The spiders and jack-o-lanterns have been cleared away after a very successful Halloween party at the Des Peres Library; our thanks go to the community people who were indispensible to its success: Mrs. Mary Parker in her witch costume; Loretta Lloyd, Gwen Jacques, Marilyn Jones, Nancy Joyner and others who just saw our need and pitched in.
Category: St. Louis Public Library
The survey by St Louis University of all branches of the St. Louis Public Library is just now being finished, later than expected.
Three Saturday workshops on how to gather and record family history were begun at the St. Louis Public Library on September 18.
A free course which will explore and teach how to find information among the diverse resources of the St. Louis Public Library began on September 25.
October will naturally bring ghosties and goblins to the Library.
Historical notice published in May 1976; offers, prices, addresses and telephone contacts are preserved as source material, not current listings.
The film series, "America: A Personal History of the United States," is available for loan to schools, organizations, and interested persons from the- 16mm film collection of the St. Louis Public Library.
A Black History Mobile Library has been established by the St. Louis Public Library's Community Services Department as part of the Library's Bicentennial observance.
Replicas of twelve flags used by American colonists during the Revolutionary War are displayed in the Main Hall of the St. Louis Public Library, 1301 Olive Street, as one facet of the library's Bicentennial participation.
Children in St. Louis are invited to enter the St. Louis Public Library's new poster and poetry/essay contest which begins November 1.
New patterns of library information services and renewed support to continuing adult education are emerging in the St. Louis Public Library system, through the marshalling of its resources for improved public service, says Paxton P.
Originally published in The Paper, April 1970.
