Editing Oakham, Massachusetts (section)

==Library==

The Oakham Free Public Library was established in 1892,<ref>Report of the Free Public Library Commission of Massachusetts. [https://books.google.com/books?id=gbUYAQAAIAAJ v.9] (1899)</ref> and in 1907 a library building made of local fieldstone, Fobes Memorial Library, was built with money donated by the Fobes family.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Building History {{!}} Oakham, MA|url=https://www.oakham-ma.gov/about-us/pages/building-history|access-date=May 26, 2021|website=www.oakham-ma.gov}}</ref> In fiscal year 2008, the town of Oakham spent 1.71% ($47,657) of its budget on its public library—approximately $24 per person, per year ($29.39 adjusted for inflation to 2021).<ref>July 1, 2007, through June 30, 2008; cf. The FY2008 Municipal Pie: What's Your Share? Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Board of Library Commissioners. Boston: 2009. Available: [http://mblc.state.ma.us/advisory/statistics/public/repmunicpie/index.php Municipal Pie Reports] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120123010127/http://mblc.state.ma.us/advisory/statistics/public/repmunicpie/index.php |date=January 23, 2012 }}. Retrieved August 4, 2010</ref> In fiscal year 2017, Oakham spent 1.66% ($58,062) of its budget on its public library—approximately $30 per person, per year.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners |title=The FY2017 Municipal Pie What's Your Share? |url=https://archives.lib.state.ma.us/bitstream/handle/2452/802161/ocn725879606-2017.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y |website=State Library of Massachusetts |access-date=June 19, 2022 | oclc =ocn725879606 |archive-url=https://archives.lib.state.ma.us/handle/2452/802161 |archive-date=May 7, 2019 |location=Boston |page=2 |date=December 2018}}</ref>