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Tuscaloosa Public Library company history timeline

1879

In 1879, a group of prominent Tuscaloosa businessmen donated books from their private libraries to establish a “Library Room” in a large parlor above a drugstore.

1911

Thirty years later, in 1911, a group of progressive women formed the “Up-To-Date Club” and pressed the Tuscaloosa County Board of Revenue to allocate funds for a new library.

1921

A history of the Tuscaloosa Public Library from its founding in 1921 when it was housed in the basement of the County Courthouse to its moves to the Searcy house, to the Jemison - Van de Graaff mansion, and to the current facility on Jack Warner Parkway (formerly called River Road).

1955

In 1955, the Weaver collection was moved into a separate building purchased by the Benjamin Barnes Branch of the YMCA and served as a temporary library for African Americans.

1959

In 1959, the City of Tuscaloosa purchased the property to build a “separate but equal” library, and a new Weaver Branch Library opened the next year for African American patrons.

2006

Opened in 2006, the Brown Branch Library extends all library programs into the fastest-growing patron community of Tuscaloosa County.

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