Tag: books

I remember thinking that Pine Castle was very important to the community, but they didn't know they were important. And I came up with a slogan for them, that would promote them: "The Heart of the Community Since 1940." Excerpt from an Oral History Inter ... Read more

It is on the National Register of Historic Places because of the Kerouac connection. But in and of itself, it's a 102-year-old house. It's a Sears and Roebuck kit house where you could go into the catalog and order a house and they would ship all the pie ... Read more

ACCESSION BOOKS Prior to the advent of computers all the books in a library were recorded in large books called accession books. The original accession books from the Albertson Public Library still exist. They contain entries for every book added ... Read more

ABOVE:  "A Woman's War Record" donated by Captain Charles Albertson. When the Albertson Public Library opened to the public in November 1923, most of the books in the collection were gifts from individuals and organizations. A number of books were also p ... Read more