Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - The San Francisco Mercantile Library Association (est. 1852) rakanga riri boka ravagari rakarongwa muSan Francisco, California, kuti "kurudzire kukwikwidzana kwakanaka mutsika yepfungwa, nokuita kuti ive fashoni yokuverenga nokukurukura nyaya dzokunyora". Vakatanga guta racho, J. B. Crockett, F. A. Woodworth, naF. C. Ewer, vaida "kuita kuti guta redu rakanga richangobva kuumbwa rive rakakurumbira mumabhuku nesayenzi sezvariri iye zvino nemhaka yezvekutengeserana uye upfumi hwaro". Pakazosvika 1854 boka racho rakanga raunganidza mabhuku aro anenge 3.000. Raibhurari yacho yakakura kusvika pamavhoriyamu 14 000 muna 1861, uye kusvika kumavhoriyamu 36 000 muna 1874. Zvinhu zvake zvaisanganisira kunyora nzendo, zvinyorwa, mitambo, nhoroondo yeCalifornia, nhoroondo yeAmerica, uye mabhuku naChaucer, Shakespeare, uye Sainte-Beuve. Muna 1906 sangano racho rakabatanidzwa muSan Francisco Mechanics' Institute. Gare gare gore rimwe chetero kudengenyeka kwenyika
njodzi yakaparadza kuunganidzwa kwakabatanidzwa. The Institute akavaka itsva Mechanics'-Mercantile Library chivakwa muna 1910.