hamradioyl
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hamradioyl
@pamwidmerpool.bsky.social
Ham radio operator-KN4IJM, librarian, teaches library history, rare books & special collections. Writes Substack "Ebla to E-Books:The preservation and annihilation of memory" https://kathleenmccook.substack.com/
"Message to Garcia" bankrolled the Roycrofters
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"Message to Garcia" bankrolled the Roycrofters
Elbert Hubbard- convicted of obscenity died on the Lusitania
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December 27, 2025 at 1:57 PM
"I could never divide myself from any man upon the difference of an opinion"
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"I could never divide myself from any man upon the difference of an opinion"
Thomas Browne
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December 21, 2025 at 4:12 PM
OZ Illustrator Was King of An Island
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OZ Illustrator Was King of An Island
But William Wallace Denslow Died Broke
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December 17, 2025 at 3:05 AM
How did Graham Greene Know so Much about Haiti?
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How did Graham Greene Know so Much about Haiti?
Bernard Diederich was the reason and his archives are in Miami
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December 11, 2025 at 11:36 PM
Bibliomancy
Deciding Everything with Books
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November 29, 2025 at 4:27 AM
Old Nuke Bunker is Packard Campus of the Library of Congress
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Old Nuke Bunker is Packard Campus of the Library of Congress
It holds "Susie Woosie, " part of the National Juke Box, and so much more
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November 22, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Borso D’Este Bible-Jubilee 2025 Highlight
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Borso D’Este Bible-Jubilee 2025 Highlight
“Mona Lisa of Illuminated Manuscripts”
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November 15, 2025 at 1:57 PM
"Fascinated by the Wikimedia Movement" diff.wikimedia.org/2025/10/12/f...
“Fascinated by the Wikimedia Movement”
My story continues with Wikimedians around the world
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November 9, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Pushkin Book Crime Wave-$3.3 million Stolen
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Puskin Book Crime Wave-$3.3 million Stolen
"Overworked librarians" were fooled by thieves. Were the thefts for money or repatriation?
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November 8, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Bibliomania; or Book Madness
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Bibliomania; or Book Madness
Princess Diana Grew up in a Fabulous Library
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November 1, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Carnegie Libraries Get $10K each for U.S. 250th anniversary
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Carnegie Libraries Get $10K each for U.S. 250th anniversary
Checks to arrive in January 2026
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October 22, 2025 at 12:31 PM
If the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Library Used the Cotton Library Method of Organization--
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If the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Library Used the Cotton Library Method of Organization--
Whose Busts would create the Alphabetical Finding Aid?
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October 18, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Viet Nam lost 75% of its Archival Records
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Viet Nam lost 75% of its Archival Records
Now part of the Memory of the World
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October 16, 2025 at 1:05 PM
The Third Man -Movie Before the Book
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The Third Man -Movie Before the Book
Graham Greene's sketch became a movie then a book
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October 6, 2025 at 3:07 AM
Video Game History Library
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Video Game History Library
Digital library for gaming history
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September 28, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Donald Trump Presidential Library to be in Miami
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Donald Trump Presidential Library to be in Miami
Freedom Tower will be adjacent
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September 24, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Taliban bans books written by women from Afghan universities (2025)
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Taliban bans books written by women from Afghan universities (2025)
Laura Bush continues to support women in Afghanistan
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September 20, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Deep Reading and the Digital Life
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Deep Reading and the Digital Life
The value of lingering in difficulty
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September 15, 2025 at 3:17 PM
5 Nobel Literature Prize Authors Banned
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5 Nobel Literature Prize Authors Banned
Sinclair Lewis, Eugene O’Neill, Ernest Hemingway, William Faulkner, and Bertrand Russell.
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September 14, 2025 at 2:59 PM
“Enduring Impressions: Private Presses & Their Legacies”
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“Enduring Impressions: Private Presses & Their Legacies”
American Printing History Association-50th Conference
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September 10, 2025 at 10:14 PM