Our mission is to collect, preserve, and make available
the documentary history of Yavapai County and the surrounding region.
Library & Archives Grand Opening Weekend
Join us in celebrating the opening of our new state-of-the-art facility. Tours throughout the afternoon both days.
- Saturday, May 10, 2008, 12pm — 5pm
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2 pm: Rare book dealer Richard Cady will highlight some of the more unique and rare books in the Library.
4 pm: Local author Thomas P. Collins will offer insight into how to research plays, musicals, operas and other stage-oriented entertainment of the past. - Sunday, May 11, 2008, 12pm — 5pm
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2 pm: Former NAU professor Andrew Wallace discusses the original ledger of mining claims founded by the Walker Party.
3 pm: Legacy, a feature film produced by Richard Snodgrass, is a look at life in 1962 Prescott, featuring local actors and musicians.
Browse our databases
Browse audio and images
...at Arizona Memory Project.
Oral History audio and selected images from our Digital Collection.
Search our library catalog
...at Yavapai Library Network.Our books are non-circulating.
Browse by Topic
| Genealogy | Our on-line genealogical resources include obituary and cemetery databases, a census index for Yavapai County, and an index of residents at the Arizona Pioneers' Home. |
| History | Search the complete run of “Days Past”, a weekly newspaper article devoted to the local history of Yavapai County since 1997. Browse our Territorial Rose Garden database, movie listings, and a biography of our founder, Sharlot M. Hall. And more! |
| Finding Aids | Search our finding aids by keyword, subject, name, or place; or browse a complete listing of descriptive media. And more! |
| Maps | Use our Geographical Map Index to locate a map for a particular location or browse our collection of historical maps of Prescott, Yavapai County, Arizona, and the West. Aerial Photos and Trail Maps also available. |
| Photographs | Search our photograph collection of over 100,000 historic images; view digital copies of our photographs on the Arizona Memory Project; order darkroom quality reproductions for your private and professional use. And more! |
| Library | Our research library consists of approximately 10,000 volumes related to Arizona, Yavapai County, and the West. You can search our catalog on the Yavapai Library Network. |

