Salinas Public Library

Salinas Public Library

The Salinas Public Library

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Biography Clipping Files - Letter C

Cabrillo, Don Carlos Antonio

Cairns, John

Caballero, Anna (Salinas City Mayor And Attorney)

Cadena, Luz (Labor Contractor; Spanish Language Radio & Television Personality)

Calgano, Lou (Monterey County Supervisor, 3rd District)

Camacho, Julian (Politician)

Camacho, Terry see Biography — Camacho, Julian

Biography Clipping Files - Letter B

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

Biography Clipping Files - Letter A

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

Non-Fiction by John Steinbeck

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.

 


 

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John Steinbeck Quick Facts

Born February 27, 1902, 132 Central Avenue, Salinas California, in the front bedroom of the home Graduated from...

This collection consists of edited research materials and compilations produced from both primary and secondary sources pertaining to the Fillipino American experience.

Alex S. Fabros Jr. is a former Professor of Asian American Studies at San Francisco State University, there he...

Highlights 2000 - Present

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. 

Highlights 1990 - 1999

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.