Rainbow Round My Shelves

Authors

  • Edna Gillespie Blackfoot Public Library

Keywords:

Idaho libraries, public library history, World War II, Vardis Fisher, Blackfoot, Idaho

Abstract

For years the Blackfoot Public Library lay buried under ground. Yet the ghosts that
haunted our shelves and aisles were blithe spirits and they dispensed gaiety throughout
the community. How could they help it? The floor was orange, the walls primrose,
the chairs vermilion, the tables topped with jade green. I think that many patrons still
think regretfully of those days when we could reach right out from the desk and pick
a book asked for, or by rising reach in behind the doubled row to get out an obscure
volume that we had fondly hoped no one would be demanding for ages.

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Published

2016-12-08

Issue

Vol. 80 No. 3 (2016): Creativity

Section

Articles

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