Northern Arizona University Cline Library

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Contact Information
E-mail: E-mail a librarian form, or [mailto:librarians@nau.edu Research Help Services].

Address:


 * PO Box 6022
 * Bldg. 28 Knoles Drive
 * Flagstaff, Arizona 86011-6022

Telephone: 928-523-2173, or 800-247-3380

Hours and holidays: Hours and holidays

Map, parking, directions, and public transportation:


 * Map:  Google map: Cline Library, NAU Campus, Flagstaff, AZ.


 * Parking
 * Guest parking
 * Parking map
 * Parking and shuttle services


 * Directions (to the Knoles Parking Garage - two buildings south of the Cline Library)
 * from the Northwest US-180 S:  Turn onto US-180 E (North Fort Valley Rd) toward Flagstaff. Turn right onto N Humphreys St, 0.6 mi. Turn right onto Old Santa Fe, 463 ft. Continue onto Milton Rd, 0.8 mi. Turn left onto W Riordan Rd, 0.3 mi. Turn right onto S Knoles Dr. The Knoles Parking Garage is on the right.
 * from the Northeast US-89 S:  Turn onto US-89 S toward Flagstaff. Turn left onto US-180 E / Country Club Dr, 0.3 mi. Turn right to merge onto I-40 W toward I-17, 5.1 mi. Take exit 195 for I-17 S toward Arizona 89A S/Phoenix/Arizona 89A N/Flagstaff, 0.2 mi. Keep right at the fork, follow signs for I-17 N/Arizona 89A N/Flagstaff/Grand Canyon and merge onto I-17 N, 0.7 mi. Continue onto Milton Rd, 0.8 mi. Turn right onto W Riordan Rd, 0.3 mi. Turn right onto S Knoles Dr. The Knoles Parking Garage is on the right.
 * from the East I-40 W:  Merge onto I-40 W toward Flagstaff. Take exit 195 for I-17 S toward Arizona 89A S/Phoenix/Arizona 89A N/Flagstaff, 0.2 mi. Keep right at the fork, follow signs for I-17 N/Arizona 89A N/Flagstaff/Grand Canyon and merge onto I-17 N, 0.7 mi. Continue onto Milton Rd, 0.8 mi. Turn right onto W Riordan Rd, 0.3 mi. Turn right onto S Knoles Dr. The Knoles Parking Garage is on the right.
 * from the South I-17 N:  Merge onto I-17 N toward Flagstaff. Continue onto Milton Rd, 0.8 mi. Turn right onto W Riordan Rd, 0.3 mi. Turn right onto S Knoles Dr. The Knoles Parking Garage is on the right.
 * from the West I-40 E:  Merge onto I-40 E toward Flagstaff. Take exit 191 for Interstate 40 Business toward Flagstaff, 0.6 mi. Turn right onto Historic Rte 66/I-40BUS E, 3.5 mi. Turn right onto W Riordan Rd, 0.4 mi. Turn right onto S Knoles Dr. The Knoles Parking Garage is on the right.


 * Public transportation:  Mountain Line bus routes:
 * Gold Route 4 stops on Milton Rd near Taco Bell (about 1000 ft W of the Library)
 * Red Route 10 stops on Milton Rd / Plaza Way (about 1000 ft W of the Library)
 * Brown Route 14 stops near Beaver St (about 600 ft SE of the Library)

Internet sites and databases:


 * Cline Library research help, services, general information, Special Collections, catalog searches, articles and databases, quick search, newspapers, citation linker, and news.
 * Cline Library catalog online by keyword, author, title, call number, ISBN, or Ebooks. Also in WorldCat.

Collection Description
The Northern Arizona University Cline Library includes Arizona history, Arizona photographs, archives, and oral histories.

Alternate Repositories
If you cannot visit or find a source at the , a similar source may be available at one of the following.

Overlapping Collections


 * National Archives—Pacific Region (Riverside), CA. Federal court records and federal agencies in Arizona.
 * State Library, Phoenix, has a large book/periodical collection including immigration, vital records, courts, wills, county histories, and Internet sites. The  starting place for AZ family history research.
 * State Archives, Phoenix, marriages, wills and probates, civil and criminal records, brands, taxes, coroner records, voting registers, prisoners, state agencies, maps, newspapers, photos.
 * Bancroft Library, Univ. Calif. Berkeley Early settlers, migration trails, stagecoaches, miners, and histories. They probably have more Arizona historical material than any repository in Arizona.
 * Southwest Museum Braun Research Library, Los Angeles, CA. Includes the Monk Library of Arizoniana, California and Arizona history, and records of southwest American Indians.
 * FamilySearch Library, Salt Lake City, has many Arizona cemeteries, census, church, court, histories, immigration, land, military, and naturalization records on microfilm.

Similar Collections


 * University of Arizona Special Collections, Tucson, materials on Arizona, Southwest American history, and the U.S./Mexico Borderlands, including rare books, manuscripts, and photographs.
 * Arizona State University Library, Tempe, a good place to look for early Arizona families.

Neighboring Collections


 * Coconino County Health births 1997-present.
 * Coconino County Superior Court Clerk marriages, criminal, civil, divorces, probate and tax court cases.
 * Coconino County Recorder's Office land and mortgage records 1871-present.
 * U.S. District Court Flagstaff civil, criminal, appellate, and bankruptcy cases.
 * Repositories in surrounding counties: Gila, Mohave, Navajo, Yavapai; in Utah:  Kane, and San Juan.
 * Mesa Arizona FamilySearch Center, Mesa, 81,000 microfilms including AZ censuses, 40,000 books (many local histories), 129 public computers, and over 90 classes and workshops per month.
 * Phoenix Public Library, Burton Barr Central Library The Arizona history collection is a good place for genealogy research.
 * West Valley Genealogical Society, Youngstown, an active society with a good little library. Probably represents outside Arizona better because of retirees who contribute from all around the U.S.
 * Arizona Jewish Historical Society, Phoenix, exhibits and genealogical classes.
 * Maricopa Historical Society, Wickenburg, exhibits and publications.
 * Arizona Historical Society, Tucson Library and Archives, has a Mexican and an early Arizona collection, Colorado River topics, manuscripts 1860-present, oral histories, maps, and photos.
 * Pima County Public Library, Joel D. Valdez Main Library, Tucson, the Arizona collection, and the Southern Arizona Genealogical Society collection are housed here.
 * Repositories in surrounding states (or nations): California, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah; in Mexico: Baja California, Sonora, and Mexico.
 * California State Archives, Sacramento, has county records of the state, such as court records, prison records, wills, deeds, as well as military records, state census records, and school records.
 * Nevada State Library and Archives, Carson City, births, marriages, deaths, censuses, military.
 * New Mexico State Records Center and Archives, Santa Fe, government records since 1621, manuscripts, Catholic church records, census, wills, family histories, letters, diaries, maps, photos.
 * Utah State Archives, Salt Lake City, newspaper, death, land, court, history, naturalization, military, directories, criminals.
 * Archivo General de la Nación, Mexico City, church, civil, census, court, history, military, migration, land.