#historic libraries

This is the Willard Library in Evansville, IN. 

And, this is the library founder’s daughter, Louise Carpenter, (aka The Grey Lady), who may haunt the library, b/c her father left all his money to it, although the staff says she’s not an angry spirit, so there are other theories, plus other spirits including a little boy, that have also been seen. 

The library has embraced the spirits and installed ghostcams that you can watch, on their website. As a librarian who works in a 150 yr. old library myself, I find this totally fascinating. 

Ebla Palace Archive (the oldest library ever found)

Located in the city of Ebla, now located near the village of Mardikh (roughly 55 km outside Aleppo), you are looking at the oldest organized library we have yet to find anywhere.

The city was founded sometime around 3,500 BCE, while the library is believed to be from around 2500 BCE to 2250 BCE.

Richard Ovenden, the senior executive of the Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford since 2014, has penned a gripping narrative on the historical penchant to destroy “offensive” books, Burning the Books: A History of the Deliberate Destruction of Knowledge.

The Beauty of Books: Journey Through The World’s Most Ornate Libraries

Some of the world’s most stunning old structures were built to house books with a reverence equal to that of cathedrals, every grand hall, domed ceiling and hand-carved scroll a testament to the importance of the tomes. All over the world, ornate libraries act as veritable temples of knowledge, their very proportions inspiring feelings of awe from the moment you step through the door.

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Do you know of any classical African literature not produced by Europeans? I'm tired of seeing the slur k****r. As always thank you.

Ohhhhhh my god, what??? What kind of frigging books are you reading?? What kind of frigging books are they making??? That's repulsive.

Anyways, yes there's about 700,000 volumes of Medieval Literature from the African continent gathered here from Timbuktu, which was the site of an enormous Medieval University.