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Benjamin Franklin: In Search of a Better World
the NEH/ALA Exhibition
Niles (IL) Public Library District
October 15 through December 5, 2008
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This blog heralded the coming of the national traveling exhibition, made possible by the National Endowment for the Humanities and the American Library Association, to the Niles Public Library District in Illinois for the period of October 15 through December 5, 2008.
The traveling exhibition is based on a major international exhibit developed by the Benjamin Franklin Tercentenary
Reflective of Franklin's belief in the value of association to improve the common good, the Niles Public Library (IL) acknowledges with gratitude the expressions and letters of support it received from the following institutions in seeking the exhibition: The Chicago Public Library and its Jefferson Park and Roden Branches, Des Plaines Public Library (North Suburban Library System), Lincolnwood Public Library (NSLS), Morton Grove Public Library (NSLS), Niles Historical Society, Park Ridge Public Library (NSLS), the Skokie Public Library (NSLS), and the Maine Township High School East and the Niles Township High Schools as well as the Village of Niles and the Niles Historical Society.
The traveling exhibition is based on a major international exhibit developed by the Benjamin Franklin Tercentenary
Reflective of Franklin's belief in the value of association to improve the common good, the Niles Public Library (IL) acknowledges with gratitude the expressions and letters of support it received from the following institutions in seeking the exhibition: The Chicago Public Library and its Jefferson Park and Roden Branches, Des Plaines Public Library (North Suburban Library System), Lincolnwood Public Library (NSLS), Morton Grove Public Library (NSLS), Niles Historical Society, Park Ridge Public Library (NSLS), the Skokie Public Library (NSLS), and the Maine Township High School East and the Niles Township High Schools as well as the Village of Niles and the Niles Historical Society.
About Me
- Niles Public Library District
- The Niles-Maine District Library is located in the "All-America" City of Niles, Illinois and is a member of the RAILS (Reaching Across Illinois Library System), the successor of NSLS. The library serves more than 57,000 residents in Niles and parts of unincorporated Des Plaines and Glenview. In 2013 the library underwent a major interior renovation. Its success was celebrated in a Grand Opening Weekend on February 1 and 2, 2014
Splendid Links
- J.A. Leo Lamay's "Benjamin Franklin: a Documentary History"
- Benjamin Franklin's London Home
- Franklin Institute
- PBS "How Shocking" Franlin's Electricity Experiments
- Library Company of Philadephia online exhibition
- "Benjamin Franklin in His Own Words," the Library of Congress Exhibition
- Time Magazine 7/3/2007 Cover Story
- Online Exhibition, Lesson Plans and more
- Constitution Center
- Friends of Franklin
- Yale University Library's complete set of Ben's writings.Search and Browse
- Crackling "Electric Franklin" Site
- Benjamin Franklin Educational Portal
2 comments:
Oh, Ben, what would ye think of us now?
Welcome to the frontier!
Your visit proves that wise decisions may still be made in these troubled times, and thanks for the quotes, Ben.
"Wars are not paid for in wartime, the bill comes later."
"All wars are follies, very expensive and very mischievous ones."
Thanks for being the first to comment on this blog!
Your quotables from Ben suggest another:
"There was never a good war or a bad peace."
Letter to Josiah Quincy [September 11, 1783]
and a Happy Fourth!
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