Yakima Valley Libraries Institutional Archives
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A collection of correspondence, minutes, reports, photographs, publications, and other documents that directors, employees, or volunteers have produced and compiled over the years. These documents provide unique testimony to the development and achievements of Yakima Valley Libraries.
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Item 1904 Library By Laws(Yakima Valley Libraries, 1904) Board of Trustees, North Yakima Free Library; Strobach, R.; Hall, F.C.,; Rudkin, John J.; Robertson, Grace B.; James, H.P.Typed copy of the By Laws of the North Yakima Free Public LibraryItem 1957 list of County/City/YVRL board members(Yakima Valley Libraries, 1957) Gilbert, Helen; noneThis document lists all persons who served as library trustee in 1957 , when Yakima had 3 separate Library Boards. The contract creating the Regional Library did not dissolve the City Library or the County Library, nor was one unit annexed to the other. Instead, it created three library agencies: Yakima Public Library (City,) Rural County Library District (County) and the Yakima Valley Regional Library (YVRL). Each library agency had its own board of trustees. In 1962 a new contract was adopted by the Yakima County Rural Library district which gradually reduced the number of library boards to one.Item 1959 Yakima Valley Regional Library Reports(Yakima Valley Regional Library, 1959) Yakima Valley Regional Libraries1959 report to the community with information on how the regional library operates, the services provided, and the service locations.Item 1961 Annual Report(Yakima Valley Regional Library, 1962) Gilbert, Helen SAnnual report of 1961 showing services and resource dataItem A call for affirmative action(Yakima Sunday Herald, 1952) author unknownSponsored by the League of Women Voters.Item A look at the Library(Yakima Herald-Republic, 1999) Peterson, JulieA brief profile of Yakima Valley Regional Library's organization and funding sources.Item A tax for the books(Yakima Herald-Republic, 2006) Snelgrove, ErinYakima voters approved annexing the city's libraries into the Yakima Regional Library district. The change is expected to improve library funding and library services.Item A well-written book will outlast the best-sellers(Yakima Herald-Republic, 1982) Lamb, CharlesMurray L. Bob, director of the Cattaraugus Library System in Jamestown, N.Y., spoke at the 1982 Plath Forum in Yakima about the enduring value of well-written books.Item A.E. Larson Bookmobile(previously unpublished, 1948) AnonymousMan standing by the A.E. Larson Bookmobile.Item AAUW Favors Present Setup at Library(Yakima Daily Republic, 1953) author unknownThe American Association of University Women vote in support of a combined Rural and City library system.Item Administrative Problems in building two libraries into one in Yakima County, Washington.(Yakima Valley Libraries, 1951) Trimble, Carol; noneDifficulties of merging the County and City librariesItem An Historical Sketch(Yakima Valley Regional Library, 1967) Carter, RossA sweeping outline of the history of library service in Yakima County.Item Annual Library Report for the year ending December 31, 1923 to the Washington Library Commission(Washington State Library, 1923) Stephens, Eleanor; noneLibrarian Eleanor Stephens's report on Yakima Public Library's operations and finances for year ending December 31, 1923.Item Annual Library Report for the year ending December 31, 1924 to the Washington Library Commission(Washington State Library, 1924) Fleming, Esther; noneLibrarian Esther Fleming's report on Yakima Public Library's operations and finances for year ending December 31, 1924.Item Annual Library Report for the year ending December 31, 1925 to the Washington Library Commission(Washington State Library, 1925) Fleming, Esther; noneLibrarian Esther Fleming's report on Yakima Public Library's operations and finances for year ending December 31, 1925.Item Annual Library Report for the year ending December 31, 1926 to the Washington Library Commission(Washington State Library, 1926) Fleming, Esther; noneLibrarian Esther Fleming's report on Yakima Public Library's operations and finances for year ending December 31, 1926.Item Annual Library Report for the year ending December 31, 1927 to the Washington Library Commission(Washington State Library, 1927) Fleming, Esther; noneLibrarian Esther Fleming's report on Yakima Public Library's operations and finances for year ending December 31, 1927.Item Annual Library Report for the year ending December 31, 1928 to the Washington Library Commission(Washington State Library, 1928) Fleming, Esther; noneLibrarian Esther Fleming's report on Yakima Public Library's operations and finances for year ending December 31, 1928.Item Annual Library Report for the year ending June 30, 1905 to the Washington Library Commission(Washington State Library, 1905) Hall, Bessie C.; James, H. P.; Robertson, Grace B.Librarian Bessie Hall's report on North Yakima Public Library's operations and finances for year ending June 30, 1905.Item Annual Library Report for the year ending June 30, 1906 to the Washington Library Commission(Washington State Library, 1906) Hall, Bessie C.; James, H. P.; Robertson, Grace B.Librarian Bessie Hall's report on North Yakima Public Library's operations and finances for year ending June 30, 1906.