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Border
Heritage
Librarian
Marta Estrada |
| El Paso Public
Library's Border Heritage Center was formed in 1995 by combining
three major collections - - Southwest, Genealogy, and Raza --
into one area of the Main Library. |
| The purpose of the Center is to enhance the quality of life for
El Pasoans and others by collecting, preserving, and making
available information about the history and culture of the
residents of El Paso, Cuidad Juarez, and the surrounding region. |
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| Activities, which promote understanding and appreciation of the
region's history and culture, are integral to the role of the
center. |
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Hours of Operation |
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Limited Service 15 minutes before closing. |
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Sunday |
1:00 pm - |
5:00 pm |
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Monday |
9:00 am -
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8:00 pm |
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Tuesday |
9:00 am -
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8:00 pm |
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Wednesday |
9:00 am -
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8:00 pm |
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Thursday |
9:00 am -
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8:00 pm |
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Friday |
11:00 am -
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6:00 pm |
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Saturday |
9:00 am - |
6:00 pm |
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The Southwest Collection |
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As early as 1902, the El Paso Public Library began collecting
and preserving materials on the history and culture of the
Southwest (western Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, and northern
Chihuahua and Sonora). |
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The Southwest Collection, a growing research collection, is
one of the most comprehensive of its kind. It contains all
important reference works and a wide selection of
specialized monographs, as well as photographs,
architectural drawings, manuscripts, clippings files, maps,
periodicals, and other materials. |
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Raza: The Mexican American Collection |
The library's RAZA Collection had its beginnings during the Chicano movement of the 1970s. Much used both for research and for recreational reading, this collection continues to grow as the publication of new works by and about Mexican Americans continues to flourish.
The RAZA Collection covers all subject areas but is particularly strong in poetry and fiction.
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Genealogy |
| The library intends that its genealogical collection reflects the history of all families who live along the U.S. - Mexico border. This collection provides sources for ancestral history whether from El Paso, Mexico, Spain, Africa, China, Ireland, or elsewhere. |
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Otis A. Aultman Photo Collection - Online |
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We are currently in the process of making available online,
photographs from the Otis A. Aultman Collection at the El Paso
Public Library - Main (Downtown) Library
This is an ongoing project. Descriptions of the
photographs will be made available in the near future.
Go to the Otis A. Aultman collection... |
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Yearbook Collection - Online |
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The El Paso Public Library
Yearbook Collection. This digitization project
began June 2007 and will be an ongoing project for
the library. Our goal is to digitize the
yearbooks for the El Paso area high schools.
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We will be starting with the yearbooks
in our collection that are most fragile and are currently in the public
domain. We hope these images will provide our visitors
valuable genealogical, biographical, and historical
information.
Go to the Yearbook Collection... |
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Historical Documents, News Articles, and
Publications Online |
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El Paso Public Library Headline & Obituary Search Page |
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With
information compiled by our Border Heritage Center staff,
our database allows you to search for date and page
information for headlines or obituaries that have appeared
in the El Paso Times Newspaper. Our database currently
has information for the years 1998 - 2008.
Search the database
now..... |
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| Directions for the Main
Library |
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Take the Downtown exit from either side of the City. We are located across from the
Doubletree Hotel and next to the El Paso History Museum.
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| Parking |
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There is currently
no parking at the Main Library.
Metered parking is available on the streets around the library. |
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