Downey City Library id120
Mailing Address:
11121 Brookshire Avenue
Downey, CA 90241Phone: 562-904-7364
Fax: 562-923-3763
Email: vjenkins@netra.downey.lib.ca.us
Contact: Ms. Vicki Jenkins, Library Director
Web site: http://www.downeylibrary.org/
Institution Type: Library, Municipal-City
Location of Institution: Southeastern Los Angeles
Archive and Collections
Description: In addition to telephone books for the years 1960 to 1980, the Downey City Library has runs of several local newspapers on microfilm: Downey City Courier (1875-1880), Downey Champion (1888-1895), Downey Live Wire (1924-1965), and Southeast News (1948-1985). It also has a notebook containing clippings, fan-club newsletters, and other material on the Carpenters which was donated by musician Richard Carpenter in the 1980s and has occasionally been augmented by members of the library’s staff.
Regions Covered: Downey and local surrounding areas.
Type of Materials: Books
Time Periods: 1848-1899, 1900-1920, 1921-1949, 1950-1963, 1964-1980, 1981-Present
Languages: English
Sectors of the Population Represented in the Collection: European Descent, Lower to Middle Income, Middle to Upper Income
Access
Year Round Access: Yes
OnSite Technology: No
Workspaces: Yes
Open to the Public: Yes
Public Hours: Monday–Thursday, 10 am–9 pm; Friday and Saturday, 10 am–5 pm
Reservations not requiredOpen for Research: Yes
Research Hours: Monday–Thursday, 10 am–9 pm; Friday and Saturday,
Reservations not requiredAccess Procedures: Open to public.
Management
Catalogue System: OCLC MARC Records.
Repository/Depository: No
Loan To Others: No
Exhibited: No
Makes Purchases: No
Formalized Purchases: No
Outreach: None
