- Dec 23, 2022
- 1 min
Season's Greetings from the LHC!
A hallmark of the winter season, holiday cards have been a favorite way to send good cheer since the late 19th century. Local artist...
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- Jul 1, 2021
- 2 min
☆★☆ The Answer is: 42 ☆★☆
Donations to the Local History Collection take all forms. Though photographs and documents are our most-received items, our holdings...
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- Jun 18, 2021
- 3 min
Juneteenth Jubilation
The Bryant Library Local History Collection celebrates Juneteenth, our country’s newest federal holiday, by remembering some of the...
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- Jan 18, 2021
- 2 min
MLK and WCB
On this important holiday that honors the life of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., we remember the powerful rhetoric he administered as a...
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- Dec 30, 2020
- 5 min
Celebrating the New Year With The Speedling's
In January 2011, a recollection of holiday memories from early LHC donor Stewart Donaldson appeared in the Bryant Library Newsletter with...
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- Dec 23, 2020
- 6 min
A Christopher Morley Christmas
As the dear patrons of our little blog know, the Bryant Library’s Local History Collection contains a veritable trove of Christopher...
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- Nov 11, 2020
- 2 min
Armistice Day 11/11/1918 - Veterans Day 11/11/2020
On the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month in the year 1918, the nation celebrated the end of World War I,...
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- May 24, 2020
- 2 min
Memorial Day Weekend 1945
Several months ago, a long-time resident walked into the Local History Collection with a cache of more than 500 letters that he found...
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