Tacoma Public Library Online Digital CollectionsThese online resources draw from Tacoma Public Library’s substantial local history collection housed in the Northwest Room at the Main Branch original 1903 Carnegie Library. Access to information held in clipping files, city directories, newspapers, photos, maps, and a host of other original materials is provided here for the use of researchers near and far. If you are looking for information about Tacoma’s historic buildings, people, industry, neighborhoods, and communities, you’ve come to the right place