Editing Hammond, Indiana (section)

===Public libraries===
Hammond Public Library, located at 564 State Street, includes the Suzanne G. Long Local History Room. The system used to operate the E.B. Hayward Branch at 1212 172nd Street and the Howard Branch at 7047 Grand Avenue. Both branches have since been closed. The Hammond Public Library was the first library in the state to form a recognized union, a local of AFSCME. Patricia E. Robinson was the first president of the library union.<ref>"[http://www.hammond.lib.in.us/libraryinfomenu.htm Library Information, Locations, Hours] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081215164121/http://www.hammond.lib.in.us/libraryinfomenu.htm |date=December 15, 2008}}." ''Hammond Public Library''. Retrieved on January 21, 2009.</ref>