Boston Public Library Branches

Boston Public Library Branches 波士頓公共圖書館分館

For sixty years, beginning in 1896, residents of Boston’s Chinese community enjoyed access to English-language books from the Boston Public Library. The first location was a reading room, with daily book deliveries from the main library, at 202 Harrison Avenue. In 1916, a reading room was created in a municipal building at the corner of Tyler and Oak Streets; it became a full branch in the early 1920s. It provided fiction and nonfiction material for adults, storytelling for children, and sponsored cultural and literary activities. When the branch closed in 1938, the neighborhood, including its children, participated in organized protests. Thirteen years later, in 1951, a branch briefly returned to the Tyler Street location, only to permanently close in 1956. The building remained there until 1970, when it was demolished and became part of the site for Tai Tung Village, an affordable housing complex owned by the Chinese Consolidated Benevolent Association.

從1896年開始之後的60年,波士頓華人社區內的居民享受了波士頓公共圖書館內的英語書籍。第一個地點是位於夏裡臣街202號的一個閱讀室,每天有書籍從公共圖書館運送過來。在1916年,一個閱讀室設立在泰勒街和屋街拐角處的市政建設大樓內;它在20世紀20年代早期成為一個完成的圖書館。這裡為成人提供虛構類和非虛構類閱讀材料,為兒童提供故事書,並且贊助文化和語言學習活動。當圖書館在1938年關閉時,整個社區,包括這裡的兒童,參加了有組織的抗議活動。13年後,在1951年,一個圖書館短暫地回到了泰勒街的位置,在1956年永久關閉。整棟建築保留至1970年,然後被拆毀,所在的位置成為中華公所擁有的經濟住房大同村的一部分。

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