Three women, possibly librarians, standing on the front porch of the main branch of the Walker County Library on 2nd Avenue North in Jasper, Alabama.
The Walker County Library opened to the public on January 8, 1931, and the event was covered in the Mountain Eagle on January 14. One article ("The Walker County Library Opened to the Public Last Thursday Afternoon Here") explained that the main branch employed three white librarians: Eun...
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| Summary: | The Walker County Library opened to the public on January 8, 1931, and the event was covered in the Mountain Eagle on January 14. One article ("The Walker County Library Opened to the Public Last Thursday Afternoon Here") explained that the main branch employed three white librarians: Eunice Anna Coston, head librarian; Louise Dudley, assistant librarian; and Mary Winner Hughes, children's librarian. (A separate branch for African Americans, located in east Jasper, was administered by librarian Elizabeth Jordan.) |
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