, ▁California ▁State ▁De pository ▁Library , ▁and ▁United ▁Nations ▁De pository ▁Library . ▁ ▁History ▁of ▁the ▁library ▁system ▁▁ 1 8 8 3 – 1 9 4 4 : ▁L ay ing ▁a ▁foundation ▁The ▁University ▁Library ▁at ▁Los ▁Angeles ▁was ▁founded ▁in ▁ 1 8 8 3 , ▁two ▁years ▁after ▁the ▁establishment ▁of ▁what ▁was ▁then ▁known ▁as ▁the ▁California ▁State ▁Normal ▁School . ▁The ▁library ' s ▁first ▁ac quisition ▁was ▁Survey ▁of ▁Wy oming ▁and ▁Id aho ▁by ▁Dr . ▁Ferdinand ▁V ande ve er ▁Hay den ▁In ▁ 1 9 1 0 , ▁Elizabeth ▁F argo ▁began ▁her ▁ten ure ▁as ▁the ▁university ' s ▁first ▁li br arian ▁and ▁by ▁ 1 9 1 9 , ▁the ▁University ▁Library ▁was ▁operated ▁by ▁a ▁staff ▁of ▁four . ▁By ▁ 1 9 3 1 , ▁the ▁Library ▁had ▁collected ▁ 2 4 , 0 0 0 ▁volumes ▁and ▁was ▁ranked ▁ 3 6 th ▁in ▁the ▁country ▁by ▁the ▁Pr inc eton ▁Library ▁Survey . ▁ ▁Upon ▁Elizabeth ▁F argo ' s ▁ret irement ▁in ▁ 1 9 2 3 , ▁John ▁E . ▁Good win ▁took ▁the ▁hel m ▁as ▁li br arian ▁for ▁a ▁collection ▁of ▁ 4 2 , 0 0 0 ▁volumes , ▁t ended ▁to ▁by ▁ 1 2 ▁staff ▁members . ▁Good win ▁planned ▁for ▁the ▁order ly ▁expansion ▁of ▁the ▁library ▁by ▁the ▁immediate ▁rec lass ification ▁of ▁books ▁from ▁the ▁De we y ▁Dec imal ▁System ▁to ▁the