100 Facts / 100 Days
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A Countdown to the Library's 100th Birthday
This summer, we'll fete the Library's 100th birthday with a celebration in Old Mill Park. To gear up for the event, we're posting one fun fact about the Library or Mill Valley every day until July 23. At the end of the 100-day countdown, you'll have learned 100 fun facts.
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Reading around the fireplace, 1984.
Patrons read around the fireplace in the main reading room of the Mill Valley Public Library, 1984.
Fact #1: The Mill Valley Public Library held a series of poetry readings in 1975 that included Diane di Prima and Kay Ryan. More than 30 years…
Fact #1: The Mill Valley Public Library held a series of poetry readings in 1975 that included Diane di Prima and Kay Ryan. More than 30 years…
Circulation desk, 1984
Betty Shibate and Alix Doherty behind the Mill Valley Public Library Circulation Desk in 1984.
Fact #2: On March 29, 1958, a Library check-in desk was set up "among the tall grass and weeds of a vacant lot" at Miller and Park Avenues. All books…
Fact #2: On March 29, 1958, a Library check-in desk was set up "among the tall grass and weeds of a vacant lot" at Miller and Park Avenues. All books…
Old Mill Valley Public Library
The old Mill Valley Public Library at 52 Lovell Avenue, a Carnegie Library, was open from 1911 to 1966.
Fact #4: In 1917, Librarian Sybil Nye was granted a six week leave to take a course in Library Methods at U. C. Berkeley, where she purchased a…
Fact #4: In 1917, Librarian Sybil Nye was granted a six week leave to take a course in Library Methods at U. C. Berkeley, where she purchased a…
Mill Valley Public Library, ca. 1980
The new Mill Valley Public Library at 375 Throckmorton Avenue in Old Mill Park across from intersection of Elma and Throckmorton Avenues, c. 1980.
Fact #5: The Third Grade History Reports are a tradition dating back to the 1970's. Every year…
Fact #5: The Third Grade History Reports are a tradition dating back to the 1970's. Every year…
Sequoia Theatre, ca. 1955
Looking at the Sequoia Theatre from the intersection of Throckmorton Ave. and Blithedale Ave, ca. 1955.
Fact #7: In 2002 the Library released a collection of about 60 film favorites from the Mill Valley Film Festival, called "Zoe's Picks" after…
Fact #7: In 2002 the Library released a collection of about 60 film favorites from the Mill Valley Film Festival, called "Zoe's Picks" after…