1900 October 1

A Training School for children’s librarians welcomes its first class of five students at Carnegie Library.

1900 Aug 16

The Hazelwood Branch opens with one feature that sets it apart from other branches – it has an auditorium that seats 600 people.

1900 April

Harrison Craver, a chemist and metallurgist, joins the library to organize the first Technology Department in any municipal library. Students, and engineers in private practice, are the most frequent visitors to the collection.

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