The Kirk-Bear Canyon Library opened in January 1991 in a retail shopping center at the corner of Tanque Verde and Bear Canyon Roads.
El Rio Library History
The El Rio Library opened in 1972 when the El Rio Neighborhood Center was built as part of a large social justice movement.
Murphy-Wilmot Library History
The Murphy-Wilmot Library, which opened on September 21, 1965, was the third library built in Tucson.
Joyner-Green Valley Library History
In 1963, a group of Green Valley residents, led by Coral Olin, founded the library, which was housed in two closets. The library started with 50 books loaned by the Tucson Library County Extension Division. Outgrowing the closets, the library moved to a room in the old Fire Department, and then to apartments on Paseo…
Himmel Park Library History
The Himmel Park Library opened on June 25, 1961. The library was the first branch library located in the City of Tucson, and was named after Alvina Himmel Edmonson and her family. In 1935, the City of Tucson bought a block of land from Mrs. Edmonson for $3,500 that was in the vicinity of Himmel…
Geasa-Marana Library History
The Geasa-Marana Library opened on March 2, 1977 to serve the newly-incorporated community of Marana, Arizona. Originally a 1,000-square-foot room in the Pima County Government Complex with 3,000 books, the library was enlarged and remodeled in 1995 to 2,900 square feet, which included a 420-square-foot meeting room and five computers for the public to use…
It’s a STEM World After All
Read a hilarious book about the sorry state of the Humanities.
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