Library Postcards
There are many genres of postcard collecting, technically referred to as Deltiology. This site represents a collection of postcards that focuses on libraries in the United States and throughout the world. Reproductions of many of these vintage postcards are available for purchase.
Wednesday, February 15, 2012
Morse Library, Beloit College, Beloit, Wisconsin
[LIB6428] - The Colonel Robert H. Morse Library - Richard Black Information Center was built in 1961 and renovated in 1991. The library's collections include 240,000 books. [From the website]
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Thomas Crane Public Library, Quincy, Massachusetts
[LIB6427] - The Thomas Crane Public Library was built in four stages: the original building (1882) by architect H. H. Richardson; an additional ell with stack space and stained glass (1908) by William Martin Aiken in Richardson's style; a major expansion (1939) by architects Paul A. and Carroll Coletti, with stone carvings by sculptor Joseph A. Coletti of Quincy; and a recent addition (2001) by Boston architects Childs, Bertman, and Tseckares, which doubled the size of the library. [Wikipedia]
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Francis Harvey Green Library, West Chester State College, West Chester, Pennsylvania
[LIB6426] - Built in 1902, remodeled in 1938-1941, dedicated in 1947 to Dr. Francis Harvey Green, former chairman of the English Department.
The library has a valuable collection of rare books on natural history, the four folios of Shakespeare's plays (1623-1685) and the Sanderson Biographies of the Signers of the Declaration of Independence, with autographs of the signers. [From the back of the card]
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Sawyer Library, Williams College, Williamstown, Massachusetts
[LIB6425] - Sawyer Library is named after the 11th President of Williams College, John Edward Sawyer. Sawyer is the main campus library and houses collections that support the arts, humanities, and social sciences. The collections also include most of the library systems' government documents, videocassettes, and sound recordings. [From the website]
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Wednesday, February 8, 2012
Feeney Memorial Library, Mount St. Scholastica College, Atchison, Kansas
[LIB6424] - The Benedictine College Library supports the College’s mission to educate men and women within a community of faith and scholarship. Our primary task is to serve the educational and research needs of our main constituencies, the faculty, students and staff of Benedictine College and the monastic communities of Saint Benedict’s Abbey and Mount St. Scholastica Monastery. Through resource sharing and cooperative agreements, the Library’s collections are accessible to the greater Atchison community and the world at large. As heirs to 1500 years of Benedictine tradition, we are committed to preserving, expanding and making available our historical and contemporary collections in various formats. Website
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