The World through Ben's Bifocals

has been chosen by Dr. Ralph Lerner as the title for his keynote speech at the opening reception for the "Benjamin Franklin: In Search of a Better World" Exhibition at the Niles (IL) Public Library on Sunday, October 19th, at 2 p.m.

Dr. Lerner is the Benjamin Franklin Professor Emeritus in the College and of the Committee on Social Thought at the University of Chicago.


He is the co-editor of The Founders' Constitution, ed. with Philip B. Kurland (1987),
The Thinking Revolutionary: Principle and Practice in the New Republic (1987), and
Revolutions Revisited: Two Faces of the Politics of Enlightenment (1994)

Franklin Festival Events Announced

Ben's "Education" Board in Reference Services

Ben's July Board in the Reference Services Department

Cecilia's Recent Photos of Ben's House on London's Craven St.

An Anglophile and cinephile, Cecilia is an Audio Visual librarian at the Niles Public Library.

July 4th Parade Niles Library Contingent

The Niles marchers assembled in the parking lot of Notre Dame High School before the
9 o'clock parade kick-off. Their t-shirts bore the Franklin quote, "An investment in knowledge always pays the best interest." In observance of the holiday and in anticipation of the visit of the exhibition's visit this fall, they distributed free booklets, containing the U.S. Constitution and the Declaration of Independence. They were donated by David S. Glynn and the Law Bulletin Publishing Company. Linda Weiss, the Niles Library Director, stands on the far left while Board President, Mr. O'Donovan, stands behind the library sign with Sue Wilsey, publicity coordinator on his left.

Ben's July Fourth Bookmark