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From the late-1800s, the Public Library of Cincinnati and Hamilton County (PLCH) was beginning to search for solutions to their over-crowded building, downtown. This led them to seek funds from Andrew Carnegie’s foundation. They didn’t get a new main library building, as they wished, but their inquiry led to the building of Cincinnati’s first six C...
The Walnut Hills Branch’s 10,495 volumes (including 2500 for children and 400 reference works) were not placed on the shelves until Monday, April 9, two days after its grand opening. Children were invited to a separate opening, Saturday April 14, that included stories from a Miss Pearl Carpenter, while a Miss Julie Worthington spoke about Yosemite ...
Amidst the construction of Hamilton County’s first six Carnegie buildings, other smaller branches either continued or began operation for different populations within the city. Home and school libraries borrowed a selection for a period of time before returning it for a new selection. In the midst of these options, in 1912, the Douglass Branch Libr...
The Walnut Hills Branch library experienced the tumults of the 20th century. Population shifts in the early suburbs — as well as changing attitudes –, were reflected in PLCH reports. The new residents were sometimes seen through differing lenses, depending on where they were from and the era. An influx of Italian immigrants in the 1920s was not ser...
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