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Riverside architectural
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Riverside City Board of Trustees assumed responsibility for the book collection of The Riverside Library Association, was formed in 1879; the City took responsibility for the collection in 1888, and appointed a committee to oversee the establishment of a public library. The
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Carnegie grant—a $ 15,000 project that created a children's room for the first time. Further expansions saw a Reference Wing, designed by Riverside architect
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