Library History Roadshow: Coming up next: Harlem Branch Library (1919-1969)

Tuesday, February 5, 2013

Coming up next: Harlem Branch Library (1919-1969)

The next stop for the Library History Roadshow will honor the Harlem Branch Library, also known as the East Branch Library.

Harlem Branch Library at the Tampa Urban League

February 23, 2013

10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.

Robert W. Saunders, Sr. Public Library

1505 Nebraska Ave.

Tampa, FL

The Harlem Branch of the Tampa Public Library opened in 1919 in the Harlem Academy and later, in 1923, at the Tampa Urban League building. This branch library closed when the Central Library on Ashley Drive opened in 1968 in downtown Tampa.

We are interested in getting in contact with anyone who has any memories of the Harlem/East Branch Library. It is the aim of the Library History Roadshow to collect and to preserve the historical cultural heritage of our community libraries, past and present.

We will be recording video and oral histories, as well as digitizing your library memories and memorabilia for inclusion into the Tampa-Hillsborough Public Library History archival collection, Tampa-Hillsborough County Treasures. Please, come and share your story!

Tampa-Hillsborough County Treasures, an online digital local history collection, will be unveiled for public access for the Centennial Celebration of the Tampa-Hillsborough Public Library system on January 1st, 2014. Save the date!

For more information, call 813-273-3652 or visit hcplc.org.

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