John G. White Collection of Folklore and Orientalia John F. Puskas Miniature Books Collection Tobacco Collection Schweinfurth Collection: Rare architectural publications Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards: The only American book award designed to recognize works addressing issues of racism and diversity. (Former) Sub-Branches The Cleveland Public Library had Sub-Branches (Stations) named Alliance, Alta House, Brooklyn, Detroit, Glenville, Hiram House, Lorain, Lorain-Clark, Prospect, South Brooklyn, Superior, and Temple. Branches During the 1890s, William Howard Brett opened four self-contained branch libraries in leased buildings. As early as 1891, he asked Andrew Carnegie for building permanent structures, but the steel-mogul-turned-philanthropist refused the librarian's requests for 12 years. Brett persisted and in 1903 Carnegie donated $250,000 to build seven branches, including the Woodland Branch. Carnegie was so impressed with Brett's money management of the funds, he eventually increased the amount to $507,000, which built 15 branches-the foundation for what would become one of the largest branch systems in the United States. Children living in the city's poorest manufacturing districts could not visit the library downtown or the new branches, so William Howard Brett and Miss Eastman put small reading collections in neighborhood homes. By 1913, there were 57 "home libraries" in seven different working class districts, serving 11 different nationalities: Italian, Greek, Syrian, Polish, Bohemian, Hungarian, Slovak, Irish, German, Danish, and Norwegian. Currently, the Cleveland Public Library has 27 neighborhood branches located throughout the city in addition to the Ohio Library for the Blind and Physically Disabled: Addison Branch Brooklyn Branch Carnegie-West Branch - the biggest neighborhood branch at Collinwood Branch East 131st Street Branch Eastman Branch Fleet Branch Fulton Branch Garden Valley Branch Glenville Branch Harvard-Lee Branch Hough Branch Jefferson Branch Langston Hughes Branch Lorain Branch Martin Luther King, Jr. Branch Memorial-Nottingham Branch - also the location of the Ohio Library for the Blind and Physically Disabled Mount Pleasant Branch Public Administration Library Rice Branch Rockport Branch South Branch South Brooklyn Branch Sterling Branch Union Branch Walz Branch West Park Branch Woodland Branch A Sensory Garden is also adjacent to the Ohio Library for the Blind and Physically Disabled. The garden was first organized in 1998 and was significantly enlarged the following year. The garden features plants specifically for the tactile sensations they provide and unique scents. Revitalization In 2019 the library announced it was undertaking a decade-long $100 million revitalization project to redevelop all 27 branches. The project began with a $4.1 million renovation