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Welcome

The Mercantile Library is a membership library. It is a non-profit institution supported by members' annual subscriptions, gifts, and income from an endowment fund. The Library receives no tax support. The name refers not to the collection but to the Library's founders who were young merchants and clerks. Organized in 1835, it is the city's senior library and one of the oldest cultural institutions in the midwest.

 

What's New

Member List 1835-1870

August 20th, 2010

Scroll to the bottom of the "More" page in our "About the Library" section for a downloadable list of some of our earliest members, compiled by historian Rober VItz.

Welcome To Our New Website

July 30th, 2010

Welcome.  There have been numerous changes and additions to this website which the directors hope our members will find useful.  Among the most important features is the on-line access to the Library's catalogue, to be found on the COLLECTION page.  In addition, the website now includes a store for the purchase of memberships and LIbrary merchandise.  Expansion of the site has made it possible to add photographs of Library events as well as the current edition of the Observer.