Quirky Links to Oil City
2001, 2023

Quirky Links to Oil City

…prepare for life to a place where children live.” Educator and philosopher John Dewey was honored with a state marker erected at the site of the former Central Avenue High…

Music, Literature and Faith
1009, 2021

Music, Literature and Faith

…duty during the Spanish-American War. The Central Avenue Hotel is now the site of the Oil City Library which opened July 6, 1904. The Oil City Carnegie Library opened in…

Accessibility

…has invested a significant amount of resources to help ensure that its website is made easier to use and more accessible for people with disabilities, with the strong belief that…

Early Theaters
2207, 2022

Early Theaters

…boards, and more to the site. That inventory did not include stage equipment, hardware, water pipe, and other building necessities. The brick building required 800 tons of steel for the…

The Jewish Community
1702, 2023

The Jewish Community

…Services were conducted mostly in Yiddish. As the congregation grew, the meeting site was changed to the second floor of the Lamberton Bank Building at Seneca and Sycamore. Again, the…

Parochial Schools
2406, 2022

Parochial Schools

…that site. It housed four rooms to accommodate students in all grades. Students at the St. Joseph Academy, the forerunner of what would become St. Joseph High School, are shown…

Teens

…Submit Your Entries Online reading list The Wild Ones – Nafiza Azad The Hate U Give – Angie Thomas Puddin’ – Julie Murphy Survive the Dome – Kosoko Jackson Children…

Books & More

Online Catalog Kids Catalog Tools, Kits, Games & More Digital Resources Interlibrary Loans (ILL) Recommend a Book…

ORLA Newsletter Archive

…for the Autumn season! November 2023 – In an era dominated by digital resources & endless online cooking tutorials, there’s still something charming & valuable about flipping through the pages…

The Winter of Reading

…want throughout the Winter months! Books, newspapers, magazines… Reading to someone else counts, too! Track You can track your reading by using our online tracking system, ReaderZone! Download the app…