Melissa's Library Life
@melissaslibrary.bsky.social
I'm the Director of Library and Archives at the #MarshallFoundationLibrary; the happiest librarian in the world, but also a lone arranger.
I love baking, books, Big Band, baseball. Aspiring knitter and experienced crocheter. Gardener #spacenerd
I love baking, books, Big Band, baseball. Aspiring knitter and experienced crocheter. Gardener #spacenerd
A Peony for Mother's Day.
May 11, 2025 at 8:47 PM
A Peony for Mother's Day.
80 years ago today, the war ended for my father.
The horror did not. His truck company transported prisoners released from the concentration camps to the hospital centers.
My dad suffered depression the rest of his life in large part from his WWII experiences.
#VEDay
The horror did not. His truck company transported prisoners released from the concentration camps to the hospital centers.
My dad suffered depression the rest of his life in large part from his WWII experiences.
#VEDay
May 8, 2025 at 1:09 PM
80 years ago today, the war ended for my father.
The horror did not. His truck company transported prisoners released from the concentration camps to the hospital centers.
My dad suffered depression the rest of his life in large part from his WWII experiences.
#VEDay
The horror did not. His truck company transported prisoners released from the concentration camps to the hospital centers.
My dad suffered depression the rest of his life in large part from his WWII experiences.
#VEDay
Hello, Monday!
What's on the #marshallfoundationlibrary agenda today?
A researcher working with the Frank Price collection.
Interviews w/ 2 summer interns.
A researcher working with the William & Elizebeth Friedman collections.
I might meet myself hurrying down the hallway today ...
#inthelibrary
What's on the #marshallfoundationlibrary agenda today?
A researcher working with the Frank Price collection.
Interviews w/ 2 summer interns.
A researcher working with the William & Elizebeth Friedman collections.
I might meet myself hurrying down the hallway today ...
#inthelibrary
May 5, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Hello, Monday!
What's on the #marshallfoundationlibrary agenda today?
A researcher working with the Frank Price collection.
Interviews w/ 2 summer interns.
A researcher working with the William & Elizebeth Friedman collections.
I might meet myself hurrying down the hallway today ...
#inthelibrary
What's on the #marshallfoundationlibrary agenda today?
A researcher working with the Frank Price collection.
Interviews w/ 2 summer interns.
A researcher working with the William & Elizebeth Friedman collections.
I might meet myself hurrying down the hallway today ...
#inthelibrary
American involvement in the Vietnam War ended 50 years ago today.
Capt. John N. Flanigan, USMC
MIA Aug. 19, 1969.
#marshallfoundationlibrary
Capt. John N. Flanigan, USMC
MIA Aug. 19, 1969.
#marshallfoundationlibrary
April 30, 2025 at 1:24 PM
American involvement in the Vietnam War ended 50 years ago today.
Capt. John N. Flanigan, USMC
MIA Aug. 19, 1969.
#marshallfoundationlibrary
Capt. John N. Flanigan, USMC
MIA Aug. 19, 1969.
#marshallfoundationlibrary
April 28, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Someone once asked me if George Marshall played golf. I know that he watched golf when he resided in Pinehurst, NC, but this is the only kind of golf he played, I think.
#CollectionHighlight at the #MarshallFoundationLibrary
#CollectionHighlight at the #MarshallFoundationLibrary
April 24, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Someone once asked me if George Marshall played golf. I know that he watched golf when he resided in Pinehurst, NC, but this is the only kind of golf he played, I think.
#CollectionHighlight at the #MarshallFoundationLibrary
#CollectionHighlight at the #MarshallFoundationLibrary
"Morale is a state of mind. It is a steadfastness and courage and hope. It is confidence and zeal and loyalty. It is staying power, the spirit which endures to the end. With it all things are possible."
Gen. George C. Marshall, in a speech at Trinity College June 1941
Gen. George C. Marshall, in a speech at Trinity College June 1941
April 21, 2025 at 2:31 PM
"Morale is a state of mind. It is a steadfastness and courage and hope. It is confidence and zeal and loyalty. It is staying power, the spirit which endures to the end. With it all things are possible."
Gen. George C. Marshall, in a speech at Trinity College June 1941
Gen. George C. Marshall, in a speech at Trinity College June 1941
George C. Marshall was a junior, named after his father. Although his father passed in 1909, Marshall still used "jr." for quite a few years. This may be one of the last documents on which he used it.
#MarshallFoundationLibrary
#collectionshighlight
#MarshallFoundationLibrary
#collectionshighlight
April 10, 2025 at 2:09 PM
George C. Marshall was a junior, named after his father. Although his father passed in 1909, Marshall still used "jr." for quite a few years. This may be one of the last documents on which he used it.
#MarshallFoundationLibrary
#collectionshighlight
#MarshallFoundationLibrary
#collectionshighlight
Welcome to the George C. Marshall Foundation Library. This is where I get to work!
April 9, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Welcome to the George C. Marshall Foundation Library. This is where I get to work!
Happy Opening Day! George Marshall was a big Philadelphia Athletics fan, but I am a D.C. girl.
March 27, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Happy Opening Day! George Marshall was a big Philadelphia Athletics fan, but I am a D.C. girl.
FTR, the entire U.S. Army Heritage and Education Center aka AHEC is offline.
Must be hell to be a military history researcher right now.
I am still here, and the #MarshallFoundationLibrary is open. The archives have 500+ collections 1910-1960. Also 1,000,000 NARA copies of that time.
Reach out.
Must be hell to be a military history researcher right now.
I am still here, and the #MarshallFoundationLibrary is open. The archives have 500+ collections 1910-1960. Also 1,000,000 NARA copies of that time.
Reach out.
March 6, 2025 at 6:44 PM
FTR, the entire U.S. Army Heritage and Education Center aka AHEC is offline.
Must be hell to be a military history researcher right now.
I am still here, and the #MarshallFoundationLibrary is open. The archives have 500+ collections 1910-1960. Also 1,000,000 NARA copies of that time.
Reach out.
Must be hell to be a military history researcher right now.
I am still here, and the #MarshallFoundationLibrary is open. The archives have 500+ collections 1910-1960. Also 1,000,000 NARA copies of that time.
Reach out.
I'm writing an article on the Women's Army Corps. I need some stats, so I go to the official U.S. Army page.
Try to navigate there: www.army.mil/women
The entire history of women serving in the U.S. Army has been removed from the official Army page.
REMOVED.
Try to navigate there: www.army.mil/women
The entire history of women serving in the U.S. Army has been removed from the official Army page.
REMOVED.
March 6, 2025 at 6:38 PM
I'm writing an article on the Women's Army Corps. I need some stats, so I go to the official U.S. Army page.
Try to navigate there: www.army.mil/women
The entire history of women serving in the U.S. Army has been removed from the official Army page.
REMOVED.
Try to navigate there: www.army.mil/women
The entire history of women serving in the U.S. Army has been removed from the official Army page.
REMOVED.
This #CollectionsHighlight is an itinerary for a Business Advisory Council meeting attended by the Marshalls at the Homestead in Hot Springs, VA, in 1945. The Marshall had visited there in 1943, & had this photo taken by the balustrade seen in the postcard.
#MarshallFoundationLibrary
#MarshallFoundationLibrary
February 17, 2025 at 3:36 PM
This #CollectionsHighlight is an itinerary for a Business Advisory Council meeting attended by the Marshalls at the Homestead in Hot Springs, VA, in 1945. The Marshall had visited there in 1943, & had this photo taken by the balustrade seen in the postcard.
#MarshallFoundationLibrary
#MarshallFoundationLibrary
I'm featuring couples from the #MarshallFoundationLibrary archives for #ValentinesDay.
Elizebeth was from a Midwestern Quaker family; William's Russian Jewish family emigrated to the U.S.
So different, but William & Elizebeth had a 50-year love story of support, creativity, humor, & invention.
Elizebeth was from a Midwestern Quaker family; William's Russian Jewish family emigrated to the U.S.
So different, but William & Elizebeth had a 50-year love story of support, creativity, humor, & invention.
February 14, 2025 at 3:01 PM
I'm featuring couples from the #MarshallFoundationLibrary archives for #ValentinesDay.
Elizebeth was from a Midwestern Quaker family; William's Russian Jewish family emigrated to the U.S.
So different, but William & Elizebeth had a 50-year love story of support, creativity, humor, & invention.
Elizebeth was from a Midwestern Quaker family; William's Russian Jewish family emigrated to the U.S.
So different, but William & Elizebeth had a 50-year love story of support, creativity, humor, & invention.
I'm featuring some couples from the #MarshallFoundationLibrary archives for #ValentinesDay.
I love this photo of George and Katherine Marshall -- a family photo, completely unposed, not romantic.
They had suffered tragedy and then found a great love in each other.
I love this photo of George and Katherine Marshall -- a family photo, completely unposed, not romantic.
They had suffered tragedy and then found a great love in each other.
February 14, 2025 at 2:41 PM
I'm featuring some couples from the #MarshallFoundationLibrary archives for #ValentinesDay.
I love this photo of George and Katherine Marshall -- a family photo, completely unposed, not romantic.
They had suffered tragedy and then found a great love in each other.
I love this photo of George and Katherine Marshall -- a family photo, completely unposed, not romantic.
They had suffered tragedy and then found a great love in each other.
"When conditions are difficult, the command is depressed and everyone seems critical and pessimistic, you must be cheerful and optimistic."
Maj. George Marshall, just after he returned from France, November 5, 1920
#MarshallWisdom from the #MarshallFoundationLibrary
Maj. George Marshall, just after he returned from France, November 5, 1920
#MarshallWisdom from the #MarshallFoundationLibrary
February 14, 2025 at 2:19 PM
"When conditions are difficult, the command is depressed and everyone seems critical and pessimistic, you must be cheerful and optimistic."
Maj. George Marshall, just after he returned from France, November 5, 1920
#MarshallWisdom from the #MarshallFoundationLibrary
Maj. George Marshall, just after he returned from France, November 5, 1920
#MarshallWisdom from the #MarshallFoundationLibrary
Some snowy serenity from my drive to work this morning. The #MarshallFoundationLibrary is open!
February 13, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Some snowy serenity from my drive to work this morning. The #MarshallFoundationLibrary is open!
Working on metadata for the Marshall Papers in the #MarshallFoundationLibrary, & came across this document. I translate Spanish & a bit of French, German, & Russian, but not this.
On my own, this document would have no catalog record. I'm grateful for collaborative librarians!
#CollectionHighlight
On my own, this document would have no catalog record. I'm grateful for collaborative librarians!
#CollectionHighlight
February 7, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Working on metadata for the Marshall Papers in the #MarshallFoundationLibrary, & came across this document. I translate Spanish & a bit of French, German, & Russian, but not this.
On my own, this document would have no catalog record. I'm grateful for collaborative librarians!
#CollectionHighlight
On my own, this document would have no catalog record. I'm grateful for collaborative librarians!
#CollectionHighlight
Reposted by Melissa's Library Life
The unionized staff of the Boston Public Library need your help! A member of the Boston Public Library Professional Staff Union, Eve, had her request to withdraw hours from the sick bank denied by Boston Public Library management. Sign the petition at bit.ly/sickbankpetition
to add your name!
to add your name!
Petition against the denial of an approved withdrawal from PSA's Extended Sick Leave Fund
The BPL Professional Staff Association has successfully managed our Extended Sick Leave Fund ("sick bank") since its inception. Members donate one, two, or three days worth of hours each year to the b...
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January 31, 2025 at 3:35 PM
The unionized staff of the Boston Public Library need your help! A member of the Boston Public Library Professional Staff Union, Eve, had her request to withdraw hours from the sick bank denied by Boston Public Library management. Sign the petition at bit.ly/sickbankpetition
to add your name!
to add your name!
Reposted by Melissa's Library Life
THERE'S STILL TIME to join us for Fahrenheit 2451 at the @InternetArchive! What do YOU think should be preserved for the next centuries?
📅 Jan 31–Feb 1
📍 300 Funston Ave., SF
Learn more ➡️ https://blog.archive.org/event/fahrenheit-2451-what-would-you-save-academic-conference-in-san-francisco/
📅 Jan 31–Feb 1
📍 300 Funston Ave., SF
Learn more ➡️ https://blog.archive.org/event/fahrenheit-2451-what-would-you-save-academic-conference-in-san-francisco/
January 31, 2025 at 3:00 PM
THERE'S STILL TIME to join us for Fahrenheit 2451 at the @InternetArchive! What do YOU think should be preserved for the next centuries?
📅 Jan 31–Feb 1
📍 300 Funston Ave., SF
Learn more ➡️ https://blog.archive.org/event/fahrenheit-2451-what-would-you-save-academic-conference-in-san-francisco/
📅 Jan 31–Feb 1
📍 300 Funston Ave., SF
Learn more ➡️ https://blog.archive.org/event/fahrenheit-2451-what-would-you-save-academic-conference-in-san-francisco/
A rainy Friday that will finish off our almost month-old snow. A good day to be #InTheLibrary
If you were at the #MarshallFoundationLibrary today, what would you be researching?
If you were at the #MarshallFoundationLibrary today, what would you be researching?
January 31, 2025 at 3:20 PM
A rainy Friday that will finish off our almost month-old snow. A good day to be #InTheLibrary
If you were at the #MarshallFoundationLibrary today, what would you be researching?
If you were at the #MarshallFoundationLibrary today, what would you be researching?
All sorts of things going on outside the #MarshallFoundationLibrary today!
January 30, 2025 at 4:45 PM
All sorts of things going on outside the #MarshallFoundationLibrary today!
"When conditions are difficult, the command is depressed and everyone seems critical and pessimistic, you must be cheerful and optimistic."
Maj. George C. Marshall to retired Brig. Gen. John Mallory, Nov. 1920.
#MarshallWisdom from the #MarshallFoundationLibrary
Maj. George C. Marshall to retired Brig. Gen. John Mallory, Nov. 1920.
#MarshallWisdom from the #MarshallFoundationLibrary
January 29, 2025 at 3:47 PM
"When conditions are difficult, the command is depressed and everyone seems critical and pessimistic, you must be cheerful and optimistic."
Maj. George C. Marshall to retired Brig. Gen. John Mallory, Nov. 1920.
#MarshallWisdom from the #MarshallFoundationLibrary
Maj. George C. Marshall to retired Brig. Gen. John Mallory, Nov. 1920.
#MarshallWisdom from the #MarshallFoundationLibrary
There are no words.
#HolocaustRemembranceDay
#HolocaustRemembranceDay
January 27, 2025 at 3:16 PM
There are no words.
#HolocaustRemembranceDay
#HolocaustRemembranceDay