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   Clifton, Arizona  85533
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Greenlee County Historical Museum
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Clifton Public Library
 
The Clifton Public Library

According to James Patton, Clifton has had a library since the turn of the century.  Of course this was the turn of the twentieth century.

The library was first established in 1899 by The Arizona Copper Company.  The building sat just south of the smelter.  It was quite large and used for public meetings, dances, dinners and such.  This building came to be known as “Library Hall”, and was later rebuilt and used as the company store.  It is said that during this time the library was a very popular place and had all the latest periodicals and out of state newspapers.

In 1917 the library was taken over by the Y.M.C.A. and all the books were moved to the Casa Grande building.  When the Y.M.C.A. ceased to operate the library was moved to the North Clifton School where it occupied one room.  It remained there until the middle thirties when it was moved to a location in the old office buildings of the Arizona Copper Company. 

In 1939 The Second Clifton Women’s Club was organized and became responsible for sponsoring the library during the depression days.  The next mention of library services for Clifton is in 1973 and the library is being operated by the city.

In 1983 the library was housed in some buildings across from the Church of Christ of Latter Day Saints on the road going to Shannon Hill.  The building was flooded during the floods that year and a new building was built on the site of the old high school building on School Street just across from the Court House. 

In October of 1985, Modular Technology constructed the building which currently houses the library located at 505 School Street.  

Today the library owns between twenty and twenty-five thousand volumes.  We provide books, books-on-tape, periodicals and movies.  We have public use computers with Internet access that is free of charge to our patrons.  We have one meeting room that may be used for public meetings, and provide a summer reading program for the local children.  Clifton provides Interlibrary Loan Service for all three libraries in Greenlee County.  

The library is operated by the Town of Clifton. The facility is staffed with one library manager and one part–time clerk.  Our current hours of operation are Monday through Thursday from 10:00 to 5:00 and Friday from 10:00 to 4:00.   

The Clifton Library serves a community of approximately 2,600 residents. 
 

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