HCPL Digital Archive

The HCPL Digital Archive is an ongoing collection of photos, articles, scrapbooks, and videos of HCPL since 1921.

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Snow covers the ground outside the Woodforest Branch Library, 49 years ago today.

1973 was a big snow year for Houston. It snowed three times in five weeks, with the largest amount coming down on Thursday, January 11th.

#libraries #HarrisCountyHistory #woodforest #houstonsnow

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Browse through a sample of books that were read by Harris County residents 100 years ago in the new exhibit, Books from HCPL Collections, 1921-1945, available at: https://t.co/zuB6DHxyhx

#libraries #HarrisCounty #HarrisCountyHistory #booklovers

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@tomballlibrary shortly before it opened to the public in February 1972.

Browse through newly digitized items in the Digital Archive: https://t.co/oCt4XPRunP

#libraries #HarrisCounty #HarrisCountyHistory #Tomball

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In 1966, a Jacinto City resident donated 48 Harlequin romance books to the library, which were split between the @JacintoCityLib and the @GalenaParkLib branches.

Learn more at https://t.co/VpEq05QM1A

#libraries #HarrisCountyHistory #galenaparklibrary #jacintocitylibrary

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Santa Claus visited the @CrosbyLibrary to hear Christmas wishes in December 1990.

Merry Christmas from the HCPL Digital Archive!

#libraries #harriscountpl #HarrisCounty #HarrisCountyHistory

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In 1952, the @GalenaParkLibrary moved from the Recreation Building to the old City Hall. The building would be expanded in 1958, 1963, and 1975.

Learn more about the branch at https://t.co/VpEq05QM1A

#libraries #HarrisCounty #HarrisCountyHistory #galenapark #galenaparklibrary

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In May 1989, the @BaldwinBLib parking lot experienced significant flooding. The branch lost power for three days, but no water entered the building.

Learn more at https://t.co/OPgkPpDaxe

#libraries #HarrisCountyHistory #harriscountypl

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Before 1935, Galena Park was known as Clinton. The Clinton School was an early service point for HCPL, open from 1922 to 1938.

The @GalenaParkLib opened in June 1948. Learn more about the branch at https://t.co/VpEq05QM1A

#libraries #HarrisCountyHistory #galenapark

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The @baldwinblib is named for German immigrant Baldwin Boettcher, who built a sawmill at Cypress Creek in 1907. His heirs donated land for a library, which opened in 1986.

Learn more about the branch at https://t.co/OPgkPpDaxe

#libraries #HarrisCounty #HarrisCountyHistory

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The current @GalenaParkLib building opened 25 years ago this week. The new 5,800 square foot facility opened on December 11, 1996.

Learn more about the branch at https://t.co/VpEq05QM1A

#libraries #HarrisCounty #HarrisCountyHistory

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Map of the HCPL system in 1993 when the @ParkerWilliamsL opened. At the time, there were 24 branch libraries to serve the Harris County community.

#Libraries #LibraryHistory @HarrisCounty #HarrisCountyHistory #archives

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The @LSCCYFLibrary started the LIFE! (Learning Inspiration Fellowship and Enrichment) program shortly after it opened so the community could explore the offerings of the college for free.

Learn more at the new exhibit: https://t.co/p5M7P99yEv

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The current @SpringBranchLib building opened in November 1975. The design won a local architectural award in 1977. Learn more about the branch in the new Digital Archive exhibit at https://t.co/YLDLKKsH46

#Libraries #LibraryHistory #archives #HarrisCounty #HarrisCountyHistory

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The 1993 floor plans for the @parkerwilliamslibrary included space to hold approximately 93,147 books, the largest book collection in HCPL system history.

Learn more at https://t.co/g1pzJ7cuaA

#Libraries #archives #LibraryHistory #HarrisCounty #HarrisCountyHistory

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In 2012, the American Library Association published "Joint Libraries: models that work" by staff from the @LSCCYFLibrary and @TomballLibrary. The book covered some of the unique challenges faced by the public-college library hybrids.

Learn more at https://t.co/ovwp3f0tyZ

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Happy Thanksgiving!

Children gather to meet Tommy the Turkey at the original @tomballlibrary, November 1982.

Photo at: https://t.co/SFMcvw1WKp

#Libraries #archives #LibraryHistory #HarrisCounty #thanksgiving

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The most popular books at @SpringBranchLib in March 1965:

The Flight of the Falcon by Daphne Du Maurier
The Man by Irving Wallace
Herzog by Saul Bellow
Legend of the Seventh Virgin by Victoria Holt
Sixpence in Her Shoe by Phyllis McGinley
This Rough Magic by Mary Stewart

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The @ParkerWilliamsL is named for Dr. Parker Williams. She worked at the Pasadena Public Library in the 1950s and was part of the team that began San Jacinto College in 1961.

Learn more at: https://t.co/lt5YQtHFH1

#Libraries #LibraryHistory #HarrisCountyHistory #archives

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The @LSCCYFLibrary opened 18 years ago this fall. A meeting to discuss road access led to the construction of a joint-use library.

Learn more at the new Digital Archive exhibit https://t.co/ovwp3f0tyZ

#Libraries #LibraryHistory #HarrisCountyHistory #LoneStarCollege

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The @SpringBranchLib began at the St. Francis Episcopal Church in 1955. In 1959, the library moved to a County-owned house on Corbindale Road.

Learn more about the branch in the new Digital Archive exhibit at https://t.co/YLDLKKsH46

#Libraries #LibraryHistory #archives