Galway Kinnell

Poet Galway Kinnell died on October 28th at age 87.  He read in the Scranton area in 1979, and a video of his performance appears in the Friends of the Scranton Public Library Poetry Series Collection.

"There's Nothing like Gas"

This advertisement appears in the Diamond Jubilee and Centennial book (Scranton 1941) in our Celebrating Our Towns collection. In this advertisement for "The Gas Company," gas is advertised as "Anthracite Coal's Finest Product," but in truth it contributed to the death of the anthracite mining industry.

 

A Page in History

This random page from a CMC scrapbook shows why these books were and are so important. On this page there is an image of a Vietnam veteran who is meeting his son for the first time.

"New" Circulation Desk

This photograph from the History of the Scranton Public Library Collection shows what was, in 1969, the "new" Circulation Desk. Note its location in front of the Men's Room, the lack of computers, and the catalog card drawers. Marie Crispino, pictured on the right, is still employed by the library as our Head of Public Services. The room behind the glass on the left, now the library's Administrative Offices, was then the Children's Department. It remained this way until 1987 when the Lackawanna County Children's Library was opened.

Community Medical Center

The Lackawanna Valley Digital Archives is preparing to launch a new collection later this fall, but as we prepare for that collection we wanted to remind you of the other great collections we have.

This photo is one of many that can be found in the CMC collection. This photo taken in the spring or summer shows how the building looked in the late 70s or early to mid 80s.

Coming Fall 2014....

We can't reveal details yet about the newest collection that is coming to the Lackawanna Valley Digital Archives, but here's a hint....

The borough of Taylor, Pa.

Personal Reminiscences of Taylor Borough: As it was in 1844 by N.G Parke, D.D is a book written from N.G. Parke's point of view.  He discusses the origins and first families that lived in what is now Taylor. Taylor was originally called Atherton after Eliezer Atherton who made his money by " hauling coal over the mountian from the mines to Honesdale before the railroad was completed." N.G Parke was the reverend and lived with the Atherton's in the area which is now Taylor.