One hundred and ten years ago, on February 25, 1913, Oregon's State Library was reorganized and renamed the Supreme Court Library. The Supreme Court Library had previously been operating under the title "Oregon Territorial Library" since its creation by Congress in 1848, and later as the "State Library" when Oregon achieved statehood in 1859.
The newly designated Supreme Court Library's focus was solely legal research under the control of the Oregon Supreme Court.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
Section 1. The library now known as the State Library
shall hereafter be known and designated as the Supreme Court
Library of Oregon, and the officer now known as the State
Librarian shall be known and designated as the Librarian
of the Supreme Court Library, and all laws now in force
relating to the State Library and the duties of the State
Librarian, except such as are herein amended, and making
appropriation for and directing money to be paid to the State
Library, shall apply to and be enforced by the Supreme Court
Library of Oregon, and the Librarian of the Supreme Court
Library. --Oregon Laws 1913, chapter 249
The Supreme Court Library became known as the State of Oregon Law Library in 2001, the name we still operate under today.
Note: The 1913 law also renamed the Oregon Library Commission to the Oregon State Library, and in 2017 the name was changed again to the State Library of Oregon.
For more historical facts, read our previous blog posts on Oregon history.
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