Retirement open house scheduled
for March 5th for Lincoln Public Library retiring director Richard
Sumrall
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[February 28, 2020]
Please join the Lincoln Public Library Board of Trustees and the
Library staff as we honor Richard Sumrall on Thursday, March 5, 2020
from 4-7 pm. The open house will be held in the Carnegie Library
Building, 725 Pekin Street.
The public is invited to greet Richard M. Sumrall who is retiring as
Director of the Lincoln Public Library District. Sumrall is the 6th
Library Director since 1903. He has served in this capacity for the
past 29 years.
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Sumrall was named Library Director in 1991. He came to Lincoln from
Mobile, Alabama where he served as the Assistant Archivist for the
City of Mobile. He holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from the
University of South Alabama and a Masters in Library Science degree
from the University of Southern Mississippi. In addition to serving
the library he has been actively involved in many professional
organizations and community groups.
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A free library was established in Lincoln in 1874. The Carnegie Library Building
was erected in 1902 thru the generosity of Andrew Carnegie, Stephen A. Foley,
and Isabel Nash. It was dedicated in 1903. The Library Annex across the alley
from the Carnegie building was opened in 1995. It houses adult fiction and Youth
Services. In 1991, the Lincoln Public Library became a Library District.
[Keith Leesman, President Library
Board of Trustees]
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