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Richmond, CA 94804
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HistoryB On August 16, 1907, a member of the Women's Improvement Club of Richmond proposed with enthusiasm that the Club establish a public library.B Cheers of approval greeted this motion and
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HistoryB On August 16, 1907, a member of the Women's Improvement Club of Richmond proposed with enthusiasm that the Club establish a public library.B Cheers of approval greeted this motion and
the
Richmond
Public
Library
Club
was
formed.B
The
members
gathered
books,
built
bookshelves,
diligently
solicited
donations
and
put
on
fund-raising
entertainments,
including
raffles
and
whist
parties.
The
little
library,
called
theB
"Richmond
Public
Library,
"
opened
for
business
on
November
10,
1907.B
It
wasB
housed,
temporarily,
in
the
office
of
the
Richmond
Record,
a
local
newspaper,
with
more
than
400
volumes,
all
carefully
cataloged
and
marked.
It
was
a
circulating
library-
-there
was
no
reading
room-
-and
the
membership
fee
was
one
dollar
per
year!
Early
in
1908,
the
Club
gained
title
to
three
lots
on
Nevin
Avenue
between
Fourth
and
Fifth
streets,
paying
for
them,
from
the
profits
of
country
fairs
and
additional
raffles.
The
City
Board
of
Trustees
later
purchased
two
additional
lots
adjoining
these
for
the
future
city
library,
thus
providing
a
full
quarter
block
for
the
building.B
A
monumental
step
forward
was
achieved
when
Andrew
Carnegie,
in
1901
pledged
$17,
500
to
erect
a
free
public
library
building
if
the
citizens
would
contribute
the
balance
of
the
funds
necessary
to
complete,
furnish
and
stock
the
library.
While
all
this
was
going
on,
in
another
section
of
Richmond,
a
second
women's
club
was
also
active.B
In
January
1909,
the
West
Side
Women's
Improvement
Club,
established
the
Point
Richmond
Library
in
the
old
city
hall
building
on
Washington
Avenue.B
Within
a
few
months
it
had
a
collection
of
500
volumes.B
A
year
later,
this
collection
became
a
branch
library
for
the
proposed
city
library.B
This
"branch"
library
became
officially
as
the
West
Side
Branch
of
the
Richmond
Public
Library
in
January,
1910.
After
May
21,
1910,
the
little
circulating
library
of
the
Women's
Improvement
Club
of
Richmond
was
closed
and
its
1,
150
volumes
became
the
nucleus
for
the
City's
new
library.
In
the
midst
of
all
this
activity,
the
Carnegie
library
building
was
being
constructed
at
Fourth
Street
and
Nevin
Avenue.B
In
AugustB
of
1929,
the
Richmond
Public
Library,
a
classic-style
buidling
with
a
capacity
for
12,
000
volumes,
an
encompassing
lobby,
a
children's
room,
a
reference
room
and
a
reading
room,
was
officially
opened
to
the
public
as
the
City's
Library.
The
Stege
Branch,
established
in
July
ofB
1913,
was
located
on
South
41st
Street
and
Potrero
Avenue
and
later
moved
to
South
Wall
Street.B
B
The
Grant
Branch,
opened
in
1924,
was
located
in
the
Grant
School
buidling.
The
Main
Library
on
Nevin
Avenue,
rapidly
grew.
In
March
of
1924,
a
$42,
000
addition
to
the
buidling
was
completed,
doubling
the
size
and
capacity
of
the
original
building.
Over
the
years,
the
Library
increased
its
services
to
the
public
and
pioneered
several
developments,
which
later
were
adopted
by
other
libraries
in
California:B
(a)
In
1947,
the
first
large
bookmobile,
west
of
the
Mississippi
River
(b)
In
November
of
1945,
the
first
16mmB
film
service
in
California.
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