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VOLUNTEERS NEEDED!
Sample jobs
could be
transcribing, indexing, photocopying, computer work, making archival boxes, describing and
cataloging collections, storing collections, recording oral histories,
using the computer to scan photographs and print them out, plus other
jobs. If you are interested in volunteering some time to
"learn the ropes", please call Clary at 848-4963 or Barb at
848-4074 and join us in preserving Ely area history!
February 2008
A wall display is now in place in the Council Chambers
focusing on the history of the City of Ely (Government, Fire Department,
Library, 1972 Centennial Celebration, Conversion of the School into a
Community Center). Click on the "Displays" tab to the left for a
preview.
October 2007
A display on early settlement in the Ely area is
now complete and posted on the wall as you enter the Community Meeting Room in
the lower level of the building. Click on the "Displays" tab to the left
for a preview.
July 2007 - ELY CHILDREN GO
ON HISTORY WALK
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Clary Illian of the Ely Community History Society leads
children on a "history walk". |
Children look at the pictures in one of the historic
wall
displays in the Ely Community Center. |
Children participating in the Ely
Public Library Summer Reading Program, "Get a Clue", had a chance to learn
some history on Thursday, July12. Clary Illian and Barb Horak of the Ely
Community History Society led a group of about 30 children and parents on a
history walk from the library to the History Center, which is located in the
Ely Community Center.
Along the walk the children learned that the town first
grew because of the coming of the railroad, learned a bit about the downtown
section and the old Ely bank, and identified some of the oldest houses on
Walker Street.
At the History Center the children learned that the
building had once been the Ely School and discussed historic displays on the
Center's walls. The children visited the history society's Archives Room and
were each given a packet of historic Ely post cards at the end of the tour.
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