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Altoona Library Digitization Project

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The Altoona Area Public Library has begun a new project using digitization to preserve the history of the area. In recent years, we have seen an increasingly urgent need to find a way to capture the information about our past from books that are crumbling with age.

Many of the books in our Pennsylvania Room collection are in very brittle condition and deteriorate more each time they are handled. Our staff has recently begun scanning the pages of these books into the computer and putting the information in a format that can be accessed and read on the Internet.

In this format, the information can easily be read and studied without causing further harm to the original publications. We hope this will preserve our local history well into the future for anyone who may be interested.

The following books are available now:

Altoona Chamber of Commerce.
Altoona, the Keystone City of the Keystone State.
Chamber of Commerce: Altoona, PA, 1924.


Clark, Charles B, Esq. A History of Blair County Pennsylvania
Charles B. Clark, Esq.: Altoona, PA., 1896.


Gallitzin, Demetrius Augustine
A Letter to a Protestant Friend
Thomas Foley: Ebensburg, PA., 1820.


Replogle, Emma A. M.
Indian Eve and Her Descendants


J. L. Rupert, Book and Job Printer: Huntingdon, PA., 1911.
Knox, Homer C.
A History of Methodism in Altoona
Altoona, PA., 1909.


Altoona Mirror
Altoona Mirror Souvenir Booklet.
Altoona Mirror Printing Company: Altoona, PA., 1912.


Shoemaker, Henry W.
Stephen Franks and the history of fox hunting in Blair County
Altoona, Pa. : Altoona Mirror, 1937.


Author Unknown
Story of Altoona
Clarence E. Weaver; Eddy Press Corp. 1911


Shoemaker, Henry W.
The tree language of the Pennsylvania German Gypsies
Reading, Pa. : Reading Eagle Press, 1925


Shoemaker, Henry Wharton
A week in the Blue Mountains
Altoona, Pa. : The Altoona Tribune Press, 1914


Chatman, John H.
The Bald Eagle
Altoona, PA. : The Altoona Tribune Press, 1919


Shoemaker, Henry, W.
Stories of Pennsylvania Animals
Altoona Tribune, 1913


Shoemaker, Henry, W.
A Forgotten People
Bellefonte, PA, 1922


Shoemaker, Henry, W.
Present status of wildlife


Shoemaker, Henry, W.
Elizabethan Days
Reading, PA, 1912



Coming soon:


Clark, Charles B., Esq.  Illustrated Altoona: A Complete Pen-picture of the city of Altoona Pennsylvania at the Close of the Year 1895.   Board of Trade: Altoona, PA, 1896.


Weaver, Clarence E.  Story of Altoona, the Mountain City: Railroad, Industrial and Commercial Center Population 65,000.
Clarence E. Weaver: Altoona, PA, 1911.

 

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The Resident Council of IDA's Blair Tower donated $200.00 to the Altoona Area Public Library in support of the Outreach Services that the Library provides to its residents. Each week, the Library provides an on-site visit with books and audio visual material for residents to borrow as well as a book club. Pictured above are: (seated) Peg Bailey, Vice President/Secretary of the Resident Council, Georgianna Wike, President of the Resident Council, and Peg Flick, Treasurer: (standing) Ruth Begley, Jennifer Knisely from the Altoona Area Public Library, Maxine Adams, and Jane Eamigh.

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Peter Wolf, Trustee of the Wolf-Kuhn Foundation, presents a check to Sonia Keiper and Tim Salony, members of the One Book Blair County committee. The Foundation's gift will support the poetry activities for children, teens and adults which are planned for April 2010 around the theme of HOPE. A number of activities have been planned including a county-wide poetry contest, a poetry workshop, and poetry readings, including a reading by Becky Foust from her work Mom's Canoe. Ms Foust is a published poet and a former resident of the area. Peter Wolf will present a lecture on the relationship between poetry and philosophy.
For contest information email: onebook@altoonalibrary.org

Photo Left to Right: Tim Salony, Blair County Library System Administrator; Sonia Keiper, Altoona Area Public Library Assistant Director; Peter Wolf, Wolf-Kuhn Foundation Trustee

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Friends of the Altoona Area Public Library, Ann Wolf and Helen Gorsuch, present a check for $10,000 to Debbie Weakland, Altoona Library Executive Director. The check represents the proceeds from a recent USED BOOK SALE. All of the Friends of the Library thank their patrons who support the Used Book Sales, which in turn, support programming and services for everyone to enjoy at the Library.

Photo: L to R Helen Gorsuch, Friends Treasurer; Debbie Weakland, AAPL Executive Director; Ann Wolf, Friends President

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