A return postage slip would be included in a shipped Traveling Library, Books for the Blind circulating collection to ensure the collection is sent back to the right location.
The building was designed by architect Oliver O. Smith in 1898 in the Beaux Arts style. It is one of the oldest buildings in the Iowa State Capitol Complex. The building initially housed the Iowa State Historical Society, which up to this time had…
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.
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…
