Ontario City Library, Robert E. Ellingwood Model Colony History Room
Ontario City Library, Robert E. Ellingwood Model Colony History Room
- Location: Ontario, CA
- Phone: (909) 395-2206
- Email: localhistory@ontarioca.gov
- Website: https://www.ontarioca.gov/LibraryEvents
The library's collections cover the history of Ontario and the western region of San Bernardino County.The Model Colony History Room was established in the Ontario City Library in 1970. The room contains non-circulating materials concerning the social, economic and governmental history of Ontario and the western region of San Bernardino County.Materials available in the Model Colony History Room include: manuscripts, photographs, documents, maps, local school yearbooks, news clippings, Ontario city directories, and phone books. Many of these materials date back to 1882 when George Chaffey and William Chaffey founded Ontario, the "Model Colony."
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California Revealed from Ontario City Library, Robert E. Ellingwood Model Colony History Room
California Revealed is a State Library initiative to help California’s public libraries, in partnership with other local heritage groups, digitize, preserve, and provide online access to archival materials - books, newspapers, photographs, audiovisual recordings, and more - that tell the incredible stories of the Golden State. We also provide free access and preservation services for existing digital collections for partner organizations with in-house digitization programs. California Revealed is supported by the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act, administered in California by the State Librarian.
Institution: Ontario City Library, Robert E. Ellingwood Model Colony History Room
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