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DERBY LINE, Vt.—The stately, stone-and-stained-glass library in this tiny border town in the rolling hills of Vermont plays a pivotal role in Canadian mystery writer Louise Penny’s forthcoming ...
I was the manager of a small branch library in Indianapolis, and at the time, "street lit" books were really popular at that library. The language was as rough as the books' mean-streets settings.
The Roxbury Branch of the Boston Public Library was renamed the Shaw-Roxbury Branch Library at Nubian Square, in honor of ...
'This is my dream job': Local library director is one of few Black men to hold position "I look for small libraries that are not thriving that are in Black communities," said Richard Ashby.
The Carnegie Corporation donated $10,000 for the library, the Sentinel reported in May 1917. Construction was completed in early 1918, and Lawson McGhee librarian Mary Rothrock headed to New York ...
INDIANAPOLIS – In 1922, Black and white Hoosiers lived in the same city but didn’t share the same world. Access in every way was limited to Indianapolis’ Black residents, a realit… ...