The Hill Avenue Branch Library turns 100!
This year marks the 100th anniversary of the Hill Avenue Branch Library located at 55 S. Hill Avenue. The library was designed by noted Pasadena firm Marston, Van Pelt and […]
Library History
The San Rafael Branch’s victorious opening
When Doris Hoit became the city librarian in 1936, the Pasadena Public Library consisted of the Central Library and four small branches. She envisioned a library system in which no […]
Miss Jeanette Drake takes a bow
When Jeanette M. Drake came to Pasadena to become its third City Librarian in 1919, the Pasadena Public Library consisted of only the castle-like main library located on the corner […]
Lincoln at the Library!
With Lincoln’s birthday coming up—an important day for the nation and for the Pasadena Public Library, which dedicated the Central Library on February 12, 1927—our patrons might be interested in […]
Vacation Reading Club
The start of the Summer Reading Program is just around the corner! Summer reading has been a longstanding tradition of public libraries, and here at the Pasadena Public Library, this […]
The Lost Branch of the Pasadena Public Library
Originally produced December 2016. Research and writeup by Young Phong. Public libraries in the United States and elsewhere in recent times have become increasingly important places for immigrants and refugees […]
Abraham Lincoln and the Dedication of the Central Library
Originally produced February 2017. Research and writeup by Young Phong. February 12 is an important date in American history because it’s on this date in 1809 that Abraham Lincoln, the […]