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In 1895-96 only one free library in Florida having 3,000 volumes or more was reported (4,500) and was the Free Public Library in St. Augustine. The Name of the Librarian on record was John C. Wilson, president and the library reported that (1000) books had been issued during the year for home use. [5]
The James Weldon Johnson Community Library is a public library located in St. Petersburg, Florida. It is a branch of the St. Petersburg Library System, which services a large area in southern Pinellas County, Florida. African Americans were barred from using the Carnegie Library built in 1915. In 1944 they were granted access to its basement ...
The Robert W. Saunders Sr. Public Library is a member of the Tampa-Hillsborough County Public Library System (THPL) and the Hillsborough County Public Library Cooperative (HCPLC). Located on 1505 Nebraska Avenue in Tampa , Florida , the 26,244 square foot library is one of only two African-American research libraries in Florida. [ 1 ]
Andrews may refer to one of the following places in the US state of Florida: Andrews, Levy County, Florida, an unincorporated community and census-designated place; Andrews, Nassau County, Florida, an unincorporated community north of Hilliard, Florida; St. Andrews, Florida, a former city annexed by Panama City
The library first opened to the public as the College Hill Public Library on June 16, 1989, in an 800 square foot double-wide trailer. The current building opened in 1994 and, in 2010, was renamed after C. Blythe Andrews Jr., a publisher of the Florida Sentinel Bulletin, a newspaper serving the African American community.
The Tampa–Hillsborough County Public Library System (THPL) is a public library system based in Hillsborough County, Florida, United States.It is part of two larger library networks, the Tampa Bay Library Consortium, and the Hillsborough County Public Library Cooperative, which includes Temple Terrace Public Library in Temple Terrace, and Bruton Memorial Library in Plant City. [1]
In 1989, the library became a member of the Pinellas Public Library Cooperative, allowing the community to benefit from the sharing of resources with the other public libraries in Pinellas County. [4] In 2008, the library board fired the director of the library. [5] More recently, in 2016, the library began work on updating its long range plan. [6]
On October 26, 2002, the Broward County Library opened the African-American Research Library and Cultural Center in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Samuel F. Morrison the library director, was inspired to build the library after a visit to the Atlanta–Fulton Public Library System, Auburn Avenue Research Library on African American Culture and History.