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Presentation of Volumes
(The presentation ceremony will be held October 23
from 1:30 - 2:30 p.m. in the Garden Lounge of Malpass Library.)
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999,999th Volume -- Under the Guns: A Woman's
Reminiscences of the Civil War
Author: Anne Wittenmyer (a Tri-State area native)
Presented by: Marjorie Bordner
Under the Guns is a first-hand account
of Mrs. Wittenmyer's experiences as an army nurse during the Civil War, first
under General Grant then General Sherman. It provides a unique perspective
to one of our nation's defining moments, combining both a regional view of
the war and a view from a woman's perspective.
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1,000,000th Volume -- Biographical Sketches of
Joseph Smith The Prophet and His Progenitors for Many Generations
(1880 edition)
Author: Lucy Mack Smith
Presented by: James Huesmann, Dean of Libraries
The original edition was written by Lucy Mack Smith, mother of Joseph Smith,
in 1853 and published in London. The 1853 edition was recalled several
years later by Brigham Young due to its "many mistakes" with many of the
works being destroyed. In 1880 the Reorganized Latter Day Saints reissued
the original effort. This is a very rare book with only 19 libraries in the
nation owning this title.
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1,000,001st Volume -- Women in the
Holocaust
Author: Dalia Ofer and Lenore J. Weitzman, eds.
Presented by: President Al Goldfarb
This book was chosen to honor Dr. Goldfarb's mother, who spent her teenage
years hiding from the Nazis and because both of his parents were Holocaust
survivors.
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