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It All Started in a Candy Store . . .

1872	P.A. Clark and H.S. Austin plan to establish a circulating library in Anaheim.
Aug 1873	Formal opening
April 1884	Reverend H.J. Sheridan proposed to organize a Young Men's Social Club and establish a reading room stocked with the best newspapers and books, in a building on Los Angeles Street (now Anaheim Boulevard) south of the Masonic Hall.
March 1886	The Town Trustees (now City Council) began to discuss the need for a place "where young people can pass an evening among refining influences and in adding to their store of knowledge."
Feb 1901	Cornelius Bruce offered room in his Candy Store between Los Angeles and Claudina streets on Center Street, to establish a library and act as librarian for a salary of $12 a month.
Aug 1902	The Board of Trustees established the municipally supported Anaheim Public Library and accepted an offer to transfer all 672 books and other property (a set of bookshelves, a reading table and 2 rocking chairs) from the Free Library to the City library.
Sept 1902	Fees were $1 per year, 60 cents for six months, 25 cents for one month or less.
July 1906	President and secretary of Library Board appointed to visit Fullerton Library to inquire of the method of securing a Carnegie Library.
Sept 1906	City Clerk authorized to write Andrew Carnegie requesting information about securing a library building for Anaheim.
Nov 1906	Library expands to rooms in new Candy Kitchen.
Feb 1907	City Clerk receives confirmation from Andrew Carnegie's secretary, James Bertram, that $10,000 would be provided if the city agrees to terms of the grant.
July 1907	Site Committee collected $2,652.59 from residents to buy Building Lot #45, paying William and Adelheid Konig $2,400.
Dec 1907	Richard Fischle advised Library Board that he had rented the library premises to a barber when the library lease expires on January 1, 1908. Library collection to be moved to Anaheim Chamber of  Commerce rooms until new library building is ready for occupancy.

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| 2002-present |