In a 1940 article, someone at the Cleveland Public Library suggested that this may be the origin.
What does CPL stand for?
CPL stands for Cleveland Public Library
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She wrote a letter to Linda Eastman, Librarian (chief administrator) of the Cleveland Public Library (CPL) and long-time collegial friend, to ask her advice.
Her work follows in the tradition of Index to Negro Spirituals, prepared at the Cleveland Public Library in 1937 (rev.
Within the past seven years Chicago, San Antonio, Phoenix, Los Angeles, San Francisco and Denver have constructed new central public libraries, the New York Public Library has opened a new Science, Business and Industry Library, the Cleveland Public Library has added a ten storey wing to its central library, and the County Central Library in Portland Oregon has undergone a major renovation.
Interview with Elmer Thompson, Cleveland Heritage Project, February 1981, Cleveland Public Library.