Congregational Library, London

Although I collect postal librariana related to libraries throughout the world, most of my posts on the Library History Buff Blog pertain to...

One of 5 Most Beautiful Reading Rooms

Today I visited the newly renovated library reading room at the Wisconsin Historical Society in Madison. After its renovation I believe t...

Revisiting Dartmouth's Social Friends' Library

In one of those unusual coincidences I wrote about the Society of Social Friends , a student literary society at Dartmouth College, on Satur...

Washington Overdue at New York Society Library

The story about George Washington's overdue books at the New York Society Library, New York's oldest library, in the New York Dail...

Dartmouth's Student Literary Societies

Early academic libraries, unlike those of today, were not very friendly to students. This led to the creation of student literary societies...

Book Automobiles

On April 14, the American Library Association (ALA) will celebrate the first National Bookmobile Day . I recently acquired the 1937 ALA publ...

New York School Libraries and School Library Month

April is School Library Month and in recognition of that occasion I have compiled this post which features two pieces of New Yor...

With all the Red Tape on the Box

A few years ago I attended a reception at the Menasha Public Library in conjunction with the Wisconsin Library Association's annual con...