Grant R. Brimhall Library, Public library in Thousand Oaks, California, US.
Grant R. Brimhall Library is a public library in Thousand Oaks serving the local community with multiple floors and departments. The facility includes a separate storage building dedicated to preserving and organizing special collections and archival materials.
The library was established in 1982 when the city took over operations from the Ventura County Library Services Agency. This transition marked the beginning of the city's independent library system and the growth of local library resources for Thousand Oaks.
The American Radio Archive, held in the library's Special Collections, gathered 23,000 radio and TV scripts, 10,000 photographs and 10,000 books on broadcasting history. It kept the papers of Bob Crosby, Rudy Vallee, Norman Corwin and Monty Masters. The library also holds a local history collection of more than 1,800 books and pamphlets from about 1875 onward.
The main building at 1401 E. Janss Rd. sits near State Route 23, with 81,000 square feet of floor space and a separate 3,000-square-foot Special Collections Storage building next door. The Newbury Park Branch, at 2331 Borchard Rd., adds 17,000 square feet and houses the Thousand Oaks Community Gallery. Both locations have large meeting rooms and auditoriums.
The library's American Radio Archive held 23,000 radio and TV scripts, 10,000 photographs and 10,000 books on broadcasting history, plus archives of Bob Crosby, Rudy Vallee, Norman Corwin and Monty Masters. Its local history collection numbers over 1,800 books and pamphlets dating from about 1875 onward.
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