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THE COLLECTION
Periodical Holdings
70,072 volumes including music CDs, videos, DVDs, and audiobooks. The Adult Collection features a growing collection of African-American interests including periodicals, audiobooks, videos, and music CDs.
FACILITY
Special
Donations | History | Special Needs | Computers | Other
Special Donations
"San Antonio - Something to Remember" & Fiesta Posters donated by Linda Billa Burke and Debra Guerrero and framed by the McCreless Friends Group
McCreless Friends of the Library have donated thousands of dollars for books to supplement the library's collection. The Friends have also funded the purchase of numerous small items and the following major items:
Debra Guerrero, during her term as City Councilwoman, allocated District 3 Discretionary funding to provide:
History
McCreless Branch Library was designed to serve as a resource center for
residents throughout the Southeast part of San Antonio and Bexar County. The
site for this library was donated to the City by Mr. S.E. McCreless and Mr. G.S.
McCreless. The 5, 800 square foot library building was constructed in 1966 for a
cost of $98,000, with a 30,000 volume collection and 6.5 FTE staff serving an
estimated population of 60,000 people. The library was named for G. Sealie and
Sollie E. McCreless. These two were twins. At birth, they weighed three pounds
each. Their mother kept them in two shoeboxes on top of a wood-burning stove to
keep them warm. The babies were so small she could slip her wedding ring over
their hands to their wrists. The tiny twins thrived, growing up to eventually
build the McCreless Mall in 1963 and to donate the land to build the McCreless
Branch Library. After some 30 years, the McCreless Branch closed for much-needed
renovation. Construction began on October 2, 1995 and the doors reopened on
December 15, 1996 at a cost of $1,169,080. The new addition included a meeting
room.
Original architect: Emmit R. Tuggle
Original contractor: William Matera
Renovation architect: Overland Partners, Inc.
Renovation contractor: Winters Contractions, Inc.
Square footage
of the building: 12,000 square feetCOMMUNITY
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Districts
Community Served
The McCreless Branch Library serves a diverse community of approximately
100,000 people in the southeast sector of the city.
Community Highlights
Mission Concepcion; Mission Espada; Mission San Jose; Mission San Juan
Capistrano
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- U.S. Representative
Updated: 04/06/2009
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