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Minutes, newsletters, letters, clippings and photographs from the Hermosa Beach Friends of the Library, from its founding in 1959. Search the words on every page.

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Newsletters · October 30, 1959Membership drive and early activities newsletter
Minutes and agendas · February 1, 1960 — first regular meetingFirst regular meeting, officer ballot and bylaws
Newspaper clippings · September 17, 2009Friends celebrate fifty years of support

1,405 records and 2,515 page images, 1933 to 2019. Page text is read by machine from the scans and tidied; it can contain errors.