Clark Memorial Library
The Clark Memorial Library (P.O. Box 357; phone 520-634-9760) is located in the town center area of Clarkdale, north of the intersection of Ninth Street and Main Street in Clarkdale.
The library contains an excellent scrapbook containing information on the library itself (see below).
Books
The following books in the Southwest collection are not always available at other libraries in the District.
Don W. Ryden, AIA/Architects Inc. A Historic Resource Survey of Clarkdale Arizona. Self published, Phoenix, Aug 1989.
Ringgold, Jennie Parks. Frontier Days in the Southwest: Pioneer Days in Old Arizona. San Antonio, TX: The Naylor Company, 1952.
Oral Histories
Herb Young oral history project. LSCA, Jan 1979, 33 pp. Interview by Bouquet at Young's home in Clarkdale, June 23, 1977. (This interview of Mr. Young in a three ring binder is longer than the one in Cottonwood Public Library files).
Library Scrapbook
This three ring binder contains some information on the town and on the library. It is made up of various photocopied and original materials:
- Photocopy of old Community Church 1922-23, which is where the library is now;
- Clippings on Herb Young, who was important in establishing the library, beginning in 1928;
- Hand drawn "plan" of Clarkdale Town Hall (drawn 11-2-78) basement and main floor;
- Clippings from late 1970s on the clubhouse that William Clark built, due to early efforts by Clarkdale Women's Club (approximately five clippings from 1970s and 1980s).
Photos and clippings (the photos are mostly in the form of colored snapshots)
- Story time, picnic 1992, children identified (eight photos)
- October Trick or Treat, subjects not individually identified
- Photos are from the 1990s, there are approximately 22 photos, some well identified, others more general
- Local newspaper clippings 1990s (40, mostly from Cottonwood Journal)
- Colored photos, ongoing, of ice cream social, people not identified individually (four photos)
- 12 more clippings, photos of July 4 celebration, 1995, people not identified (six photos)
- Christmas, probably 1995, (two photos) subjects not identified
- July 4, 1996, subjects not identified (five photos)
- 1996 new library, seven color shots of library being set up
- 1997 luncheon for Lorraine Ladman, six clippings, (seven photos)
- 1997 ice cream social-clippings and photos
- Seven photos and clippings from fall, 1997 and spring of 1998
- Merlin the Magnificent Wizard, for kids, six photos, three clippings
- Three clippings, five photos ice cream social in 1998, subjects not identified
- 10 clippings on library activities moving into 1999)
- Volunteers' luncheon, June 5, 1999 (four photos)
