Posted on May 15, 2020 at 2:41 PM by Jason Macoviak
As the Library continues to deal with the COVID-19 Pandemic, we have turned to history to help us understand and cope with what is going on around us. In his annual report for 1918, Copper Queen Library C.H. Vail reported that "the library was closed by quarantine 13 days in February and 63 days in October, November, and December, a total of 76 days." for Spanish Flu. So far today, the Copper Queen Library has been closed to the public for 54 days for COVID-19. As we begin our gradual phased reopening with Curbside Pickup, our new history continues. During this time we have asked our patrons to help document this uncertain time by submitting their own personal stories to our blog, Together, Alone : Community Voices Documenting Life in the Pandemic, with the intention that someday, a new generation of Bisbee will look back on our story, as they try to navigate their own. Please keep submitting!