Happy Birthday To The Library Of Congress!
Audrey Fischer of the Library’s Public Affairs Office begins her guest blog for this week's celebration by writing, "April 24th marks the Library’s 210th anniversary. Let it be said that the nation’s oldest federal cultural institution keeps getting better with age."
If you do not regularly frequent the LOC, you need to sign up for eBulletins and also traverse the subjects they have available to YOU.
You can make your way there and sign up at www.loc.gov. You don't even have to tell them I sent you.
Many people are bibliophobic and libriariaophobic. This is just wrong. Make use of your local, state and national library resources.
I have indulged in many international libraries and gotten some really rich and wonderful material from them.
My dad would sometimes wax eloquent when he chose about this and that question I had asked. When he did not want to bother with an answer, his typical reply was, "Ask your congressman."
I learned to bypass asking my dad about a lot of things. When it came to needing information about matters of the male and female relationship and all matters of that regard, I wrote to the esteemed Representative Ken Heckler.
I used my best penmanship and explained what was on my mind. I was 14 and did not want to rely on rumors or hearsay about something that obviously was of great importance. I included things related to the physical nature of things, the social situations and proprieties and the emotional as well.
Lo and behold, within about 3 weeks I received, at my door, a box from the office of the more than honorable representative. The books were an exhaustive collection of information. The charts were graphic and his letter should have been preserved. He commended me on my choice to be an informed and aware young man and that he hoped to meet me on his next visit to the Appalachians he represented.
There were books and brochures from the military services, with cautions and recommendations for care and responsibility to be exercised when such opportunities for applying the information arose.
Many of these books were publications of the Library Of Congress. Others came from appropriate governmental sources.
I was not selfish with this material and was happy to incorporate the study and experimentation it invited into a couple of choice social circles.
I give my deepest thanks to the girls and boys who translated these resources into experience and now into sweet memory.
My deepest appreciation goes to my dad. He created a lifelong habit of my never hesitating, when faced with an issue of consequence, to "Ask my congressman." © tim www.timjohnsonphoto.com
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