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Yonkers Public Library history
Yonkers Public Library company history timeline
Yonkers Mayor Leslie Sutherland, joined by writer John Kendrick Bangs and educator Charles E. Gorton, formed a committee in 1900 to request funds from Andrew Carnegie for the construction of a permanent library building.
Carnegie responded in March 1901, with a donation of $50,000, asking only that the City of Yonkers provide a suitable site for the library building and that it agree to expend $5,000 annually on the building's maintenance.
Carnegie's library building opened to the public on the corner of South Broadway and Nepperhan Terrace on July 9, 1904.
Saunders, an executive of a machinery manufacture at Saunders & Sons, Incorporated, bequeathed $50,000 to the Yonkers Public Library before his death in 1909.
The Crestwood Library needed a new location after being told by the administration at P.S. 15 that the library space was needed for a classroom. It was established through funding by the Crestwood Library Association and it opened on July 8, 1923.
The Crestwood Library officially joined the Yonkers Public Library on October 18, 1928.
Bookmobile service to outlying areas of Yonkers began in 1930. (The Yonkers Public Library Bookmobile is currently out of service.)
On November 11, 1962, the Sprain Brook branch of the Library opened on Central Park Avenue in east Yonkers.
In honor of the Library's longtime director, the Sprain Brook branch was renamed the Grinton I. Will branch in 1973.
Opening there in May 1981, the main branch remained there for over 20 years.
Opening there in May 1981, the main branch remained there for over 20 years. Its current home, since September 2002, is 1 Larkin Center.
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| Company name | Founded date | Revenue | Employee size | Job openings |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indianapolis Public Library | 1873 | $13.0M | 50 | 3 |
| Lexington Public Library | 1898 | $50.0M | 106 | 2 |
| Maplewood Library | - | $610,000 | 7 | - |
| Ferguson Library | 1877 | $10.0M | 170 | - |
| Marion County Public Library | - | $1.5M | 30 | - |
| Boone County Public Library | 1973 | $1.2M | 35 | - |
| York County Library | - | $3.9M | 50 | 5 |
| Medora Library | - | $1.8M | 61 | - |
| Charles County Public Library | - | $6.1M | 59 | - |
| Louisville Free Public Library | 1902 | $2.2M | 325 | - |
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