Wednesday, January 31, 2007

Program Announcement: The Underground Railroad in Sandusky (Brown-Bag Lunch Series)

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Continuing the series of lunchtime historical programs at the library, Follett House Museum curator Maggie Marconi will present a talk on th...
Friday, January 19, 2007

Program Announcement -- Identifying and Preserving Your Family Documents

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On Saturday, January 27, at 2:00 p.m. in the Library Program Room we will have a "hands-on" presentation on identifying and prese...
Friday, January 12, 2007

Program Announcement - Sweet Water Lady: The Marblehead Lighthouse Story

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Join us for a brown-bag lunch program in the Library Program Room at noon on Wednesday, January 17, when Berlin Heights filmmaker Tom Koba ...
Monday, January 08, 2007

Ralph Smalley Tebbutt—Artist

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Ralph Smalley Tebbutt was a well known Sandusky area artist. Born in England on May 14, 1849, he immigrated to Sandusky with his parents wh...
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Wednesday, January 03, 2007

One of the Oldest Items in Our Collections

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In the vault of the Sandusky Library Archives Research Center is a manuscript copy, dated 1787, of a phrase book, containing translations of...
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Friday, December 15, 2006

Scenes of Christmas in Sandusky

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Some scenes from past Christmases in Sandusky. . . . The children above are opening their presents in 1938. These Christmas trees were from...
Wednesday, December 13, 2006

Christmas Traditions in Sandusky

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Sandusky, like much of the United States, did very little to celebrate Christmas and the winter holidays in the early part of the 19th centu...
Friday, December 01, 2006

E.B. Ackley — Musician, Bandleader

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In Sandusky, E.B. Ackley is fondly remembered as a band leader. He led a rich life that took him all over the country before finally settli...
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Tuesday, November 28, 2006

Announcement: New Local History Photograph Book

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A new local history book, Erie County and the Erie Isles: A Pictorial History of the Early Years , has been published (just in time for the...
Thursday, November 16, 2006

Happy Thanksgiving!

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As many of you might remember learning in grade school, the first "official" Thanksgiving was proclaimed by President Abraham Linc...