Happy National Library Week! 📚🥳 This week we will be sharing some of the many resources the State of Arizona Research Library has to offer! Follow along to learn more about what we have and what we can do for you 😀 #NationalLibraryWeek #STARL #LibraryLove

The Arizona collection is a continuation of our Territorial State Library and contains yearbooks, city directories, vertical files, periodicals and publications, biographies, and essential Arizona literature. To learn more, you can reach out here: ow.ly/TIoH50VqNT9

With over 35,000 maps in our map collection, there is surely something to pique your interest from our historic, city and county, topographic, and artistic maps 🗺️ To learn more, you can reach out here: ow.ly/10IA50VqO6B #NationalLibraryWeek

Our newspaper collection contains newspapers going back to the mid 1800s from Territorial Arizona to the present! Which means that you can read about any event around the state on microfilm, print, and digitally! Find more here: ow.ly/LiZU50VqOe1 #NationalLibraryWeek

The Mexican Gray Wolf has a complicated yet crucial history in Arizona. To understand what the controversy is all about and why this apex predator is crucial to the health of our ecosystem, we recommend Bobbie Holaday’s book! Book Link: ow.ly/Xe9T50Vc8Tx #ReadingArizona

We are highlighting our Federal, State, and Law Documents ⚖️ Including reports from Arizona agencies, the Federal Government, and our extensive Arizona law collection, these documents bring to light the history of government in Arizona! Find more here: ow.ly/tSGE50VqOlp

The end of #NationalLibraryWeek is here! While we will continue to share our resources and celebrate libraries, we did want to save the best resource for last 💛 Reading AZ and Arizona Memory Project! Check them out below! azlibrary.gov/reading-arizon… azmemory.azlibrary.gov

Did you know Arizona voted on adding additional counties? If you didn't and want to learn more, check out April's blog! What Could Have Been: Arizona’s Proposed Counties details the history of Arizona's current county map 🗺️ Blog Link: ow.ly/AONi50VorFE #ArizonaHistory

#ChronAmParty is celebrating National Pet Month! 🙌 We wanted to take an opportunity to celebrate the cats in our lives and in our historical newspapers. You can find these papers on Chronicling America 😸 #NationalPetMonth University of Arizona Libraries

🚨BREAKING🚨 A new addition to the Historical Newspaper collection on the Arizona Memory Project is now live! Full of richly illustrated headers and images, The Verde News, published in Camp Verde, covered WWI and daily life in the community. Link: ow.ly/R7Zc50VfXl9

Sometimes we all need a reminder that the crankiest person in the room is actually the one who needs friendship the most! Nobody Hugs a Cactus by Carter Goodrich is an important reminder that we all need a hug now and then 💕🌵 Book Info: ow.ly/7sSe50Vc903 #Friendship

On March 11, 1885 The Clifton Clarion reported a bill proposed by the Arizona Territorial Legislative Assembly to create Sierra Bonita County. The bill failed by one vote. The county would have included parts of Graham and Cochise County, with the county seat in Willcox!

To celebrate National Poetry Month, we are highlighting resources that showcase organizations and publications that celebrate and protect our poets! Check out the latest Polly Postcard to learn more 😀 Postcard Link: ow.ly/mQuu50VuU1A #NationalPoetryMonth

✨🌎Happy Earth Day!🌎✨ Today we are celebrating #EarthDay by showing off the incredible beauty and variety of landscapes from around Arizona! 🌲🌵🌼 All pictures are from the States Archives and can be found on the Arizona Memory Project website if you want to find more!

The November 2024 issue of Arizona Highways Magazine is now online on the Arizona Memory Project! This issue's cover theme is Our Western Spirit and articles include Ranch Thanksgiving, Rain Check, and Our Western Spirit 🤠 Link: ow.ly/ci0z50VaFfz #ArizonaHighways

Today’s Reading Arizona spotlight shines on Phoenician author Terri Fields’ YA novel Holdup! If you’re looking for an exciting novel that incorporating the points of view of 9 characters during a robbery, this is the one! 😲 Book Info: ow.ly/V2Th50Vc9Rn #YoungAdultBooks

Imagine after a long journey, you walk into the Ingleside Inn and are welcomed by music in the air 🎵 This video gives you a glimpse into what it may have been like to stay at an inn in the 1930s! #ArizonaHistory #MusicHistory

Creating a unique masthead title is truly an art! Take a look at some of these new titles now in the Historical Newspaper collection on the Arizona Memory Project! ow.ly/F2P450VfXr6 #HistoricalNewspapers #ArizonaHistory

Happy Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month 🌸 Today we are highlighting the variety of materials we have on the Arizona Memory Project, such as pictures, newspapers books, and first-person experiences, that explore the diversity and importance of the AAPI community!

We often think of industries such as railroads to mines to ranchers, as the ones who made State 48. Yet, Arizona’s success would not have been possible without the people who worked hard to hold up these industries! Book Link: ow.ly/j1Sb50Vc9Yo #MexicanAmericanHistory