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Due to a shrinking budget the audio-visual department of the Arcadia Public Library has been closed by the City Council. The Arcadia school system has been offered the films and equipment, worth approximately $100,000. The cuts in the library budget will also mean reduction in personnel and operating hours. These matters are discussed.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper1952
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
July 1, 1982
Pages
p. A-1
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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
July 1, 1982
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
Arcadia Public Library 1961 -
Item ID
1948AN
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Newspaper Index
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Bea Chute, trustee of the Arcadia Public Library and president of the California Association of Library Trustees and Commissioners, was one of 350 library trustees to attend the 102nd annual conference of the American Library Association in Los Angeles, June 25-30, 1983.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper1959
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
June 30, 1983
Pages
p. C-3
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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
June 30, 1983
Pages
p. C-3
Subjects
Arcadia Public Library - Library Board - Chute, Bea
Item ID
1955AN
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Mavis Dumbacher was elected to serve as President of the Friends of the Arcadia Public Library.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper1648
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
August 30, 1987
Pages
p. B-2 photo
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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
August 30, 1987
Pages
p. B-2 photo
Subjects
Friends of the Arcadia Public Library
Item ID
1647AN
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Library Volunteer Program participants were honored at the recent Friends of the Arcadia Public Library general membership meeting in the Mortenson Art & Lecture Room.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper1646
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
April 29, 1987
Pages
p. A-1 photo
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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
April 29, 1987
Pages
p. A-1 photo
Subjects
Friends of the Arcadia Public Library
Item ID
1645AN
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Arcadia Public Library Foundation donates over $16,000 to Arcadia Public Library. The money will be used to fund Kaleidoscope Classical Concerts, more chairs for the library auditorium, more new adult Chinese language materials, more copies of best seller e-books, updated software for the preschool computers, and updated performances rights DVDs for Children's programming.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper33266
Newspaper
Mountain Views News
Date
December 8, 2012
Pages
p. 6
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Newspaper
Mountain Views News
Date
December 8, 2012
Pages
p. 6
Subjects
Arcadia Public Library Foundation
Item ID
33463AN
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Gretchen Merritt has been elected as president of the Friends of the Arcadia Public Library to serve the 1983-84 year.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper1644
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
July 10, 1983
Pages
p. A-8 photo
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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
July 10, 1983
Pages
p. A-8 photo
Subjects
Friends of the Arcadia Public Library
Item ID
1643AN
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To commemorate American Library month, the children's room of the Arcadia Public Library will hold a series of special programs.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper1932
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
April 6, 1988
Pages
p. D-1
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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
April 6, 1988
Pages
p. D-1
Subjects
Arcadia Public Library - Captain Jerry Broadwell Memorial Children's Room
Item ID
1927AN
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Newspaper Index
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Mary Beth Hayes, Director of the Arcadia Public Library and Museum retires. Photos. See hard copy in VF.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper34737
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
December 15, 2016
Pages
p. 1, 13
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
December 15, 2016
Pages
p. 1, 13
Subjects
Arcadia Public Library employees
Hayes, Mary Beth
Library directors
Item ID
34929AN
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The Arcadia Unified School District Board of Education has adopted a tentative $28 million budget for 1989-90. The year-end balance of $191,326, combined with the 1988-89 balance, will total 4381,714 as a reserve fund. The final budget will not be adopted until September.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper2718
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
July 2, 1989
Pages
p. A-1
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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
July 2, 1989
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
Schools - Budget
Item ID
2653AN
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Area librarians agree that recessionary periods create a greater demand for library services. It is ironic that this comes at a time when libraries are hurting from budget cuts. Arcadia and Monrovia have suffered most in this regard, cutting down on personnel and new book purchases and, in Arcadia's case, closing it's audio-visual department and reducing hours.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper1953
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
July 25, 1982
Pages
p. A-1 photo
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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
July 25, 1982
Pages
p. A-1 photo
Subjects
Arcadia Public Library 1961 -
Item ID
1949AN
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A pictorial history entitled "Arcadia: Where Ranch and City Meet" is being published by the Friends of the Arcadia Public Library. The book is written and compiled by Pat McAdam of the Arcadia Public Library and Sandy Snider of the Los Angeles State and County Arboretum.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper1717
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
August 24, 1980
Pages
p. A-1 photo
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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
August 24, 1980
Pages
p. A-1 photo
Subjects
Arcadia (City) - History
Friends of the Arcadia Public Library
McAdam, Pat
Snider, Sandy
Item ID
1716AN
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Friends of the Arcadia Library are planning their sixth year of Silent Auctions. The auctions have raised $7000 for the library.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper1651
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
June 14, 1989
Pages
p. B-3 photos
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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
June 14, 1989
Pages
p. B-3 photos
Subjects
Friends of the Arcadia Public Library
Item ID
1650AN
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The Arcadia Public Library is celebrating the 10th anniversary of the Captain Jerry Broadwell Memorial Children's Room.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper1929
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
March 19, 1986
Pages
p. B-1 photo
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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
March 19, 1986
Pages
p. B-1 photo
Subjects
Arcadia Public Library - Captain Jerry Broadwell Memorial Children's Room
Item ID
1924AN
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"Be a Read-a-Saurus" is the theme of the Summer Reading Program sponsored by the children's room of the Arcadia Public Library.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper1933
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
June 1, 1988
Pages
p. B-1 photo
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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
June 1, 1988
Pages
p. B-1 photo
Subjects
Arcadia Public Library - Captain Jerry Broadwell Memorial Children's Room
Item ID
1928AN
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The Friends of the Arcadia Public Library's 30th annual book sale drew larger than usual crowds, with sales amounting to more than $9000, $1000 more than sales made in 1987.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper1649
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
May 11, 1988
Pages
p. B-1 photos
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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
May 11, 1988
Pages
p. B-1 photos
Subjects
Friends of the Arcadia Public Library
Item ID
1648AN
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Jerry Selmer will give a talk about growing up in the Arcadia area on November 12 at 11:30AM-1:00PM at Arcadia Public Library.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper34699
Newspaper
Mountain Views News
Date
October 22, 2016
Pages
p. 6
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Newspaper
Mountain Views News
Date
October 22, 2016
Pages
p. 6
Subjects
Friends of Arcadia Public Library programs
Selmer, Jerry
Item ID
34891AN
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The Library Board approved a budget of $5000 to purchase more Asian reading materials. Rose Hwang, the librarian in charge of the Asian language collection said the money will buy at least 600 new books.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper1935
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
November 6, 1988
Pages
p. A-1
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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
November 6, 1988
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
Arcadia Public Library - Collection
Item ID
1931AN
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Teens reduce stress at Arcadia Public Library with programs such as crafting their own stress balls and calm bottles on November 19 and cuddle time with Go Team Therapy Dogs on December 12.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35609
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
November 14, 2019
Pages
p. 4
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
November 14, 2019
Pages
p. 4
Subjects
Arcadia Public Library
Dogs
Teenagers
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Aspiring writers welcomed at National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo) writing sessions at Arcadia Public Library November 4 and November 18.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35004
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
November 2, 2017
Pages
p. 13
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
November 2, 2017
Pages
p. 13
Subjects
Arcadia Public Library events
National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo)
Item ID
35195AN
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Friends of the Arcadia Library and their guests will gather on Thursday, May 26 to hear Sandy Snider, whose topic will be "Elias Jackson 'Lucky' Baldwin: California Visionary," the title of her latest book, at the Arcadia Library.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper1650
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
May 18, 1988
Pages
p. C-1 photo
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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
May 18, 1988
Pages
p. C-1 photo
Subjects
Friends of the Arcadia Public Library
Item ID
1649AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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