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The Carnegie Colored Library opened on August 14, 1914. Its inaugural librarian was Charles A.R. McDowell. Though its opening day collections consisted of only 3,000 volumes, the library immediately became an indispensable community institution among Savannah's African Americans.
The opening day collection of 16,000 volumes fit in the Mason Street building, but it quickly became obvious that its quarters were inadequate. So in December 1854, the library's commissioners authorized the library to move to a new building on Boylston Street .
The collection was created in 1940 with a donation from Albert Berg in memory of his brother Henry, [82] and was formally endowed in 1941. [81] The initial collection comprised 3,500 books and pamphlets created by over 100 authors. [193] [81] An additional 15,000 works came from Owen D. Young, who donated his private collection to the library ...
The historic Central Library Goodhue building was constructed in 1925 and is a Downtown Los Angeles landmark. [5] The Central Library was designed by the architect Bertram Goodhue. [6] The Richard J. Riordan Central Library complex is the third largest public library in the United States in terms of book and periodical holdings.
Christmas came early for staff and patrons of the new Rittman branch of the Wayne County Public Library. They celebrated its official opening Saturday. Long-time board member Francey Morris, who ...
Likewise, there wasn't an opening ceremony for the building either, according to the local newspaper, the Ocala Evening Star. [5] The Ocala Carnegie Library instituted the latest card indexing system of its time, with at least 17,000 cards already created by its opening day, and more expected to be made by the library's librarian, Louise Gamsby ...
Replacing the old 88,000-square-foot main library which turned out to have been built on contaminated soil, took library officials on a 15-year odyssey. ComEd paid for $36 million of the $40 ...
No opening date has been announced yet, but the brewery will be at 4151 Meridian St. Bellingham Public Library closed on Memorial Day. The Bellingham Public Library announced on Facebook that all ...