El Paso Public Libray

El Paso Public Libray

The El Paso Public Library’s history goes back to 1894 when Mary Stanton – a Georgia native who traveled west to join her lawyer brothers in El Paso – started a reading club for high school boys, moving her 600 books into a room in the Sheldon Building downtown. Mary Stanton’s dream became a source of civic pride with city support – including a 0.0037% set aside for values on city property. When Maud Durlin Sullivan – a Wisconsin native and graduate of Brooklyn’s Pratt Institute – succeeded her, she took the library to new heights. For over 35 years she made it one of the best in the nation, with over 2,000 volumes in Spanish and a Carnegie Art Reference Set including 1,400 prints and 127 art books. After touring Mexico City libraries in the 1920’s. http://visitelpaso.com/blog/91-the-el-paso-public-library-building

Area: Central / Downtown

Source: EPMH

Uploaded by: El Paso Museum of History

Comments

Add a comment
Thank you for your comment

Report this entry

Choose the most important reason for this report

Your name

Your email address

Optional detail

Thank you for your report

More from the same community-collection

Southwest University Ball Park Groundbreaking

Southwest University Ball Park Groundbreaking in 2013. Women ...

Car Show 2013

Car Show in 2013

Chalk the Block 2009

Chalk the Block in 2009

Chalk the Block 2012

Chalk the Block in 2012

Chalk the Block 2014

Chalk the Block in 2014

Chico 2014

Chico in 2014

Chihuahuas Baseball Game 2014

Chihuahuas Baseball Game in 2014

Chihuahuas Uniforms 2014

Chihuahuas unveil the new uniforms in 2014

Chihuahuita 2013

Chihuahuita in 2013

Convention Center, El Paso, Texas 2010

Convention Center in 2010

El Paso International Airport 1943

Photo of the El Paso International Airport taken by William John ...

El Paso International Airport 1950's

Photo of the El Paso International Airport in the 1950's taken ...

El Paso Texas Airport Tower

The El Paso Texas airport tower taken by Ron Dawson in 1952

Crowd at the Plaza Theatre

Crowd at the Plaza Theatre 2013

Downtown Fireworks

Downtown Fireworks 2013

Downtown St. Fest

Downtown St. Fest 2013

DWNTWN Farmers Market

DWNTWN Farmers Market 2013

El Paso Marathon

El Paso Marathon 2013

El Paso Marathon

Marathon Runners on Montana St. El Paso, TX, 2014

Chalk the Block Art

In six years, Chalk The Block has become one of El Paso’s ...

Chalk the Block

Amazing what these artists can do!!! All done in CHALK! Super ...

Sun Bowl Queen Coronation 1966

Coronation of the Sun Queen 1966 with the theme " Splendor In ...

home.search_collection