Lisa Sasser wrote:
> Ken,
>
> As a matter of fact I don't remember any reading material except for 
> some equipment manuals.  A pretty serious issue when you think about 
> it . . .
>
> Lisa
Lisa,

Dystopia without cultural mythology. Seems oddly appropriate for the 
Rockefeller clan. And then there is Jefferson's re-constituted library 
as the core of the Library of Congress, both in physical presence and in 
concept of what a library is to the nation.

My query ties in with an ongoing interest in the re-constitution, or 
not, of Mark Twain's library at his residence in New Haven. I have 
always been curious at how closely in the restoration they have been in 
the collection... that seems to be spread around the house. My surmise, 
particularly in the dim light of the place, is not very rigorous about 
it at all. Goes along w/ my fascination in faux libraries, as can be 
found in decorated pubs, or trompe l'oeil shelves of books in hotel 
lobbies, or an entire bookstore painted on a wall in Quebec City. In the 
case of Mark Twain he sold off his collection and there are folks around 
about who try to track them down based on handwriting analysis in 
marginalia. Seems a good deal of his books, at least ones identifiable, 
ended up in Texas. And then, in a separate vein there are the odd 
libraries that were bequeathed out of private collections in the 19th 
century and a town library built, and old books to this day kept away 
from handling of the public.

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