Editing Dearborn, Michigan (section)

===Public libraries===
[[File:Henry Ford Library.JPG|thumb|Henry Ford Centennial Library]]
Dearborn Public Library includes the [[Henry Ford Centennial Library]], which is the main library; and the Bryant and Esper branches.<ref>"[http://dearbornlibrary.org/aboutus/aboutus.htm Hours/About Us]." ([https://archive.today/20131115230037/http://dearbornlibrary.org/aboutus/aboutus.htm Archive]) Dearborn Public Library. Retrieved on November 15, 2013.</ref>

Dearborn's first public library opened in 1924 at the building now known as the Bryant Branch. This served as the main library until the Ford library opened in 1969. In 1970 what became known as the Mason building was classified as a branch library. The library was renamed in 1977 after Katharine Wright Bryant, who developed a plan for the library and campaigned for it.<ref>"[http://dearbornlibrary.org/aboutus/bryant.htm A LOOK AT THE Bryant Branch]." ([https://archive.today/20131115230941/http://dearbornlibrary.org/aboutus/bryant.htm Archive]) Dearborn Public Library. Retrieved on November 15, 2013.</ref>

Around April 1963<!--three months before July 30--> the [[Ford Motor Company]] granted the City of Dearborn $3 million to build a library as a memorial to [[Henry Ford]]. The company deeded {{convert|15.3|acre|ha}} of vacant land for the public library to the city on July 30, 1963, the centennial or 100th anniversary of Henry Ford's birth. The [[Ford Foundation]] later granted the library an additional $500,000 for supplies and equipment. On November 25, 1969, the library was dedicated. Originally only the library had offices in the building but in 1979, the library gave up the western side's meeting rooms for the City of Dearborn Health Department.<ref>"[http://dearbornlibrary.org/aboutus/centenni.htm A LOOK AT THE Henry Ford Centennial Library]." ([https://archive.today/20131115230418/http://dearbornlibrary.org/aboutus/centenni.htm Archive]) Dearborn Public Library. Retrieved on November 15, 2013.</ref>

The Esper Branch, the smallest branch, is located in what is known as the Arab residential quarter of the city, dedicated on October 12, 1953. Originally named the Warren Branch, this structure had replaced the Northeast Branch, which opened in a storefront in 1944. In October 1961, it was named after city councilman Anthony M. Esper.<ref>"[http://dearbornlibrary.org/aboutus/esper.htm A LOOK AT THE Esper Branch]." ([https://archive.today/20131115231105/http://dearbornlibrary.org/aboutus/esper.htm Archive]) Dearborn Public Library. Retrieved on November 15, 2013.</ref>