 The Thomas Balch Library would later leave the system, after being transferred to the city of Leesburg, Virginia in 1994 to serve as a dedicated history and genealogy library.In 1999, philanthropist Irwin Uran donated $1 million to the library for the purpose of acquiring items focusing on the Holocaust.LCPL also used the Irwin Uran Fund for items that can help enrich lives, such as videos on learning American English or Muzzy programs for assisting children with learning foreign languages.