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MSA SC 4062-5-11
Collection	Handy Collection
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Dates	1913-1920
Medium	Original
Restrictions	NO RESTRICTIONS
Storage	00/66/06/18
Description
Letters in this file deal primarily with the circulation of books in Newark, Maryland. Almost all of the correspondents ran stations for the Friendly Library and the letters kept Miss Handy abreast of the movement of books as well as missing and mislaid books. Some of the letters included requests for specific books or genres. One letter lists the patron and their requests. Many of the letters discussed circulation problems such as transportation or lack of time on the part of the volunteers. Other letters discussed Sunday school training as well. In one of her letters, Mrs. Geo. T. Richardson mentioned two newcomers to the area: Mrs. John Mumford and Mrs. Walter Dennis. Miss Elsie K. Donaway requested a library for her school, Queponco. Other correspondents include Wilber M. Smith, Rose Wilson, Bessie Townsend, Virginia D. Melvin, Mary E. Holloway, and May Richardson.

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