Cookbook Librariana

According to The Cookbook Library , a new book on the history of printed cookbooks by Anne Willan and Mark Cherniavsky  (Univ. of California...

Vintage Autos and Libraries on Postcards

I noted in a previous post that horse and buggies add interest to postcards of library buildings. Vintage automobiles do the same thing. Sh...

Postal Recognition of IFLA Conferences

The World Library and Information Conference of the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA) will take pla...

A Toot My Own Horn Opportunity

Me and my exhibit at the MN Stamp Expo Previously I posted information about my "America's Public Libraries and Their Forerunners ...

Early Aurora (IL) Library Workers Identified

L to R: Alice Belleau, Gladys V. Hull, Minnie J. Pooley, Matie K. Quinn, Lillian C. Miles, Kate E. Marshall, and H. Belva Hull My post for J...

Libraries and horse and buggies on postcards

I'm always on the lookout for library postcards with interesting added features. There's nothing like a horse and buggy to add a lit...

Destruction of Stanford's Library in 1906

"It was soon after sunrise April 18, 1906, that the ground now solid underfoot began to heave, to tremble. As one journalist described ...

Szabo to ALA in 1915 - Where's my Booklist?

Ervin Szabo (1877-1918) was Hungary's most famous librarian. Hungary has issued two postage stamps in his honor and has named one of its...

Early Portland (OR) Bookmobile Postcard

The predecessor of the Multnomah County Library in Portland, Oregon was the Portland Library Association which was established in 1864. Ori...

Adrian, Michigan's Carnegie Library

Adrian, MI received a grant from Andrew Carnegie for a public library building on Dec. 20, 1904. The initial grant was for $20,000 but was l...

Unidentified Early Women Library Workers

I have two early artifacts (see above) showing images of unidentified women library workers. The first is a photograph of ten women and one ...

Carnegie Approves Funding for Mount Vernon, NY

Andrew Carnegie made grants to 1412 communities in the U.S. to help fund the construction of 1679 public library buildings. Much of the pape...

People in Libraries on Postcards

Virginia State Library, Richmond School children in Manchester, NH Public Library Reading Room, Boston Public Library Piney Woods School Lib...