Bookplates of the Los Angeles Public Library

I recently added The Bookplates of the Los Angeles Public Library by Joan L. West (Los Angeles Library Association, 1971) to my library his...

Book Wagon For Sale on eBay

As a proponent of a library history museum , my adrenalin got going pretty good when I came across an historic book wagon for sale on eBay ....

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 ...

Walter Lewis Brown, Buffalo Librarian

Walter Lewis Brown (1861-1931) played a significant role in the development of the Buffalo Public Library, now the Buffalo & Erie County...

Library Cover Stories

"Cover" is a philatelic term for an envelope, postal card, or similar postal artifact that has been sent through the mail (or is i...

Happy Birthday Justin Winsor, First President of ALA

Today is the 180th anniversary of the birth of Justin Winsor (1831-1897), President of the American Library Association from its founding in...

Celebrating Library History in 2011

I'm always on the look out for opportunities to celebrate library history. Anniversaries of important dates and events is obviously one ...