Harris County Public Library Scrapbook (1941-1948)

Vict¬ or РюоК ОЛЛЛО О. lOTl DEPOSIT CENTERS FOR VICTORY BOOK DRIVE ANNOUNCED ъ..з -«л. Deposit centers for books for ‘sailors, soldiers and marines in the I Victory Book Campaign, which j started in Houston and Harris County Monday, were announced Tuesday by the advisory commit¬ tee through the director, Miss Ju¬ lia Ideson. Headquarters are the Public Li¬ brary, Civic Center, Soldiers Serv¬ ice Bureau and the Harris County Public Library. Deposit boxes will be maintained at the Carnegie branch in North Side; Heights Branch and at the sub -branches in Central Park, Eastwood, Harris- 1 burg, Park Place, Ripley House and West End. The bookmobiles may be stopped en route in the city or county. Rice Institute and University of Houston will accept books from the faculty and students. A11 pu¬ pils in the public schools may take books to their schools. For the convenience of housewives, Wein- garten has placed boxes in the stores on Broadway, Yale, North Main and Harrisburg, and Henke & Pillot in the stores on University and River Oaks center. Francis Deering, manager of Loew's State Theatre, will have a receptacle open from 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. To promote the giving of good books, Mr. Deering is offer¬ ing to the person attending the feature. “The Bugle Sound,” who contributes the largest number of usable books a month’s pass for two. Mrs. M. D. Levy and Mrs. Rod¬ erick Montgomery compose the -committee on arrangements for the deposit centers. Mrs. H. T. Brad¬ ley, assisted by a committee, and ’the Boy and Girl Scouts, will .transport the books to the Hamp- shaw Building, where they will be sorted, mended by the WPA un¬ der the supervision of Mrs. Lil¬ lian Robbins, packed, and distrib- , uted to wherever the men in serv- ' ice want them. Gift Books Piling Up County Libraries Join Book Drive Additional collection centers for the victory book campaign, as announced by Mrs. Reba Ander¬ son, Harris County librarian, will be the 12 county libraries Aiding in the county dnve are Mrs. H. J. Burnett of the Pasa¬ dena Library and Mrs. С. T. She- well of Goose Creek. H. K. Pursley of Humble, assisted by the Humble Girl Scouts and Par¬ ent-Teacher Association, will con¬ duct the campaign for books for | the armed forces in that vicinity. At La Porte, the Boy Scouts will ! put on a special victory drive ! under the direction of James H. Baker, Scout leader, today and Saturday, canvassing locals missed in the drive last week. VICTORY JhOuL. CaMRaIGN Enlist your books in the ser¬ vices of your country. Have you any books you have particularly enjoyed reading? If so, you now have the opportunity of enlisting them in the service of your country by sharing them with the men in uniform. The Victory Book Campaign, a national drive for ten million books from bookcases in homes throughout the nation to American barracks everywhere will begin on Monday, February 2, in Houston and Harris County. In cooperation with the American Library Associa¬ tion, the American Red Cross, the United Service Organizations, the Houston Public Library, the Harris County Public Library, and the Soldiers* Service Bureau have as¬ sumed the responsibility of the local campaign. Miss Julia Ideson is director, assisted by Mrs. Reba Anderson and Elton V. Amburn. Books collected locally will benefit the men in camp:' near Houston. The gifts will supplement the library services maintained by the Army and Navy in camps, forts, posts, stations, and on ships. The supply is not sufficient for the tremendous growth in the armed forces. _ ; _ — - Good books of all kinds are needed. Fiction with emphasis on mystery, western, adventure, and well-written novels are much in de¬ mand . ' 9 1 : » Books — 10,000,000 books for members of Uncle Sam’s fighting forces — are to be collected in the national “victory book” campaign, in which Houston is participating. Gift books already are piling up at the Houston Public Library, as shown in the picture above. As¬ sembling the books are, left to right, Mrs. H. T. Bradley, member of the Houston advisory committee for the campaign; Mrs. M. D. Levy, Red Cross representative to the advisory committee; Lt. E. E. Al- dredge, Jr., librarian at Ellington Field, and A. H. Lichty, director of the U. S. O. Club at 918 Fannin. “VICTORY BOOK CAMPAIGN TO BE STARTED MONDAY £.Vco л А? ъТГ- t, The “Victory Book” campaign, to provide books for men in the armed forces, will be started Mon¬ day. The drive will collect books of all kinds to supplement library services maintained by the army and navy. Immediate book needs of men at Ellington Field were revealed by Lt. Edwin E. Aldredge, Jr., librarian and assistant personnel director at Ellington. The Houston Public Library, the Harris County Public Library and the Soldiers Service Bureau will receive books. Boy and Girl Scouts and the Junior Red Cross will as¬ sist in the collection. Loew’s State Theatre will be a downtown collection center, it was announced. As a special induce¬ ment to donate books, Manager Francis Deering is offering guest tickets for two for one month to the person contributing the largest number of acceptable books. Types of books desired are ad¬ venture, aviation, historical novels, humor mystery, sports and West¬ ern, in the fiction group. In the non-fiction group, applied psy¬ chology, current affairs, military publications, crime and the FBI, police systems and fingerprinting, English grammars, mathematics books of all types, up-to-date technical books, shorthand, me¬ chanical drawing, photography, cartoons, well illustrated books of all types, music books, novels and playwriting, poetry and individual plays, geography, travel of the past decade, short biographies, and his¬ tory of Europe, North and South America since 1900, are especially desired by the national committee. Donors were urged to write their names in all books given. “The greatest need for books at Ellington Field is for identification of naval craft,” Lieutenant Ald¬ redge said. “Material that can be used to supplement the course in applied geography is much in de¬ mand.” Daily Son Д-2-42 Victory Book Campaign Opens The Victory Book campaign, a national drive for contribution of 10,000,000 books to American armed forces, was. under way to¬ day with the Goose Creek and Pelly branches of the Harris county public library taking part. Tri-Citians are being asked to bring to the libraries all books they can spare, particularly those which they enjoyed reading themselves. Books collected in Harris coun¬ ty will be sent to army camps lecsted in this section of Texas. Good books of all classifica¬ tions are needed with emphasis on fiction dealing in mystery, westerns, adventure and the bet¬ ter-class novels. Books of poetry, plays, writing, travel, history, music, hbmer and hobbies also are in demand. The soldiers and sailors are particularly eager for up-to-date technical material as many of them are studying for special as¬ signments and advanced ratings and they need recent technical books, especially in aviation and radio, all branches of mathemat¬ ics from arithmetic to calculus. The campaign is being carried on in cc-operation with the American Library Association, the American Red Cross, United Service Organizations with the Harris county and Houston pub¬ lic libraries co-operating. Miss Julia Ideson is director for the county campaign, assisted by Mrs. Reba. Andersen and Elton V. Amburn. | Soldiers Invited to Detail Book Needs ■ Soldiers are invited to present 'their book needs to the advisory (committee and representatives of ! Houston clubs and organizations at *a victory book campaign meeting [ "at the Houston public library at 3- tp. m. Wednesday, Miss Julia Ideson, : /director, announced Tuesday. Poetry, novel and play-writ in travel, history, music, humor, and hobbies are desired. The soldiers and sailors are particularly eager for up-to-date technical material, to help them with their problems. Many of them are studying hard for special assignments or advanced ratings, and must have recent tech¬ nical books, especially in radio and aviation, all branches of math- mematics from arithmetic to calculus. The boys will enjoy books you have enjoyed. Take ^our books to the Klein High Schoo. Library.