Library History Buff Blog

As a collector of postcards featuring libraries, I seek out those that are less typical. Few are less typical than those that have a winter ...

On November 1, 1897 the new Library of Congress building opened to the public. Ainsworth Rand Spofford, the sixth Librarian of Congress who ...

I'm a member of the United States Stamp Society . One of the most important benefits of being a member is receiving their monthly journa...

In July I attended the Minnesota Stamp Expo. A highlight of the show was the philatelic exhibits which included a number of exhibits of firs...

Forty years ago on July 13, 1982 the United States Postal Service (USPS) issued a postage stamp honoring  America's libraries. It was th...

The Braddock Carnegie Library in Braddock, PA was the first Carnegie library built in America. The library was dedicated by Andrew Carnegie ...

  I've been collecting Library of Congress postal items for over 25 years. These items contitute a postal history of the Library of Cong...

On this day (April 21, 1982) forty years ago the United States Postal Service issued a stamp honoring the Library of Congress. It was signif...

 As a tribute to Women's History Month I'm revisiting the topic of women on library postcards which I previously posted about on Ma...

 Andrew Carnegie funded library buildings at fifteen Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU). I have previous posts about the li...