Most Data Collected on a Postal Card

Melvil Dewey was largely responsible for standardizing the catalog card at 7.5 x 12.5 centimeters in 1877. Almost immediately, Dewey began l...

Parthenon Literary Society, WV Univ., 1874

The postal card above may be the second oldest overdue notice in existence (click  here to see the oldest).  It was mailed to a student by ...

Melvil Dewey's Library Postal Card

Since today (Dec. 10) is the birthday (159th) of Melvil Dewey, I thought it would be an appropriate occasion for a post about the  postal ca...