Diverse Population

From all the research, it appears that Huntington wanted his library to be available to anyone who needed to use his collection to further advance research on topics related to humanities or sciences. In the early library years, the private collection was meant for Huntington only, because he was a book, art, and plant collector. However, the educational demographics of the United States in the early 20th century should be considered; in order to have access to the library, Huntington had to approve each person's visit to his library. The early library was limited to researchers, and in order to be a scholar, one must attend college. Therefore, the type of people who would use the library would be educated people. According to the Huntington Library Quarterly, the Huntington library policy was designed to provide historical information on  Anglo-American civilization:
"Mr. Huntington and the trustees are to be congratulated on having adopted a policy which aims to create a research institute for the study of the development of Anglo-American civilization (Davies, p. 302). This policy raises the question, as to what ethic groups would be interested in learning about ancient Anglo-American civilization in the early 1900s?
                                                                                                                  
As mentioned, Fredrick Turner was the first scholar to be resident to the Huntington Library. He is an example of the type of patron that had first access to the library. He grew up in a white, middle class family and graduated from the University of Wisconsin in 1884. He obtained a Ph.D in history from Johns Hopkins University in 1890, and became a professor of history at Wisconsin for a few years, and then Harvard. Therefore, well educated people were allowed to attend the library. In the early 1900s, more educated people of Turner's caliber were white, middle-class people. Therefore, the Huntington private library was a white middle-class institution, only because a few brilliant people were allowed to attend the library for research. Another idea to consider is the type of materials Huntington collected, that were in the humanities and sciences area. People who were interested in these materials might have wanted to see them in person. Huntington's collections were represented in newspapers which, at least, made his private library known worldwide.

San Marino

It is important to understand the history of the location in which Huntington decided to build his library, because it shows that Huntington was a forward thinker. In this case, land development could be seen as innovative for the early 1900s. The Huntington library is located in San Marino, California. The city of San Marino is within the Los Angeles county, and it was established 1913. Previously, the land was owned by the Gabrielino Indians, and in 1830 portions of San Marino were included in a Mexican Land grant and given to an Indian lady named Senora Victoria Reid (Wiki). In 1852, Reid's deed gave the land/ranch to Don Benito Wilson. After Wilson's death, the deed went to J. de Barth Shorb. Then, Huntington purchased the Shorb ranch in 1903, turned it into a masterpiece library and art museum, and it remains Huntington library and art gallery today. The founders of the San Marino city designed the community to be residential that would have beautiful gardens and parkways. Most homes in San Marino were built between 1920 and 1950 (San Marino, Wiki). Therefore, Huntington was one of the first to develop and build in the city. There was no population in San Marino, so it was hard to determine the population or demographics.  There were three or more ranches owned by a few people, who could afford to develop land, including Huntington. The first mayor of San Marino was general George S. Patton. The first San Marino school was opened in 1917, with three teachers and thirty-five pupils, kindergarten through the eight (San Marino, Wiki). Therefore, during the development of the Huntington library, there were few people living in San Marino because the town was being developed. Library history allows us to  to understand how land is acquired, either through deeds, or wills, or purchase. Who owned the land is important because it represent the demographics and population before developers arrived. Unfortunately, it does not seems as if many people lived in San Marino, when Huntington purchased the Shorb ranch.
Today, the library is suited for international usage. In the 1900s, anyone who could afford to attend college and receive an education and a degree, in the early 1900s, would have been in the middle- class to upper-class status. In addition, scholars from all over the world traveled to California, so they must have had money to do so. This early library was intended for scholars, but once the library was open to the public, the average person was invited to see the library.