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From the Stacks: “Your spirit speaking to mine…” – The Poetic Conversation of Helen Keller and Count

An earlier post on Amistad’s blog referenced a current project to reconstruct the personal library of Harlem Renaissance poet Countee...

A City’s Trash, an Artist’s Treasure

As a cataloger, I get a glimpse of every title that enters our library collection. This includes books, magazines, newspapers, pamphlets,...

From the Stacks: Lloyd H. Smith’s Unique Jazz Library

When Jazzmen, the early study of jazz music edited by Frederic Ramsey Jr. and Charles Edward Smith, was published in 1939, the book’s...

50 Years/50 Collections: The Tom Dent Library, 1998.

When authors are asked “What makes a good writer?,” a common answer is “A good writer starts as a good reader.” This oft-quoted maxim is...

RELEASE: Kathe Hambrick Appointed The Center's Executive Director, read more...