Anniversaries and history

In April 1963 the board planned a coffee for the new building's first anniversary and the library's 50 years in the County system. The Friends celebrated their fifteenth birthday at the Library on April 24, 1974, and Patricia Gazin wrote the history for the May 1980 twentieth-anniversary leaflet. A reception on August 14, 1982 marked the building's twentieth year, and the board reported a successful thirtieth in September 1992. A September 2009 City certificate recognized the Friends' fiftieth anniversary and credited them with almost $500,000 in gifts. In April 2014 the board sought a historian and an archive home, and in November 2019 it reported a successful sixtieth.

Drawn from: Board meeting — library anniversaries and book discussions; General meeting minutes — fifteenth anniversary; Twentieth-anniversary historical leaflet; Former librarians at twentieth-anniversary reception; Board reports successful anniversary celebration; City recognition of the fiftieth anniversary; Board meeting confirms bookstore move substantially complete; Board meeting reviews anniversary and defers election.