<div dir="ltr"><div><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">The first is "The French Connection" from <i>American Libraries<br></i><br clear="all"><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);display:inline;float:none">Led by philanthropist Anne Tracy Morgan, volunteer American librarians flocked to France after World War I to rebuild and reshape the country's libraries.<br><a href="http://womenoflibraryhistory.tumblr.com/post/158029321306/the-french-connection-american-libraries">http://womenoflibraryhistory.tumblr.com/post/158029321306/the-french-connection-american-libraries</a><br><br></span></span></font></div><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);display:inline;float:none">The second piece: "</span><strong style="box-sizing:border-box;font-weight:700;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">From the Desk of Gratia Countryman"<br></strong><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);display:inline;float:none">Gratia Countryman was very important to the history of Hennepin County Library.  She was the director of Minneapolis Public Library for over 30 years and she founded Hennepin County Library.<br><a href="http://womenoflibraryhistory.tumblr.com/post/158070595300/hclib-from-the-desk-of-gratia-countryman-here">http://womenoflibraryhistory.tumblr.com/post/158070595300/hclib-from-the-desk-of-gratia-countryman-here</a></span></span></font><a href="http://t.umblr.com/redirect?z=https%3A%2F%2Famericanlibrariesmagazine.org%2F2017%2F02%2F16%2Ffrench-connection-librarians-wwi-france%2F&t=Y2EwMTYwYjNiZjVjYTY3ZmM2YTg4NDVhZGUxYThjZWRhMjdkYTYwMCxEeHFweGhnQw%3D%3D&b=t%3AmbBWSKl-DvfQkqR8zDOi2w&p=http%3A%2F%2Fwomenoflibraryhistory.tumblr.com%2Fpost%2F158029321306%2Fthe-french-connection-american-libraries&m=0" target="_blank" style="box-sizing:border-box;background-color:transparent;color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration:none"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">he Fr</span></font>ench Connection</a><div><div><br>-- <br><div class="gmail_signature"><div><i><span style="font-family:"comic sans ms";font-size:10pt">Diedre Conkling</span></i><i><span style="font-family:"comic sans ms";font-size:10pt"><br><i><span style="font-family:"comic sans ms"">Lincoln County Library District</span></i><br><i><span style="font-family:"comic sans ms"">P.O. Box 2027</span></i><br><i><span style="font-family:"comic sans ms"">Newport, OR 97365</span></i><br><i><span style="font-family:"comic sans ms"">Phone & Fax: 541-265-3066</span></i><br><i><span style="font-family:"comic sans ms"">Work email</span></i></span></i><i><span style="font-family:"comic sans ms";font-size:10pt;font-style:normal">: </span></i><a href="mailto:diedre@lincolncolibrarydist.org" target="_blank"><i><span style="font-family:"comic sans ms";font-size:10pt"><font color="#0000ff">diedre@lincolncolibrarydist.org</font></span></i></a><i><span style="font-family:"comic sans ms";font-size:10pt"><br><i><span style="font-family:"comic sans ms"">Home email: </span></i></span></i><a href="mailto:diedre08@gmail.com" target="_blank"><i><span style="color:blue;font-family:"comic sans ms";font-size:10pt">diedre08@gmail.com</span></i></a></div>
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