| Yorba Linda Public Library Collection
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| Many folks use local library Yorba Linda Star July 19 1922 page 1 |
| Secure site for new library, review growth of institution Yorba Linda Star January 11 1924 page 1 |
| Library board buys lots for future site Yorba Linda Star February 15 1924 page 1 |
| All Yorba Linda is proud of library Yorba Linda Star May 9 1924 page 1 |
| Community asset in Yorba Linda library Yorba Linda Star November 6 1924 page 1 |
| Story hour at the public library Yorba Linda Star March 19 1926 page 1 |
| How do you use your library? Yorba Linda Star January 27 1928 page 1 |
| Group formed to curb flaming youth Yorba Linda Star February 22 1929 page 1 |
| Yorba Linda Library giving more service on less money Yorba Linda Star February 16 1934 page 1 |
| Plan `painless' new library in community Yorba Linda Star August 16 1935 page 1 |
| Call library bond election for Oct. 2 Yorba Linda Star September 13 1935 page 1 |
| Library bond sale to be contingent on federal grant Yorba Linda Star September 20 1935 page 1 |
| Library bonds carry by small vote margin Yorba Linda Star October 4 1935 page 1 |
| Lack of money causes library plan to shrink Yorba Linda Star January 3 1936 page 1 |
| Library plans definitely `out' Chapman says Yorba Linda Star February 7 1936 page 1 |
| Yorba Linda Library plays big role in town's culture Yorba Linda Star October 17 1947 page 1 |
| Chamber of Commerce hears appeal for new library building Yorba Linda Star May 2 1957 page 1 |
| New library plans on display as project gains headway Yorba Linda Star May 29 1958 page 1 |
| Yorba Linda Casts Enthusiastic vote for new $80,000 library 1958 page 1 |
| Library bonds to go to voters July 8 Yorba Linda Star June 19 1958 page 1 |
| Library will open its doors this afternoon by March Butz, Yorba Linda Star December 10 1959 page 1 |
| Large group attends impressive ceremony Yorba Linda Star February 11 1960 page 1 |
| March Butz to retire as local librarian Yorba Linda Star June 15 1961 page 1 |
| Library starts new checkout card system Yorba Linda Star September 11 1963 page 1 |
| Bond election set by library board Yorba Linda Star May 5 1965 page 1 |
| Library bond issue approved Yorba Linda Star June 9 1965 page 1 |
| Library expansion plans discussed Yorba Linda Star March 6 1968 page 2 |
| Trustees seek $585,000 bond issue to enlarge library Yorba Linda Star September 10 1969 page 1 |
| Librarian upholds proposed expansion by Katherine Citizen, Yorba Linda Star October 29 1969 page 1 |
| $585,000 library bond issue wins: incumbents re-elected Yorba Linda Star November 12 1969 page 1 |
| Library bond sale okayed by supervisors Yorba Linda Star February 4 1970 page 1 |
| Open house at library Sunday by Val Lucas, Yorba Linda Star June 23 1971 page 1 |
| Hundreds Attend Library Opening by Val Lucas, Yorba Linda Star June 30 1971 section 2 page 1 |
| Library cuts staff and hours to handle budget reduction by Gisela Meier, Yorba Linda Star June 17 1978 page 1 |
| Computers bring library into the modern age Yorba Linda Star February 17 1982 page 1 |
| Library to undergo renovation by Bruce Bailey, Yorba Linda Star June 22 1989 page 1 |
| Library set for opening by Bruce Bailey, Yorba Linda Star May 28 1992 page 1 |
| New computers to provide limited Internet access by Heather McRae, Yorba Linda Star April 16 1998 page 1 |
| That's what `friends' are for by Heather McRea, Yorba Linda Star April 16 1998 page 6 |
| Council delays library project by Shoba Spencer, Yorba Linda Star September 23 2004 page 1-2 |
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All Yorba Linda is proud of libraryYorba Linda Star May 9 1924 page 1
The Yorba Linda Public Library dates back to the first day of October, 1913, at which time an election was held, establishing the present Yorba Linda Library district. On March 3rd, 1914, the Yorba Linda Library by order of the trustees, H. P. Turner Chairman, Theo Stanley and Mrs. W. G. Corbitt, Secretary, who had been appointed by the County Supervisors, became a free public library, and the event was celebrated by a silver tea, served in the library rooms. The Library is now one of the largest and best managed of any of the smaller libraries in this section.
For eighteen months, Mrs. C. R. Selover, due largely to whose efforts the library was established, donated her services as librarian; then Miss Clair Amstutz was elected librarian and reelected for another term.
Since these two pioneers the Yorba Linda Library has had as librarians, Mrs. Dool, Mrs. Theis and Mrs. Hale, and is at present in charge of Miss Blanche Bemish, who is most capable and efficient. Miss Bemish has been in California since last August, coming here from North Vernon Indiana, where she was with the Jennings County Public Library.
The Library has grown from a total circulation of 31, with 12 borrowers, in the first month of its existence to a circulation of 1566 for April, 1924, with a list of 1,287 patrons. During 1923 the circulation was 11,354, for adult fiction, 6,767 Juvenile fiction, and 1,694 magazines were circulated, while during the year 1913 the total circulation was only 698.
There are now 4,773 books on the shelves of the library, 979 of these being added during the year 1923. Several daily papers are secured to contribute to the interest of the patrons and 33 of the best magazines are received for the entertainment of the reader.
About 1,591 of the books are fiction and the balance are juvenile, books of travel, biography, history, poetry, reference work, encyclopedias, books of art and music, law and modern business and many of the books are found on the shelves which are recommended by the foremost educators and thinkers of the day. The Library is housed in a comfortable brick building on Olinda street and that far seeing Library Board including Mrs. W. M. Smith, Chairman, W. G. Cannon and Mrs. H. R. Brown, Secretary, have this year purchased an excellent building site on which, when the proper time comes, will be built the new modern home of the Yorba Linda Public Library.
In this connection the Board has a plan, if the present tax rate is maintained, not of asking for a bond issue for a new building but to save enough each year after the community is supplied with the best books possible, to have a fund, that they may be ready to build when the time comes without any extra burden on the taxpayers.
Patrons can cooperate very materially by returning books promptly, and, if overdue, they should be sure and return them, the fine of 2 cents a day for overdue books is low in comparison with many libraries, and the loss of a book is a serious matter.
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