Lest We Forget

Who doesn’t remember where they were on Tuesday, September 11, 2001? Like December 7, 1941, it is “a date which will live in infamy”. So today, thirteen years after the fateful events of that horrible day, we pause to remember. Remember the innocents whose lives were lost, remember the families and loved ones they left…

“My Shocking Confession: I Love Congress”

Today’s guest post comes from Ray Smock.  Mr. Smock is director of the Robert C. Byrd Center for Legislative Studies at Shepherd University in Shepherdstown, West Virginia. He served as Historian of the U. S. House of Representatives from 1983 to 1995 and was a planner of the bicentennial commemoration of Congress in 1989.  This…

An Exhibit in the Making

This week’s post comes from Erik, our museum studies student assistant.  He shares with us the purpose and planning of our newest exhibit.  Look for more exhibit information from Erik later this spring! The exhibit is titled “Reflections on the Civil Rights Movement,” and with the space available it truly is a mere reflection. Entire…

Rediscovered Reference

When dinosaurs roamed the Earth and I was in library school [well, it was before the turn of the century!] I took several classes concentrating on reference materials for specific subjects. This meant discovering the many books people wrote in order to help others find information.  Now, of course, outside of school, our default is…

85

“My first 85 years,” is not a phrase one hears too often, if ever at all.  But not here at the Library, in fact, it is the title of Bob Poage’s memoir.   Of those many years, Poage dedicated his life to public service as a United States congressman and had a front row seat to…