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Entrance to entire building which includes a museum as well as
the library
... and to the library
Ann Sindelar (Reference Advisor) delighted us by her offer to tour
behind the scenes
One row of the newspaper stacks -- over 5800 newspapers
... and a closeup of the newspapers
It was hard to get one picture to show the vastness of the room,
which was just one of 4 floors
There is a large automotive collection. Since Kathryn is interested
in the Checker marque, she chose that one for the representative
picture - 6 inches of Checker files!
Part of 131 linear ft of non-US family histories
Ann shows one of them
Opening it up to show a chart
The charts are large --
Weyburgh of Clifton Hall
From the stacks there was a wonderful view of the Reading Room
Besides a printed guide, there are several card catalogs of names
and subjects, and lots of cross-referencing
Such a great supportive staff. Besides Ann, Connie (surname to
come) answered many of our questions, and Kathryn was happy that
George Cooper did all the photocopying