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Learn about your library's evolution, from the first attempt to establish services in the 1840s to the building of the current Columbia Public Library, headquarters of the Daniel Boone Regional Library system. Long-time staff member and genealogist Tim Dollens will discuss the library's many locations and the movers and shakers who wanted our community to be on the forefront of literacy and culture, building on our small town's "Athens of the West" reputation as we were home to the University of Missouri, Baptist Female College (now Stephens College) and Christian College (now Columbia College). Thank you to our event co-sponsor, Daniel Boone Regional Library.Tim Dollens has been an avid genealogist since he was a teenager growing up in rural Thompson, Missouri. He was born in Mexico, Missouri the youngest and 14th child of Raymond and Dorothy Isgrig Dollens. He attended Centralia Public Schools and graduated in 1983. He then attended the University of Missouri in Columbia and graduated with a degree in housing design with emphasis in community development in 1987. While attending Mizzou he was a regular patron of the State Historical Society of Missouri where he worked on his own genealogy as well as that of others. He began working at the Columbia Public Library in March of 1988 in Circulation, then cruising on the bookmobile for 14 years in three counties and nine communities. He then went on to be the onsite manager of the Southern Boone County Public Library for 10 years. He transferred back to Columbia in 2012 to the Circulation and Public Services departments. He now works full time in Public Services where he regularly hosts a Drop In Genealogy program twice a month. He has been presenting genealogical programs for Daniel Boone Regional Library since the year 2000. Tim is a two time past president of the local Genealogical Society of Boone County and Central Missouri and a charter member of the Audrain County Area Genealogical Society where he has served as President and started their newsletter among other titles. Tim has been on the Missouri State Genealogical Association Board off and on for over 20 years beginning in 1990 as Second Vice President--Conference Chair, Historical Director, two terms as President and several years as Nominating Committee member and Chair. For four years Tim was on the Boone County Historical Society Endowment Trust which raises money for the various programs of that society including the Annual Boone County Hall of Fame. He calls himself the "cheerleader" of genealogy and enjoys helping people find their ancestral past. He was the program organizer for the former Southern Boone County Historical Society for 8.5 years and is an active member of the Columbia Cosmopolitan Luncheon and Breakfast Clubs which fight diabetes. He is currently on the International Board for that organization as the Communications Director. While not a caterer, he does enjoy helping "making special events special" when the need arises. He has been on the Staff Association of the Columbia Public Library for the past 13 years. He is a charter member of CoMo Preservation.
https://www.comopreservation.org/events/11-18-25
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Daniel Boone Regional Library, 100 W Broadway,Columbia, Missouri, United States
