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Community Organizations
Description
An account of the resource
This collection includes local organizations such at the Chamber of Commerce, the Young Men's Christian Association (YMCA) and the Tuscaloosa Public Library.
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Still Image
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Photograph
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Tuscaloosa Lesbian Coalition T-Shirt
Subject
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T-shirts
LGBTQ life
Tuscaloosa Lesbian Coalition
Description
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The picture depicts a red phoenix logo of the Tuscaloosa Lesbian Coalition on a lavender shirt. The Tuscaloosa Lesbian Coalition was a community-based production group formed in 1986 by Rose Gladney and Marcia Winter to support lesbian concerns and activities. The women-only social group published monthly newsletters, actively fundraised for the organization and other causes, and were dedicated to bringing popular lesbian artists and other lesbian cultural events to Tuscaloosa. TLC welcomed women of all races, ethnic background, classes, political and religious persuasions, and women who are differently abled or handicapped. TLC was an active organization in the lesbian community of Tuscaloosa that allowed for socialization and discussions of lesbian concerns and issues.
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Tuscaloosa Public Library
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Photograph
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Summersell Center for Study of the South
Identifier
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2597
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Tuscaloosa (AL)
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Community Organizations
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An account of the resource
This collection includes local organizations such at the Chamber of Commerce, the Young Men's Christian Association (YMCA) and the Tuscaloosa Public Library.
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Still Image
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Original Format
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Photograph
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Title
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The Astra Study Club, 1950
Subject
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Clubs
Description
An account of the resource
The Astra Study Club was founded in 1950, sponsored by an existing club, the Talisman Study Club. A Talisman Study Club committee, consisting of Mrs. Floyd Vaughn, Mrs. W.E. Reynolds and Mrs. Joe Haralson guided the club in its early days.
The officers and charter members of the Astra Study Club are featured in the photo. Seated—Mrs. E. A. Linden, Secretary; Mrs. T. J. Norby, President; Mrs. Lewis Sharmon, Vice-President; Mrs. Sam Beatty, Treasurer. Standing—Mrs. John Crowder, Jr.; Mrs. James Kinkead; Mrs. E. B. Bruce; Mrs. A. C. Cade, Jr., Chairman of the Yearbook Committee; Mrs. Frank Echols.
The club currently has 29 members.
Date
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1950
Contributor
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Betty Slowe (Description)
Type
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Photograph
Identifier
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2572
Coverage
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Tuscaloosa (AL)
Source
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Martina Holt
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A name given to the resource
Community Organizations
Description
An account of the resource
This collection includes local organizations such at the Chamber of Commerce, the Young Men's Christian Association (YMCA) and the Tuscaloosa Public Library.
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Still Image
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Original Format
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Photograph
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8 inches by 10inches
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Title
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Arts and Letters Club, 1950
Description
An account of the resource
The Arts and Letters Club in Tuscaloosa.
First row: Sis Partlow Pritchett, Charlotte McEachen, Sue C. Phifer, Netta J. Holley, Evelyn Bricken, Bealand Randal, Katherine Jordon and Mary Morgan.
Second row: Louise Moody, Marjorie Florhand, Frances Searcy, Frances Leach, Mary Bell DeRoches, Mary Gawtney Echols, Charlotte G. Mather, Jean N. Fletcher, Louise Mustin, Mert Ward and Sis Baernstein.
Third row: Margaret McCall, Marjorie Meredith, Dot Ozment, Mary Burchfield, Frances Abott, Ann Searcy Yoder, Marie McKinley, Virginia Manderson, Mary B. Cochran, Annie Pride Moore.
Members who were absent from the photo were: “Winky” Beauchamp, Julia Curtis, Annie Ross Dee, Susie Duckworth, Carolyn Dominick, Mary Tabb Johnston, Inez McQueen, Rosa Partlow, Mabel Pride and Margaret Ward.
Date
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April, 1950
Contributor
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Betty Slowe (Description)
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Photograph
Identifier
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2560
Coverage
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Tuscaloosa (AL)
Subject
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Arts and Letters Club of Tuscaloosa
Source
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Joan Mitchell
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Community Organizations
Description
An account of the resource
This collection includes local organizations such at the Chamber of Commerce, the Young Men's Christian Association (YMCA) and the Tuscaloosa Public Library.
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New Face behind the desk at the Friedman Library belongs to Mrs. Nell Arsic who assumed duties as head librarian last week. She takes over from Miss Barbara Davis who is now the University library. Mrs. Arsic came here from Montgomery.
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Newspaper
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Elinor Arsic, Head Librarian, Friedman Library, 1961
Subject
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Public libraries
Tuscaloosa Public Library
Librarians
Description
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Photograph of Mrs. Elinor Arsic who was elected by the library board to fill the post previously held by Miss Barbara Davis. Mrs. Arsic has served as a field representative of the Alabama Public Library Service. She is a graduate of Huntigdon College and the University of North Carolina.
Source
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Tuscaloosa Public Library
Publisher
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The Graphic
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Elizabeth Bradt (Description)
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Newspaper
Identifier
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2432
Coverage
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Tuscaloosa (AL)
Date
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June 22, 1961
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Community Organizations
Description
An account of the resource
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<strong>At Library Dedication<br /><br /><br /></strong>Victor Hugo Friedman, a well-known Tuscaloosan who made the county library a gift of the ante-bellum home it now occupies at 1305 Greensboro Ave., is seen above at far left as he chatted with friends yesterday prior to dedication of the new quarters. Rep. Armistead Selden (far right) was a principal speaker. The women are (left to right) Miss Barbara Davis, head librarian, and Mrs. J. E. Price, a board member who presided over the ceremonies. (New staff photo)
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Newspaper
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Dedication of the Friedman Library, October 19, 1958
Subject
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Tuscaloosa Public Library
Public libraries
Friedman, Victor Hugo 1878-1965
Selden, Armistead Inge, Jr. 1921-1985
Description
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A photo taken at the dedication of the Friedman Library on Sunday afternoon, October 19, 1958.
The program was opened and closed by Mrs. Edwin Rosenfield, chairman of the library board. Among those who spoke were Mr. Victor Hugo Friedman, Judge Chester Walker and the Mayor George Van Tassel. The principal speaker was Rep. Armistead Selden.
In 1955, the ante-bellum house at 1305 Greensboro Avenue was purchased by the YMCA for $70,000. In a prearranged agreement, it was then exchanged with Mr. Victor Hugo Friedman for the north half of the block containing the Battle-Friedman House. The YMCA used that property as the site for the new central YMCA building. Mr. Friedman gave the house to Tuscaloosa County for use as a public library. The library which moved from the Searcy House, 815 Greensboro Avenue, was then known as the Friedman Library to honor Mr. Friedman’s generosity.
Before moving to the Searcy House in 1926, the library was housed in the basement of the County Courthouse in 1921. Since its beginning with 400 books the library had grown to more than 40,000, with circulation now in excess of 300,000 per year.
At the time of the dedication of the Friedman library building, the library also supported the Weaver Branch for use by blacks which was located in the Benjamin Barnes Branch of the YMCA and a collection of books in Northport's Recreation Center.
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Tuscaloosa News
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Tuscaloosa News
Date
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October 19, 1958
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Elizabeth Bradt (Description)
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Newspaper
Identifier
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2428
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Tuscaloosa (AL)
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Community Organizations
Description
An account of the resource
This collection includes local organizations such at the Chamber of Commerce, the Young Men's Christian Association (YMCA) and the Tuscaloosa Public Library.
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Still Image
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Original Format
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Photograph
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Title
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TPL Bookmobile is For All
Subject
The topic of the resource
Libraries
Description
An account of the resource
Staff Member Mary Hartman aids a physically challenged patron on the bookmobile.
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Tuscaloosa Public Library
Contributor
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Tuscaloosa Public Library
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Photograph
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Tuscaloosa (AL)
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2393
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Community Organizations
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An account of the resource
This collection includes local organizations such at the Chamber of Commerce, the Young Men's Christian Association (YMCA) and the Tuscaloosa Public Library.
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Photograph
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Brown Branch Groundbreaking
Subject
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Public libraries
Tuscaloosa Public Library
Description
An account of the resource
Judge Hardy McCollum and other elected officials break ground on the Bobby Miller Center, 300 Bobby Miller Parkway, that includes the Brown Branch of the Tuscaloosa Public Library.
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Tuscaloosa Public Library
Contributor
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Tuscaloosa Public Library
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Photograph
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Tuscaloosa (AL)
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2392
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Community Organizations
Description
An account of the resource
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A man's voice, obviously Southern, spoke the now famous words, Frankly, my dear..." The voice does not belong to Clark Gable as he plays Rhett Bulter addressing Scarlett in "Gone With the Wind." Rather, it is a professionally-trained reader, providing blind and physically handicapped people who have up until now been unable to read with a chance to enjoy the immortal clasic by Margaret Mitchell.<br /> "Every word is read, even the title pages and dedications," Barbara Jordan, librarian of the facilities for the visually and physically handicapped at the Tuscaloosa Public Library, explained. <br /> The Tuscaloosa Public Library is classified as a Sub-Regional Library for the Blind and Physically Handicapped. Housed on the library's second floor are literally thousands of recordings, tapes, and braille books which make the world of reading a real consideration in the lives of the blind and physically handicapped.<br /> The program to provide services for primarily the blind began in 1974, but has grown by leaps and bounds to its present state, Mrs. Jordan said. "The program is open to anyone who cannot use the regular library because of a visual or physical handicap," she explained. Mrs. Jordan said that while visual impairments obviously prevent people form using regular library resources, such as physical disabilities or debillitating diseases as arthritis, cerebal palsy, muscular dystrophy or multiple sclerosis also prevent readers from enjoying normal library services.<br /> People who wish to partake of the library's program Mrs. Jordan explained, are first asked to fill out an application, which inquires into the type and degree of disability and must be certified by a doctor or other certifying authority. Since the services the library provides are all free, Mrs. Jordan said, these applications are necessary.<br /> After Mrs. Jordan gets the completed form and makes sure the person is eligible to user the service, the applicant is then ready to use whatever facilities he finds most useful. Mrs. Jordan who said the program covers not only Tuscaloosa but Pickens County, does a lot of traveling, going to the homes of people who are unable to go to the library.<br /> Braille books are available of course, but the most popular and innovative is the "talking book" where an entire book is read onto a tape or record. The library furnishes record players and tape players to participants in the talking book program, and also keeps the equipment in tip-top shape. The talking book program, Mrs. Jordan explained, is part of the LIbrary of Congress' free reading program, and all materials come from Washington, and some of it from Washington through the Regional Library for the Blind and Physically Handicapped in Montgomery.<br /> The Tuscaloosa Public Library houses around 9,000 of the talking books, either in record or tape form, Mrs. Jordan said, adding that there are some 20,000 titles now available.<br /> And she explained that in some respects, the people using the blind and handicapped facilities have an advantage- if they find a book they want to read which is not being currently housed in the library, all they have to do is tell Mrs. Jordan, and the book is promptly ordered.<br /> Both the "books" and the recording equipment are given to participating library patrons on loan much as the regular library browser checks out a book.<br /> As for what types of books are offered by the talking book program, Mrs. Jordan said "just about everything." There are catalogs of the books available that the program participants can choose from, and several times a year, a supplement called "Talking Book Topics" is released featuring new books available. <br /> In the July/August issues of "Talking Book Topics," for example, 17 new nonfiction records were offered, along with 45 new fiction records. Some of these selections in nonfiction included a biography of composer Eubie Blake, a book entitled "Gossip: A History of High Society from 1920 to 1970," Wood Allen's "Side Effects," Carl Sagan's "Cosmos" and William Manchester's recent bestseller, "Goodbye Darkness: A Memoir of the Pacific War."<br /> In fiction, offerings included the latest volume of John Jakes' "Kent Family Chronicles," a collection of W. Somerset Maugham's short stories, Stephen King's "Night Shift," James Michener's "The Covenant," and Alistair MacLean's "Athabasca." Also featured were what Mrs. Jordan said were extremely popular- reomances by the likes of Victorial Holt and westerns by the likes of Max Brand.<br /> A different group of books is offered in cassette form each month, and August offerings included nonfiction ranging from a history of the rock group Fleetwood Mac or a description of the cardiovascular system, to self-help books on dieting, smoking, and "sellings your way to success."<br /> Fiction in cassettes range from the bestseller fare of Peter Maas' "Made in America" and Belva Plain's "Random Winds' to the literature of Jorge Luis Borges and the mysteries of Ross Macdonald.<br /> According to Mrs. Jordan, some of the most popular types of books with Tuscaloosa patrons are the romances, the mysteries, and the bestsellers. But, particularly with older readers, she said the Bible and books on religion are extremely popular. The Bible, she said is probably their most popular book.<br /> The taped readers, she said, are all professional readers, except on the rare occasion when an author chooses to read his own book. Those instances, such as William F. Buckley reading one of his books or Desi Arnaz or Pearl Bailey doing theirs are always popular, she added.<br /> Usually, though, the books are professionally read, from front cover and title page clear to the end. Naturally, when one is considering a book the length of "Gone With the Wind" for example there is a lot of time involved in listening to it, perhaps more so than reading. Yes Mrs. Jordan said their really avid "readers" will sometimes go through as many as five books in a week.<br /> "Many of our people can't leave their homes, and a lot of the older ones live alone and are unable to get out. So when I go to their homes and take their books to them, sometimes that is the only contact they get," Mrs. Jordan said, adding that all of the people are very interested and enthusiastic about the program, and are grateful for her visits. <br /> Most of the people- young and old- prefer the male readers to the female readers for some reason, she said. And people will get their favorite readers and sometimes check that reader's book out just to hear his voice. The readers are as realistic as possible, and Mrs. Jordan said although she would not normally sit down and read a Western novel, she can easily sit and liten to one being read, complete with the "dagnabbits" and sound effects, and thoroughly enjoy it. Southern readers read things like "Gone With the Wind," while Britis readers do mysteries by Agatha Christie and Ken Folliett and Robert Ludlum.<br /> So when the readers choose from this wide selection what they want to read, Mrs. Jordan goes to their homes with the records or cassettes and the equipment and shows them how to use it. The person keeps the "book" until he is finished with it, then simply uses the post-paid card attached to the tape or record and drops it in the mail, where it is delivered promptly back to the library. <br /> After a person has been using the program a while and is familiar with the equipment, he can simply use a card or phone call to order the books he wants and everthing is handled by mail at no charge whatsoever to the reader, Mrs. Jordan explained. <br /> Since the program is part of a federal organization, she said, the LIbrary of Congress provides the library with everything except the place to house it and her own services. And, Mrs. Jordan said, she is firmly convinced that the people in Washington are really doing a good job. "I have really been impressed with what Washington does with this program," she said, explaining that all the equipment is durable and that care is obviously taken in choosing it. <br /> Mrs. Jordan added that no censorship is used in choosing the material in the hopes of offering the blind and physcially handicapped individual as wide a range of subject matter as possible. She said the "racy" novels of Harold Robbins or Sidney Sheldon are offered as well as conventional reading fare. And anything that is in the original copy of the book is in the talking book as well.<br /> Another service the program participants are able to use is a magazine subscription service. They can, through the library subscribe to magazines either in braille or in record or tape form. A reader can subscribe to Newsweek, for example, send in a subscription form and wait the average six weeks for processing. After tha, he will receive his copy of Newsweek every week at the same time as regular subscribers. A reader will read everything in the magazines except the advertisements, Mrs. Jordan said.<br /> Magazines are available for all ages and tastes, from Jack and Jill to Ranger Rick and Humpty Dumpty for the younger set, Teen and Seventeen for the teen-age group, to anything from Horizon to the Atlantic Monthly to Good Housekeeping to Playboy for adult readers.<br /> According to Mrs. Jordan, the library program now services about 200 readers, and the program is available to anyone who is visually or physically handicapped who cannot otherwise use library facilities. Anyone interested in the program should contact Mrs. Jordan at the Tuscaloosa Public Library.
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Books for the Blind and Physically Handicapped at the Tuscaloosa Public Library
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Libraries
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For many years at the Main Branch of the Tuscaloosa Public Library, Librarian Barbara Jordan was in charge of the Blind and Physically Handicapped Sub-Regional Library. Providing everything from books on tape to Braille Periodicals, the Library for the Blind and Physically Handicapped served a very special group of patrons. This article from 1981 gives the full story on Barbara Jordan's contributions to the West Alabama Community.
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Tuscaloosa News Archive
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September 13, 1981
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Tuscaloosa Public Library
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Newspaper
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Tuscaloosa (AL)
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2389
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Community Organizations
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Photograph
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Friends of the Library Bookstore, 2012
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Bookstores
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Tuscaloosa Public Library
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With the renovation of the Tuscaloosa Public Library at 1801 Jack Warner Parkway in 1999-2000, space was added so that the Friends of the Library could operate a used bookstore. The Friends of the Library Bookstore proceeds are given to the Library and have helped fund such projects as a new bookmobile and the Summer Reading Program.
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Tuscaloosa Public Library
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2012 & 2013
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Tuscaloosa Public Library
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Photograph
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Tuscaloosa (AL)
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2388
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Community Organizations
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An account of the resource
This collection includes local organizations such at the Chamber of Commerce, the Young Men's Christian Association (YMCA) and the Tuscaloosa Public Library.
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Photograph
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Tuscaloosa Public Library Bookmobile at the 3 on 3 Basketball Competition, 2010
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Public libraries
Tuscaloosa Public Library
Bookmobiles
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Librarian Jana Fine assist a patron at the local 3 on 3 basketball tournament. The Bookmobile allows the Tuscaloosa Public Library to do outreach at a variety of local events.
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Tuscaloosa News
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March 15, 2010
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Tuscaloosa Public Library
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Photograph
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Tuscaloosa (AL)
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2384