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LOUIS STOKES WING

1997 BOARD OF TRUSTEES

Caesar D. Burkes, President Venerine L. Branham, Vice President Robert C. Petrulis, Secretary Thomas D. Corrigan Frances Hunter Charlene A. Jones Alvin L. Schorr

Marilyn Gell Mason, Director

··I /Public:· ·Clev~land 1 .. =:· Library ~ EWORD

~is book presents a pictorial history of the {lJerore the groundbreaking for any building site of the $ Business project, the needs the building will meet must and Science Annex and the construction of the first be identified and defined. Translating new Wing. As we commemorate those needs into a physical reality falls to the the Stokes Wi ng dedication, we can take pride architectural team. The Architect's Statement in knowing that the Stokes Wing wi ll enable inLe rprets the design philosophy used for

the Cleveland Public Li brary to maintain its planning. It describes how the elements blend position as the third largest public research traditional design with todays technology, library in the . The additional creating an atmosphere that is most conducive space will provide ample room for innovative for research, learning and simple enjoyment. programs that bring the Library$ wealth of resources to the people of . o// le give our heartfelt thanks to the countless men and women whose vision helped make this day possible - from , Library Director in 1890, w the citizens of Cleveland, staff, volunteers, of the Library, patrons, architects and construction crews. We invite you to explore the new Stokes Wing and encourage you to let your imagination and curiosity soar.

The dedication of the Cleveland Public Library- Main Library-Louis Stokes Wing was generously supported by National City Bank.

Copyright 1997 by Cle,·eland Public Library All Rights Reserved 2 g.ISES WITH STRENGTH TOWARD CLEVELAND'S FUTURE

..9Tn" 1890, Cleveland Public Library Director ..9/h e Louis Stokes Wing is far more than William Howard Brett embarked on a cause­ just a gleaming new building in downtown providing direct access to books on Library Cleveland. It symbolizes the knowledge that shelves. Thus, Cleveland became the first will drive success in the next century. It will major urban public library with open "stacks" enable the staff to serve the public bener in in the United States. virtually every way, and permit the Library to meet the needs of Cleveland and the nation. m rett's innovation proved extraordinarily beneficial. Combined with activity at the ..':fhe Stokes Wing will help preserve our past. Library's neighborhood branches, circulation It will enable us to keep special collections - here grew to among the highest per capita many of which are unique in the world - for in the nation. future generations of scholars and researchers here in Cleveland . .. ~cen t ury later, the Main Library's extensive collection had outgrown its space. A mere 40 lnd the new Wing \viii enhance our future. percent of the Library's materials on open Fiber optic technologies will integrate shelves and accessible to the public. The computers, communications links, optical physical condition of the facilities endangered disc storage and other electronic resources

the priceless collections and put them at risk to increase public access to information from of fire, water and temperature hazards. Some the office, school or home. areas of the stacks were actual ly too dangerous SYhe Stokes Wing of the Cleveland Public fo r patrons to use. Library rises with strength toward Cleveland's ..9Tn" the 1980's, the Library completed future- a fu ture that will be information renovations to its neighborhood branches driven. It enables all of us at the Library enabling the Trustees to make improving the to continue to provide the quality services Main Library their top priority for the 1990s. Cleveland residents expect and deserve. They developed a plan to bring its facilities up It wi ll help Cleveland move forward as a city to date, construct a new wing to replace the in which children and adults fulfill their Business and Science Annex, renovate the land­ potential, because learning never ends. mark Main Library Building and redesign the Eastman Reading Garden. A $90 million bond Caesar Burkes President, Library Board of Trustees issue to fund this plan passed by an over­

whelming 71% majority on November 5,1991. Marilyn Gel! Mason Director ~ ARACTER , CONSCIENCE, COMMITMENT THE HONORABLE LOUIS STOKES (D-OH-11)

X s altogether appropriate that the new ~ ay, Congressman Stokes ranks eleventh Wing of the Cleveland Public Library be overall in House seniority. By virtue of his named after a man who recognized at an early seniority, he also serves as Dean of the age that education is the key to a better future. Congressional Delegation. Congressman Stokes has chaired several congressional committees, -0'uis Stokes, son of the late Charles and namely, the House Select Committee on Louise Stokes, was born February 23, 1925, Assassinations, the Permanent Select in Cleveland, Ohio. He was raised in public Committee on Intelligence, the Committee housing by his mother following his father's on Standards of Official Conduct (Ethics early death. After graduating from Central Committee), the VA-HUD-Independent High School, he served three years in the U.S. Agencies Appropriations Subcommittee and Army during World War II. After the war, he served as a member of the Iran Contra Panel. entered Cleveland College of Western Reserve He is a founding member and past president of University where he pursued undergraduate the Congressional Black Caucus, and has twice studies before entering Cleveland-Marshall Law won that organization's highest award for his School, from which he received his Doctor of leadership in the legislative arena. He was the Laws degree in 1953. ln 1955, he formed a first African-American member appointed to law office partnership with his brother, Carl B. the House Appropriations Committee. Stokes, and one of Cleveland's finest criminal lawyers, Norman S. Minor, under the name L?ongressman Stokes is the recipient of 20 of Minor, Stokes & Stokes. Louis became honorary doctorate degrees from colleges and recognized as an outstanding trial lawyer and universities across the nation. The degrees participated in three cases in the United States were conferred upon Congressman Stokes Supreme Court, one of which, Terry v. Ohio, in recognition of his national leadership became a landmark case in constitutional and strong commitment to public service. law. During the Civil Rights movement of the Congressman Stokes has also been honored sixties, he handled many cases for the NAACP by organizations throughout the country and other groups. for his outstanding record of service.

{!)-n Novem~er 6, 1968, Louis Stokes was Sfhe remarkable life led by Congressman elected to the United States Congress on his Louis Stokes is a tribute to his character, first bid for public office. In doing so, he conscience and commitment. By his became the first African-American Member example, he has made it easier for an of Congress elected from the State of Ohio. entire generation to follow their dreams - He has been re-elected to Congress by the by walking in his footsteps. voters fourteen times, always by overwhelming margins, as a result of his outstanding service.

4 6 CLEVELAND PUBLIC LIBRARY IN LIBRARY PROJECT INFORMATION

Project Team Auditorium Design Architect located beneath Eastman Reading Garden Hardy Holzman Pfeiffer Associates 250 seats Malcolm Holzman, FAIA Projection Booth Partner-in-Charge Architect Square Footage URS Consultants Historical Architect Louis Stokes Wing Robert P Madison International, Inc. 267,981 sq. ft. Construction Manager (including area beneath garden, which Turner Construction in association is 19,231 sq. ft., and sub-basement with Choice, Colejon and Ozanne mechanical space) Lighting Consultant Fisher Marantz Renfro Stone Linear Feet of Shelving Acoustical Consul tant Louis Stokes Wing Acentech 159,635 ft. (30.25 miles) Landscape Architect Hanna Partnership Maximum Capacity Cost louis Stokes Wing 1,300,000 volumes louis Stokes Wing Construction $65,150,000 8,000,000 microfiche Main library Renovation 24,000,000 Eastman Garden Reconstruction 850,000 TOTAL $90,000,000 Cflh ile the Main Library undergoes renovations, all holdings of the Main Library Revenue Source will be housed in the Louis Stokes Wing. The $90,000,000 Bond Referendum, passed Library also contains photographs, maps, audio November 5, 1991 by 71% affirmative and video recordings, compact discs, software, vote of the Citizens of Cleveland laser discs and other library materials.

Number of Levels l ouis Stokes Wing ll including basement level and floors 1-10 ~ USING OUTWARD TO OUR COMMUNITY: THE STOKES WING

allowing the vistas from within the building ~e new 255,000+ square foot Louis Stokes to vary and specific features, such as the Wing doubles the size of the existing Cleveland main entrance, book drop, garden ,view and Public Library and provides direct access to the maintenance, to occur at appropriate locations. Library's collection of over 10 million books, tapes, manuscripts, photographs, maps and ~e wing's most significant divergence periodicals. from its surrounding predecessors is its focus. Although the Main Library Building was state­ ~e Louis Stokes Wing follows the of-the-art at the time of its construction, with parameters laid out by the 1903 Cleveland reading rooms around its perimeter and stacks Group Plan in many ways. Four six-story located centrally, it is an inward-looking corner pavilions, the same height as the structure. In contrast, the oval-shaped Louis corners of the original Library building and Stokes Wing has focal points that orient nearby Federal Counhouse, anchor the new patrons beyond the building and result in structure and define its exterior dimensions. outward-looking spaces on each floor. The central ten-story tower matches the height of the cornice of the adjacent Federal Reserve ~e integration of state-of-the-an technology Bank. Like the Main Library Building, the is a primary component of the new building Louis Stokes Wing has four symmetrical and of the retrofit of the Main Library Building. facades, with a main entrance on Superior Ten Public Access Computers, on average, are Avenue. The cubic marble blocks which on each subject floor. A technical grid supports constitute fifty percent of the building's facades the systems. Channels in the concrete floor were quarried from the same deposit of serve as raceways for fiberoptic wiring and marble employed for the original allow for a data outlet at five-foot intervals. Library. When possible, there is one subject area per floor in the Louis Stokes Wing, as in ~tron orientation is the operative the Main Building. The symmetrical disposition philosophy behind the organization of of stairs and elevators to accommodate vertical the Wing. Several methods were employed access are common to both. Many of the paint to ensure that patrons of the Library would colors used on the new wing's ceilings are always know where they were when they similar to those used in the original building. arrived on a subject floor. These methods were To this color palette, a number of new accent standardized from floor to floor to make using colors have been added. To link further the the Library as simple as possible. The corner new building with the old, on the main floor, towers which anchor the building on the a generous opening facing the Eastman exterior serve a similar purpose on the interior. Garden was situated to orient patrons toward the original Library. ~e use of color on the interior creates a warm atmosphere that counters the frequent Louis Stokes Wing is also a depanure ~e grayness of Cleveland's lakeside climate and from the buildings surrounding . Its the monotony of countless books in stacks. glazed central oval form sets the building apart Blue and yellow, accented by a variety of from its neighbors. When lit at night, the other colors, lend warmth and brightness crystalline shape represents the symbol of the to the public spaces. Library, the lamp of knowledge, guiding the Library into the 21st century. The detailing, Malcolm Holzman, FAlA the masonry coursing and patterning of the HARDY HOLZMAN PFEIFFER ASSOCIATES marble and the placement of windows within March 1997 the stone are unique to the new Wing. Each of the four symmetrical facades is different,

7 g,_EVELAND: A LEADER AMONG

~e Cleveland Public Library has provided ~ Brett's persuasion, Andrew Carnegie free public access to books and information donated $590,000 for the construction of 15 since 1869. Its open approach to public access branch libraries. The Library added service to books and vast research collections made it for visually impaired patrons in 1903 with a a leader among American libraries. collection of books in Braille. Today, Cleveland has 28 branches and one of the nations best Library system opened for business on ~e reputations for neighborhood services. February 17, 1869, in modest rented quarters located in the Harrington Block, on the {l]y the 1930s, the Library was setting southwest comer of Public Square. Luther M. attendance records. During World War II, Oviatt was the first librarian, and what a the Library$ War Information Center was the future he could have envisioned. region's information center on all aspects of the war. Continuous growth of the collections Main Library occupied several ~e filled the building by the late 1940s. In 1959, downtown locations before opening at the the trustees acquired the adjacent Plain Dealer landmark Beaux Arts building at 325 Superior building to house the Business and Science on May 6, 1925. Cleveland architects Walker departments. A 1960 landscaping program and Weeks designed the Library to conform transformed the Eastman Garden, located with Daniel Burnham$ 1903 Group Plan between the two buildings, into an outdoor for the Mall. reading area.

C/£1uiam Howard Brett (director from 1884- ~ration to the suburbs after WWII.led to a 1918) and Linda Anne Eastman (director decline in population, neighborhoods and from 1918-1938) established the Library$ circulation. By the late 1960s State support innovative service philosophy. The Library$ failed to meet the needs of neighborhood staff worked with missionary zeal to bring branches and their collections deteriorated, books to the entire community. lL offered open further discouraging public use. access to stacks, services to children and youth, extension work in neighborhood ~ 1974, the Library Board appointed Ervin branches and school libraries, and stations j. Gaines director. He began reorganizing in businesses, factories and hospitals. and revitalizing the Library system, securing funding for the projects with a city tax issue in 1975. New and remodeled libraries with attractive new book collections quickly spurred renewed neighborhood use of the library. Gaines computerized the card catalog in 1981, streamlined systems and procedures and automated circulation. This technology was regionalized via ClEVNET, and by 1994, twenty libraries from six counties were members of the network. Gaines had reversed the decline.

{lJy the late 1980s when Marilyn Gell Mason became director, physical deterioration actually jeopardized collections. Mason and the Board of library Trustees immediately began planning to modernize the Main Library complex: Director Mason also accelerated the library$ technological innovations with dial-up access to the library$ Online Catalog from off­ site personal computers. In 1993, the Library was among the first major metropolitan libraries in the nation to provide Internet access, and the electronic library without walls became a reality. Director Mason's balanced approach to providing both a world-class book collection and up-to-date information technology will enable the l ibrary to face the future effectively.

~ 1991, Cleveland voters approved Wescem Reserve Historical Society a $90 million bond issue to renovate the §o" 1879, the Main Library moved to the second and third Main library Building and tO build a new floors of the Board of Education Building on Euclid Avenue and East Ninth Street, the site of the Citizens Building, and East Wing. Hardy Holzman Pfeiffer and remained there for 21 years. Madison International were chosen as the architectural leaders. With the dedication of the louis Stokes Wing, we celebrate their work and what it means for our fu ture. VIEW OF HISTORY: AT EAST SIXTH STREET

~e Plain Dealer began operation at Superior and East 6th on june 1, 1896; its first permanent home after l 0 moves in its first 100 years. Previously owned by j ohn llay and his wife, Clara Stone llay, the property was leased to Liberty E. Holden, who subsequently bought it and later sold the property to The Plain Dealer in 1901. Initially, The Plain Dealer operated out of two buildings; one on Rockwell , which served as a mechanical plant, and the building on Superior, that housed editorial and business activi ties. The paper was thriving, and in 1896, erected a small building to connect the two.

(!}-n a frigid February morning in 1908, fire gutted The Plain Dealer building. Firefighters battled the fire , thought to be caused by defective wiring in the mailroom. The fire claimed the mechanical' plant on Rockwell, destroying 22 linotype machines and other valuable equipment. It left a ruin, covered in icicles, beyond any possibility of restoration.

/0 .9':: 1902, a Group Plan Commission was created to plan a for the city. An early design of the Group Plan s howed an open park on the site of The Plain Dealer building. Deciding to rebuild operations at East 6th and Superior rather than move, The Plain Dealer wanted to stay within the intent of the Group Plan. Buildings around the Mall were already taking shape. The Plain Dealer incurred the expense to give the paper a home consistent with jts Group Plan neighbors.

{ljuilt in three sections, the paper's new home started on Rockwell and continued south toward Superior. By the time it opened (November 25, 1911), The Plain Dealer was ready to expand again. It soon built another addition to the west.

~e Plain Dealer doubled the size of its building and maintained its operation there until the mid-1950s. By this time the Library's collection had tripled. However, the Library could not add floors to the Main Library Building or expand into adjacent streets because of Group Plan restrictions. The Library offered to purchase The Plain Dealer building for $1,800,000. In November, 1957, Cleveland voters approved a $3 million bond issue to purchase and renovate the PD building and to construct a tunnel connecting the two buildings.

II t:!Jn August 15, 1959, the Library began moving a half-million books to its new Business and Science Annex, the old Plain Dealer Building. Employees packed 40 books to a box and loaded them onto a conveyor belt. Eight boxes a minute moved from the second fl oor of the Main Building to the third floor in the Annex. The transfer took about one week.

~e Business and Science Annex was the Main Library's biggest expansion since opening in 1925. The "Time To Read" clock sign, installed on january 19, 1960, was a familiar reference point on Superior Avenue.

~om 1981 to 1991, repairs to the Main Library complex were deferred so neighborhood branch libraries could be renovated and upgraded. The Library invested over $25 million to improve or replace 19 of its 28 neighborhood branches. The Library most recently completed the Memorial-Nottingham Branch on Lake Shore Boulevard and started construction for a new Superior Branch at East Boulevard and Superior Avenue.

1.2 ~ November 1991, Clevelanders voted 71% for and 29% against the largest bond issue in Library history for: • constructing a new wing to meet growing space and Library selected Hardy service demands; ~e Holzman Pfeiffer Associates, URS • replacing of plumbing systems, deteriorating walls Consultants, Robert P. Madison and ceilings; International and Ralph C. Tyler • upgrading electrical systems, which were overloaded; Co. from 19 firms around the world • installing sprinkler and modern fire safety systems; and, who expressed interest in the project. • overhauling the inefficient heating, cooling, window and ventilation systems. During the summer of 1992, the team conducted an extensive evaluation of the Main Library complex. In September, they recommended: • renovating the Main Library Building and restoring its historic qualities; • replacing the Annex with a new 10 story building, now the Stokes Wing; • building a connection between the two buildings beneath the Eastman Garden; and • restoring and improving the Eastman Garden for continued public outdoor use. The Library held three public forums on the plan and completed careful conceptual review by the City's Landmark Commission, Design Review Committee and Planning Commission.

_(e'ad design architect Malcolm Holzman presented the Library with a visually spectacular, functionally sound, detailed design for the complex. The new Stokes Wing would feature four stone corners, consistent with the classical corners of the Main Library Building, surrounding a 10 story central glass column. The Stokes Wing, as tall as the Federal Reserve building, is connected to the Main Library Building by an underground corridor.

18 c.Sihe library's Board of Trustees and Director "dug in," breaking ground for the construction of the new wing in Ap ril, 1994. Turner Construction led the construction management team that included Choice Construction, Ozanne Construction and Colejon Corporation. Throughout the building process, library Trustees maintained their commitment to employ significant numbers of minorities, females and Cleveland residents on this proj ect.

~e library began the move out of the old annex in preparation for its demolition in December, 1993. The move entailed the relocation of over one million books to the Main Library Building and the Lake Shore Facility Campus. Demolition crews started the month-long process of bringing down the old annex building and hauling it away.

_0,ured on March 11, 1995, the new East Wing's foundation is the largest continuous concrete pour in the City of Cleveland's history. It required 440 tons of s teel to form the grid work, 7,000 cubic yards of concrete and SO cement trucks carrying 750 loads of concrete to complete the 4 foot thick foundation.

14 g:,o concrete circular towers jutted into the sky from the foundation of the Stokes Wing, while steel beams were assembled as the structure's support. These towers contained the service cores that house the stairwells, elevators and elect~ical systems for the Wing. The wing doubles the size of the Main Library complex and provides a new 250-seat auditorium for Library and community use.

Sfhe Library selected thirteen artists, national and local, to create the public art for the Library's new wing. Among the suggested works and locations are entry gates and fountain elements for the Eastman Reading Garden, ceiling treatment and sculptures in the tower rooms in the Stokes Wing, and a new globe in the Main Library Building.

.9:: recognition of his lifetime of service to Greater Clevelanders, the Cleveland Public Library Board of Trustees voted to name the library's new East Wing after Congressman Louis Stokes. Congressman Stokes signs the last of 5,300 steel beams, hoisted into position on October 16, 1995, atop the steel skeleton of the new Wing. The beam carried the signatures of Library leadership, the construction crew, library patrons and members of the com­ munity. The "topping out" signified the official completion of the structural steel phase.

76 c9ih'e weekend of April 12, 1997, marked the dedication of the Cleveland Public Library's Louis Stokes Wing. The next phase of the construction project will overhaul the Main Library Building which closed March 9, 1997, and its contents moved into the Stokes Wing. All Main Library services will continue in the Wing during the renovation of the Main Library Building. It is scheduled to open in the summer of 1998. The rehabilitation of the Eastman Reading Garden is phase three of the project. When the entire complex is finished, the Garden will open to the public as a quiet, serene open park - a rich and diverse horticultural experience.

16' *8 * THE VICE PRESIDENT *~* WASH I NGTON

April 11, 1997

The City of Cleveland Cleveland, Ohio

Dear Friends:

I want to take this opportunity to send my personal greetings to everyone participating in the Cleveland Public Library' s Main Library Complex opening of its new Louis Stokes Wing, dedicated to my friend, Congressman Louis Stokes. With the wing's opening, your city again demonstrates to the nation that it understands the power of education and information.

Throughout its 125 year history, the Cleveland Public Library has been at t h e forefront of innovation and dedication both in library science and increasing access to the public. As we enter the Information Age, access to information takes on a whole new meaning. The Louis Stokes Wing incorporates state of the art technology into the very design of the new building. The result breathes life into a vision for the future in which information is available to everyone equally regardless of age, race, gender, or distance.

The Louis Stokes Wing is a splendid physical addition to the Cleveland landscape. Its design both acknowledges Cl evel and' s past and embraces the future. More importantly, this gleaming edifice is a fitting monument to the spirit of the people of Cleveland and your desire to improve your lives through the power of information. I salute that desire; this magnificent new structure; and you, the people of Cleveland, on this historic occasion.

Once again, please accept my congratulations on this special event.

Al Gore

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Ms. Marilyn Gell Mason Director The Cleveland Public Library Cleveland, Ohio Dear Director Mason: I am delighted to join with you and all the people of Cleveland today in dedicating the Louis Stokes Wing at the Main Library Complex. In doing so, we are opening a new chapter in the service-oriented philosophy of this institution, as well as reaffirming its 125 year old commitment to the widest possible public access to its treasures of knowledge. In that sense, there is an almost perfect symmetry in naming this new wing after the Dean of Ohio's Congressional Delegation, the Hon . Louis Stokes . Just as the Cleveland Public Library has long recognized the power and importance of information to the people it serves, so Lou Stokes --since his first election to Congress in 1968 -- has been a tireless advocate and champion of education for the people he serves. Both the Library and Lou have always understood that information must be available to everyone on an equal basis, regardless of age, race, gender or condition. As we stand on the cusp of the 21st century, in a time that some have dubbed the •Information Age", access to information has acquired a whole new meaning and must be accomplished through new and expanded measures. That the Library understands this imperative is demonstrated by the computerized •ribbon cutting" ceremony that is a part of today's festivities. As the senior u.s. Senator from Ohio, I have always been proud of the Cleveland Public Library, and now I am equally proud that its newest wing is being named after one of America's most distinguished public servants, my friend, and Cleveland's great Congressman, Louis Stokes.

JG/dpb Senator STATE OF OHIO OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR COLUMBUS 43266-0601 GEORGE V. VOINOVICH GOVERNOR CONGRATULATIONS TO 1BE CLEVELAND PUBLIC LffiRARY ON THE DEDICATION OF ITS MAIN LmRARY LOUIS STOKES WING

I am pleased and honored to extend my warmest greetings and congratulations to the Cleveland· Public Library, which will celebrate another IJU\ior milestone in its 127-year history, on the weekend of Aprilll-13, 1997.

The significance of this weekend is the dedication of a new 10-story state of the art addition, which expands the Main Library Complex of the nation's third largest public research library, thereby allowing the staff to better serve the citizens of the greater Cleveland community.

This new facility is being named for one of Cleveland's most illustrious sons, Congressman Louis Stokes. Without question, this remarkably beautiful addition to Cleveland's downtown renaissance, will long stand as a reminder of the magnificent contributions of Lou Stokes.

I join with all Ohioans in saluting the library's president, Caesar D. Burkes; Marilyn Gell Mason, director; the trustees; management; staff; and everyone associated with the completion of this magnificent complex.

Sincerely, City of Cleveland Michael R. White, Mayor

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The Honorable Louis Stokes U.S. House ofRepresentatives Washington, D.C. 20515

Dear Congressman Stokes:

On behalf of the citizens of the City of Cleveland, please allow me to congratulate you and the Cleveland Public Library on the opening of the Library's new Louis Stokes Wmg. The dedication of this magnificent new building once again demonstrates the significant contributions of you and your family to Cleveland's remarkable renaissance.

The Louis Stokes Wing is much more than an impressive new building -- it represents a continuing commitment on the part of the Cleveland Public Library to provide all of Cleveland's citizens access to the power and potential contained in the Library. The Louis Stokes Wing will permit everyone -- from our children to our elders -- to connect with the wisdom of the ages as well as the Infonnation Age.

It is indeed fitting that the Library is recognizing your continuing achievements as it dedicates an important addition to its facilities. Your career, and that ofyour brother's, has helped thousands of Clevelanders to carry on lives of dignity and opportunity. The legislative programs that you have championed have empowered millions of Americans, giving them access to decent and affordable housing and enhanced job opportunities. Now, with the reality of the Louis Stokes Wing, those same citizens will be given the greatest resource of all: the access to and use of information.

The Louis Stokes Wing is a splendid addition to the Mall area, its design acknowledging Cleveland's impressive past and promising future. The soaring lines of the Wing are a fitting tribute to the spirit of the people of Cleveland and their desire to better their lives through the power of infonnation. The building is an appropriate symbol for a future in which information is available to everyone, embracing all ages and races.

Again, we salute you for all of your achievements which are spectacularly embodied in the Louis Stokes Wing of the Cleveland Public Library.

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Ms. Marilyn Gell Mason, Director The Cleveland Public Library Cleveland, Ohio

Dear Marilyn,

As someone who knows Congressman Louis Stokes and his commitment to knowledge, public education and libraries over the years, I would be deeply honored if this letter of mine were to be included in the book of dedication of the Cleveland Public Library.

As I understand, the Louis Stokes wing is a splendid physical addition to the mall, but more important, to all of us in every way of life, is the fact that it is an addition to learning, education and morality for the common good.

We are well .aware that history has taught us that the first thing a dictator or despot does in their anxiety to control a society and exert his will over the people, has always been to destroy libraries, and to insert into the school systems his or her particular tenets and beliefs. We are well aware, as of recent vintage, the burning, the Nazi bonfire of most ofthe great books of the German nation in 1939, as we are also aware of in past history of the burning and destruction of the only library in the ancient world, namely the Library of Alexandria which was destroyed by Emperor Aurelian in 273. A.D. History has taught us, has taught us well, as to what happened to the German nation and also what happened to the Egyptians.

Andrew Carnegie, one of the greatest industrial giants of our country, is not known for his wealth, for the number of coal mines, iron ore mines, or anything else of material value. But he goes down forever in the history of our nation for having started and nurtured the public library system for the United States of America.

This library wing will add a new dimension to our learning, education and democratic process, and I can think of no better man to symbolize the democracy, education or learning than Congressman Louis Stokes. After all, where would he be today without education and no library?

Sincerely, a.MiUer, Co-Chairman of the Board

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2/ THE LIBRARIAN OF CONGRESS

To the Staff and Patrons of the Cleveland Public Library:

On behalf of the Library of Congress, I would like to extend to the Cleveland Public Library and the Cleveland community congratulations and admiration as you mark the opening of the Louis Stokes Wing on April 12, 1997. This event celebrates the ongoing role that this library has played for well over a century and heralds all that it is prepared to offer for generations to come.

Libraries acknowledge that democracies cannot survive and flourish unless there is a free flow of ideas. Libraries provide a place where individuals of different persuasions, varied backgrounds and widely diverse economic situations can come together and, side by side, in harmony, read from books of conflicting points of view. Libraries are a unifying force in communities. They do not cater to any one group, denomination, or social strata but to all those who seek to know and develop their own thoughts as they read about the experiences and ideas of others.

Today, as we approach a new century, we are developing an advancing technology that has brought with it a flood of miscellaneous information. Libraries and librarians need to assume a new and important role as the knowledge navigators providing human judgement to this mass of unsorted, unverified material. In addition, they continue to be the custodians of our history and culture, the basis upon which we build for the future.

With best wishes as you begin a new venture and enjoy this beautiful new facility, The Louis Stokes Wing,

Sincerely,

ames H.71~ Billingt The Librarian of ngress

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Dedication Co-Chairpersons Legacy Venerine L. Branham Conrail Sam Miller Art Gala Committee Co-Chairpersons George Gund Foundation Anna V Anastos Cleveland Foundation Margaret Singerman Friends of the Cleveland Public Library Key Bank Committee Terry & Sheldon Adelman Dedication Russell Adrine National City Bank Candace Amos Forest City Enterprises Thomas Anastos Plain Dealer Rena Blumberg Turner Construction Dr. Lawrence Brisker Louis Brownlowc Foundation Edward D. Dickson Bank One Peggy Zone & The Honorable Choice Construction Larry Friedman Ozanne Construction jewell Gilbert Colejon Corporation Marcie Goodman & john Williams BP America lnc. Lois & Robert Goldberg Gabriel Gossner & jeiTrey Strean Marilyn & Seth Harris john Hairston Eileen & Terry llcben Marcy & Richard llorvitz Frances Hunter Suzie & Robert Hurwitz Cheryl Hutton Edward lcove jacquelyn jenkins Charlene jones Paul Katz Allan Krulak Howard Landau Clarence Mixon Barbara & Michael Peterman Lynnie G. Powell Pauline Ramig & George Kitzberger Sylvia & Robert Reitman Claire L. Rogers jan Roller & David Abbou Gerard j. Sheehan Dr. Lawrence Singerman Suzie & Angelo Starnes jan & William Stern Olive Deany Tabor Mary M. Taylor Gayle & Armond Waxman Marie Annette & james Weimer judy & Morrey Weiss I~ CKNOWLEDGMENTS

$ e Cleveland Public Library appreciates the countless contributions by past and present leadership, friends, staff and project consultants on the expansion and renovation of Clevelands Main Library. On the occasion of the Dedication of the Louis Stokes Wing, we extend a heartfelt thanks to the following individuals and those who worked alongside them to make this building a reality for the citizens of Cleveland.

1997 Board of Trustees Project Consultants Caesar D. Burkes, President Architectural Team Venerine l. Branham, Vice President Hardy Holzman Preiffer Associates Robert C. Petrulis, Secretary URS Consultants, Inc. Thomas D. Corrigan Robert P. Madison International, Inc. Frances Hunter Ralph C. Tyler, P.E., P.S., Inc. Charlene A. jones Alvin l. Schorr Construction Management Team Cleveland Public Library Past Members, Turner Construction Company Board of Trustees 1988-1996 Choice Construction Ozanne Construction Elizabeth Coles Colejon Corporation Paul]. DeGrandis,] r. Marcia l. Fudge Public Relations Bill Burges, Carole Hedderson Michael V Kelley Burges &: Burges: Strategists David M. Novak Lynnie G. Powell Alexandria johnson Boone Lockwood Thompson GAP Communications

Administration Artists Marilyn Gell Mason, DirecLOr Ana Arnold Andrew A. Venable, Jr., Deputy Director (3/3/97 to present) Dawoud Bey Norman Holman, Deputy Director (through 9120/96) George Bowes joan l. Clark, Head of Main Library Bruce Checefsky Phyllis]. Martin, Head of Community Services Malcolm Cochran Donald Tipka, Head of Technical Services Don Harvey joan F. Brown, Human Resources Manager Mark Howard j oan l. Tomkins, Business Manager Maya Lin Alan A.A. Seifullah, Head of Marketing and Public Relati ons j ohn Moore Robert T. Carterette, Jr., AutOmated Systems Manager Holly Morrison Paul O'Keeffe Friends of the Cleveland Public Library, Inc. Tom Otterness Michael Hoffman, President Lyneise Williams Brenda Logan, Secretary j ames T. Steiner, Treasurer Nancy Mahoney, Mary Scelsi, Co-Directors

.24 CLEVELAND PUBLIC LIBRARY CONSTRUCTION COMPANIES

Trade Contractors: B. D. Furniture Frank Novak & Sons, Inc. Ohio Desk Burger Structural Steel G-Q Contracting Company Perk Company Central Business Group General Construction!Proflor Q.V) Precision Electric Cleveland Cement Contractors Inc. Harmon Contract Glass Rivera Construction Co. Commercial Tile/Cleveland Marble Q.V) Library Design Assoc. Singleton Construction Co. Costigan$ Library Interiors Soehnlen Piping Donleys, lnc. Mac Mechanical Spacesaver Duct Fabricators, Inc. Matt Construction Western Waterproofing EL-0 Electric Montgomery/Kane WM B. Meyer Feldman Mechanical Norstan Communications

Subcontractors: 3M H. C. Painting Professional Services Ind. Advantage Electric Hammond Mechanical Resource International Agati, Inc. Harold Management Richard Goettle Inc. Alpha Builders Hayes Construction Romeo Electric Architectural Graphics, Inc. Heitmann & Associates Scott Stone Architectural Products Industrial First Shaw Industries BembaJones Jays Boom Truck Shelter Development Berkshire Construction Joe Soetera Excavation Sherwin Williams Berry Insulation Knogo North America Inc. Simplex Company Bradley Construction Kurtz Brothers Inc. Sound Com Bruce Wall Systems Lake Company Spec Plus Central Concrete Electric Steel Case Inc. Charles Coleman Corporation Lakeside Blueprint Tanner Brothers Chesapeake Co. Landis & Staefa Tomeo Metal Fabricating Complete Demolition Services M. Zunt Company Translogic Corporation Coon Caulking Martin Enterprises United Ready Mix Corcoran Tile & Marble Inc. MCM Company Viracon Glass Co. Doan Electric Midwest Dewatering Virginia Metals, Inc. Foti Construction MM Berger Vocan Int. Garrett & Associates Nagele Mfg. Ware Plumbing & Heating Georgia Marble Network Cleaning Wells Fargo Georgi Interiors North Coast Concrete, Inc. WESCO Gilcrest Electric Ornamental Iron Work Best GLASS, Inc. Pompili Precast Zuranec & Laux, Inc. Granger Trucking Professional Air Balance

Local Trade Unions: Brick Layers #5 Laborers #310 Plasterers #80 Carpenters District Council Millwrights #1871 Plumbers #55 Cement Masons #404 Operating Engineers #18 Roofers #44 Electricians #38 Painters #6 Sheetmetal Workers #33 Glaziers #181 Pile Driver #1871 Tapers #6 Iron Workers #17 Pipe Fitters #120 Tile Layers #36

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