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Ellis Library & Reference Center Adult Coloring Contest

by | Jun 3, 2016 | News

colour-pencils-flipped.jpg Enter by Friday, June 3, 2016 Contest Rules Participants must be 18 or older. One entry per person. You can only use the provided coloring sheet. Please pick it up at the circulation desk. Return completed coloring sheets to the Ellis...

Going Green

by | May 1, 2016 | From the Reference Desk

Spring means Green!  The grass is turning green, and the trees are filling with leaves. Now is the time to think about keeping the environment green. The information provided below will include lots of good ideas for ways to Go Green. LOCAL Healthy Monroe Solid...

The Many Images of Elizabeth Bacon Custer

by | Apr 5, 2016 | Custer Collection

Even though her husband, General George A. Custer, is known as the most photographed general of the Civil War, many images still exist of Elizabeth Bacon Custer.  The Lawrence A. Frost Collection houses a small collection of images of the Custer family.  Part of this...

Bedford Branch Adult Coloring Contest

by | Apr 1, 2016 | News

Enter by Friday, April 1, 2016 Contest Rules Participants must be 18 or older. One entry per person. You can only use the provided coloring sheet. Please pick it up at the circulation desk. Return completed coloring sheets to the Bedford Branch Library...

Librarian of Congress

by | Apr 1, 2016 | From the Reference Desk

According to their website, the Library of Congress is the world’s largest library and “provides Congress, the federal government and the American people with a rich, diverse and enduring source of knowledge…” Even though the Library of...

AccountKiller

by | Mar 1, 2016 | From the Reference Desk

Before completely dismissing the failed New Year's resolutions of the last couple months, resolve to at least take stock of your digital spaces before the winter season ends. Idle social media accounts generate spam and phishing attempts. If no longer using a...

New to the Custer Collection – March 2016

by | Mar 1, 2016 | Custer Collection

The Lawrence A. Frost Collection of Custeriana is a multimedia collection that includes over 5000 books, videos, numerous images, journals, newspaper articles, sound recordings and art work.  It focuses on the life of General George A. Custer which includes his...

The Dorsch Building Celebrates 100 years of Service

by | Feb 29, 2016 | News

  The Dorsch Memorial Branch Library celebrates 100 years of service in the Dorsch Building!  Monroe’s beautiful Library formally opened to the public on March 6, 1916. One hundred years later, more than 35,000 items, including books, periodicals,...

Custer’s Black White Man – Isaiah Dorman

by | Feb 9, 2016 | Custer Collection

Little is known about the early life of Custer’s interpreter Isaiah Dorman.  Sources conflict on his birth year and place.  It has been written that he was born a free man in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania while other sources state that he was born a slave on the D’Orman...