ALA's Dodranscentennial, 1951

To celebrate its seventy fifth anniversary in 1951the American Library Association chose to use this occasion not to reflect on its past but...

September Birthdays of Former Library Leaders

September has some significant birthdays of former library leaders. Julia Wright Merrill  (1881-1961) born on Sept. 11, 1881 (130 years ago)...

ALA's Jubilee, 1926

Drexel Institute, Philadelphia, site of ALA's 50th anniversary sessions  The leaders of the American Library Association recognized the ...

ALA's 25th Anniversary, Waukesha, WI, 1901

ALA's 1901 meeting took place in this hotel 1901 ALA conference attendees in front of State Historical Society, Madison, WI Next month ...

Philatelic Research Award

I call myself a library history buff in order to distinguish myself from library history scholars whose research is linked to their professi...

Longest Reference Request On A Postal Card

The excellent staff of the American Library Association Library is always willing to respond to reference requests within the scope of the ...

WI State Law Library 175th Anniversary Celebration

  Earlier in the week I was privileged to participate in the culminating event of a year long celebration of the 175th anniversary of the f...

Messages on Library Postcards

This is a magnificent building. I was telling them that it is not going to compare with ours. We went all over this library yesterday. It is...

Humongous Library Postcard Auction

  One of the largest privately held library postcard collections ever offered for sale is now up for auction on eBay. The collection includ...

Lighthouse Libraries

Raspberry Island Lighthouse Bookcase Pottawatomie Lighthouse Bookcase My wife is a big fan of lighthouses and we have visited many of the...