The Great Book Scare at Everett's 1905 Carnegie Library

Everett Public Library’s latest podcast explores the Great Book Scare of the early 20th century and how libraries coped with it, particularly here in Everett. The seven-minute-long audio podcast is part of the Smokestacks Soundbites series of local-history podcasts.

Credits:

Voice actors:

Van Ramsey

Cameron Johnson

Script: Cameron Johnson

Audio editing and engineering: Cameron Johnson

Music:

“Klincek Stojo Pod Oblokom” — Tomo Sombolac

“String Quartet N. 14, Op. 131” (Beethoven, Ludwig van)

• Orion String Quartet IMSLP243528-PMLP03240-beethoven_op131_orion

 Cited works:

Nice, L.B. “The Disinfection of Books,” c1911

“Suggestions For Disinfection,” Wisconsin Library Bulletin, April 1906.

“Public Library Is A Popular Institution,” Everett Herald, 7 April 1906.

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