The first National Library opened in some rooms of the Casa de la Vall or Valley House on 8 September 1930.          The initiative to create a library in Andorra arose from the Andorran Society of Residents in Barcelona during the period          emigration to the neighbouring countries that Andorra suffered in the first two decades of the 20th century.          In their economic exile, the Andorran youths promoted various activities and initiatives addressed to improving          the living, material and spiritual conditions in their home country.          In the promoter association's Bulletin one may follow the process of the Library's creation: there are articles          highlighting the need for a library, acknowledgements of the persons and organizations that donated books,          the inauguration ceremonies, the calls to the people to use the library, etc.            (click the icone to visualize the articles)          The Library was installed in the Waiting Hall of the Valley House: "The Most Illustrious Council of the Republic quite          willingly provided one of the best halls of the mansion where the historic Andorran Councils are held. The hall is          adorned with ancient frescoes of great artistic value and it will thus form a very appropriate frame for the          masterpieces of the best writers, where everything will demand respect and veneration for a place that will          be a fountain for all the inhabitants of this modest country." (Butlletí de la Societat de Residents a Barcelona          , April 1930, page 59)          It in addition to housing the Library, this hall was where the children of Andorra la Vella who attended the French school          studied and where the members of the Coding Commission of Catalan Law worked, as may be seen in a photograph from          1959 that appeared in the magazine Andorra: Miscel·lània cultural (Andorra: Cultural Miscellany).          The endowment of the bibliographic holdings was made by diverse organizations: the Association for the          Protection of Catalan Education, Il·lustració Catalana, the Union of Physicians of Catalonia, the Montgrony          Excursionist Club and the Excursionist Centre of Catalonia.; and also through the contributions of private persons,          such as Messrs Feliu Elies, M. Faura Sanç, J. Serra Vilaró and Manel Galilea. At the head of that quaint little library          was placed Bonaventura Armengol, known as Master Orelleta, a teacher by profession and, quite assuredly, a librarian          by vocation.