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The purpose of the Friends of the Harrison County Public Library is to maintain an association of persons interested in libraries; to focus public attention on the Library; to stimulate the use of the Library’s resources and services; to receive and encourage gifts, endowments and bequests to the Library; to support and cooperate with the Library in developing Library services and facilities for the community and to encourage cultural activities.
Books Sales
Friends of the Harrison County Public Library have book sales every 2nd and 4th Saturdays from 9am – 3pm located in the building in the parking lot behind the Corydon Branch library.
For more information about the Friends program, please visit their website.
Library News
Who’s Awesome! Jessica Stroud – October 2026
Jessica Stroud, assistant director, is HCPL’s Who’s Awesome winner for October. There were 13 nominations for the honor this month. Library Director Alisa Burch, nominated Jessica writing, “Jessica has had a busy month overseeing the staff education day and training the incoming assistant director. I appreciate how much effort she has put into both stressful […]
The Lollipop Guild
Contributed by Teresa Douglass, Genealogy Specialist National Candy Day was November 4th, four days after Halloween. Surely this is no coincidence! Grab a sweet treat and help the Genealogy & Local History staff identify the youngsters in this photograph taken around 1950. This picture captures five young boys enjoying some lollipops. The young lad in […]
Happy Halloween!
Contributed by Teresa Douglass, Genealogy Specialist Halloween Party, ca. 1950 Little is known about this ca. 1950 photo of a children’s Halloween party, except for its location: above the A & P grocery store on Chestnut Street in Corydon. No one in the photograph has been identified, but it is possibly associated with the Habermel […]
Construction of the Matthew E. Welsh Bridge
Contributed by Teresa Douglass, Genealogy Specialist The Matthew E. Welsh Bridge spanning the Ohio River between Mauckport, IN, and Brandenburg, KY, was constructed 60 years ago. Construction began in August 1964. The bridge was formally dedicated on October 29, 1966, and opened to traffic on November 19, 1966. The Matthew E. Welsh Bridge was completed […]
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