Who is Hattie Weber?
The museum is named for Hattie (Harriet Elisha) Weber, the
first paid librarian
in Davisville. In 1906 she began volunteering as librarian of the
Davisville Free
Library, then housed in the Buena Vista Hotel. Then on November
17, 1910 she began
receiving a salary as librarian when the Davisville Free Library
became the first branch
of the Yolo County Free Library. She saw the library grow with a
circulation of 200
books in 1906 to a Library with a circulation of 23,144 books in
1953 when she
retired after a long rewarding career.
Known as Miss Hattie by young and old alike, she was always
helpful teaching the
youngsters to read.
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