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Heritage Room

The W.D. Addison Heritage Room, located on the second floor of the Library, contains non-circulating local history and genealogy materials as well as the Library's archive.

 

Hours*:                                                                             

Monday & Tuesday 3 p.m. - 7 p.m.
Wednesday - Friday Closed
Saturday 10 a.m. - 1 p.m.
Sunday Closed






*For additional research assistance please arrange an appointment with the Heritage Room Librarian by calling 951-279-3593. 
 

Spotlight on Local History

Woman's Improvement Club, circa 1900. Resource ID - CLU-wom-001bThe Town Improvement Association of Corona, California formed in February, 1899. It soon became the Woman’s Improvement Club. The organization is responsible for starting the Corona Humane Society, the City Sanitation Department was begun at their instigation, and they took on the care and planting of city parks until the city provided park maintenance. In 1912 they began the Settlement House to aid the less fortunate. They provided books and furniture to begin the Library, provided food and milk for the underprivileged at schools, bed linens for the hospital, established a local chapter of the Red Cross, and more.

Heritage Room Collection: 

  • Books & pamphlets;
  • Photographs & slides;
  • Citrus Labels;
  • Oral history tapes;
  • Videos & DVDs;
  • Historic Building Survey which concentrates on buildings and houses constructed prior to World War II;
  • Assessment Records
          1896
          1897
          1904
          1913 - 41;
          1924
          1927
          1939          
          1941         
          1944  
          1951       
          1953
          1955/56
          1958/59
          1961
          1963
          1967
          1983
          1984
          1986
          1988-1991
          1993-2000
          2002
          2004-2010
  • Microfilm copies of newspapers & other records
South Riverside Bee, June 2, 1887 - June 20, 1896;
Corona Courier, January 6, 1900 - April 29, 1938;
Corona Daily Independent, August 24, 1906 - April 30, 1983;
Corona-Norco Independent, May 1983 - December 19, 2003;
Riverside Press-Enterprise, July 15, 1979 - April 30, 1990, January 1, 2000 - December 31, 2000; January 1, 2007 - June 30, 2009;
Los Angeles Times, January 15, 1975 - December 31, 2002;
California Death Index 1905-1939;
  • Yearbooks from many of Corona’s schools, including a complete collection of Corona High School yearbooks;
  • and other sources of information on the history, institutions, and personalities of Corona.

 

Donations
The W.D. Addison Heritage Room accepts donations of Corona related material such as photographs, slides, genealogies, books, manuscripts, yearbooks, maps, textiles, citrus labels, and other epherema.
 

Who was W.D. Addison?

W.D. AddisonW.D. Addison moved to Corona in 1945. Known to his friends as "Addy," he taught history at Corona High School, was principal of the evening high school, and director of Adult Education. He was an active member of many local clubs and served on the Heritage Committee as chairman 1978-1983. The Heritage Room collection is Addy’s legacy to the community. Thanks to his enlistment of community support the Corona Public Library’s Heritage Room officially opened its doors to the public in November 1980.