Library History

Minitex News articles tagged with "Library History" (4):

Cassette tape cover in the shape of a book with the words "oral history" below it

1969 flashback: Impressions of Interlibrary Loan in Minnesota

I interviewed dozens of librarians over the last several years through the Minitex oral history project, all available in the Minitex collection for the Minnesota Digital Library. In honor of our 50th Anniversary, I would like to select and share a few of the stories from that collection. This is the first article in an occasional series published in the Minitex Messenger.

Gratia Countryman visits Minitex

Legendary Minnesota librarian Gratia Countryman is here visiting Minitex this week.

Minnesota library history comes alive: Gratia Countryman now on social media!

Inspired by the research we conducted for our Radical All Along MLA presentation, Team Gratia (Sara Ring, Olivia Moris, & Ann Walker Smalley) have started the 

New contribution to Minnesota Reflections: Minnesota Library Association

New content has been added to the Minnesota Library Association (MLA) Collection in Minnesota Reflections. The collection now includes founding documents of the Association, scripts from a library radio show that ran from 1938-1939, the first traveling library book list from 1898, conference programs dating back to 1896, and association newsletters from 1939-2005.