
Images of African Americans in Broome County, including photographs of the activities of CORE, the Congress of Racial Equality.
This extensive glass-plate collection contains the work of Franck Taylor Bowers (1875-1932) a Broome County artist and photographer.
Images from the Broome County Poor Farm located in Dickinson, also referred to as the Broome County Almshouse. It opened in 1833 and closed in the 1960s.
Photographs and ephemera showing the many cultural backgrounds of the greater Binghamton area.
