Archival photo of construction of Leavenworth, KS, Carnegie Library

Leavenworth, KS

KS

Leavenworth, KSVisit the Library and Archives My grandfather, Ernest Geipel of Chicago, worked on this building. He was a cut-stone contractor. He is pictured here standing on the steps of the building under construction. He also worked on the libraries in Lincoln, Illinois, and Springfield, Missouri. I am a retired librarian who worked 43 years…

Madison, SD, 57042

Madison, SD

SD

Madison, SDVisit the Library and Archives From approximately 1946 until I graduated from high school in 1961, I made almost weekly visits to this library. I can still take myself back there whenever I enter a library room that has that “library smell.” My father went to the library every week when he retired to…