Coming Home
Raymond Kilgour, a Lexington native, received his first Cary library card at age 7 in 1910, and was an avid user for 30 years. This fall, his daughter, Katharine generously donated to Cary Library in memory of her father, who shared wonderful stories about spending time at Cary Library as a child.
Mr. Kilgour reminisced about the happy hours he spent at the library, in childhood checking out special kaleidoscope cards to use at home. His early love of libraries developed into a lifelong passion. Eventually, he became a Professor of Library Sciences at the University of Michigan. In the 1980s, Katharine visited Cary Library with her then elderly father, who was delighted to find the library still in the building he loved as a child.
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