Category: Library Talk

From the desk of Alison Gibson, Director We’ve added another match cover to our collection this week. The Welcome Inn in Russellville had a long history in…

From the desk of Alison Gibson, Director Dear old Ripley Bee. The move from Main Street to Waterworks! They broke ground on June 18, 1945. In February…

From the desk of Alison Gibson, Director Here’s the postcard we promised. You may be familiar with the more common OR&C postcard on the bottom, and quick…

From the desk of Alison Gibson, Director OK, last week of bridges, as these are the remaining two we have in the series, along with a bonus…

From the desk of Alison Gibson, Director Since the bridges of last week seemed to piques some interest, we thought we’d share two more from the same…

From the desk of Alison Gibson, Director Happy October! While it isn’t ideal leaf peeping yet, and may not be a good year due to the extended…

From the desk of Alison Gibson, Director Happy fair week to everyone. The RULH schools have a new band instructor and he is enthusiastic and hopeful that…

From the desk of Alison Gibson, Director We had fun reading the comments about remembering colorful Paul Schroth last week. Looking at the Ohio Magazine August 1983…

From the desk of Alison Gibson, Director Thanks to a donation to the library, we have the August 1983 copy of the magazine Ohio. There is a…

rom the desk of Alison Gibson, Director Less than 3 weeks before the Brown County Fair! Back around 1910, exaggerated postcards were pretty popular, and Ripley’s own…

From the desk of Alison Gibson, Director School days! Seeing the yellow school buses and wrapping up the successful Summer Reading Program allows us to realize most…

From the desk of Alison Gibson, Director So far, no luck on tracking down the 1820 James Gilliland pamphlet “Dialogue on Slavery’, but we won’t give up…

From the desk of Alison Gibson, Director This picture, along with other flood related items was recently donated to the library archives. This is the ‘pool hall’…

From the desk of Alison Gibson, Director Latest Aberdeen postcard added to our collection. Not sure when published, but postmarked 1943, and has the purple ‘Win the…