Civil War 150

Iowa City Public Library begins almost three weeks of programming related to the Civil War on  Thursday, April 25.  ICPL is fortunate to be one of the two libraries in Iowa to receive a grant from the Gilder Lerhman Institute of American History to provide programming related to the Civil War and to host  the Civil War 150, a national traveling exhibition, (the Olwein Public Library also received a grant).  The panel exhibition is organized by the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History in partnership with The Library of America. The project Civil War 150: Exploring the War and It's Meaning Through the Words of Those Who Lived It, has been made possible in part through a major grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities: Exploring the Human Endeavor.

One of the many programs offered is a book discussion of the Civil War.  The title we selected is "The Civil War : a concise history" by  Louis Masur.  A limited number of free  copies of  Masur's Civil War book are available at the Reference Desk.  The discussion will be Saturday, May 4 at 10:30 in Meeting Room E.  I am sure we also talk about other works on the Civil War.  And if you are interested learning more about the Civil War the library can provide you with a wealth of both print and audio materials.

For more information about the other programs related to the Civil War 150,  visit www.icpl.org/civilwar150/.  Please join us for our opening reception Thursday evening at 7 pm.  Three local musicians, Guy Drollinger, Mike Haverkamp and Dave Hicks will play Civil War era music and Greg Prickman, head of Special Collections & University Archives at the UI Library, will give a presentation on the UI Civil War Letters & Diaries Digitization Project.