Bacon, John E.

Baer, Morley

Baker, Glenn C.

Balbo, Horace E.

Baldridge, Alan (Librarian, Hopkins Marine Library)

Balentine, Barbara

Ball, Henry S.

Baldwin, Flip

Baltezar, Bill (Artist)

Barberi, Leonardo, see Art & Artists

Abeloe, James Peter (Abeloe Farms)

Abila, Bicente, see Avila Family

Abbott, Carl H. (Sheriff)

Abbott, Carlysle S. (Pioneer, Rancher, Abbott House Owner) & Family

Abbott, Monica (Sports)

Adam, William Zimbray, “Buckskin”

Adams, Ansel (Photographer), see also Biography — Helms, Anne Adams

Adams, Virginia Best

Adams, William

America and Americans

1966

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Steinbeck’s text accompanied by photographs renders the many faces of A merica, its scenic beauty as well as its human varieties.

The Acts of King Arthur and His Noble Knights: From the Winchester MSS of Thomas Malory and Other Sources

1976

2000

Using money donated by the Gates Foundation and the California State Library, as well as money from the library budget, public Internet access arrives. In July the library orientation for the public begins. Population in Salinas is officially 151,060.

2003

John Steinbeck Library Homework Center opens.

2004

Budget difficulties close the three libraries on Mondays. On November 4, 2004, tax Measures A, B, C fail; and the Salinas City Council votes to close the library system between January and June of 2004. 

1991

Julia Orozco appointed Library Director. The population of Salinas is over 100,000.

1992

Santa Lucia Library dedicates the Chicano Cultural Resource Center, thanks to the tireless efforts of senior librarian Patricia Oliverez.

1973

A major East Salinas branch library is proposed in February while in May the John Steinbeck Library opens its newly constructed wing, which adds 30,000 square feet. The Soroptimists purchase the Tom Fitzwater statue of John Steinbeck, which has been on display at the library since December of 1971, and donate it to the library.

1974

In April the “Basement” for young adults opens in the lower level of the new annex and the Steinbeck statue is placed on library grounds.