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Mar 8, 2018
3 min

Louis L'Amour Story: Some Questions Do Get Answered

Story by Carolgene Wolf “Did anyone famous ever go to Franklin School?” “Maybe somebody famous once sat in my desk!” “Or had class in...

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Feb 9, 2018
1 min

Louis L'Amour Story: My Dad and a Typewriter, by Beau L’Amour

Story by Beau L'Amour I have no idea of how we were trained, my sister and I, but we knew how to approach my father if he was working and...

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Feb 5, 2018
1 min

Louis L'Amour Story: Louis L’Amour and the University of Jamestown

Story by Phyllis Bratton, University of Jamestown, Raugust Library Director Part of the Raugust Library L’Amour Collection Shortly after...

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Jan 31, 2018
2 min

Louis L'Amour Story: L’Amour Family, Alfred Dickey and a Reporter

Story by Keith Norman Sometimes doing research on a story with the assistance of the Alfred Dickey Library, turns into research about the...

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Jan 31, 2018
1 min

Louis L'Amour Story: Louis L’Amour and My English Class

Story by Bruce Berg IN 1972 LOUIS L’AMOUR CAME BACK TO JAMESTOWN TO BE HONORED BY JAMESTOWN COLLEGE. I WAS TOLD THAT HE WOULD BE AT THE...

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Jan 30, 2018
2 min

Louis L'Amour Story: Louis L’Amour and My Dad

Story by Mike Morrissey I met Louis L’Amour once, and at my age then, the meeting could not have been more perfect. He was passing...

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Dec 22, 2017
1 min

Library Story: Libraries and Elementary Schools

Story by Deb Hornung The James River Valley Library plays a very important role in the elementary classroom. I have taught elementary...

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Dec 20, 2017
1 min

Library Story: Libraries and a World Traveler

I don’t have any one single story about libraries playing a role in my life, but they’ve always been important. They were especially...

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Dec 18, 2017
1 min

Library Story: Woodworth, ND to Mableton, GA

Story by Stephanie Loose As a young reader, I knew I liked Burgess books. I recall the shape, size and art on the cover and where they...

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Dec 15, 2017
2 min

Library Story: Rediscovery

Story by Jill Pfaff My library story really begins quite recently. It started when I accepted a position working at the James River...

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Dec 14, 2017
2 min

Library Story: Community Quality

Story by Dr. Jo-Ida C. Hansen Like many people, I am sure, who grew up in Jamestown, I have fond memories of the Alfred Dickey Free...

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Dec 7, 2017
3 min

Library Story: Learning to Read

Story by Alice Mueller Harris Not long after World War II in 1950, my family took a ship to the United States from Germany to make a new...

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Dec 5, 2017
2 min

Library Story: Mrs. Smith, Memories of the Alfred Dickey Free Library

A librarian at the Alfred Dickey Free Library, whom I knew only as Mrs. Smith, made a profound difference in my young life. I discovered...

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Dec 4, 2017
3 min

Library Story: Libraries & Teachers

One of my favorite memories is when I signed up for my first library card. I was so excited. Imagine that — I could check out a few books...

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Nov 14, 2017
1 min

Adult Programs: Self-Publishing

Bruce Keith & Bill, otherwise known as BBK, are local authors. They will talk about the process of self-publishing your book from...

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Oct 27, 2017
2 min

Library Story: I Am Who I Am

When I was asked to write a story about how libraries influenced my life, I was skeptical. Was I willing to open myself up to a bunch of...

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Oct 25, 2017
1 min

Library Story: Libraries & Vision

When I received the information brochure regarding fund raising for a new bookmobile, I immediately knew it would be a community project...

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Sep 23, 2017
2 min

Library Story: A Family of Readers

Story by Diane Jolin Literacy has always been important to me. That is one of the reasons I became a reading teacher. I would tell my...

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Sep 22, 2017
1 min

Library Story: Read Until You See The Movie

Story by Barb Laraway My family has always loved to read books. My children went to the library for Children’s Hour every time it was...

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Sep 20, 2017
1 min

Library Story: The Librarian and a Neighborhood Kid

This is a story about the impact of the library on my own education from my high school days at Jamestown High School. I was tasked with...

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