A woman named "Lorraine" stands in front of the Rogers City Library in Forest Grove, Oregon on April 20, 1941. This location was at the corner of College Way and 21st Avenue in Forest Grove. The library later moved to 2114 Pacific Avenue and was renamed the Forest Grove City Library.
Boxes of donated books sitting on the floor of new library space awaiting sorting and cataloging. Items were donated during first membership drive event.
Volunteers laid almost new carpet in the space. Looking NE through windows across parking lot; donated furniture sitting outside in breezeway. The library used this space for only 2 years, when they moved north across the parking lot into a newer, larger building. Current tenant of space is Pacific Agricultural Labs (2012).
Photo taken inside library at 12505 NW Cornell, from left to right: Jack Thurber, Don Schick, Kurt Austermann, Joyce Stride, Allan Van Veen; Odus Bales. The Cedar Mill Library Oral History Project includes interviews with original board members in this image, including Allan Van Veen and Jack Thurber. Please click the link below to access audio recordings of their oral histories for more information.
Library sign hangs under the portico roof of the new library in the Bales Thriftway shopping center. View is looking north across parking lot and empty land with houses with buildings in the distance. Image was damaged by newspaper clipping pasted over it in scrapbook.
Janette Gill reading aloud to children at the library for storytime. In the background, Sue Jones works at the circulation desk and the breezeway outside the library is visible.
Janette Gill helps children to create valentines during storytime at the library. Janette Gill started as a volunteer at the Cedar Mill Library at this time, and became a popular storyteller. She continued to be involved at the library as volunteer, fundraiser and ultimately, Board President of the Cedar Mill Library in the 70s and 80s. Please click the link below to access an audio recording of her oral history regarding her time at the library.
Left to right: Dick Lively, Library Aide; Kathy Mann, Librarian; Pat Walker; and volunteer Library Coordinator Mary Packer. Mary has recorded an oral history of her experiences as an early supporter of the library. Click the link below to hear hear oral history as part of our Founder Oral History series.
Image taken at event in honor of former board member Jim Johnson and his wife Jan, who were moving out of the area. Top L to R: Allen Van Veen; Kurt Austerman; Jack Thurber. Front L to R: Jim Johnson; Jan Johnson; Sue Jones; Pat Walker; Sue Peterson. The Cedar Mill Library Oral History Project includes interviews with original board members in this image, including Allan Van Veen and Jack Thurber. Please click the link below to access audio recordings of their oral histories for more information.
The library association's first annual rummage sale, held in the breezeway between the library and Bales Thriftway at 12504 NW Cornell Road on September 18 and 19, 1976. Thriftway store in background. M.E.S.S. stands for Misc. Etc. Super Sale.
Sign on door of new library location stating new hours and opening date official opening at Noon, Tuesday, Jan. 13, 1976. In late December 1975, library supporters moved their efforts to a storefront in the Bales Thriftway complex at 12505 NW Cornell Road.
Washington County Cooperative Library Services van parked outside proposed library location. Van was parked at this location for most of 1975, providing service to Cedar Mill residents while library supporters raised money to open their own library.
Taken standing on NW 107th Avenue, looking north near the intersection of NW Cornell Road, Portland, Oregon, ca. 1975. Cedar Mill Community Library looked to move into the old 7-11 location at 800 NW 107th Avenue. A green bookmobile was parked at this location through the rest of that year, while renovations, fundraising and organization efforts continued. View looking north toward the intersection of Cornell Road and NW 107th, with library sign in foreground. Library supporters planned to purchase the former convenience store building at this location for library purposes, and used the parking lot for the bookmobile for several months of the year.
