Notes · August 8, 1992Estimated date

Library anniversary address — historical outline

Draft traces the mothers’ reading group, county affiliation, oil revenues, the Friends and threats to library funding.

Text

Transcribed from the scans and checked against them by Claude. Typed text comes first; handwritten notes follow it. [illegible] marks words that cannot be read and [?] an uncertain reading.

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1992 Aug 8 30th Ann. HB has always had active members B4 city was formalized, L spirit prevailed mothers reading groups evolved 2 circ L + eventually HB joined LACo 1913 Details outlined in free souvenir - history In 1959 LACo was planning expansion of its syst pop explosion HB priority to BCS [?]

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already had a L + new communities had none. Shortly earlier HB had won a bonus from oil Co. + holding oil election. Thousands of $ just sitting. My proposal we borrow 1959 F. L formed 1960 L Advisory Comm formed Trends of LACo L Meet needs of xplod pop + diverse elem [?]. New bldgs ... focus Pol. [?] target: Inform. Center. + incr audio + video Impass - felons in Sacto Crisis in budget $

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1992 ??? ? 30th tonn
IB has alwas had active mind
B4 cily was formalied, L spiril prevaned
Smothers reading gramp evolud z cere L
- enentually ABS joened LAC 1913
Detach authened ii fre sameni-hiclon
In 1959 LACo wan glammin xpansion of ts out
pop xploson AB priönt lo BCS

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budgets