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The El Paso Public Library is the longest continuously active public library system in Texas. [2] It was founded by Mary Irene Stanton, an El Paso area teacher. [3] Stanton "single-handedly becomes founder of the El Paso Public Library" when in 1894, she donated her personal collection of 1,000 books for a boy's Reading Club which was housed in a room in the Sheldon Building. [4]
Ralph Webster Yarborough (June 8, 1903 – January 27, 1996) was an American politician and lawyer. He was a Texas Democratic politician who served in the United States Senate from 1957 to 1971 and was a leader of the progressive wing of his party.
Mary Irene Stanton (February 11, 1862 – August 26, 1946) was an American teacher and the founder of the El Paso Public Library.She was born in Georgia and taught for many years before the founding of the library, and continued to teach after leaving her position as president of the El Paso Public Library Association.
Mack took the position of Public Library Director of El Paso Public Library in January 2011. [8] [9] She became the deputy city manager of public safety and support services of El Paso on July 17, 2017. [10] She was named to the Crain's New York 40 under 40 business leader list in 2008. [4]
In 1913, she started working at the El Paso Public Library and became close to librarian, Maud Durlin Sullivan. [4] In 1915, she graduated from El Paso High School and then went to California to attend the Riverside Library Service School in 1917. [2] Goetting was appointed as an assistant at the New York Reference Library in 1918. [2]
The Getty Villa art museum is threatened by the flames of the wind-driven Palisades Fire in Pacific Palisades, California, Jan. 7, 2025. A fast-moving brushfire in a Los Angeles suburb burned ...
On Dec. 6, the family received a phone call from immigration authorities and they were told to report to an office in Greenspoint, Texas, four days later to discuss Salazar-Hinojosa's case ...
From 1991 to 1995, she was the Director of the Oak Park Public Library. [2]Brey-Casiano served as executive director of the El Paso Public Library.In 2001, Brey-Casiano stood up against the Texas Ranger, mayor of El Paso, Texas, a lawyer named Francisco Domínguez, and the El Paso police for the purpose of protecting intellectual freedom and privacy of library users.