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.…
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…