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

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 we wanted his atten...

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

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

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 LIBRARY IN THE LATE  ...

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 through Valley City, or, a...

Story by Deb Hornung The James River Valley Library plays a very important role in the elementary classroom. I have taught elementary children for over 30 y...

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 important for the year a...

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 were located. I was ve...

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

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 Public Library.  My paren...

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 start. There were te...

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 reading at an early ...

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 for a whole week. T...

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

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 strangers in my comm...

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

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 students that to become...

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 the requirement to ...