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Mrs. Caroline Dickson, Northport Branch Librarian helps a youth check out a book at the branch library of the Tuscaloosa Public Library. The library was located on the corner of Main Avenue and 5th Street.

A photo of the Weaver Branch Library with a mother and two children leaving the library.

By late 1959, the idea of building a new segregated branch libray for African American patrons was being regarded as the best way to provide library service…

Friends of the Library President Celeste Burnum presents a check for $5,000 to Jim Price, director of the Tuscaloosa Public Library. The donation is earmarked for the purchase of books and other materials.

The Friends of the Library hold book…

The photograph provides an aerial view of the card catalog at the Tuscaloosa Public Library. The card catalog included information on all library materials owned by the library including authors, titles, subjects, dates, locations, etc.

An article in the Tuscaloosa News, February 12, 1980, announcing the retirement of Bessie Sasser as director of the Tuscaloosa Public Library. Additional information is provided concerning financial support of the library system.

Photograph of the open house for the new library building at 1801 River Road (now Jack Warner Parkway). Tours were held from 2:30 to 5 PM. The library opened at 9 AM.

Library staff and members of the Friends of the Library moved the books from the Friedman Library located at 1305 Greensboro Avenue to the new library building at 1801 River Road (now Jack Warner Parkway).

Photograph of the Tuscaloosa Public Library building at 1801 River Road (now Jack Warner Parkway) under construction in 1979.

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…

Photos of two rooms in the Friedman Library, 1305 Greensboro Avenue (now called the Jemison - Van de Graff Mansion), taken the day before the facility was open to the public on Monday, June 16, 1958.

In 1955, the ante-bellum house had been…