Library Postcards
The Viroqua (WI) Public Library, now the McIntosh Memorial Public Library.
Collecting picture postcards of libraries is one of the most common and most popular librariana collecting areas. Norman D. Stevens has compiled a list of people who have previously collected library postcards. I am trying to maintain a list of active library postcard collectors and collections. If you are interested in being included on the active list contact me at nix@libraryhistorybuff.org. Links to some library postcard collections on the Internet and to some postcard collecting resources are provided below.
Library Postcard Collections on the Internet
The Library Postcard site of Sharon McQueen and Richard
Douglas
http://www.libraryhistory.com/
This is a sophisticated site with great ambitions. Contributions in
the form of library postcards or money is being solicited to support the site.
Contact
Richard
Douglas to
contribute. You can also mail contributions to Postcards, 2018
North First Street, Milwaukee, WI 53212-3202.
The Library Postcard site of Judy Aulik
http://home.comcast.net/~jaulik/index.html
This is a
great library postcard site which is expanding. I'm envious.
Library postcard favorites of Larry T. Nix
http://www.libraryhistorybuff.org/pcfavorites.htm
Library postcard group on Flickr
established by Elizabeth Thomsen
http://www.flickr.com/groups/librarypostcards/
Library Postcards at
the
American Library Association Archives
http://web.library.uiuc.edu/ahx/ead/ala/digital/ala-digital.html
Postcards of the New York Public Library
Collected by Harvey Lynch
http://www.nyplpostcard.com/
The Detroit Publishing Co. Collection at the Library of
Congress
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/collections/touring/
Search using the word "library".
The library postcard page of the Lexington (KY) Public Library
http://www.lexpublib.org/postcards/
The library postcard page of Owen Massey, a librarian in London, England
http://owen.massey.net/libraries/postcards.html
Postcard images of the Watertown (WI) Public Library
http://www.watertownhistory.org/Articles/Library.htm
The
Cliff Smith YMCA Postcard Collection (Search under "library")
Planners Web of the Planning Commissioners Journal http://www.plannersweb.com/publicbldgs.html
Postcard Collecting Resources
Jack D. Mount's Postcard Resources Site
http://members.cox.net/jdmount/postcard.html
Postcard.org
http://www.postcard.org/
The San Francisco Bay Area Postcard Club site.
Deltiologists of America
http://www.deltiologists-america.com/
The Postcard Listserv
https://listserv.indiana.edu/cgi-bin/wa-iub.exe?A0=POSTCARD-L
This listserv is the oldest postcard listserv on the
Internet. It was originally established by Dan Lester and was located at
Boise State University for many years. It is now located at the University
of Indiana.
Playle's Online (Postcard) Auctions
http://www.playle.com/browse.php?t=a&c=346&o=d
A list of active library postcard collectors and collections.
A list of former library postcard collectors and collections compiled by Norman D. Stevens.