[citation needed] The library moved to 24 Curzon Road (now Kasturba Gandhi Marg) in 1952 with a collection of 10,000 books and 300 periodical subscriptions.

[citation needed] The library returned to its permanent house at 24 Kasturba Gandhi Marg, where a new building was constructed, in February 1947 and it was formally inaugurated by Mr. C. Subramanian, then the Minister of the Government of India.

[citation needed] On 7 January 1982, the American Library celebrated its thirty-fifth anniversary with Dr. Chanranjit Chanana, then the union Minister of State for industry, steel, mines of the Government of India[2] as a chief guest.

The first diplomatic organization of the U.S. government to be set up in New Delhi was the office of the Personal Representative of the President in Cochin House in 1941.

The Embassy moved to Chanakyapuri in 1959,[6] US Ambassador Timothy J. Roemer's wife remarked during a ceremony of presenting 1000 books to ten schools in New Delhi, that books are symbol of friendship between the current First Lady of the United States, Michelle Obama, and Indian Prime Minister's wife Mrs. Gursharan Kaur.

It also offers 16,000 books and 150 print periodicals on a variety of subjects including law, trade, management and American literature.

One of the most popular is Friday Flicks, where the center presents a Hollywood movie for the public and members of library in its Auditorium.