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Jack Maguire Local History Room
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The Jack Maguire Local History Room at the Beale Memorial Library houses the Local History Collection, which contains the following type of material:
- County and community histories
- Local agency publications
- County and City government publications, including Environmental Impact Reports (EIRs)
- Fiction and non-fiction books written by Kern County authors
- Local magazines
- Histories of neighboring counties
- Selected material on John Steinbeck, especially as related to the Grapes of Wrath
- Selected historical photographs, including Army explorations and surveys, Anza, Garces, Beale, Walker, the U.S. War Department, and many others
- California Indian tribes, books about overland journeys, and material about outlaws who were active in Kern County and California
- Bakersfield City Directories from 1899 through the present
- Directories of other Kern County cities as well as phone books and the Haines Directory from 1972 to present
- Index to the Bakersfield Californian
View a 1969 Suggested
Development Areas map of El Tejon. (Adobe PDF, 800 KB)
Hours
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10 a.m. -
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12 p.m. -
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Evening hours after 6 p.m. Monday - Thursday by appointment. Call (661) 868-0770.
Mail or fax arrangements may be made by calling the Local History Librarian at (661) 868-0775
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