MelissasLibraryLife

Director of library and archives at the George C. Marshall Foundation.
AKA The happiest librarian in the world!

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This is my final post.
As a librarian, I support freedom to read & research. I support sharing information & collaboration.
I cannot support the actions of the owner of this site.
Please find the #MarshallFoundationLibrary on Bluesky at https://t.co/VsqJ83Z1Nj & stay in touch.

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@lukeyism You are welcome.

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B-17 Flying Fortress, nicknamed "Lady Luck

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@EODHappyCaptain I still call it National. Old habits. We used to watch planes land from Gravelly Point and I marveled at so many aircraft.

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@PrezWisdom Dewey defeats Truman 1948
Lincoln v Douglas for the debates
Johnson v Goldwater as it was the first Presidential election residents of D.C. voted in since 1800.

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@aviationarchive Or you can sit at Mike Wood Park in Bossier City, LA and see them all the time.

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@DrTraceyK OH NO! The only thing worse than being sick is being sick when you are not at home. Hope you are feeling better and back with your sweet pups soon.

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A rainy Friday that will finish off our almost month-old snow. A good day to be #InTheLibrary
If you were at the #MarshallFoundationLibrary today, what would you be researching?

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All sorts of things going on outside the #MarshallFoundationLibrary today!

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"When conditions are difficult, the command is depressed and everyone seems critical and pessimistic, you must be cheerful and optimistic."
Maj. George C. Marshall to retired Brig. Gen. John Mallory, Nov. 1920.
#MarshallWisdom from the #MarshallFoundationLibrary

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@EThomasWood @BSLW That would be a great question for the VMI Archives: https://t.co/65inzJKLIB

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Yesterday 214 boxes of the George C. Marshall Papers left the #MarshallFoundationLibrary to be scanned by @BSLW, the beginning of a gigantic digitization project that will make the entire collection freely available.
The individual-document metadata will take several years.

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There are no words.
#HolocaustRemembranceDay

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@EThomasWood @BSLW The Chief of Staff years have been scanned and received metadata; we are working on getting them into the library catalog this spring.
There isn't a list, specifically, but the ongoing project will have all of the Marshall Papers online in the next few years.

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@AndrewRawson11 I would look for them elsewhere rather than pay a lot of money.

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It's #PublicDomainDay. U.S. Government photos, like Army Signal Corps, HAVE NO COPYRIGHT & are available from the Library of Congress, National Archives, & libraries (the #MarshallFoundationLibrary catalog: https://t.co/3L6NJ5BmHN ).
DO NOT PAY BIG $.
A friendly librarian PSA.

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A #CollectionsHighlight from the #MarshallFoundationLibrary -- a recently digitized photo of Gen. George and Mrs. Katherine Marshall in formal attire to attend a function in Pinehurst, N.C., in January 1950.
Snazzy dressers, they are!

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Another semester begins today @VMI1839, and I'm excited that beginning in February, the #MarshallFoundationLibrary will be open Tuesday evenings until 10 p.m. so that resources will be available #InTheLibrary for college students and faculty from the local campuses.

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Busy week at the #MarshallFoundationLibrary. Researchers Helena, Elizabeth, and Malachi use archival records; and volunteers Eryn and Sue work on projects that make items easier to locate.
Tanziha and I try to keep up #InTheLibrary!

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@Tunisia_1943 Gen. George Marshall didn't take notes or keep a journal. There is information sprinkled throughout letters, and we have photos from the Casablanca Conference.

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It is COLD and snowy at the #MarshallFoundationLibrary, but #InTheLibrary we are warm and cozy and open for research.
What would you like to learn about Gen. George Marshall?