History of libraries By n8ter88 Jan 1, 1731 Library Company of Philadelphia was created with help from Ben franklin Jan 1, 1733 Library Company of Philadelphia hired Louis Timothee Jan 1, 1747 47 merchants created RedWood Library in Newport, Rhode Island. Jan 1, 1751 James Logan donates 4,000 books to public library Period: Feb 11, 1790 to Feb 11, 1850 1200 Libraries were created Feb 11, 1854 City of boston opened up the first modern public library inAmerica Feb 11, 1876 Centennial Exposition of 1876 Feb 11, 1885 Dewey was hired as head librarian at Columbia Feb 11, 1915 Andrew Carnagie Gave away 310 libraries Period: Feb 11, 1929 to Feb 11, 1939 Depression forces libraries to slash budgets Feb 11, 1939 ALA adopts “Library Bill of Rights” Jun 19, 1959 Congress passes Library Services Act Feb 11, 1964 Library Services and Construction Act Feb 11, 1967 Ohio College Library Center (OCLC) founded Nov 15, 1979 First White House Conference on Library and Information Services