Heavener Public Library Closed Today

We regret to inform you that the Heavener library was broken into last night. As a result, the library will be closed today to allow our staff to assess the loss and complete the necessary reporting for the police and our insurance.

We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause and appreciate your understanding during this time. We will reopen tomorrow, Saturday 4/26/24 at our regular time of 9:00 a.m.

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Reading Like a Victorian
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Reading Like a Victorian (RLV) is an open access website that “restores a number of [Victorian] novels to their original serial formatting and places them within [an accessible] timeline of contemporary works,”

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Sanborn Maps Collection
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The Sanborn map collection consists of a uniform series of large-scale maps, dating from 1867 to the present and depicting the commercial, industrial, and residential sections of some twelve thousand cities and towns in the United States, Canada,

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Schomburg Center For Research In Black Culture, Photographs And Prints Division
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The Photographs & Prints Division contains both documentary and fine art photographs, which document the history and culture of people of African descent worldwide as well as the work of photographers of African descent. The collection of over 300,000 images ranges from mid-eighteenth century graphics to contemporary documentary and art photography; all of the major photographic processes are represented.
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The Black Experience In Children's Books: Selections From Augusta Baker's Bibliographies
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The Augusta Baker Collection reflects the interests and concerns of one deeply involved in children's literature and librarianship. The collection also contains important works by authors like Virginia Hamilton and Tom Feelings, emphasizing the African-American experience in twentieth-century children's literature, and numerous anthologies of folktales and stories from many cultures, used by Augusta Baker during her career as a storyteller.
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