When the library moved in during the summer of 1882, the second floor of North Hall had served as a chapel so the chapel room had to be divided; the north half given over to the library stacks, while the south half served as a combined reading room…
As one of the first women to work in the State House, Ada North began as a a clerk in the Iowa Capitol building. After serving a year a vacancy occurred in the office of State Librarian, Governor Merrill then appointed Mrs. North as State Librarian.…