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Photo of the library that was inside Old Mission Peninsula Elementary School. Marge Arney is seated at the desk. She was Director at that time.

The Peninsula Community Library opened to the public on July 15, 1957, in its temporary location on the stage in the school gymnasium.

The Peninsula Community Library opened to the public on July 15, 1957, in its temporary location on the stage in the school gymnasium. Pictured are library staff, Clarissa Boursaw (left), Virginia Hubbell (center), and Deni Hooper (right).

The Peninsula Community Library opened to the public on July 15, 1957, in its temporary location on the stage in the school gymnasium.

The Peninsula Community Library opened to the public on July 15, 1957, in its temporary location on the stage in the school gymnasium. Pictured are library staff, Clarissa Boursaw (left), Virginia Hubbell (center), and Deni Hooper (right).

The Peninsula Community Library opened to the public on July 15, 1957, in its temporary location on the stage in the school gymnasium. Pictured are library staff, Clarissa Boursaw (left), Virginia Hubbell (center), and Deni Hooper (right).

The Peninsula Community Library opened to the public on July 15, 1957, in its temporary location on the stage in the school gymnasium. Pictured are library staff, Clarissa Boursaw (left), Virginia Hubbell (center), and Deni Hooper (right).

The Peninsula Community Library opened to the public on July 15, 1957, in its temporary location on the stage in the school gymnasium. Pictured are library staff, Clarissa Boursaw (left), Virginia Hubbell (center), and Deni Hooper (right).

Suggested Reading List - Old Mission Peninsula History

A virtual tour of the contents of the Peninsula Community LIbrary’s Local History Room. Hear the “coming to the Peninsula” story of the Johnson-Carroll family, and learn the history behind the room’s ancestral furnishings.