Yolo County Library - Yolo, CA
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N 38° 43.990 W 121° 48.444
10S E 603657 N 4287841
The Yolo Branch of the Yolo County Library system.
Waymark Code: WM77PG
Location: California, United States
Date Posted: 09/14/2009
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"In 1910 Yolo County set up its county library system, and the community of Yolo was one of the first areas with a library branch. Funding from Andrew Carnegie was sought for after his recent funding for Woodland Public Library in neighboring Woodland, California. One of Carnegie's employees, James Beltram, felt that the county had received their allotment of Carnegie mony, but the county librarian still sought the funding. The Yolo County librarian corresponded with James Beltram for roughly 20 letters when $3,000 was finally offered to construct a new branch in 1917. Once Beltram realized the county's intent of putting the branch in Yolo, he objected to the funding again, this time on the basis that the community was too close to the formerly funded library. Yolo was defended with the fact that its current facilities were out of date and that it served a large rural base." (
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37750 Sacramento Street
Yolo CA, 95697
Phone:(530) 662-2363
FAX: (530) 662-1424
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