Agreement Card: Books for the Blind
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Books for the Blind</a>
An agreement card issued by the Iowa Library Commission's Traveling Library for the collection of Books for the Blind.
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Book Caravan
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Rural Library Services
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Individuals gather by the Iowa Traveling Libraries, Book Caravan, in front of the Ola-Babcok Miller (State Library) building in Des Moines, Iowa.
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Borrower Postage Card: Traveling Library Collection
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Borrower postage cards were sent to patrons or potential patrons of the Traveling Library, to gather information for various needs.
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Children reading at a library extension site.
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Rural Library Services </a>
Children using the collection at a rural extension site of the Iowa State Traveling Libraries, Rural Extension Services.
Iowa Library Services/ State Library of Iowa
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Dating Slip: Traveling Library
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Dating slips would be used in each book to document the date it was loaned.
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Early Interlibrary Loan
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Interlibrary Loan
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Filling a request for a interlibrary loan.
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Ernestine Grafton
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Ernestine Grafton was born in Hubbard City, Texas on Jan. 17, 1913, the daughter of Louis D. Grafton and Connie Newton. She received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Trinity University, Waxahachie, Texas in 1933, a Bachelor of Arts degree in Library Science from the University of Oklahoma in 1934, and a Master of Arts degree from the University of Chicago in 1940. Ernestine was School Librarian in Port Arthur, Texas from 1934-35, Reference Assistant in the Cincinnati Public Library, Ohio from 1936-1941, Tri-County Librarian in North Carolina from 1941-1944, and State Extension Librarian at the Virginia State Library from 1945-1957.
Miss Grafton became the first director appointed by the new State Traveling Library Board in July 1957. And she continued her work at the State Traveling Library of Iowa until 1970. Ernestine died on August 2, 2000 in New York City.
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Iowa Library Commission, State Traveling Library Collection
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Iowa Library Commission
Rural Library Services
State Historical Building</a>
This photo shows the office of the Iowa Library Commission and State Traveling Library, located on ground floor of the State Historical Building, Des Moines, Iowa.
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Iowa State Library Travel Wagon
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The Traveling Library wagon would be used to transport library materials throughout the state.
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Iowa State Traveling Library: Children and Young People's Specialists
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Chidren's Librarian </a>
Children's and Young Peoples specialists librarians for the Iowa State Traveling Library working at their desks.
1965
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