Heritage Room

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Your Story, Our History

Interested in donating digital photographs or documents to The Heritage Room? We have an online image donation form available. Participants will be prompted to sign-in using a Google Account. We are currently accepting jpeg and tiff images.

What kind of images are we looking for? Images that tell your unique story. Special occasions, daily life, local businesses are just some examples. Any image that documents what is important to you.

The Heritage Room Collection was built by the community, for the community. Help continue that tradition by sharing your story. Donated material will be added to Corona Heritage Online.

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Looking for images of the Corona area?

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Try Corona Heritage Online, the W.D. Addison Heritage Room has digitized approximately 6,000 items from the collection, with new images added regularly.

Find photographs, slides, artifacts, & more!

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Heritage Room Hours

Monday - Thursday 10am - 7:45pm
Friday 10am - 1:30pm and 2:00pm - 5:45pm
Saturday 1pm - 4:45pm
Sunday Closed

The W.D. Addison Heritage Room is at the center of local history. Explore Corona's history through our online catalog, displays, website & print collection. For more information contact us at 951.279.3593.

Visiting the Heritage Room

The Heritage Room has specific guidelines in place for the use of the collection. These guidelines / rules are in place to ensure access to the collection while maintaining the availability of the historical material now and in the years to come. Researchers are responsible for knowing all the Heritage Room guidelines in effect. Detailed guidelines are available at the link below and are posted in the room. Free Wi-Fi is available and a limited number of outlets are available to charge computer equipment. Please note that some collections are stored offsite and require advance notification for retrieval. Contact the Heritage Room staff to request retrievals in advance of your visit, 951.279.3593 or Heritage.Room@CoronaCA.gov.

Research Appointments

Research appointments are available Tuesday through Thursday, during the Heritage Room's closed hours. Please contact us at least one week in advance to schedule an appointment.

Copying & Reproductions

Copying

Please ask staff before photocopying, scanning, or photographing any material (some items may be too fragile). Photographs, postcards, negatives, slides, and other fragile materials cannot be photocopied or scanned by researchers. Researchers are permitted to photograph material, however, the camera or phone flash must be turned off. Staff members are always available to assist you with this process.

The Heritage Room has a color photocopier / scanner available to the public. Copies are $0.25 per page. If you would like to scan an item from the collection, please bring a flash drive with you. Our scanner is not equipped with a ‘scan and send’ feature.

High Quality Digital Reproductions

High quality reproductions of all images are available for $7.50/ image. Revenue generated from the purchase of digital reproductions from the W.D. Addison Heritage Room assists in the preservation of the collection. A reproduction order form must be completed and the intended use of the image(s) must be stated.

Selling or making public copies of images

Copies from the Heritage Room Collection are for private use and study only. Researchers cannot sell or pass on any photocopies or reproductions of images from the archive. Written permission must be obtained from the Heritage Room Librarian to publish or reproduce any images from the archives.

Memory Lab

The Library's Heritage Room now has a Memory Lab! Schedule an appointment to digitize your videos, photos, books, and more! You'll need to bring a flash drive with you to the appointment so you can save your newly digitized memories. Please note, staff can instruct you but will not digitize your items.

Schedule your Memory Lab appointment here.

For more information call 951-279-3593 or email Heritage.Room@CoronaCA.gov.

Available Equipment

   
• VHS/DVD digital converter
   
• Reel-to-reel digital converter
   
• Planetary scanner for photographs, manuscripts, and books
   
• Microfilm/fiche scanner

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Donating to the Heritage Room

The W.D. Addison Heritage Room relies on the generosity of its donors to build its archive and special collections. Donations of books, cash and other materials are accepted. The Heritage Room’s collection focuses on Corona related material such as photographs, slides, genealogies, books, manuscripts, yearbooks, maps, textiles, citrus labels, and other ephemera. If you have organizational records (business, club or church records for example), letters, diaries, photographs, books, maps, archival materials or other items that you believe would enhance the Heritage Room’s Collection, please contact the Heritage Room at 951.279.3593 or or Heritage.Room@CoronaCA.gov.

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W.D. Addison Heritage Room Form

Cash Contributions

The Heritage Room is always in need of monetary contributions to purchase new materials and equipment that document, preserve and digitize the history of the Corona area. Cash contributions to the Heritage Room can be made through the Friends of the Corona Public Library's Adopt-A-Book program or through an endowment designated for the Heritage Room.Thank you for your interest in donating to the Corona Public Library’s W.D. Addison Heritage Room!

Who Was W.D. Addison?

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W.D. Addison moved to Corona in 1945. Known to his friends as "Addy," he taught history at Corona High School, was principal of the evening high school, and director of Adult Education. He was an active member of many local clubs and served on the Heritage Committee as chairman 1978-1983. The Heritage Room collection is Addy’s legacy to the community. Thanks to his enlistment of community support the Corona Public Library’s Heritage Room officially opened its doors to the public in November 1980.