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From Marble Steps to Muddy Camps: The 1918 New York Book Campaign That Reached Soldiers Across the World
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From Marble Steps to Muddy Camps: The 1918 New York Book Campaign That Reached Soldiers Across the World
In the fall of 1918, the front steps of the New York Public Library became the center of a national effort to supply reading materials to American soldiers serving in World War I. The American Library Association (ALA) launched a massive campaign to collect books and raise money for the war’s Library War Service. The goal was direct and urgent: provide soldiers and sailors with books for education, comfort, and distraction during wartime. Large …
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