Library of Congress Exhibit

April is the month that we celebrate National Library Week . This year it is April 14 -20. I'm helping to celebrate this event with an e...

Evolution of Metal Bookstacks

Metal bookstacks are in the news in New York. The Museum of Modern Art in New York City has an exhibit on display featuring the works of F...

A Visit to the St. Louis Public Library

For a library history buff, it doesn't get much better than a visit to the newly renovated Central Library of the St. Louis Public Libr...

Women on Library Postcards

Library, Washington Normal School, Ellensburg, WA Library, Baptist Missionary Training School, Chicago Guthrie (OK) Carnegie Library I'v...

Books in Chains

Hereford Cathedral Chained Library Books in Chains is the title of a book originally published in London in 1892 that contains the writings...

German POW Camp Libraries in WWI

    I have a special interest in military libraries during wartime. Most of the items in my collection on this topic are about U.S. librarie...

Postcard Depicting Cats in the Library

This delightful postcard has a caption in German which reads "Wer die Wahl hat, hat die Qual!". This translates in English to ...