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Abstract Plans for post war service needs for returning soldiers, needs of the growing African American population, continued discussion about the real need for a new central library building and the Hartford Collection was formed to collect and preserve the history of the city. The branch library system continued to expand, The city voted to support the bond issue and by 1954, construction began on the new building designed by Schutz and Goodwin, The building opened to the public on January 2,...