Board of Directors

…               If you’d like to attend an upcoming ORLA Board Meeting or request official organization documents, please contact Executive Director, Dan Flaherty, at director@oilregionlibraries.org….

Join the Club
1504, 2022

Join the Club

…Semi-Military, Social and Trade groups. In 1925, there were 102 organizations that fell under one of those categories. The trade organizations reflected the wide diversity of occupations thriving within the…

Female Heroes
1808, 2023

Female Heroes

…World War II. A pair of city women – Helen Weaver Oxenham and Ruth Crawford Culver – were honored by a national organization for their bravery in saving a young…

Jobs

…the Oil Region Library Association are always welcome to apply, even when no positions are currently available. Questions regarding employment can be directed to the Executive Director at director @oilregionlibraries.org….

One of a Kind
0403, 2022

One of a Kind

…Plaginos worked as a pharmaceutical representative. He and his wife and daughter, who was born in Oil City, lived for a while in Oil City and eventually moved to Florida….

All-America City
2904, 2022

All-America City

…claim an All-America City status from two national sponsors: the National Municipal League (a citizens’ organization for better government) and Look Magazine (a weekly magazine with worldwide circulation). A large…

Library Hall
2306, 2023

Library Hall

…most intriguing and elaborate spaces, though, has been empty and rather forlorn since the mid-1950s: Library Hall. A group of Oil City residents organized the Petroleum Institute’s Lyceum in 1864…

The Jewish Community
1702, 2023

The Jewish Community

…population was keenly involved in a wide variety of civic endeavors. The Tree of Life Sisterhood, organized in the early 1900s to assist in the placement of Jewish immigrants from…

Parochial Schools
2406, 2022

Parochial Schools

…Catholic school was organized two years before the City of Oil City was incorporated in 1871 through the consolidation of neighborhoods on the North Side and South Side. In 1869,…