Libraries, the Military, and Reading in WWIMain Menu"Books Wanted" Poster"Hey Fellows!" PosterWar Service Committee Bulletin"What the Training Camp Libraries are Doing" Article"Soldier -- Attention" Pamphlet"Knowledge Wins" Poster"Prepare Now" BillboardLearn MoreAbout this Project and its CreatorLicensing InformationNancy A. Henkef97604946e4cb8523b92723cf260a5f0621dd114
Camp Sevier, South Carolina
1media/Camp Library.jpg2022-04-20T12:31:46-07:00Nancy A. Henkef97604946e4cb8523b92723cf260a5f0621dd114404354plain2022-04-29T10:20:06-07:00Nancy A. Henkef97604946e4cb8523b92723cf260a5f0621dd114The camp libraries, like this one at Camp Sevier, South Carolina, were “plain wooden structures…painted a ‘tawny yellow’ color….The interiors were well lighted, and coal-burning stoves supplied heat in the winter months” (Young 42). The average number of volumes within the 41 main camps was over 25,000, with Camp Upton, New York having the largest collection at 50,170 (43). The librarians wore military-style uniforms and “were expected to conduct themselves in the same manner as military officers,” even though they were ALA volunteers, not military personnel (43).
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1media/Camp Library_thumb.jpg2022-04-18T11:32:33-07:00Camp Library, Camp Sevier, SC1A black and white photograph of the interior of a camp library. There are wooden shelves full of books and many soldiers and staff visible. media/Camp Library.jpgplain2022-04-18T11:32:34-07:00National Archives at College Park1917ImageLibraries and soldiersWorld War, 1914-1918--Military training camps--United StatesNo known restrictions.JPEGWar Department