Deaderick and Rothrock, Uncommon Women

Both Rothrock and Deaderick were directors of this library. Looking back over my library career I feel fortunate to have met and come to kno...

Yale University Library and World War I

One of the biggest challenges faced by historians is the absence or loss of historical records which in many instances have been deliberatel...

March Birthdays for Former Library Leaders

Envelope mailed by Charles A. Cutter on Oct. 20, 1896 Below I have listed the significant birthdays in March for former American library lea...

A Good Pleasant Job on the S.S. Washington, 1921

As I've mentioned on earlier posts, I like used postcards and I look for interesting messages on the cards. The postcard above has a pic...

Library War Service Map Poster, 1918

I'm working on an exhibit of my ALA WWI Library War Service memorabilia in one of Wisconsin's public libraries for April. I've e...

Birds in the Boston Athenaeum, 1900

 It's not often you find a letter that begins, "I was just chasing & trying to catch three sparrows that flew into the Reading...

UC Berkeley Library Celebration

The Doe Library of the University of California Berkeley Library is celebrating its centennial with a variety of activities tomorrow (Marc...

Happy Bicentennial American Antiquarian Society

The American Antiquarian Society (AAS) in Worcester, MA is celebrating its bicentennial this year. The AAS is an independent research libra...

First Separate Academic Library Buildings in US

The first library building built solely to serve as a library was at the University of South Carolina in 1840. It is shown on the postcard t...

Advertisement for Johnston's Library Outfit

I'm one of the bloggers for the Philatelic Literature & Research Blog of the American Philatelic Research Library and earlier toda...

Janice Kee and a Librarian's Travelogue, Another Story for Women's History Month

Janice Kee at the WI Library Commission Sarah Janice Kee (1908-1998) was inducted into the Wisconsin Library Hall of Fame in 2009 primarily...

American Library in Paris Librariana

We are fast approaching the 95th anniversary of America's entry into World War I (April 6, 1917) which led to the creation of the Librar...

Lutie Stearns and the Woman's Congress at Tower Hill, WI

To help celebrate Women's History Month I thought I would post a story about Lutie Stearns , one of Wisconsin's greatest library pio...