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A\n5.2 aftershock occurred 40 minutes later with 45 more serious aftershocks on through that\nterrible night.\nThe ten Branches of the Santa Cruz City County Library\nSystem did fairly well in the big shake. We had roof damage\nat our Aptos Branch, we lost most of the shelving on the\nsecond floor of the Downtown Branch, and we estimate\nthat System-wide about three quarters of our collections\nended up on the floor. But as everyone was quick to agree,\nwe were alive and none of our patrons was injured.\nThe Library System served the community during the\nEarthquake Damage at the Downtown\nemergency as it always had. Staff answered phones, kept\nBranch – Photo by Donna Swedberg\nup to date on services and practical information, and\nperformed tasks in other agencies. Still more staff were busy putting branches back together\nagain. As a loved institution in the community, getting the libraries open and operational was a\npowerful symbol of life beginning to get back to normal.\n\nCONTENTS\nOh No! : A Close Call at the Boulder Creek Branch\nOne Story of Many : Giving Help Wherever it was Needed\nOne Week Later, Story Hour as Usual : Getting La Selva Beach Branch Open Again\nThere Was No Place to Hide : A Staff Member’s Experience at the Downtown Branch\nI Can’t Reach My Aunt Mary : The Library’s Community Information Service\nWhat a Mess! 295,000 Items on the Floor : Cleaning Up and Re-opening\n1\n\n�Oh, No! : A Close Call at the Boulder Creek Library\nby Fred Ulrich\nI was sitting at my desk in the Boulder Creek Library talking on the phone with another member\nof the staff, Gary, who was the Central Library. It was a phone with an extra-long cord, so I\nstood up and paced away from the desk while still talking. I heard the rumble and soon found\nmyself under the doorway leading to the circulation desk. I have no recollection of this, but\nGary tells me that the last thing he heard before the phone line went dead is me saying \"Oh\nno!\"\nIn one of the first tremendous lurches and from my point of \"safety\" I saw an entire range (15\nfeet long and 8 feet high) of books and bound editions of National Geographic crash down on\nmy desk--where I had been sitting a few seconds before. It didn't slump or slide or cascade or\ntumble. The entire range slammed down in one thunderous motion. I would not have fared\nwell if I hadn't had that long phone cord. Yet, I distinctly remember observing the event in a\ncalm and open manner, as if the forces were so immense my personal endangerment was\nsomehow inconsequential.\nI saw another staff member, Suzette, dive under a protective shelf, I looked through the dust at\nthe groaning ceiling and just held on. After about 10 seconds I knew this was big and wondered\nif this was IT, the BIG ONE. I seemed likely that the roof would give way at any moment. I also\nthought that the redwoods on our deck could crash down on us. Still, I remember being more\nawestruck than fearful. The event was so dramatic that I saw it with fascination and an odd\nnuance of delight.\nWhen the shaking subsided I called out to ask if anyone was hurt. There was no reply. I called\n\"Suzette, are you there?\" Suzette emerged from her sheltered ledge saying she was o.k. I\nstarted to walk into the stacks and a strong aftershock made the floor feel like a boat at sea.\nThere were only 2 patrons in the library at the time, both unhurt and relatively unfazed!\nWe evacuated the building but then I remembered that my keys were on my desk under the\nformidable rubble of the collapsed shelving. I gingerly returned to the building and, laying on\nthe exposed side of the shelf which was at a 45 degree angle and resting on my desk, I reached\nthrough the shelving and began clearing away the debris to get to my keys. Of course, along\ncame another strong aftershock and this time I did feel fear. Scurrying to the protective\ndoorway until the aftershock subsided, I returned to my digging and found my keys.\nBefore leaving I took a quick tour of the library to make sure no one else was there. There\nwasn't but I noticed something amazing. The goldfish bowl on top of the young people's desk\nwas still sitting there with goldfish swimming merrily about!\nAfter returning to our parking lot where Suzette sat cross-legged on the asphalt, I noticed the\nrestaurant chimney across the way had collapsed on to a car breaking its windshield. Two\nteenage girls had been on their way to the library and joined us in the parking lot. We all sat in\nthere with aftershocks coming every few minutes. It's a strange sensation when the wave\ntravels right out of the ground and into one's body.\n2\n\n�After delivering the young people to their home, I drove cautiously down Highway 9 which was\nstrewn with boulders large and small. Coming into Santa Cruz, I saw the fire and dust from\ndowntown but headed to my home which was partially off its foundation. My family slept that\nnight and the next few in our VW camper.\nThe following day the maintenance man and I climbed atop the Boulder Creek Library's very\npitched roof to reattach the woodstove chimney which had broken loose. As we crawled\nslowing along the topmost ridge we defused the tension with dark humor about our prospects\nup there. But all went well and we're both still here today.\n\nOne Story of Many: Giving Help Wherever It Was Needed\nAt 5:04 PM, on October 17th, our Outreach worker, Catherine Steele, and her assistant were\nabout a hundred yards down the road from Murphy's Camp, a migrant farmworker housing\nfacility. They drove into the camp and began translating into Spanish the English-language radio\nbroadcasts which brought news from the outside world of what had happened and what was\ngoing to happen. They continued for two and half hours, stopping when Spanish language\nbroadcasts began.\nCatherine subsequently worked round the clock for the next two days, catching some sleep on\na cot. She and other library staff answered the Community Information Service phones at the\nCivic Auditorium. Then until mid-December, she served as a translator for the Red Cross staff\nwho helped to find permanent housing for hundreds of displaced people in and around\nWatsonville.\n\nOne Week Later, Story Hour as Usual:\nGetting La Selva Beach Branch Open Again\nby Dorothy Allen\nThe interesting thing to me was that only ONE wall of books, the north wall, came down. But\nthat wall also included our Storage/Work Room, and it was a mess!\nThese notes are from my Monthly Report, October 1989.\nOctober 18, I checked into the Branch about 7:00 am, noted the \"mess\", but also lack of real\ndestruction, thank goodness--no windows broken, computers safe. There were tents on the\nlawn behind the Library; the only sign driving through La Selva Beach that the Quake had\nhappened here, too! Later in the day, I went back to check inside (no power, no phone), and\nstarted to pick up.\nFiremen came in to see what I was doing there and \"ordered\" me out--until the building was\ninspected. Their concern was the upper windows, and that we would have further shocks. They\n3\n\n�used our wrench and turned off gas for the whole complex, although they saw no sign of\nproblems.\nGot a call at home, from Anne Turner, [Library Director] about 5:00pm, to start clean-up\nThursday; an Aptos Branch staff member was to report to work at La Selva with me. We worked\n5 hours Thursday, and got all the books reshelved. With power on, we appreciated phone and\ncomputer mail contact.\nReceived message to report to work on Friday, but the Firemen did not want us in there until\nofficially inspected ...waited for the Inspector 4 hours Saturday, no show. Reported in at\n8:30am Monday, read Mail communications, discharged returned books, cleaned house, did\ncatch-up, waiting for the Inspector--no show. The Recreation District (owners of the building)\ninspected, but agreed we should not open to the public until the official inspection and Green\nNotice.\nFinally cleared by the Inspector at 12:00 noon, Oct. 24. [Library Director Anne Turner\nshanghaied an inspector and drove him to La Selva Beach.] We opened to an eager public at\n10:00 am Wednesday, Oct.25, with Story Hour. Our phone lines and power stayed on,\ncomputers up!\nDuring the following days, I did a thorough housecleaning, and rearranging of shelves, storage,\netc., and created a specific corner for the tool box, first aid kit, flashlight batteries, emergency\nlanterns, and wrench (for outside turn-offs).\nAlso created a ready reference section specifically for information on chimney inspections,\nrepair and safety...the biggest damage in La Selva village was to chimneys, and a number had\nfallen during the Quake. Our patrons and neighbors felt that Library was a safe, familiar place to\ndrop in for respite, to share stories with neighbors. Many volunteers assisted with the pick-up\nas soon as they were allowed in the building!\n[Dorothy Allen was Branch Manager of the La Selva Beach Branch Library.]\n\nThere was No Place to Hide: A Staff Member’s Experience\nAt the Downtown Branch\nby Donna Swedberg\nWhat I remember most about the earthquake is noise. Rumbling and roaring. When the\nearthquake began, I was walking down a hallway on the second floor of the Central\n(Downtown) Branch library. The hallway is outside the storage area where row after row of\nbooks and magazines were tumbling to the floor and bookshelves were tipping over like\ndominoes. [See photograph of the storage area, below.] I looked around for a place to take\nshelter but the hallway was bare and all of the doors were locked so I dropped to the floor and\nput my hands over my head. Fortunately, no ceiling tiles or light fixtures fell in the hall.\n4\n\n�When the movement stopped, I continued down the hall to the Art and Music Department\n(now the Young People's Department) where there were books and broken light covers\nscattered over the floor. Clouds of dust were in the air and people were grabbing their stuff and\nrunning for the stairs. The staff person in that department was urging them to use the front\nstairs since it leads directly to the lobby and out the\ndoor.\nSeeing that the situation was under control in Art and\nMusic, I continued down the central staircase,\nstepping over ceiling tiles and broken light covers.\nDownstairs, staff was calmly helping patrons out of\nthe building and making sure no one was hurt and that\nno one was stuck in the elevator.\nDowntown Branch Storage Area – Photo by\nDonna Swedberg\n\nI walked through the nonfiction section looking for\npeople in need of help and saw books piled knee-high\ndown each row. No bookcases had fallen over in the public\nareas but several were leaning toward one end, looking like a\nparallelogram rather than a rectangle. All of the public were\nout, in some cases abandoning their school books, backpacks,\npurses and all.\nThe day after the earthquake, many of the staff were back at\nthe library-- putting books back on shelves.\nStacks in the Reference Area – Photo by\nDonna Swedberg\n\nI Can't Reach My Aunt Mary. Can You Find Out If She's Ok? :\nThe Library's Community Information Service\nby Anne Turner\nDamage from the earthquake occurred throughout the County and, because of slides and other\nroad damage, the County was geographically isolated from the rest of the state for at least 15\nhours. Erratic telephone service was restored in many areas within 24 hours and electrical\nservice after 48 hours.\nAt the request of the Santa Cruz Police Department, the Library System established and staffed\na community information hotline on Day 1 of the disaster recovery, October 18th. It was staffed\nthrough the following week. Its purpose was to relieve the Police Department 911 number, the\nCity Emergency Operations Center and other city phone numbers from answering citizen\nqueries in two categories:\n5\n\n�\"Welfare Checks\" (a term which had to be explained to the Police had two meanings) -\"I'm calling from Minnesota and I can't reach my Aunt who lives at.... Could you find out\nif she is okay and call me back?\"\nEmergency Related Information: who to call for a building inspection, where to\nvolunteer, where to send money, where the shelters were, when water would be\nrestored, was the water safe, where to get meals, were the banks open, could a building\non the Mall be entered, was there really a tidal wave coming, which schools were open,\netc.\nDuring the first three days of the emergency, most of the calls were of the first type, which staff\nresponded to by locating the person (sometimes using a reverse phone directory to check with\nneighbors), and calling the person or the neighbor to send a message. Staff estimates that it\nhandled more than 200 calls of this sort, from all over the United States and from abroad.\n\nThe Community Information Service was located in\noffices at the Civic Auditorium, which was the City's\nprinciple Shelter site for the first five days of the\nemergency. The Civic had generator power, water,\nand Red Cross-provided food, none of which\namenities were available at the Central Library. We\nmoved the Community Information Service to the\nCentral Library when we restored service on October\n23rd.\nCivic Auditorium, 1989\n\nWhat a Mess! 295,000 Items on the Floor:\nCleaning up and Re-opening the Branch Libraries\nby Anne Turner\nOn Day 1 (October 18) we began re-shelving books and clearing up the mess at nine of our ten\nBranches. I was not able to communicate with some of the Branch Managers for several days,\nbut each of them took that approach independently.\nWe opened most of our Branches on the Monday following the quake, after a spectacular effort\nby staff and volunteers who came in off the streets to help. Volunteers included a group of\nUniversity of California, Santa Cruz, students who walked down from campus to help.\nIn fact, we cleaned up and reopened so quickly that many people did not realize the library\nbranches had had serious earthquake damage. It was truly galling for staff who had slogged\nthrough mountains of books on the floor, re-shelving by flashlight while the power was still off,\nto be told by patrons, \"Gosh, the library sure did okay in the quake. At my house everything was\non the floor.\n6\n\n�The Santa Cruz Central (Downtown) Branch reopened for\nservice on Monday, October 23rd. And very complacent I was,\nas I talked to Library Hotline on the phone, began returning\nworried phone calls from colleagues around the State, etc. At\n4:30PM on Tuesday we had to evacuate the Central\n(Downtown) Branch because a lab report (ordered by a worried\nstaff person) revealed that the asbestos level of dust on the\nsecond floor exceeded safe standards. Seven days later, after\ntwo rounds of testing, consultation by Cal OSHA, the purchase\nof something called a HEPA vacuum and wand kit ($1,200),\nfurther cleaning, and infinite reassurance meetings with staff,\nwe opened again.\nThe periodical mess is something that needs to be experienced\nto be appreciated. Thirty years of Time, Newsweek, New Yorker,\netc., interfiled on the floor... and the recurring nightmare that\nan aftershock will knock down the entire storage collection of\nback periodicals AGAIN.\n\nReshelving Magazines – Photo\nby Donna Swedberg\n\nIt is the library’s intent to provide accurate information, however, it is not possible for the library\nto completely verify the accuracy of all information. 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A key\npersonality of this group was Frank Cooper, who, on June 6, 1868, drafted the following\nproclamation:\n\"The undersigned agree to form a Library Association in Santa Cruz under \"An Act in\nreference to Library Associations\" Approved April 27, 1863, and to attend a preliminary\nmeeting, when twenty signatures are procured to take the necessary steps to\ncommence and perfect the Incorporation.\" [1]\nThirty men signed it: Paul Pioda, Geo. T. Hoff, O. T. Hecox, Benj. P. Kooser, Duncan McPherson,\nA. S. Cooper, Oroville Root, F. A. Hihn, Edward L. Williams, F. W. Wright, J. H. Logan, Albert\nHagan, Frank Cooper, Wm. P. McDermott, C. L. Anderson, J. C. Willson, Joseph Boston, W. F.\nPeabody, Ferdinand J. McCann, Alfred Baldwin, S. H. Bailey, C. F. Loop, Louis Glass., S. A.\nBartlett,, Albert Brown, Albert Heath, Walter Frear, H. E. Makinney, Lucien Heath, and James J.\nDyer. The Library Association which was thus formed was to be known as the \"Santa Cruz\nLibrary.\"\n\"The organization in 1868 followed seven years of discussion and effort. The first move\nfor a library had been made in 1861, when Tom Beck, the carpenter and builder, had\npresided over a meeting in Temperance Hall. T. T. Tidball, who acted as secretary, was a\nyoung man from Soquel then filling a deputy's job in the court house but soon to leave\nas captain of the cavalry company Santa Cruz raised for the Civil War.\"\nAlthough the 1861 meeting voted to draw up a constitution and establish a reading\nroom, the effort was probably allowed to lapse because of the war, to be resumed again\nin 1868.\" [2]\nThe Association held its first meeting on June 15, 1868, and although not all members were\npresent there were enough to form a quorum. C. L. Anderson was elected the Association's\nChairman and Frank Cooper was elected its Secretary. The Association then proclaimed that\nthere would be seven trustees for the Santa Cruz Library; the first ones elected to this position\nwere: C. L. Anderson, F. J. McCann, Lucien Heath, Albert Hagan, Paul Pioda, Walter Frear, and\nJoseph Boston.\nBefore this meeting adjourned, Frank Cooper was instructed to communicate with Hon.\nCornelias Cole, U.S. Senator, about obtaining a \"large and substantial supply\"[3] of Public\nDocuments. Mr. Cole had lived in Santa Cruz before he was elected to the Senate in 1865.\nThe Association meeting adjourned, and immediately afterwards the First Board of Trustees\nassembled. The Board elected the following officers: President, C. L. Anderson; Vice President,\n2\n\n�Lucien Heath; Treasurer, Paul Pioda; Corresponding Secretary, Walter Frear; and Recording\nSecretary, Albert Hagan. Frank Cooper was appointed the first Librarian; however, he had no\nroom, no salary, and no books.\nThe Public Documents sent by Senator Cole soon arrived, and the members of the Association\ndonated books. In November, 1869, a committee was appointed to solicit membership and to\ncollect funds and books. Dr. J. Sims, a Physiognomical Character Delineator,[4] delivered several\nlectures in Santa Cruz, and $100.00 in proceeds went to the Library for the purchase of\nreference books.\nThe library, located in Frank Cooper's store, was opened to member use on April 1, 1870, nearly\ntwo years after the Library Association was formed. In July, 1870, John Brozer, a \"college bred\"\n[5] man, bought out C. W. Williams and started a bookstore in the Rhodes Building (Lower Plaza\nnear the Williamson and Garrett building, near the grocery store of McHugh and Bianchi in\n1964). Brazer provided space for the library in his bookstore and thereafter he was appointed\nLibrarian. He held that position until January 4, 1871, when he resigned to become the\nPostmaster.\nEdwin Shepard was elected Librarian on January 4, 1871, and the library was moved to two\nupstairs rooms in the Anthony Block, corner of Mission and Water Streets. (Samuel Leask, Jr.,\nsaid the library was located in Joel Shepard's drugstore.) He received ten percent of the dues\nand fines collected for his services. A year later, Mrs. Shepard was appointed Librarian with\nEdwin as her assistant. Her compensation equaled ten percent of the dues and fines plus five\ndollars for rent and care of the rooms.\nUntil January, 1872, the members of the Library Association paid six dollars a year for the use of\nthe books; it was then reduced to four dollars per year.\nA. J. Hinds was appointed Librarian on April 16, 1872, and the library was moved to his\nbookstore. He received no salary but he was allowed five dollars per month for rent. Later the\nlibrary was moved to the Sentinel building and for a time, there was very little growth.\nIn November, 1874, Santa Cruz ladies organized a Reading Room in the Anthony Block.\nPeriodicals were subscribed for and the Reading Room was maintained by monthly\nsubscription. \"The rooms and papers were free to all.\"[6] The Library and Reading Room had\nbecome one by January, 1876. Mr. Elihu Anthony donated the rent for the rooms used by the\nLibrary and Reading Room for the month of January, 1876.\nThe Library Board of Trustees authorized the purchase of books and subscriptions to some\npapers. In February, 1876, Mr. Dexter was appointed Librarian at a salary of twenty dollars per\nmonth.\nThe Library and Reading Room were moved to the two upstairs rooms of the Whidden building\nin March, 1876; the rent was ten dollars per month.\n3\n\n�Mr. Lawson was the Librarian for a time, then in March, 1878, Mrs. E. A. De Wolfe was\nappointed to the position at twenty-five dollars per month (rent for rooms and salary).\nAt the Regular Quarterly Meeting held on January 6, 1879, a committee was appointed to solicit\nsubscriptions and to report to the trustees on the advisability of keeping the Library and\nReading Room in the present location (Whidden building).\n\"On the 2nd of October, 1879, after the Library had been presented to the City and\naccepted as a gift from the Library Association, agreeing to take care of it, and Trustees\nof Unity Church, owning a lot and building just opposite our present Post Office, offered\nto donate that property to the city of Santa Cruz, provided the City would assume an\nindebtedness of about $1,800, which was resting on said property. The offer was\nrefused and the opportunity lost.\" [7]\nThe Church building cost five thousand dollars and the lot was valued between twenty-five\nhundred and three thousand dollars. But according to the Library Board Records the library and\nReading Room were not transferred to the City's care until December 15, 1881.\nIn January, 1881, the library was packed in boxes and stored in the top floor of the Mission Hill\nSchool opposite Temperance Hall. There had been no new books for two years.\nIn December, 1881, the Library Association's library was presented to the City of Santa Cruz:\n\"Resolved, That the trustees of Santa Cruz free library be and are hereby instructed and\nauthorized to make all necessary arrangements with the municipal authorities of the\ncity of Santa Cruz by which the Santa Cruz library shall be transferred to the said city, to\nbe managed, owned and protected for the public use in accordance with an act to\nestablish free public libraries and reading rooms, passed by the legislature of the State\nof California and approved April 26, 1880.\"[8]\n\nNotes\n1. Minutes of the meetings of the Santa Cruz Library Association. Signature agreements\nare loose in front of first book of minutes.\n2. Leon Rowland, \"Circuit Rider: Civil War Halted Library Plans,\" Santa Cruz Sentinel-News,\nMarch 16, 1952, p.15.\n3. An Old Settler, \"History of the Santa Cruz Free Library,\" Santa Cruz Evening Sentinel,\nDec. 14, 1899, pp. 3 and 4.\n4. Ibid.\n5. \"Looking Backward over Library Life in Santa Cruz,\" Santa Cruz Surf, Sept. 28, 1903.\n6. Dr. C.L. Anderson, \"Semi-Centennial of the Public Library-Sketch of the Early Days of the\nInstitution-Written by Dr. C.L. Anderson in '99,\" Santa Cruz Surf, June 6, 1918, p.2.\n7. \"Looking Backward over Library Life in Santa Cruz,\" Santa Cruz Surf, Sept. 28, 1903.\n8. Meeting of the Santa Cruz Library Association, Dec.15, 1881. \"Semi-Centennial of the\nPublic Library,\" Santa Cruz Surf, June 6, 1918, p. 2.\n4\n\n�Part 2 – 1881-1904: The Public Library\nWhen the Library was transferred to the City of Santa Cruz, there were about three thousand\nvolumes in the library. Eight hundred seventy-nine volumes were taken from storage in the\nschoolhouse and moved to the second floor of the City Hall on January 3, 1882. The City\nTreasurer and Collector was placed in charge until April, 1882, when the following Board of\nTrustees was elected: A. A. Taylor, D. Tuthill, A. J. Hinds, Robert Effey, and George W. Place.\nThey appointed Peter R. Hinds Librarian of the Santa Cruz Free Library.\nThe book which contains the Board Meeting records of the Library Association and of the City's\nsecond Library Board of Trustees does not have any record of the meetings of the first Board of\nTrustees although they spent $327.50. It was while the Library was under their control that the\nfirst library tax levy was established. On October 2, 1882, the tax was set at five cents on each\none hundred dollars of assessment.\nThe second Board of Trustees was elected on April 14, 1884, and took office on the following\nMay 6. Those elected were: Dr. P. B. Fagan, F. W. Bliss, E. Spaulsbery, C. L. Anderson, and E. L.\nWilliams. Peter Hinds continued as the Librarian. The trustees found $1,115.72 in the fund.\nTrustees Fagan, Anderson, and Bliss were authorized to investigate the costs of obtaining more\nsuitable rooms for the library. They decided that moving was unwise.\nIn August, 1884, the private library of the Farmer's Club was incorporated into the City Library.\nThe Library Board of Trustees agreed to the conditions set by the Farmer's Club. The members\nof the Farmer's Club were given the same privileges of library usage as city resident members\nfor the duration of the merger.\nThere were several attempts to consolidate or purchase the library of the Odd Fellows. This had\nbeen considered by the Library Association in December, 1879. By February 5, 1885, Dr. C. L.\nAnderson had visited the IOOF Library and found that there was a large number of books which\nthe Santa Cruz Free Library could use. The Odd Fellows offered to sell their library for three\nhundred dollars. A communication came from the Odd Fellows later in the year inviting the\nBoard of Trustees to select such books from the IOOF Library as they deemed necessary and the\nBoard was to make an offer for the books. There are no records to indicate whether these\nproposals were accepted.\nTrustees D. C. Clark, C. L. Anderson, and H. Fay were appointed in May, 1888, to consider the\nadvisability of selecting another location for the library. This committee was authorized to\nselect a suitable room for the library in February, 1889, and to engage it provided the rent did\nnot exceed twenty-five dollars per month, and they were to provide the necessary furniture. By\nMarch, the library had been moved to the first floor of the City Hall.\n\n5\n\n�The Trustees met on March 1, 1889, to \"transact such other business as was made necessary on\naccount of removal of Library\"[1] and to elect a Librarian. Major W. T. Kittredge of Santa Rosa\nwas selected at a salary of thirty-five dollars per month. Miss Minerva Waterman was elected\nhis assistant.\nMajor Kittredge began the work of cataloging the books he found in the Santa Cruz Library. The\nBoard of Trustees set this policy for handling new books:\n1. The library was to be kept open while the numbering was done;\n2. All books were to be numbered before they were lent out;\n3. Miss Waterman or another competent person was to be employed to do the numbering.\nMiss Waterman finished the work of cataloging. In February, 1896, Mr. Hinds made the\nfollowing proposal: \"That if the trustees would furnish copy, he would have printed a catalogue\nfree of cost, he to be allowed to insert advertising matter.\" The trustees authorized him to print\n1200 copies of the catalog. Then in 1899, Mr. George C. Bacon offered to print 1500 copies of\nthe catalog; his payment was space for advertisements and $30.76. This catalog, which listed all\n1300 volumes, was to be sold by the Librarian for ten cents a copy.\nIt was while Major Kittredge was Librarian that the \"open shelf\" system came into practice in\nthe Santa Cruz Library.\n\"It was not an easy task to formulate a system of library work suited to our city.\nFortunately it was so simplified that \"open shelves\" came into use without seriously\ncausing loss or confusion, and with a minimum of assistance from the librarian or\nannoyance to the borrower.\"[2]\nMiss Minerva Waterman, who started as assistant to Major Kittredge, became Librarian on June\n6, 1890, after the Major resigned. Miss Waterman and Major Kittredge were both nominated\nfor the position of Librarian on June 3, 1890; Trustee Kirby nominated Miss Waterman, while\nTrustee Anderson renominated Major Kittredge. Elected with a vote of four to one, Miss\nWaterman was to begin her duties on July 1. But Major Kittredge resigned on June 5, effective\nthat day, and Miss Waterman became Librarian on June 6, 1890.\nTrustee Linscott was commissioned in October, 1894, to see what the City Council would do\nregarding the library's move to other quarters. The Council agreed to pay the first eight months'\nrent (two hundred fifty dollars) and to furnish the necessary fuel and electric lights in the\nHotaling Building, because the \"city government decided that the city hall was not large enough\nfor all the municipal offices and the library too.\"[3] The Library Board resolved\n\"To enter into an agreement with A. P. Hotaling to lease the premises hereinafter\ndescribed for a period of five years, on the following terms. The first two months of\noccupancy of the premises by the Library rent free, the next seven months at monthly\nrental of thirty dollars. Three years following at monthly rental of forty dollars, and the\n6\n\n�following or fifth year at monthly rental of fifty dollars, by votes of Anderson, Bliss,\nLinscott & Clark. Noes, none, absent Williams.\nOn motion of trustee Clark, seconded by trustee Bliss, a committee of three was\nappointed to determine with Mr. Hotaling's Architect, the arrangement of the new\nrooms. And to attend to all the arrangements and details pertaining to the removal of\nthe Library at the proper time. Committee appointed -Clark, Linscott, Bliss.\"[4]\nThe move was made to this building later known as the St. George Hotel. Miss Waterman was\nvery pleased with the rooms: \" . . . everything is convenient and right under my eye. . .\"[5]\nBut it became evident that the Library and hotel could not remain harmoniously, so another\nmove was considered.[6] Mr. E. H. Garrett proposed in March, 1899, that the library move to\nthe Williamson and Garrett building soon to be erected by the firm. Library Board President C.\nL. Anderson was instructed to write to A. P. Hotaling to determine his plans in extending the\nlibrary's lease. Mr. Hotaling's agent, Mr. Miller, told Miss Waterman that the rent would be\nforty dollars per month instead of fifty as the lease called for.\nMr. Garrett presented plans for the library in the new building and explained in some detail. He\nsaid the rent would be fifty dollars per month for a period of ten years. The light fixtures,\nclosets, grates, back stairway, skylights, etc., were to be arranged satisfactorily. This proposal\nwas accepted and the rent was to commence on February or March 1, 1900.\nIn May, 1899, Trustees Anderson, Clark, and Williams were appointed to enter into an\nagreement with Williamson and Garrett. The lease was to be drawn with the terms \"in\naccordance with the understanding had at [the] meeting held March 28th, 1899.\"[7]\nThe library was closed between January 15 and February 1, 1900, so that F. R. Cummings,\nlowest bidder, could move the library shelving. The rooms in the Williamson and Garrett\nbuilding were double the space of the previous building. The two large Reading Rooms which\nfaced Pacific Avenue were connected with the Library by arched doors. There was a small room\non the north side for the trustees, while the main room was large and commodious. All the\nrooms were pleasant with plenty of light and ventilation. \"Williamson and Garrett have ever\nbeen mindful of our comfort and liberal in our requirements.\"[8]\nThe library remained in the Williamson and Garrett building until it moved into the Carnegie\nFree Library in 1904.\n\nNotes\n1. Minutes of the Meetings of the Santa Cruz Library Board of Trustees, March 1, 1889, p.\n69.\n2. \"Semi-Centennial of the Public Library,\" Santa Cruz Surf, June 6, 1918, p. 2.\n3. Ibid. \"Looking Backward over Library Life in Santa Cruz,\" Santa Cruz Surf, Sept. 28, 1903.\n7\n\n�4. Minutes of the Meetings of the Santa Cruz Library Board of Trustees, Oct. 2, 1894, p.\n119.\n5. Minerva Waterman, Monthly Report to the Board of Trustees, June, 1895.\n6. \"Looking Backward over Library Life in Santa Cruz,\" Santa Cruz Surf, Sept. 28, 1903.\n7. Minutes of the Meetings of the Santa Cruz Library Board of Trustees, May 2, 1899, p.\n148.\n8. \"Looking Backward over Library Life in Santa Cruz,\" Santa Cruz Surf, Sept. 28, 1903.\n\nPart 3 – 1901-1904: Building the Carnegie Free Library\n[There were four grants from the Carnegie Corporation, between 1903 and 1921, for library\nconstruction, a main library and three branch buildings. The Carnegie Free Library discussed\nhere refers to the first Carnegie library built, which became the main library -- Editor]\n\nFrom the beginnings of the Library in 1868 to April 14, 1904, the Santa Cruz Public Library was\nlocated in various places; some of the rooms were rented, others were not. The idea for a\npermanent building began in October, 1899, when the Library Board meeting \"Adjourned to\npermit citizens to consider matters pertaining to securing a site and permanent building for the\nLibrary.\"[1]\n\nThis photograph shows Andrew Carnegie at the train\ndepot, being met by local officials. Later that day he\nvisited the library.\n\nAndrew Carnegie Visiting Santa Cruz in 1910\n\nEvidently from this citizens' meeting, a committee was appointed to look into the possibility of\na permanent building because Samuel Leask, Sr., was appointed in 1899 to serve on a\ncommittee to secure financial assistance from the Carnegie Corporation for a public library.\nAmong others on this committee were Dr. C. L. Anderson, Dr. F. W. Bliss, and F. A. Hihn.\nIn February, 1900, a citizen suggested that Henry Cowell convert the St. Charles Hotel into a\nlibrary and give it to Santa Cruz. Mr. Cowell said he was not under any obligation to Santa Cruz\nCounty; he had spent millions of dollars there already. The roads he used were not kept up and\nhe was taxed heavily.\n\n8\n\n�Until March, 1901, there was no further mention of progress in getting a library building in\neither the Sentinel, or the Library Board Records, when the following appeared in the Sentinel:\n\"The Sentinel calls Mr. Carnegie's attention to the fact that there is not a city in the\nworld that would appreciate a library building more than Santa Cruz. Wonder if the\nretired steel king will take the hint?\nWell, we don't know. He has Santa Cruz's application.\"[2]\nAccording to the Sentinel, the citizens of Santa Cruz were speculating on the amount of money\nthat they would receive from Mr. Carnegie even before they had word that their application\nhad been received. Santa Cruz needed between $25,000 and $50,000. And by February 7, 1902,\nthe San Jose Mercury stated that several San Jose businessmen were helping a movement to\nget a donation from Andrew Carnegie for a library in Santa Cruz. It was understood that Mr.\nCarnegie looked with favor on the proposition and would make a gift of $30,000 or $40,000.\nOn January 2, 1902, Santa Cruz learned that Andrew Carnegie had heard Santa Cruz's request\nand had sent a form to Dr. C. L. Anderson to be filled in. (This form had been received by other\ncities which had subsequently gotten funds for their libraries.) Provisions for the funds were: a\nsite which was not to be near a saloon was to be provided, and the library was to be\nmaintained. By January 5, 1902, this form was filled in and on its way back to Andrew Carnegie.\nThe Sentinel reported that Mr. Carnegie was studying the population and size of Santa Cruz\nbetween January 11th and 13th. A few days later, Dr. C. L. Anderson was requested to explain\nthe difference in the population figures given by him and those taken by the census. Dr.\nAnderson stated that the population was 10,000; he had included the population of East Santa\nCruz (outside the city limits) and the vicinity, both having library privileges, plus the population\nof Santa Cruz City. He presumed that the amount of the donation was based on the population.\nTHEN, the great day came! On February 21, 1902, it was learned that Andrew Carnegie would\nprovide $15,000 if Santa Cruz would support the library at a cost of not less than $1,500 per\nyear and would furnish a suitable site. The letter was dated February 15, 1902, and was from\nJames Bertram, Private Secretary to Andrew Carnegie.\n\"There was great disappointment among the committee members that the sum was not\nlarger.\"[3] Editorials in the Sentinel on February 16th and other dates stated that Santa Cruz\nhad hoped to get a $20,000 to $30,000 grant and would have received at least $20,000 if East\nSanta Cruz had been within the municipal limits.\nSeveral days after Mr. Carnegie's offer had been received, D. C. Clark., F. A. Hihn, and H. F. Kron\nwere appointed to go before the City Council and request that a sum of not less than $2,500\nper year be provided for library purposes. It was hoped that this amount might lay the\nfoundation for a still greater gift from Mr. Carnegie. On March 3, the City Council adopted a\nresolution for the levying of a library tax. The rate would be set at a level to raise $3,000\nannually provided this rate was not greater than that fixed by law.\n9\n\n�Mr. Samuel Leask went to New York at his own expense in an effort to get an augmentation to\nthe amount already given by Mr. Carnegie. Dr. Bliss received a letter from Mr. Leask on April 6,\n1902, telling about his interview with Mr. Bertram, Mr. Carnegie's Private Secretary. Later,\nSamuel Leask wrote this account of his trip.\n\"The Andrew Carnegie institute gave $15,000 for the project. This news was conveyed\nto me one morning by Dr. Bliss as he was passing the store on the way to his office... The\namount seemed altogether inadequate for a building such as Santa Cruz needed. After\nthinking over the matter a few hours, I approached Frank Mattison, County Treasurer,\nexplained the situation, asked what he thought of my going to New York to make a\npersonal appeal for an increase of the grant to $25,000. Mr. Mattison thought this\nwonderful, if I could spare the necessary time and money. As a matter of fact, I had\nalready made up my mind and after a few days collecting facts relating to Santa Cruz\nand its library, I left for New York. This was in the spring of 1901.\nAt the Carnegie Corporation I was met by a bright young man with a pronounced Scotch\naccent whose attitude was decidedly skeptical. I unloaded my facts and arguments at\nconsiderable length without, as far as I could see, making any impression whatever and\nwas about to retire when something inspired me to ask,\nWhat part of Scotland are you from?\nEdinburgh, he said.\nI immediately announced I'm from Aberdeen.\nIt developed that Mr. Carnegie also was an Aberdeen-shire man. For the first time there\nwas a faint suggestion of a smile on the face of my hardboiled countryman. As we made\nour way to the door he said,\nWhen you get back to your hotel embody in a letter the facts we have been\ndiscussing. I will submit them to our committee.\nI lost no time in mailing the letter requested, to which a reply, based on a\nmisunderstanding of something I had said, was received. This gave me an opportunity to\nreply, the next development being a second letter from the corporation saying the grant\nhad been increased to $20,000. This was later supplemented by three additional grants\nof $2500 each to aid in construction of branch libraries at Seabright, Garfield Park and\nSoquel Avenue at Water Street.\"\nYears later, City Treasurer F. W. Lucas, one of the pioneers, Father of the late Superior\nJudge Harry C. Lucas, running for reelection gave additional details of the Carnegie\ntransaction. The money was paid in and paid out through Mr. Lucas' office as ex officio\nTax Collector, an office in part paid by a percentage of receipts. He was clearly entitled\nto the percentage on this money, which would have amounted to $200, a handy sum to\none in his circumstances; but he waived his right to it on the ground that it was not a\nregular part of the city's receipts. His decision, he said, to forgo his legal rights on ethical\ngrounds was largely strengthened by the conduct of Mr. Leask.\n10\n\n�The Carnegie bequest came in the form of drafts on New York in denominations of\n$5,000, each payable as the work advanced. As the money was turned over into the\ntreasury, Mr. Leask asked whether I preferred the draft or the cash. I replied that since I\nwould deposit it, cash would be equally acceptable. New York ex- change was then $10\non a draft of that size; but instead of taking the draft and using it in his business as Mr.\nLeask had a right to do, he paid into the library fund the cost of exchange. Mr. Leask\nexplained that he had been undecided before as to his duty in this matter, but that he\nthen resolved not to take his lawful commission, but become the invisible donor to the\nlibrary fund.[4]\nSamuel Leask returned to Santa Cruz on May 3, 1902, and on May 6, he was appointed to the\nLibrary Board. He took the place of David C. Clark, who had had to resign because he had been\nelected Mayor of Santa Cruz.\nBickering about the site of the new library began before Andrew Carnegie donated the $15,000\ngrant in February, 1902. An editorial in the Sentinel on January 5 insisted that the location must\nbe solved immediately, that there was no time to bicker. \"Anywhere and now is better than\nnowhere and never.\"[5] In the bitter controversy that followed this statement, over twenty\ndifferent suggestions were printed in the Sentinel between January and August. On September\n2, 1902, this letter was delivered to the City Council by Samuel Leask:\n\"To The Honorable Mayor and Council of the City of Santa Cruz, Cal.\nGentlemen:The Board of Trustees of the Santa Cruz Free Library beg leave to call the attention of\nyour honorable body to certain portions of the law providing for the establishment and\nmaintenance of public libraries within municipalities, approved March 23, 1901, the\nconstruction of parts of which seems to be somewhat obscure.\nIn view of the donation of $20,000 by Mr. Andrew Carnegie for the purpose of providing\na building for library purposes in this city, a donation which we understand was formally\naccepted by the Mayor of the City, the purchase of a lot on which to erect said building\nhas become necessary.\nSection 7 of the law referred to seems to imply that the legislative body of any\nmunicipality shall levy a tax for the maintenance of an established public library and for\npurchasing property necessary therefor. There is a provision in said section which limits\nthe amount that may be levied for the purposes named after two years from the\npassage of the act referred to above, which time would expire March 23, 1903.\nIn order to take advantage of the gift of Mr. Carnegie, and under the provisions of the\nlaw referred to, we feel that immediate action is necessary.\nWe believe that the only just and practicable way in which a suitable lot for a library\nbuilding may be procured is by the levy of a tax on the property of the entire city, and\n11\n\n�we respectively ask your honorable body to make such levy as will in your opinion be\nadequate for the purposes named.\nRespectfully submitted,\nBoard of Library Trustees\"[6]\nMr. and Mrs. F. A. Hihn offered to deed property which they had owned for forty years to the\nCity of Santa Cruz for forty dollars a month for ten years, beginning November 1, 1902. The City\nwas to pay all taxes levied on the land since September 14, 1902. A library was to be built\nwithin two years. Mr. Hihn was to be allowed 90 days from September 22 to remove any\nimprovements he desired. This lot, 100 feet by 200 feet, had 100 feet of frontage on both\nChurch and Locust Streets.\nThis proposal was accepted by the City Council on Saturday, September 27, 1902, and the City\nClerk was instructed to have the deed filed that day in Recorder Cooper's office.\nEarly in November, 1902, Andrew Carnegie's agent notified the Library Trustees that the\n$20,000 grant was ready in blocks of $5,000.\nThis sum would be sent to the Library Board as needed upon receipts signed by the President\nand Treasurer accompanied by the supervising architect's certification that a certain amount of\nwork had been done and that funds were needed. This indicated that the Library Board could\nproceed with the selection of building plans and putting the plans out to bid.\nPreliminary steps toward the erection of the library building were taken on November 8.\nTrustees Leask and Linscott wrote the draft of notice to the architects for the plans while\nTrustees Bliss and Anderson were sketching the lot and its surroundings. Architect interviews\nwere set up by November, with Mr. Bliss Interviewing Mr. Van Cluck and Mr. Leask interviewing\nW. A. Weeks of Watsonville.\nOn November 18, 1902, the Sentinel stated that the Library Trustees would soon advertise for\nplans and that they had been communicating with the trustees of the Carnegie libraries to\nascertain the method of procedure. By November 26, 1902, it was learned that Mr. Carnegie\nwas satisfied with the lot and that the Santa Cruz Library Trustees had submitted a general plan\nfor his approval.\nThe specifications for the library which was to have a California style of architecture were:\n\"The Board of Library Trustees of Santa Cruz, California, hereby invite architects to\nsubmit plans and estimated cost of construction for a public library building.\nThe site selected for the proposed building is a lot running from Church Street 200 feet\nnorth to Locust Street, and has a frontage of 100 feet on each street from east to west.\nOn the west of the lot is the garden of Mr. F. A. Hihn, the distance from the westerly line\n12\n\n�of the lot to his residence being about 200 feet. To the east of the lot are residences and\noutbuildings connected therewith, the highest structure being 30 feet. Both Locust and\nChurch are residence streets and present no architectural features with which the\nproposed building must harmonize. The soil is river loam, subsoil gravel.\nA sketch showing the location of the lot and its surroundings will be furnished on\napplication, also the cross-section of the lot from north to south.\nIt has been decided that a story building with basement will best serve the purpose in\nview. The building will be visible from all four sides. The Board does not wish to limit\narchitects to any special style of architecture, but it is the unanimous opinion that\nconvenience of arrangement should not be sacrificed for architectural effect. No special\nbuilding material is insisted on, but the structure must be as nearly fireproof as possible.\nBASEMENT\nIt is desired to have a basement, the ceiling of which shall be of sufficient height so that\nrooms may be fitted up for lecture or club rooms. Provision should be made in\nbasement for:\n Receiving room for books, etc.\n Storage of Fuel.\n Fuminating [sic] Room\n Bicycles.\n Inside stairway to main floor.\n Men's Toilet.\n ?iter connecting with Librarian's Room on main floor.\nAll parts of the basement must be accessible from outside of building.\nThat portion of basement not needed for purposes named above may be left unfinished,\nbut so arranged that if at any time the unfinished part should be needed for lecture\nroom, reading room and heating plant it will be suitable for those purposes.\nMAIN FLOOR\nThe main floor should contain the following:\n General Reading Room about 28 x 32.\n Juvenile Room 18 x 22.\n Librarian's Room 12 x 16.\n Committee Room 18 x 22.\n Book or Stack Room to accommodate 30000 vols. on main floor.\n Librarian's Desk.\n Ladies' Toilet, opening in to Committee Room and also into Main Room.\nIn planning for this floor, special attention is requested to the problem of how to secure\nthe greatest possible amount of sunlight for the Reading and Juvenile Rooms without\ndepriving the books of the light and heat necessary for their preservation. In this\n13\n\n�connection the use of skylights is suggested. It may also be stated that arrangements for\nproper ventilation will be regarded as indispensable.\nPermanent partitions are to be avoided except where absolutely necessary, and a view\nto economy of administration, simplicity, convenience and flexibility is a necessity. No\npartition is desired between Stack Room and Reading Room.\nThe Juvenile Room should be near to and in plain view of librarian's desk, and so located\nthat visitors to it will not have to pass through Reading Room.\nThe librarian's room should be easily accessible from the desk and should contain a\nlarge cupboard or closet.\nDRAWINGS\nAll drawings shall be drawn to a scale of four feet to one inch, on white paper, and shall\ncontain the following:\n1. Basement or foundation plan.\n2. Main floor plan.\n3. Elevation on the west.\n4. Elevation on the south.\n5. Sectional Drawing.\n6. Perspective of exterior.\nThe plans must be delivered flat, covered and sealed, all express charges prepaid, on or\nbefore 12 o'clock M., February 15, 1903, to J. W. Linscott, Secretary of the Board of\nLibrary Trustees. Each drawing shall be signed with the architect's name and address.\nArchitects are requested to furnish an itemized estimate of cost of construction.\nThe successful architect will be required to deposit with the Secretary of the Board of\nLibrary Trustees a certified check for $200 as a guarantee that the building can be\nconstructed as per his plan for the sum available, $18000.\nAll plumbing, gasfitting and fixtures, electric wiring and fixtures, cost of designs,\nspecifications and superintendence should be included in estimate which must not\nexceed $18000. Architect's fee for plans and specifications should be given with and\nwithout superintendence.\nThe Board reserves the right to reject any or all plans submitted., and no decision shall\nbe regarded as final until working plans are made, estimates obtained, and the cost of\ncarrying out the chosen designs shall be found to come within the limit stated in the\nconditions of competition.\n\n14\n\n�F. W. Bliss\nE.L. Williams\nC.L. Anderson\nJ. W. Linscott\nSamuel Leask\nBoard of Library Trustees\nSanta Cruz, California.\nDecember 15, 1902.\"[7]\nEight sets of plans from five companies had been received by February 17, 1903. Two were\nfrom W. H. Weeks of Watsonvillie, two from Burnham and Bliesner of Los Angeles, one from\nErnest Martin Hoen of Sacramento, one from Skidmore and Schroeffer of San Francisco, and\ntwo from J. Marquis of Santa Cruz. The consensus of public opinion favored the Skidmore plan\nafter these plans had been put on display. The Library Board thoroughly studied and discussed\nthe plans; on April 20, they decided to adopt one of Mr. Weeks' plans.\nBy June, the Sentinel was complaining that not one brick had been laid in the construction of\nthe new library and that the community had hoped to see the building under cover.[8]\nThe Library Board was advertising for contractors and builders early in July in the local\nnewspapers - Santa Cruz Daily Surf and Santa Cruz Sentinel. Six sealed bids were opened at 8\np.m. on July 18 by the Library Board. Four days later, the indications were that the contract was\nto go to McPhee and Sutton of San Francisco. The Library Board discussed the articles of\nagreement, bond, etc., with McPhee and Sutton on July 24. The bond they had put up was not\nin correct form; after McPhee and Sutton had corrected it, it was approved by the acting City\nAttorney, Mr. K. B. Knight. Finally, on August 5, Samuel Leask proposed that the Library Board\naccept the $17,925 bid of McPhee and Sutton to construct the Santa Cruz Free Library; the\nBoard adopted the resolution unanimously.\nLocal labor was to be used, according to McPhee and Sutton. On August 8, Mr. C. D. Folsam was\nappointed the local superintendent with the approval of Architect Weeks.\nEarly in August, 1903, the Library Board began to make the arrangements for the formal laying\nof the cornerstone. The work of constructing the foundation had to be stopped from August 22\nthrough September 1 because there was no more cement. The ordered cement was stranded at\nthe Napa railroad depot; there were no engines and cars to ship the cement to Santa Cruz.\nSeptember 29, 1903, was the date chosen for the laying of the cornerstone. The Masonics,\nGrand Lodge of California, F & A M, were the hosts of this great event. All Santa Cruz turned out\nto participate. The cornerstone, which had been inscribed \"Gift of Andrew Carnegie-1903,\"\ncontained a copy of the Santa Cruz Morning Sentinel, September 29, 1903, a copy of the Santa\nCruz Surf dated September 28, a guide to Santa Cruz, rules and regulations of the library, a 1903\n15\n\n�directory of Masonic Lodge members throughout the state, a history of the library, examples of\nlibrary cards, and a list of the books the library had accumulated by 1899.\nContractors McPhee and Sutton sublet the plumbing to Byrne Brothers, the painting to George\nRoot, and the electric wiring to Robert Cardiff, all of Santa Cruz; the concrete work went to\nGranite Rock Company of Watsonville.\nThe Santa Cruz Sentinel and the Santa Cruz Surf kept up a running commentary on the progress\nof the construction of the library. During this same period, September, 1903, through April,\n1904, the Library Board of Trustees' Records contained changes in plans and materials which\nwere approved.\nOn April 14, 1904, the new Carnegie Library of Santa Cruz was formally opened with the\nappropriate ceremonies. The Santa Cruz Ladies' Improvement Society were the hostesses for\nthe evening. A detailed account of the opening ceremonies is provided in the Santa Cruz Surf\nFree Library Supplement.[9]\nThis Library Supplement also contained:\n1. a thorough room-by-room description of the library;\n2. the statement that \"the Santa Cruz library has the largest collection of books in\nproportion to population of any town in the State\"; [10]\n3. lists of contributors to the Art and Loan Exhibit;\n4. letters from Theodore Roosevelt, Edward Everett Hale, Edwin Markham, and W. D.\nHowells;\n5. gifts to the library and their donors;\n6. information about Mr. Carnegie.\nBecause the Library Trustees had decided to use the entire $20,000 grant for the building itself,\nthere were no funds for its furnishings. Two large events were promoted to provide the library\nwith furniture. The Santa Cruz, Capitola and Watsonville Electric Railway Company donated the\nreceipts of December 29, 1903, toward the fund. The young lady conductors collected $144.70,\nwhile the regular conductors took in the remainder of $167.80 as Santa Cruz turned out for the\nevent. An Art and Loan Exhibition was conceived early in December, 1903; it was held in the\nnew library on April 14, 15 and 16, 1904. The Santa Cruz Improvement Society hosted this\nproject, which netted $450. The Society also donated another $300 toward the fund.\nOther large gifts and benefits for the Furnishing Fund were a lecture given by Dr. Emily Noble\nentitled \"Among the Brahmins of India,\" with receipts of $163; a Poster Exhibit on November\n27, 1903, which netted $24.20; $100 donated by the Humane Society; and Scottish\nentertainment presented on February 19, 1904, by the Native Daughters at the opera house in\norder to furnish the lecture room in the southwest corner of the basement (which in the\ncontract was not supposed to be finished).\nOn April 28, 1904, the Santa Cruz Free Public Library was opened to the public at 9 a.m.\n16\n\n�Notes\n1. Minutes of the Meetings of the Santa Cruz Library Board of Trustees, Oct. 3,1899, p.\n150.\n2. Santa Cruz Evening Sentinel, March 27, 1901, p. 2.\n3. Robert Burton and Thomas L. McHugh, Samuel Leask; Transplanted Scot Citizen par\nExcellence (2nd printing, 1964; Felton, Calif.: The Village Print Shop), about p. 4.\n(Unpaged.)\n4. Ibid., about p. 5-7.\n5. Editorial, \"Library Location,\" Santa Cruz Morning Sentinel, Jan. 5, 1902, p. 2.\n6. Letter found in scrapbook.\n7. Specifications, scrapbook.\n8. Editorial, Santa Cruz Evening Sentinel, June 11, 1903, p. 2.\n9. Free Library Supplement, Santa Cruz Surf, n.d., p. 2.\n10. Ibid., p. 1.\n11. Edward Martin, History of Santa Cruz County (Los Angeles: Historic Record Company,\n1911), p. 77.\n\nPart 4 – 1890-1941: Minerva Watterman, Librarian\nMinerva Waterman, who became a librarian through a quirk of fate, ended up serving in that\nrole for 51 years, and in the process became the guiding force behind the development of the\nSanta Cruz Public Library System.\nShe worked first as a rural school teacher, but was called home in\n1889 to help care for her ailing father; she took the assistant\nlibrarian position only as a temporary way to work near home. Just\none year later she was elected to the post of head librarian - a\nposition she held until her retirement in 1941.\n\nMinerva Watterman, 1907,\nat the Summer Seabright\nBranch\n\nMiss Waterman's first task was to create a functional catalog system,\nas there was no standard method in use at the time. In her own\ncareful handwriting, she not only made file entries by author and\ntitle, but also added brief, perceptive statements about each author\nand book, based on her own reading.\n\nThe space at City Hall proved to be inadequate, and civic interest focused on securing a\npermanent, suitable facility for the library. In 1901 the trustees approached Andrew Carnegie\nregarding a major gift to build a local library; their effort was successful, and in 1904 the Santa\nCruz Free Public Library opened its doors at the corner of Church and Center.\n\n17\n\n�Minerva Waterman had goals for her library that exceeded its modest budget, so she turned to\nthe community for help. Countless fund raisers were held on its behalf. Miss Waterman also\nactively sought and received personal collections from many influential citizens. The donation\nof the Otto Kunitz Music Library in 1937 formed the nucleus of [what would become] the Art\nand Music Room, a concept that was years ahead of its time.\nOther innovative programs sponsored by the library included lectures and art exhibits. Keeping\nup with modern times, phonograph records and stereoscope views (in sets of 25) were added\nto the circulating collection in 1910, and in 1925 a parking lot was added for the convenience of\npatrons.\nMiss Waterman's long tenure also saw the expansion of the system to include branches at\nSeabright, Garfield Park and East Santa Cruz, and a contract to extend services to the county.\nAnd until the school district established its own library in 1940, the public library also served\nthe area's high school and elementary schools.\nOn the occasion of Miss Waterman's retirement in 1941, the Santa Cruz Sentinel observed,\n\"Through the years the various trustees of the library performed their duties well, but\nSanta Cruz will always remember that at the head of the growing institution throughout\nthe most vital 51 years of its expansion was Miss Minerva Waterman, with her vision,\nenergy and initiative.\"\n\nSource\nParts 1-3 are from an unpublished Master's thesis by Margaret Ann Souza, The History of the\nSanta Cruz Public Library System, San Jose State College, August 1970. Copyright 1970,\nreproduced with permission of the author.\nPart 4, copyright 1984 Margaret Souza, is adapted from The History of Santa Cruz Public Library\nSystem, an unpublished manuscript. Reproduced with the permission of the author. Postcard\nand photograph from the Santa Cruz Public Libraries' collection.\n\nIt is the library’s intent to provide accurate information, however, it is not possible for the library\nto completely verify the accuracy of all information. If you believe that factual statements in a\nlocal history article are incorrect and can provide documentation, please contact the library.\n\n18\n\n�"]]]]]]]]],["collection",{"collectionId":"8"},["elementSetContainer",["elementSet",{"elementSetId":"1"},["name","Dublin Core"],["description","The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. 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Reproduced with the permission of the author. Postcard and photographs from the Santa Cruz Public Libraries' collection."]]]]]]],["tagContainer",["tag",{"tagId":"27"},["name","Libraries"]]]],["item",{"itemId":"134473","public":"1","featured":"1"},["fileContainer",["file",{"fileId":"21616"},["src","https://history.santacruzpl.org/omeka/files/original/692d2b5ff346f7c2b961b17b802b0b89.pdf"],["authentication","a5edb981608eb95ddd325e9c75cff748"],["elementSetContainer",["elementSet",{"elementSetId":"7"},["name","PDF Text"],["description"],["elementContainer",["element",{"elementId":"94"},["name","Text"],["description"],["elementTextContainer",["elementText",{"elementTextId":"1900389"},["text","History of the Garfield Park Library, 1914-1997\nBy Daniel McMahon\n\nThe Garfield Park Branch Library, at 705 Woodrow Avenue, was one of four Carnegie Libraries built in Santa\nCruz, California between 1903 and 1921. The Main or \"Carnegie Free Library\" was built downtown in 1903-04,\nand two grants from the Carnegie Corporation for two small branch libraries were received in November,\n1913. The grants were for the Seabright and Garfield Park buildings, and these both opened in mid-1915.\nGarfield Park opened just before the Seabright Branch, making it the second Carnegie Library in Santa Cruz.\nThis picture was sold as a souvenir postcard of Santa Cruz.\nThe window boxes are gone, and the wooden porch and\nsteps were replaced by concrete in 1976. Otherwise the\nbuilding is little changed from this view of over 70 years\nago. However, the neighborhood around the building has\nfilled in quite a bit.\n\nGarfield Park Library, circa 1922 – Photograph courtesy of\nTish Payne\n\nEarly History of Westside Library Service\nThe Garfield Park Neighborhood, specifically the streets known as the \"circles\" on the westside of Santa Cruz\nwas first laid out in 1889, around the Northern California Convention of Christian Churches' new Garfield Park\nTabernacle. A library was first provided to the westside by the City of Santa Cruz in 1908, and was located in\nthe then-new fire station on Younglove Avenue. In 1910 it was moved to a cottage on Errett Circle, across\nfrom the Garfield Park Christian Church (the Tabernacle).\nAfter receipt of the $3000 grant, the site was chosen in February 1914, on two lots at the corner of Naglee and\nGarfield Avenues, and construction began in November of that year. William H. Weeks designed the library (as\nwell as the other three Carnegies in Santa Cruz, and numerous other buildings including Santa Cruz High\nSchool, the Boardwalk's Casino, Branciforte Elementary School, the Palomar Hotel, and too many other\nbuildings to list here.) The winning bid to Weeks's design was for $2,615, by W.A. White. Construction began\n1\n\n�in November 1914, and the building opened in July 1915. The original address was either 30 Garfield Avenue\n(from Polk's City Directory) or 24 Garfield Avenue (from Sanborne Fire Insurance Maps), and may have been\nboth at different times. Garfield Avenue became Woodrow Avenue (to honor former president Woodrow\nWilson) in the early 1920's, and the building became 705 Woodrow Avenue between 1948 and 1950.\nThis picture is believed to be from 1922, and the branch manager is the woman on the right, Ruth Bellus. The\nhardwood floor and oak trim are visible, and the painting above the fireplace, Monterey Coast by Frank Heath,\nwas returned to this spot in 1996. The fireplace, surrounded by green tiles, was plated over in the 30's or 40's,\nwas restored and piped with gas in 1976, and still works today.\nThe interior of the building was, by today's standards, quite dark. All of the wood in the building was varnished\noak, and one half of the building had wooden wainscoating. The walls above the wainscoating, and in the\nother half of the building were painted a very dark brown, and the\nceiling (12 feet high) was ivory. (Samples of these colors were\nrecovered during the painting of the interior in December 1995.)\nEveryone who looks at photos of the building in the early days\nasks, \"Where were the books?\" There were probably only a few\nhundred books in the building when it opened compared to\ntoday's 15,000 books, and the north half of the building was a\nmeeting room with a piano in it until the 1960's.\nInterior, circa 1922 - Photograph courtesy of Tish Payne\n\nThe outside of the building has been painted almost every 12 years since 1915. (The last time was in 1976.)\nThe inside has only been painted four times, around 1941, in 1961, 1976 and 1995. Each color scheme was\nvery different, as tastes changed with the decades, and painting wood trim and doors became common. The\nbuilding has been light green (1941), salmon pink (1962), mustard yellow (1976) and is now white with green\ntrim (1995). The wood floors are covered in tile, though the original boards are still visible in the tiny back\nrooms, and the original lights (\"electric chandeliers\") have long since been replaced with fluorescent lighting.\nThis photo shows Branch Manager Donaldine McRae at the front desk\nwith young library user Susie Coury. This is thought to be around 1978,\nand is taken from the cover of the Westside Neighborhood\nAssociation's newsletter.\n\n82 Years of Operation\nThe Garfield Park Branch Library has been continuously open for 82\nyears, with two exceptions: For six weeks from October to December\n1919, it was \"Closed on account of Flu.\" (This was the Influenza\nAt the Circulation Desk, 1978\nepidemic that followed World War I.) And the building was closed on\nJuly 7, 1978, along with three other libraries in Santa Cruz County, after the passage of Proposition 13. A\n\n2\n\n�neighborhood group (Westside Neighbors) succeeded in convincing the Santa Cruz City Council to restore the\nbranch, and it reopened on September 6, 1978.\n\nThe Garfield Park Branch in 1996. These computers are part of the\nElectronic Homework Center for area young adults, ages 10-16.\n\nGarfield Park Library in the 1990's\n\nPaint and fixtures, the number of books in the building and the open hours have all changed quite a bit in the\nlast 82 years. But what constitutes library service has probably changed even more, and Garfield Park is an\nexcellent example of this change. Since 1995 the branch has been operating under an LSCA (Library Services\nand Construction Act) grant for services to young adults, of whom there are several thousand on the westside.\nAs a result of this grant, hours were increased, new materials for young adults were purchased, and a small\nnetwork of public-access computers was installed at the branch. The new computers, different from the work\nterminals and Public Access Catalogs added in 1985, gave library users access to the Internet and to\ninformational and educational CD-ROMs. Garfield Park Branch created a web site, and began publishing an\nElectronic Newsletter written by local young adults.\nThe passage of Measure B in November 1996 enabled the library system to continue focusing services on\nyoung adults at Garfield Park, and to further increase the branch's hours.\n\nSource\nCopyright Daniel McMahon. Reproduced with the permission of the author.\n\nIt is the library’s intent to provide accurate information, however, it is not possible for the library to completely verify the\naccuracy of all information. 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This church served the Presbyterians for\n63 years until 1956, when a new and larger church was built nearby.\n\nThe road straight ahead is Gushee Street.\nPastor Edward J. Walker is on the right of the group of people.\n[This photo is used with permission from the Sandy Lydon\nCollection.]\n\nFelton Presbyterian Church, Summer, 1927\n\nAfter the Presbyterians moved out of the building in January, 1955, it was sold to Nick and Faye G. Belardi,\nvalley business people. They initially intended to dismantle the church and build a home on this scenic site. At\nthe same time, the Felton branch of the Santa Cruz Public Libraries was looking for a new home. This branch's\ncollection of books had been kept in a closet of the Felton Community Hall. Negotiations were underway with\nMr. Belardi to purchase the church building, so that it could be moved to another site, and become the branch\nlibrary.\n\nIn August of 1955, Faye Belardi was killed in an automobile accident. Her husband consequently gave the\nbuilding and property to the citizens of Felton, stipulating that it should be used as a library or public meeting\nplace, and that it be made a memorial to his wife, who had grown up in a house next door to the church\nbuilding. Plans for the Faye G. Belardi Memorial Library moved ahead, and the building was dedicated as a\nlibrary on April 15, 1956.\n\n1\n\n�The band in the foreground is the San Lorenzo Valley High School\nband.\n[This photo is from the History of the Faye G. Belardi Memorial, at\nFelton Library.]\n\nLibrary Dedication Ceremony, April 15, 1956\n\nThe church building celebrated its 40th anniversary as the Felton Branch of the Santa Cruz Public Libraries in\nApril, 1996. The book collection grew from 2900 books in 1956 to 18,900 books in 1996.\nAt 104 years of age, this is the oldest branch building in\nthe City-County Library System, and is a major landmark in\nthe town of Felton, California.\n\nFaye G. Memorial Library – Postcard from the mid-1960’s\n\nSource\nCopyright 1996 Daniel McMahon. Reproduced with the permission of the author.\n\nIt is the library’s intent to provide accurate information, however, it is not possible for the library to completely\nverify the accuracy of all information. If you believe that factual statements in a local history article are\nincorrect and can provide documentation, please contact the library.\n\n2\n\n�"]]]]]]]]],["collection",{"collectionId":"8"},["elementSetContainer",["elementSet",{"elementSetId":"1"},["name","Dublin Core"],["description","The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. 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Reproduced with the permission of the author."]]]]]]],["tagContainer",["tag",{"tagId":"27"},["name","Libraries"]]]],["item",{"itemId":"134471","public":"1","featured":"1"},["fileContainer",["file",{"fileId":"21614"},["src","https://history.santacruzpl.org/omeka/files/original/9e087ee4459d2485f75cdf26dad97e23.pdf"],["authentication","a95cde5dfce0ef47ac75b8a4f824294b"],["elementSetContainer",["elementSet",{"elementSetId":"7"},["name","PDF Text"],["description"],["elementContainer",["element",{"elementId":"94"},["name","Text"],["description"],["elementTextContainer",["elementText",{"elementTextId":"1900387"},["text","The Four Carnegie Libraries, 1903-1921\nBy Daniel McMahon\n\nThe Santa Cruz Public Library (now Libraries)\nreceived four grants from the Carnegie\nCorporation, between 1903 and 1921, for the\nconstruction of a main library and three\nbranch buildings. All four of these buildings\nwere designed by noted California architect\nWilliam H. Weeks. Two of the four are still\nstanding, one as a museum (which is common\nfor surviving Carnegie Libraries) and the other\nas exactly what it was built to be, the Garfield\nPark Branch of the Santa Cruz Public Libraries.\nAndrew Carnegie Visiting Santa Cruz in 1910\n\nTHE FOUR CARNEGIE LIBRARIES\nSanta Cruz Main, also called \"The Carnegie Library,\" 224 Church Street\nThis building was built in 1903, with a $20,000 grant of Carnegie funds. It was the main branch of the Santa\nCruz Public Libraries, and later became the headquarters for the city/county library system. The front of the\nlibrary faced the gardens at Santa Cruz City Hall across Cedar Street,\nalthough this piece of Cedar Street and the present City Hall weren't\nthere until 1937. The Main Library building was considered to be too\nsmall as early as 1953, and it was demolished to make way for the\npresent Downtown Branch in 1966. When built in 1903, the building's\naddress was 52 Church Street. (Most addresses in Santa Cruz were\nrenumbered between 1947 and 1950, when this building became 224\nChurch Street.)\n\nSanta Cruz Main Library in 1903\n\n1\n\n�East Cliff & Seabright Library, 1305 East Cliff Drive\nThe grant from the Carnegie Corporation for this building, and for Garfield Park Branch, were both announced\nin November, 1913. The Seabright Branch Library opened in August of 1916 [1915, according to local history\nsources, including the History of Carnegie Libraries Website], and in 1954-55 the City Museum was moved\nhere and combined with the library. The branch library was closed in 1965, leaving the museum, which is now\nthe City of Santa Cruz Museum of Natural History. Two additions were built at the rear of the building, in 1962\nand 1968, so only the front portion of the building, a \"Y\" shaped structure, is original. The inside has been\nextensively remodeled, but the exterior is recently painted and is in excellent condition.\n\nEastside Library, 1263 Soquel Avenue\nThe Eastside Branch was the last of the four Carnegie Libraries built in Santa Cruz. The grant from the Carnegie\nCorporation was received in 1917, but construction of the building was delayed by World War I. The Eastside\nBranch opened in 1921, and its address was 1263 Soquel Avenue. The streets surrounding the branch's\ntriangular lot, Water and Poplar Streets and Soquel Avenue, became busier with traffic every decade, and by\nthe 1960's it was difficult to reach the building. The passage of Measure B in 1964 (not to be confused with\n1996's Measure B) allowed the construction of not just a new main branch, but of a new Eastside Branch as\nwell. The Branciforte Library opened in 1967, and the old Eastside Branch was closed, and the building torn\ndown. The triangular lot where it stood is a park today [1997].\nThis illustration is based on the original blueprints done by the office of William H. Weeks, and submitted to\nthe Santa Cruz County Recorder on September 1, 1920. The \"front\" side of the building faced Soquel Avenue,\nso the view would be looking to the north.\n\nEastside Branch Library\n\nGarfield Park Branch Library, 705 Woodrow Avenue\nLike the Seabright Library, the grant for Garfield Park Library was given to the city in November 1913. After\nsome controversy, the site was chosen in February 1914, on two lots at the corner of Naglee and Garfield\nAvenues, and construction began in November of that year. The winning bid to build William H. Weeks's\ndesign was for $2,615, by W.A. White, and the building opened in 1915. This is the only one of the four Santa\nCruz Carnegies that is still in operation as a library branch in 1997.\n\n2\n\n�Source\nCopyright 1997 Daniel McMahon. Reproduced with the permission of the author. Photographs from the\nlibrary’s collection.\nLast updated 18 February 1997.\n\nIt is the library’s intent to provide accurate information, however, it is not possible for the library to completely\nverify the accuracy of all information. If you believe that factual statements in a local history article are\nincorrect and can provide documentation, please contact the library.\n\n3\n\n�"]]]]]]]]],["collection",{"collectionId":"8"},["elementSetContainer",["elementSet",{"elementSetId":"1"},["name","Dublin Core"],["description","The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. 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Weeks.\n\nOn April 14, 1904, the new building was opened. The new library\nhad two floors, with a total of about 9,000 square feet. The book\ncollection was around 14,000 volumes and served a population\nof 10,000.\n\nThe Library in 1903\n\nOver the years the building became\ncovered with ivy, as this undated\nphotograph shows.\n\nThe Library Covered wtih Ivy\n\n1\n\n�The photos below show the Library's interior in July 1941.\n\nPeople would check out their books and ask reference questions at this\ndesk. We believe that the cabinet to the right of the desk was the card\ncatalog.\n\nReference/Circulation Desk in 1941\n\nTo the left of the desk were the main book stacks.\n\nThe Book Stacks\n\nThis is the Reading Room. The large painting to the right is \"City of Santa\nCruz,\" by Frank L. Heath. It was acquired by public subscription and was\nexhibited at both the World's Columbian Exhibition in Chicago, 1893 and\nthe St. Louis Exhibition in 1904. It now hangs in the Downtown Branch,\non the second floor landing leading to the Young People's room.\n\nThe Reading Room\n\nThe Children's Room was here. Over the fireplace is another\npainting by Heath; it is titled,\" Mt. Shasta and Echo Lake.\" It now\nhangs in the Downtown Branch, on the landing of the stairway to\nthe meeting room.\n\nThe Children's Room\n\n2\n\n�In September 1966, the Carnegie Library was demolished to\nmake way for the construction of the present Downtown\nBranch. The Downtown Branch was dedicated April 27,\n1968.\n\nDemolition of the Carnegie Library, 1966\n\nIt is the library’s intent to provide accurate information, however, it is not possible for the library to completely verify the\naccuracy of all information. 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There were only 2 patrons in the library at the time,\nboth unhurt and relatively unfazed!\nWe evacuated the building but then I remembered that my keys were on my desk under the formidable rubble\nof the collapsed shelving. I gingerly returned to the building and, laying on the exposed side of the shelf which\nwas at a 45 degree angle and resting on my desk, I reached through the shelving and began clearing away the\ndebris to get to my keys. Of course, along came another strong aftershock and this time I did feel fear.\nScurrying to the protective doorway until the aftershock subsided, I returned to my digging and found my\nkeys.\n\n1\n\n�Before leaving I took a quick tour of the library to make sure no one else was there. There wasn't but I noticed\nsomething amazing. The goldfish bowl on top of the young people's desk was still sitting there with goldfish\nswimming merrily about!\nAfter returning to our parking lot where Suzette sat cross-legged on the asphalt, I noticed the restaurant\nchimney across the way had collapsed on to a car breaking its windshield. Two teenage girls had been on their\nway to the library and joined us in the parking lot. We all sat in there with aftershocks coming every few\nminutes. It's a strange sensation when the wave travels right out of the ground and into one's body.\nAfter delivering the young people to their home, I drove cautiously down Highway 9 which was strewn with\nboulders large and small. Coming into Santa Cruz, I saw the fire and dust from downtown but headed to my\nhome which was partially off its foundation. 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It\nwasn’t. It was the first continuous one—her efforts made the Aptos library what it is today. But back to the first library.\nEarly in 1933 David McFadden, a long-time resident and currently reference librarian at Cabrillo College, opened the\nAptos branch of the Santa Cruz public library in a vacant store in the Harper building which was owned by the McFadden\nfamily and is now known as Arne’s Aptos TV and Radio Service; the library board paid $5 a month for its rent.\nMcFadden ran the library for a little more than two years until October, 1935, when he left the area to go to Mexico for\na visit. During that two-year period he opened the library two afternoons and three evenings a week and circulated 40\nto 50 books per week. Once a week he borrowed his mother’s Ford Model A coupe and took an apple crate full of books\ndown to the main library in Santa Cruz to exchange them for a new selection. The books were shelved in rows of apple\ncrates. The collection contained many mysteries and westerns, gift magazines, factual books and jigsaw puzzles. Many of\nthe reference books that he used had been brought from home and included the World Book Encyclopedia (1919 or\n1920 edition), World Almanac, and dictionaries.\nMcFadden recalls some of the people who used the library: Mrs. Clarke Earls, Dolores Miller, Oscar and Jack Payne, Paul\nJohnston and his family, Mr. And Mrs. Fred Toney, Lee Monroe, Charlie and Frank Larsen, Mrs. Ed Dollar, Fred Tilman,\nArt Wikkerink, Mrs. Hansen, the Humes family and Adela Haynes.\nEarly in 1944, Mrs. Helen Wikkerink began pleading for discarded books in order to start a borrowing service especially\nfor children. Aptos residents could rarely make a trip into Santa Cruz to visit the library because wartime gas rationing\nwas in effect. She got the Santa Cruz library system to agree to supply books providing she could find a rent-free\nlocation, furniture, and a volunteer librarian. By May of 1944, the library was established in a tiny space in the building\nwhich is now the Aptos Market. The first collection consisted of 150 books. Then, the Norton Phelps Lumber Company\nallowed Mrs. Wikkerink to use an abandoned office near the Bay View Hotel. A furniture-fund raising party was held\nSept. 2, 1949; it was sponsored by the Aptos Chamber of Commerce, Rio del Mar Improvement Club and the Sea Cliff\nAssociation. After that, the library moved to Fred Toney’s drug store. Then in March, 1952, it moved again, this time to a\nbuilding on Trout Gulch Road. Mrs. Wikkerink retired in 1962.\nBy 1963, the library had outgrown its quarters. Residents began to cry out for a new library. The Rancho del Mar\nShopping Center provided a space and the library opened its doors in its new location on Dec. 15, 1964, with Mrs. Diji\nChristian as librarian. Although by 1968, Aptos was the fastest growing of all the county branches and was extremely\novercrowded, the staff still had time for story hours, slide programs and many library related activities.\n\n1\n\n�In 1971, the county board of supervisors budgeted $35,000 for a library site and the search was on. Sites in Aptos\nVillage, along Soquel Drive and State Park Drive were considered by the board of library trustees. Finally, they decided\non the lot at the corner of Soquel Drive and Ledyard Way and it was purchased in September, 1972. By January, 1973,\nthe trustees named the firm of Spencer, Lee, Busse and Stipula to be the architects. Plans were put on display on Sept.\n26, 1973, for the community to see and they were approved by the library trustees in December. The plans called for an\n8,000-square-foot building with a separate children’s room for 69 people, a typing room, and accessibility features for\nthe mobility-disabled. Construction costs began to soar in 1974 and caused delay in the building of the library because\nthere were inadequate funds. Revenue sharing monies from the federal government were requested by the library\ntrustees from the county board of supervisors. E.M.I. General Engineering Contractors of Santa Clara put in the low bid\nfor the construction and was awarded the contract in July. Site preparation began in August and good weather\npermitted the construction to proceed rapidly.\nThe search for a name for the library began in earnest in January, 1975. After some controversy, the name “Santa Cruz\nPublic Library, Aptos Branch” was chosen.\nIn April, 1975, Miss Heidi Jaeger was appointed branch librarian. She was replacing Mrs. Diji Christian who had been\naccepted at the School of Library Science, University of California, Berkeley.\nThe new library was dedicated June 28, 1975, with great fervor despite a battle with the county over the funding of the\nlibrary regarding the federal revenue sharing money (this was settled shortly to everyone’s satisfaction). The library\nopened for business on Monday, June 30 and circulated 1,142 books. Charles Atkins, library director, notes that “since\nthe opening, many out-of-town librarians have visited the new Aptos branch and all have expressed the opinion that the\nlibrary is one of the most beautiful and functional buildings they have seen.” When he was asked for a personal\ncomment, Atkins said, “The completed building is everything I had hoped it to be with no defects or problems.”\nThe new library has met with a great deal of community support. In addition to the many generous book and magazine\ndonations, local residents have given decorative items to the library. Mrs. D. F. Gardiner donated a lovely handmade\nbasket for plants. The Garden Section of Welcome Wagon weekly brings in a fresh floral arrangement. Mrs. C. Roelofsen\nhas donated two local paintings: one of the Cement Ship and one overlooking Monterey Bay. Mrs. Beatrice Wheelock\ndonated an oil painting. Nancy Monroe donated pastel portraits of children for the children’s room. The future will see a\ncontinuation of children’s programs and the enlargement of the reference collection to serve the community.\n\nSources\n\n\nSource: Cabrillo Times & Green Sheet. February 12, 1976, page 3.\n\nThe content of this article is the responsibility of the individual author. It is the Library's intent to provide accurate local history\ninformation. 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