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Thomas and Nina Hatfield are some of the most important individuals in the library's history. Thomas Hatfield was the first librarian at HPL, a post he held from its founding in 1890 until his death in 1925. His wife Nina, originally a cataloguer at the library, took up the mantle and became the second head librarian in HPL's history, founding numerous institutions that remain today, such as children's storytime and the local history collection.