Cape Girardeau, MOVisit the Library and Archives Being a reading specialist teacher, I have tried to instill a love of reading in my children from the very beginning. The summer reading programs at Cape Girardeau Public Library have played a large part in their development as readers. As my mother has played a huge part…
Sedalia, MOVisit the Library and Archives In the late 1970s, I was working on my master’s degree one summer and living in a college town 30 miles from Sedalia. I was in transition to a new apartment in Sedalia, where I taught junior high students. I spent a lot of time in there waiting for…
Joplin, MOVisit the Library and Archives I remember checking books out at the Carnegie back in my middle school days about the artist Vincent van Gogh, and as a local architect in the community I have periodically photographed this great building. This story was submitted by a Carnegie Library fan. Got a story? Share it…
St. Louis, MOVisit the Library and Archives After being denied a library card in Illinois in 1990 because we bought a house outside of town limits, we went across the Mississippi River and discovered the downtown branch of the St. Louis Public Library. For $15 a year, we were able to take advantage of the…