October 24, 2025
Friday
Pacific Northwest Association of Church Libraries - Metro Portland Chapter Meeting
- Oct 24, 2025 from 10:00 to 13:00 PDT
- Location: Oregon City Carnegie Library, 606 John Adams Street, Oregon City, OR 97045
- Description:
The Oregon City Carnegie Library stands as a lasting symbol of the community’s commitment to public access to knowledge. After decades of short-lived subscription libraries and reading rooms, citizens formally supported a public library in 1910 with a special tax. This opened the door to Andrew Carnegie’s library program, which funded buildings across the nation on the condition that cities provide land and ongoing support.
In 1911, Oregon City applied for and received $12,500 from Carnegie to co
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