Libraries and Schools

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Libraries

• The 1903 Carnegie Library, Photographs from the Library's Collection.*
• Felton Branch Library History, by Dan McMahon *
• The Four Santa Cruz Carnegie Libraries, by Dan McMahon *
• Garfield Park Library History, by Dan McMahon *
• Heath Painting at the Central Branch Library*
• The History of the Santa Cruz Public Library System, by Margaret Ann Souza.
  • The Library Association, 1868--1881.
  • The Public Library, 1881-1904.
  • Building the Carnegie Free Library, 1901--1904.
• The Loma Prieta Earthquake and the Santa Cruz Public Libraries *
• Minerva Waterman, Librarian, by Margaret Souza.*
• Whispering Man Statue at the Central Branch

Schools

• Chesnutwood's Business College (written ca. 1896)
• Chronological List of Santa Cruz County Public Schools, by Margaret Koch
• Education in the Summit Road Area, 1850-1906, by Stephen Michael Payne.
• Institutions in Santa Cruz County -- 1850-1950, by Susan Lehmann.
• Our Schools, by Prof. G.A. Bond. (1915)*
• Penny University, by Carmen Morones
• School life at Santa Cruz High School circa 1912:
  • Circular of Information, 1912.
  • School News
    an excerpt from the Sept. 1912 Trident.*
  • School Honors for Girls
    an excerpt from the November 1913 Trident.
• Mintie White, Teacher, by Margaret Koch.

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