June 21, 2007
Those archivists have been at it again...
Just dropped by the Birmingham Public Library's Digital Collection "weblog," (or "blog" as the teenagers call it) and see that they have recently added the 441-page first volume of A History of Birmingham and its environs: a narrative account of their historical progress, their people, and their principal interests, to their offerings. It was published in 1920 by George M. Cruikshank, and the job of scanning it fell to one Carole Castine. It's an interesting read, if you like this kind of thing.
Hard to beat that old time civic boosterism:
The valley he goes on to use as a comparison? Mesopotamia, site of no small amount of interest even today.
Anyway, a host of information from 87 years ago, and thanks again to the folks over across the park who do such good work.
Posted by Terry Oglesby at June 21, 2007 03:01 PM