History Tour of the Teaneck Public Library
Welcome to the History of the Teaneck Public Library site. Use the links below to learn more about the library’s history, its design and renovations, the services it has provided over the years, and the people devoted to the Teaneck Library.
- Area Libraries Join Computer Network
- Bring Books to Shut-Ins
- Bringing Home Paris
- Corner Stone of Library Building Laid in Teaneck
- Friends of Librarian Formed in Teaneck
- From the dust of a scadel, new library rises
- History of Public Library Entwined with Story of Mrs. Archibald Jordan
- History of the Free Public Library of Teaneck
- Landmark Disappears (Old Sloane Cabin)
- Library – Center Of Learning – This Week in Teaneck, Friday, April 29, 1988, p. 2
- Library Circuit Rider Bears Good Books
- Library Murals Restored After 70 Years On Walls
- New Deal Art Murals at the Library
- New Free Public Library Dedicated with due Ceremony
- Our Miss Books — Miss Agnes C. Norton
- Outgoing library director credits tax support and staff for its success
- Painting on Loan
- Paramus – Teaneck Libraries to Begin Reciprocal Book Program
- Teaneck Dedicates Library
- Teaneck Gives Birth To Public Library – This Week in Teaneck, Friday, September 2, 1988, p.2
- Teaneck Library to Service Shut-Ins
- Teaneck Public Library Appoints Allen McGinley Interim Library Director
- Teaneck Public Library Serves Many Readers (1931)
- The History of the Free Public Library of Teaneck, New Jersey
- Town Library’s Miss Norton Will Step Down in September
- Township Honoring Architect
- Townships Librarian Retiring From Institution She Founded
- Traces Origins and Development of the Free Public Library
- Virtual History Tour of the Teaneck Public Library
- Where the Outside is Inside
Virtual History Tour of the Teaneck Public Library
History of the Free Public Library of Teaneck
The History of the Free Public Library of Teaneck, New Jersey – By Estelle F. Gallant. Submitted in partial fulfillment of the course requirements for the degree of Master of Library Science in the Library School, Pratt Institute, May 1954.
(Information on Estelle F. Gallant: Estelle F. Gallant was born on November 10, 1913 and died on March 20, 2001 in Deerfield Beach, Florida. She earned a Masters’ degree in library science from Pratt Institute in Brooklyn. In retirement, she moved to the Century Village East in Deerfield Beach. Ms. Gallant was president of the Symphony Artist Guild and a volunteer at the community’s library)
New Deal Art Murals at the Library
Library Murals Restored After 70 Years On Walls
The Chronology of Teaneck Library, 1912 – 1962
Landmark Disappears (Old Sloane Cabin)
Corner Stone of Library Building Laid in Teaneck
Teaneck Public Library Serves Many Readers (1931)
Traces Origins and Development of the Free Public Library
New Free Public Library Dedicated with due Ceremony
History of Public Library Entwined with Story of Mrs. Archibald Jordan
Teaneck Gives Birth To Public Library – This Week in Teaneck, Friday, September 2, 1988, p.2
Library – Center Of Learning – This Week in Teaneck, Friday, April 29, 1988, p. 2