Public Library of Cincinnati and Hamilton County

found: Guide post, January 1978, surrogate:cover page 4 (Public Library of Cincinnati and Hamilton County)

found: Facebook website, viewed October 23, 2014:(800 Vine Street, Cincinnati Ohio, 45202; opened March 14, 1853; after receiving a grant from Andrew Carnegie in 1906 the first branch library opened; the Main Library at 8th and Vine in downtown Cincinnati opened in 1955)

found: Free & public, 2003:pages 15-18 (the Ohio School Library was founded due to the Ohio Common Schools Act passing on March 14, 1853; after receiving its first resources from the State Commissioner of Common Schools in 1854 it was housed in the original building of the Ohio Mechanics Institute that was located at the corner of 6th and Vine Streets where it was open to all; it held in its collection titles that were of interest to the general public; on March 18, 1867 a new law was passed authorizing first and second class Ohio cities to levy an additional public library tax which led to the institution being named the Public Library of Cincinnati and Hamilton County)

found: Cincinnati and Hamilton County Public Library. Board of Trustees. Minutes of the Board of Trustees of the Cincinnati and Hamilton County Public Library, December 8, 2020:caption, et cetera (approve an update to the bylaws for the Board of Trustees to reflect the new name of our library, Cincinnati and Hamilton County Public Library)

found: Wikipedia website, viewed August 1, 2023:Cincinnati and Hamilton County Public Library page (part of the Next Generation Library initiative included a website and brand update in 2020, with the library moving to a BiblioCommons-based website and revealing new logos, brand colors, and the rearranged organization name from The Public Library of Cincinnati and Hamilton County (PLCH) to Cincinnati and Hamilton County Public Library (CHPL)) - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cincinnati_and_Hamilton_County_Public_Library