A HUNDRED years old, the Boston Public Library still holds a special position among the public libraries of America. Its home in Copley Square, that noble Renaissance palace with its beautiful ...
Buried in an unmarked grave in Eastern Cemetery, adjacent to Cave Hill, lies a tall scholarly man from Farmville, Virginia, whose impact on our city cannot be overstated. Rev. Thomas Fountain Blue, ...
It’s moving day at America’s first Carnegie library, perched on the side of a hill in Braddock, Pa. A team of young librarians shuttles in and out with arms full, filling the back of a pickup truck ...
LA CROSSE (WKBT) — 150 years ago, Wisconsin passed a law creating what’s now known as public libraries. Black River Falls became the first community in the state of Wisconsin to open one. Inside the ...