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Author Susan Croce Kelly will share the career and contributions of journalist Lucile Morris Upton.
During her years as a journalist, Lucile Morris Upton rubbed shoulders with presidents, flew with aviation pioneer Wiley Post and was the lead reporter during the Young Brothers Massacre. Join Susan Croce Kelly, author of “Newspaperwoman of the Ozarks: The Life and Times of Lucile Morris Upton,” as she shares Upton’s illustrious career and contributions to the preservation of Ozarks history while sharing the Library’s work to preserve Upton’s papers and photographs. Books will be available for purchase and signing.
The Library Center is the headquarters of the Springfield-Greene County Library District. The 82,000-square-foot building houses major collections of print and electronic resources. These include special collections such as business and local history and genealogy; public Wi-Fi computers, four private study rooms, five small conference rooms, a kitchen and state-of-the-art reference technology. In addition, the Library Center includes other amenities characteristic of larger urban libraries. Those features include a 150-seat auditorium, a glass-enclosed reading room and art gallery, a story hour room, outdoor patio and outdoor story garden and the Between Friends Gift Shop.