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=== Libraries === * [[Morristown Library|Morristown and Morris Township Public Library]] - Originating as informal book trading in 1792, the library was officially incorporated in 1866.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |date=January 30, 2019 |title=About Us - Morristown & Morris Township Library |url=https://mmtlibrary.org/about-us/ |access-date=August 19, 2023 |website=mmtlibrary.org |language=en-US}}</ref> After growing to 30,000 volumes, a 1914 fire destroyed the lyceum and much of its contents. In 1916, textile merchant [[Grinnell Willis]] constructed and paid for a new fireproof building.<ref name=":1" /> Its Modern Mondays Reading Club, an exclusive women's-only book club established in 1921, included prominent community members such as anthropologist [[Ethel Cutler Freeman]]; writer [[Dorothy Kunhardt]]; local farmer [[Caroline Rose Foster]];<ref name=":13">E2 Project Management LLC. ''Historic Structures Report: The Willows at Fosterfields: An update to the 1983 Historic Structures Report by Robert P. Guter'', 2015. Accessible via the archives of the Morris County Park Commission.</ref> and Elinor Parker, manager of [[Charles Scribner's Sons|Scribner's Book Store]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Modern Mondays Reading Club Records, 1921-2011 |url=http://mmtlibrary.org/HCFindingAids/ModernMondays.html |access-date=August 19, 2023 |website=mmtlibrary.org}}</ref>
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