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McCloskey to be honored with Literary Landmark plaque
In celebration of Children’s Book Week 2015, the The Lane Libraries will host a “Robert McCloskey Walk and Literary Landmark Dedication,” 10 a.m. Saturday May 9.
Walk in the footsteps of Robert McCloskey, Hamilton’s famous children’s author. Meet at the Hamilton Lane Library, (Children’s Department on the 5th Floor) and parade your way to the Robert McCloskey Museum, touring McCloskey landmarks along the way.
The Walking Tour is led by Brandon Soale, curator of the McCloskey Museum. He will end the tour at 11:30 and participants will have time to return to their cars for the dedication at the Hamilton Lane Library at noon.
Dedication of United for Libraries Children’s Book Week 2015 Literary Landmark will follow at noon.
After the dedication, there will be a tour of the Hamilton Lane Library and you can view our painting of McCloskey, “Man with a Harmonica” by Jane White Cooke, and check out books by McCloskey.
The plaque will read: “Two-Time Caldecott Award winner Robert McCloskey (1914-2003) walked through the doors of this library many times as a child. McCloskey was born in Hamilton and his first book, Lentil, featured several Hamilton scenes including this library. Published by Viking in 1940, it told the story of a boy much like himself who played the harmonica,” and will contain the names of contributors Heritage Hall, the Lane Libraries, the Ohio Educational Library Media Association and Penguin Young Readers, an imprint of Viking.
Presenters will include Gratia Banta, Youth Services Manager, the Lane Libraries; Nancy Follmer, President, Heritage Hall; OELMA Representatives; Mike Dinkeldein, architect; Carol Bowling, Branch Manager, Hamilton Lane Library; and Peter Roop, author, who will read Lentil.
For more information, call 513-785-2703.
Smith Library photo in ‘March Madness’ competition
In the spirit and fun of college basketball’s March Madness, the Ohio History Connection and Smith Library of Regional History invite you to participate in Ohio Memory Madness – a bracket of sixty-four historical events from across the state all competing for the unique distinction of being named the 2015 Ohio Memory Madness Champion. Since the historical events featured in the bracket are unable to play tournament style basketball, the winner of Ohio Memory Madness will be determined by public online voting at www.ohiohistoryhost.org/madness/.
The Ohio Memory Madness bracket features images of a variety of historical events pulled from Ohio
Memory, the collaborative digital library project of the Ohio History Connection and the State Library of Ohio, with digital collections from 360 cultural heritage institutions representing all of Ohio’s 88 counties.
Smith History Library is proud to have Freedom Summer represent Oxford in this statewide competition.
The photo shown is of Fannie Lou Hamer visiting Civil Rights workers training at Western College for Women during Freedom Summer in 1964. The photograph was taken by George R. Hoxie.
Event images will go head to head beginning March 17, and the voting is scheduled as follows:
First round: March 17–20
Round of 32: March 21-25
Sweet 16: March 26-27
Elite 8: March 28-30
Final 4: April 2-4
Championship: April 5-6
The public can vote throughout the tournament to be sure their favorite event image makes it to the championship – they can also enter to win a prize pack from the Ohio History Connection including tickets to the Ohio History Center in Columbus, a Retro Ohio t-shirt, and an assortment of Ohio munchies to enjoy while watching that other sport.
The Smith Library, a division of Lane Public Libraries, collects information on the history of Oxford, Butler County, and southwestern Ohio.