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ONE FOR THE BOOKS THE GROUNDBREAKING ROSENBACH OF THE FREE LIBRARY OF PHILADELPHIA FOUNDATION ALL THE WORLD’S A STAGE AT THE PARKWAY CENTRAL LIBRARY as we celebrate 450 years of the incomparable , from the theatre stalls of Elizabethan to the vibrant streets of 21st-century Philadelphia.

Join us on Saturday, December 7 at 7:00 p.m. for a spectacular evening of poetry and performance, dinner and dancing—all in honor of the Bard and in support of the Free Library!

To purchase tickets, visit freelibrary.org/bard.

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FREE FREE TICKET REQUIRED TICKET REQUIRED FREE Alice McDermott Joe Sacco John Heilemann Someone The Great War: July 1, 1916: and Deborah Solomon Lester Brown The First Day of the American Mirror: with Mark Helperin Breaking New Ground: Battle of the Somme The Life and Art of Lauren Grodstein A Personal History Double Down: Norman Rockwell Game Change 2012 The Explanation for Everything From the President and Director

This issue kicks off the third anniversary of Off the Shelf, and to celebrate we’re bringing you stories that highlight the Free Library’s commitment to Free Library of Philadelphia guiding learning—a key tenet of our mission. While President and Director Siobhan A. Reardon we have millions of items that you can check out, Associate Director special collections that you can view, or digital Dr. Joseph McPeak services that you can access at freelibrary.org, many Vice President of Development Melissa B. Greenberg of our resources truly come to life because of the expertise of our librarians and staff. Vice President of External Affairs Sandra Horrocks Our cover story focuses on the Free Library Foundation’s recent merger Director of Communications with The Rosenbach Museum & Library, creating the The Rosenbach and Brand Marketing Alix Gerz of the Free Library of Philadelphia Foundation. Combined, the Free Library and the Rosenbach’s special collections now comprise one of SENIOR Writer AND Editor Michelle Saraceni Sheffer the most astounding collections of rare books and ephemera in the world. With new exhibitions and topical online resources in the works, COMMUNICATIONS AND PRODUCTION COORDINATOR our librarians and curators are ensuring that our customers enjoy Eileen Owens learning about these amazing holdings. One of the rarest items in the

Free Library of Free Library’s special collections is Shakespeare’s First Folio, which Philadelphia Foundation you’ll read all about in this issue’s Hidden Gems section and will have 1901 Vine Street, Suite 111 the chance to see live this coming winter, as it will be on display as Philadelphia, PA 19103 215-567-7710 part of the Year of the Bard: Shakespeare at 450, the Library’s year-long freelibrary.org/support birthday party for Shakespeare running throughout 2014.

OFF THE SHELF Also in this issue, we’re bringing you news of how our librarians [email protected] are preparing to help customers better navigate a 21st-century world freelibrary.org/publications in which health care is a top priority and concern. With the creation Off the Shelf is published twice annually of a new Healthcare Advisory Council, a plethora of exciting new for supporters of the Free Library of Philadelphia Foundation and showcases initiatives are in the offing, ensuring that our customers have the the Library’s educational, economic, resources and knowledge they need to make healthy decisions and cultural contributions to the region. and live richer, fuller lives.

ON THE COVER: On the cover and below As always, I hope you enjoy this issue of Off the Shelf! are a variety of images illustrating the depth and breadth of the rare, Warmly, complementary collections of the Rosenbach and the Free Library.

Siobhan A. Reardon PRESIDENT AND DIRECTOR

WHAT’S INSIDE 8 One for the Books: THE GROUNDBREAKING ROSENBACH OF THE FREE LIBRARY OF PHILADELPHIA FOUNDATION

4 News and Notes 6 HIDDEN GEMS: the First Folio 7 focus on: Happy Birthday to the Bard 12 The Library of the 21st Century: Nurturing Mind and Body 14 The Final Word: Jamie Moyer 15 BOARD LISTS AnnouncING THE 2014 FEATURED SELECTION

We are excited to announce that the 2014 One Book, One Philadelphia featured selection is The Yellow Birds by Kevin Powers.

Winner of the 2013 PEN/Hemingway Award for First Fiction and a finalist for the 2012 National Book Award, The Yellow Birds has been compared to Tim O’Brien’s classic war novel, The Things They Carried, for its powerful depiction of the truth and tragedy DIRECTOR OF AUTHOR of war. Poet/novelist Powers vividly tells the story of a young EVENTS POSITION ENDOWED soldier struggling to find meaning in his harrowing experiences The Free Library of Philadelphia Foundation would as a soldier in Iraq, while suffering like to extend its heartfelt thanks to longtime Library profound guilt over his friend and supporters Ruth W. and A. Morris Williams, Jr., who fellow soldier’s death, as well as generously endowed the Director of Author Events alienation from community and position at the Free Library Foundation, held by Andy family upon his return home. Kahan, in recognition of his excellence in leading this According to The New York Times, flagship Free Library program. With their gift, the Author “Kevin Powers has something to Events Series will continue to foster great conversations say, something deeply moving with the world’s leading writers and thinkers for many about the frailty of man and years to come. Thank you, Ruth and Morris! the brutality of war, and we should all lean closer and listen.”

Don’t miss the One Book Kickoff on January 22, 2014, and in the meantime, get reading!

Taking Flight at Philadelphia International Airport

The Free Library’s newest virtual library is now at the Philadelphia International Airport. Located in the D/E connector area, the Library’s free Wi-Fi welcomes users with a special splash page that provides access to our ebooks, Author Events podcasts, and historic photographs of Philadelphia from our digital collections. The Library’s strategic partnership with the airport launched in July, and we are excited to be able to offer our educational and entertaining content to visitors from around the world. Plus, we’re proud to announce that we’ve received the Top Innovator Award from the Urban Libraries Council for our work at the Airport! Expanded Free Library Wi-Fi services have begun in the A/B connector area—where our exhibition featuring 50 great Philadelphia writers continues through June 2014—with an anticipated, airport-wide ge completion of the Library’s Wi-Fi in March of 2014. The Free Library of Philadelphia welcomes usersor travelers of its free on With-Fe ig ato! the Philadelphia International Airport with a special splash pa that provides curated content especially f

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IT WAS AN EXCITING FEW MONTHS AROUND THE LIBRARY SYSTEM THIS SUMMER, ESPECIALLY FOR OUR YOUNGEST CUSTOMERS. (1) South Philadelphia Library hosted Girls Rock Philly, a nonprofit dedicated to empowering girls to start their own bands. (2) Young customers at Tacony Library made their own animated movies at a Claymation workshop. (3) Budding artists discovered the art of rock (and face!) painting at Katharine Drexel Library. (4) Teens explored the wonders of robotics at Charles L. Durham Library. Photo courtesy of Judge John Y We want to hear from you! Here at Off the Shelf, we’re always looking for better ways CUSTOMER CORNER: to bring our readers the content they want in the format they prefer. To help better refine our magazine, we’re asking all of our JUDGE JOHN YOUNGE readers to visit freelibrary.org/publications and take a moment to complete a brief online survey about what you like best about Off the Shelf and what Free Library topics you’d like us to cover BEFORE JUDGE JOHN ounge in the future. Let us know at freelibrary.org/publications! YOUNGE WAS PRESIDING OVER CASES IN CITY HALL, HE WAS A YOUNG LIBRARY FOR THE LIBRARY CUSTOMER DISCOVERING THE BLIND AND PHYSICALLY VALUES OF KNOWLEDGE, INDEPENDENCE, AND HANDICAPPED NOW COMMUNITY—IDEALS OFFERS DIGITIZED THAT WOULD GUIDE THE WAY TO A CAREER IN MAGAZINE PROGRAM PUBLIC SERVICE. This past spring, the Library of Congress’s National Library Judge Younge grew up just a half-block away from the Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped (NLS) Blanche A. Nixon/Cobbs Creek neighborhood library. transitioned its audio magazine program from outdated It was the first place he was allowed to visit on his analog cassette recordings to new digital cartridges. own without his parents. Working on homework or Customers of our Library for the Blind and Physically reading through his most recent stack of checked-out Handicapped can now enjoy enhanced sound quality and books, Younge says he and the library “were always navigation capabilities for all NLS-produced magazines on good terms.” on their digital talking-book players. To learn more about digital magazine cartridges and other specialized services Throughout the years as an avid library visitor and available through the Library for the Blind and Physically then Chairman of the Board of the Friends of the Free Handicapped, please call 215-683-3213. Library, he understands the library is a place for the neighborhood to gather, a “way of accessing the pulse of the community.”

Now, as a judge, he continues to appreciate the sense of neighborhood connectivity the Free Library provides. “The library is a multi-faceted asset to any neighborhood,” Customers of the Library for the Blind Younge says, as it is constantly evolving according to and Physically Handicapped can now “whatever the community decides it to be.” And from his enjoy a wide variety of magazines on early days at Cobbs Creek, Judge Younge knows first-hand digital cartridges. how important a role it can play.

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#82 The title page of the First Folio includes an image of the author, made from a copper plate engraved by Martin Droeshout. On the opposite page is a poem by Ben Johnson encouraging readers to appreciate Shakespeare’s wit “not for his Picture, but his Booke.”

Shakespeare, William, John Heminge, and Henry Condell. 1623. Mr. William Shakespeares comedies, histories, & tragedies. Published according to the true originall copies.

As the Free Library prepares to kick off a year-long, highlight key passages; and still others point out textual citywide celebration of the 450th birthday of William variants as well as sources for some of the passages. Shakespeare (see facing page), one of its most rare and Perhaps the most striking bit of marginalia is the unique holdings is celebrating its very own milestone. handwritten prologue—written by Shakespeare but Published in 1623, the Rare Book Department’s copy of lost in this first published edition—to Romeo and Shakespeare’s First Folio is marking its 390th year, and Juliet, which famously begins: “Two households, both will be on display this winter for the first time in over 40 alike in dignity/In fair Verona where we lay our scene.” years to commemorate the Bard’s birth. Interestingly, the individual who inserted the prologue Of the 750 First Folios that were originally printed, only reversed those two lines in the Free Library’s copy. It 232 remain, and the Free Library’s copy is one of only 40 is these little personal touches and discrepancies that complete iterations in the world. In it are found the make the work truly rare, says Pollock. collected works of Shakespeare, compiled for the first time The Rare Book Department’s four Shakespeare folios by his fellow actors John Heminge and Henry Condell. were the gift of P.A.B. Widener and his sister, Mrs. “Shakespeare is so important to English literature and to Josephine Widener Wichfield, in memory of their father, the English language,” notes Janine Pollock, Head of the Joseph E. Widener. The gift was arranged by Philadelphia Rare Book Department. “Yet without the First Folio much bookseller A.S.W. Rosenbach—founder of what is now of his work would have been lost to time. It’s because of The Rosenbach of the Free Library—who in his career this critical book that we know Lady Macbeth, Prospero bought and sold six First Folios. from The Tempest, and Viola from Twelfth Night.” The First Folio will be joined with other Shakespeare In addition to Shakespeare’s works, the Free Library’s imprints, including the Second, Third, and Fourth Folios, copy of the First Folio contains rare marginalia, which in the Rare Book Department as part of the Shakespeare has been dated prior to 1670. These unique notes have For All Time exhibition, which includes items from led some scholars to state that it’s the most interesting The Rosenbach of the Free Library of Philadelphia copy in the United States. Foundation. (To read more about the Rosenbach, turn to page 8.) According to Pollock, scholars working on the Folio believe the annotations, bracketing, and underlining to be The exhibition runs from January 27—May 31 the work of at least three different hands, possibly those and is free and open to the public Monday— of scholars and performers. Some of the markings are Saturday from 9:00 a.m.—5:00 p.m. an attempt to correct perceived errors in the text; others • • • BY ALIX GERZ

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“There was a star danced, and under that was I born.” On April 23, 1564, William Shakespeare entered the world in bustling Stratford-upon-Avon, a small market town in merry old England. No one could have known then that the creativity, humor, and pathos that this playwright and performer unleashed in his 37 plays and 154 sonnets would so profoundly affect theatre, literature, and the English language for centuries to come.

But profoundly affect us he has—think last summer’s much- Trivia Night and opening of the Rare Book Department’s praised film adaption of Much Ado About Nothing by Joss Shakespeare For All Time exhibition, featuring some of the Whedon, a stuck-in-your-head musical ditty from West Side Story, Free Library’s most unique Shakespeare holdings, including or the last time you muttered “what fools these mortals be.” the ever-so-sought-after First Folio. (See facing page.) And so to pay tribute to the Bard and his upcoming landmark Throughout the year, the Free Library—in partnership with birthday, the Free Library is offering up the Year of the Bard: The Philadelphia Shakespeare Theatre and other cultural Shakespeare at 450—a year packed full of engaging, enlightening, organizations throughout the city—will offer Shakespeare and entertaining programs and events designed to celebrate buffs and newcomers alike a plethora of fun, festive ways Shakespeare in all his classic and modern incarnations. to get in on the celebration. There will be lectures (Gender in The Free Library will offer a sneak peek of the fun to come Shakespeare, anyone?), an insult contest (“I do desire we may when it hosts The Ball for the Bard on December 7, a be better strangers.”), digital and live exhibitions, pop-up and celebratory evening honoring Shakespeare and raising funds theatrical performances (Hip Hop Shakespeare!), and of course to support the Library. And the public festivities officially get a big birthday bash on April 23. underway early in the year with a special Shakespeare • • • BY ALIX GERZ

Stay tuned to freelibrary.org for up-to-the-minute details!

{ 6 } { 7 } ONE FOR THE BOOKS The Groundbreaking Rosenbach of the Free Library of Philadelphia Foundation

For literature lovers, history buffs, and curiosity seekers of all stripes, Philadelphia’s cultural scene just got a whole lot more exciting. This October, the Free Library of Philadelphia Foundation and the personal ephemera of seminal writers like Beatrix The Rosenbach Museum & Library officially merged, creating Potter, Bram Stoker, , Edgar Allan Poe, Emily The Rosenbach of the Free Library Foundation. In doing Dickinson, Horace, James Joyce, Joseph Conrad, Lewis Carroll, so, these two estimable institutions have produced one of the and Marianne Moore … just to name a few. singular greatest collections of rare books, manuscripts, and The merger is made possible by a $3 million Transition Fund— Americana anywhere in the world—from ancient cuneiform of which $2.7 million is committed or pending pledges—in tablets to incunabula to manuscripts, first editions, and

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ROSENBACH Account of Ferdinand Magellan’s circumnavigation of the globe This account of Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan’s circumnavigation of the globe was written by one of the 18 survivors of the ambitious voyage (out of 270 who set sail). Antonio Pigafetta was from a noble family of Vicenza and he kept a daily journal about the expedition, from which he prepared a narrative. The earliest printed version was this French edition, which was translated and abridged from an Italian manuscript and may have been published without Pigafetta’s involvement or consent.

Antonio Pigafetta, Le voyage et navigation faict par les Espaignolz es Isles de Mollucques... Paris: Simon de Colines, [1525?]. A 525v

FREE LIBRARY Christopher Columbus’s first letter about the New World Christopher Columbus’s letter detailing his discovery of the New World is the first known document to announce the outcome of his voyage. Columbus wrote the letter during his journey home aboard the Niña, and it was printed in Spanish upon his return. One month later, the letter was translated to Latin, and copies of the Latin edition flourished across Europe in 1493. In 1497, the letter was translated to German. The Rare Book Department has copies of both the Latin and German editions of this invaluable letter. The German edition—with a unique woodcut showing Christ addressing King Ferdinand and his followers—is pictured here.

Christopher Columbus. Eyn Schön Hübsch Lessen Von Etlichen InSSlen. Strassburg: B. Kistler, 1497. Gift of William M. Elkins.

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• • • BY Michelle Saraceni Sheffer

order to enable the institutions to focus on combining “The Free Library and The Rosenbach have a shared history operations and to build sustainable programs. The Transition that dates back nearly a century, and very similar missions Fund combines the generous support of many philanthropic and goals today. By creating The Rosenbach of the Free Library partners, including a new gift of $1 million from the Wyncote of Philadelphia Foundation, we have mutually strengthened Foundation, on the recommendation of Frederick R. Haas. our collections and united our parallel efforts to engage and Other supporters include The Pew Charitable Trusts, The inspire new audiences in fresh and exciting ways.” Independence Foundation, and several individuals. The Free Library of Philadelphia and The Rosenbach Museum & “In many ways, the merger feels like a family reunion,” says Library are linked historically by the vision and generosity of Siobhan A. Reardon, President and Director of the Free Library. Dr. A.S.W. Rosenbach, who was a preeminent dealer in rare story continues on page 11

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ROSENBACH Autograph manuscript of The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club by Charles Dickens was Charles Dickens’s first novel, a comedy about the absurd adventures of Mr. Samuel Pickwick and his friends. Like most of Dickens’s other major works, it was originally produced as a serial and published in monthly installments between March 1836 and October 1837. The Rosenbach’s leaves, which include parts of what became chapters 36 and 39, represent the major surviving portion of the original manuscript. Dr. Rosenbach called this “the finest modern manuscript.” Charles Dickens, The Pickwick papers: autograph manuscript portion.

FREE LIBRARY Mary Hogarth’s personal inscribed copy of The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club A gift of William M. Elkins to the Free Library, The Pickwick Papers shown here is inscribed by Charles Dickens “affectionately” to his sister-in-law, Mary Hogarth, and includes probably the first copies of each serialized story off the press, for they were the author’s own. Mary’s sudden death after the 14th edition had been published interrupted Dickens’s writing for several weeks, though he eventually was able to push Pickwick through to a conclusion. Its popularity was instantaneous, and Dickens became famous overnight. Dickens, Charles, Robert Seymour, , and . 1836. The posthumous papers of The Pickwick Club: containing a faithful record of the perambulations, perils, travels, adventures and sporting transactions of the corresponding members. : Chapman & Hall, 186, Strand, MDCCCXXXVI-MDCCCXXXVII [April 1836- October 1837] (London: Bradbury and Evans, printers, Whitefriars, 1836-1837).

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ROSENBACH Bram Stoker’s notes for Dracula Bram Stoker’s classic novel, Dracula, was first published in London in 1897 and has never gone out of print. The Rosenbach preserves 124 pages of Stoker’s working notes for the novel, including manuscript and typescript notes, photographs, and a newspaper clipping. The notes include both background research and records of Stoker’s process of creating the book such as outlines and character lists. Bram Stoker, Dracula: autograph notes. [ca.1890-ca. 1896]. EL3 .874d MS

FREE LIBRARY Edgar Allan Poe’s manuscript of “The Murders in the Rue Morgue” The Free Library’s remarkable Edgar Allan Poe collection is rich in autograph manuscripts and letters and includes copies of all the first editions of Poe’s works, including his manuscript of “The Murders in the Rue Morgue,” pictured here. Its original owner, Mr. J. M. Johnston—an apprentice in the office of Philadelphia printers Barrett and Thrasher—picked the manuscript out of the wastebasket and saved it. Twice in the 1850s it was nearly destroyed by fire, and it was once consigned to a rubbish heap, though fortunately retrieved by Mr. Johnston’s neighbor. It eventually came into the hands of Colonel Richard A. Gimbel, who later bequeathed it to the Free Library. Poe, Edgar Allan. Autograph manuscript signed, of “The Murders in the Rue Morgue,” 17 pages, undated.

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ROSENBACH What will become of me! sketch by John Tenniel for Lewis Carroll’s Alice in Wonderland The Rosenbach’s remarkable Lewis Carroll collection is one of the most important collections of its kind in the world. The collection contains more than 600 of his personal letters, his early drawings, his rarest photographs, and his personal copy of the very rare first edition of Alice in Wonderland. This first edition is enlivened by 42 iconic illustrations by acclaimed artist John Tenniel, who achieved fame through his collaboration with Carroll and was knighted by Queen Victoria in 1893. The image here is one of Tenniel’s preliminary sketches for the children’s literature classic, depicting a distraught Alice—“What will become of me!” John Tenniel, What will become of me! Preliminary drawing for Alice’s adventures in Wonderland. [1864 or 65]. 1954.0053

FREE LIBRARY Little Pig Robinson illustration by Beatrix Potter The Free Library of Philadelphia is home to the largest collection of Beatrix Potter material outside of the . The collection includes the autograph manuscript, with the original watercolors, of The Tailor of Gloucester; the autograph manuscript and drawings for Little Pig Robinson; first editions, presentation copies, adaptations, ephemera, and more than 100 watercolors and drawings from Potter’s own portfolio; and more than 60 autograph letters. In the illustration shown here, gifted to the Library by Margery McKay Cridland, Pig Robinson stares wistfully into a shop window. Beatrix Potter, “Pig Robinson stares wistfully into a shop window.” Gift of Margery McKay Cridland.

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ROSENBACH Original manuscript resolution of the Continental Congress Pictured here is a manuscript copy of a resolution of the Continental Congress from July 19, 1776, enclosed with a letter of the same date to the provincial convention of New Jersey. The resolution states the Congress’s intent to publish letters to the colonies demonstrating that there is no hope for reconciliation with Great Britain, and that “the valour of their country is to save its liberties.” United States Continental Congress, resolution and letter. Philadelphia, 19 July 1776. AMs 447/29

FREE LIBRARY “The Bloody Massacre” engraving by Paul Revere This engraving commemorating the Boston Massacre was created by Paul Revere in 1770 and is known as “The Bloody Massacre.” It captures the historic event “perpetrated in King Street Boston March 5th 1770 by a Party of the 29th Regt.” in which British soldiers killed five civilian men and injured six others. This remarkable work hangs in the Rare Book Department’s Elkins Room of the Free Library of Philadelphia. Revere, Paul. 1770. The bloody massacre perpetrated in King Street Boston on March 5th 1770 by a party of the 29th Regt. Boston: Engrav’d Printed & Sold by Paul Revere.

books, manuscripts, and art. He gifted the Library with one complementary items from Americana, children’s literature, and of its first special collections in 1947—of early American more are illustrated throughout this piece. children’s books—which laid the groundwork for its Rare Book “I walk through the collection several times each day, and Department to grow to now encompass nearly 100,000 rare I never cease to be amazed what’s in it,” says Derick Dreher, items from a span of over 4,000 years. He also served on the the John C. Haas Director of the Rosenbach. “There’s a wonderful Library’s Board of Trustees for nearly 30 years, from 1923 principle of serendipity in effect: When you go looking for until his death in 1952. In turn, The Rosenbach Museum & something you know, you inevitably find many things you don’t. Library was founded in 1954 through a testamentary gift That’s what makes me happy to come to work every morning.” by Dr. Rosenbach and his brother, Philip. Their personal collections now form the core of The Rosenbach’s remarkable The combined collections of the Rosenbach and the Free assemblage of 30,000 rare books, 300,000 pages of manuscript, Library’s Rare Book Department also provide fertile ground 20,000 works of art on paper, and a number of other objects. for a whole host of new programming to blossom. From collaborative events for the Free Library’s Year of the Bard: “The ‘separated at birth’ nature of these collections has certainly Shakespeare at 450 celebration in 2014 (read more on page 7) been at the forefront of discussions surrounding our merger,” to exciting opportunities for unique, in-depth exhibitions, “the says Janine Pollock, Head of the Free Library’s Rare Book true potential of this merger will be to bring our collections Department. “To know the Free Library’s rare book collection alive for people of all ages,” says Pollock. “I’m looking forward intimately is to know something of the extraordinary mind to making these remarkable objects that we care for exciting and generous spirit of Dr. Rosenbach.” and meaningful to a much larger audience.” With the Rare Book Department at the Free Library and the Dreher agrees. “Merely preserving a collection isn’t enough, Rosenbach’s shared, historic ties, it is no surprise that many no matter how good it is. You need to find compelling ways items in the Rosenbach of the Free Library Foundation’s combined to share the collection with the public: Let them interact with collections richly augment one another. For example, the Free it; let them discover the relevance of historic objects to issues Library’s Shakespeare Folios—including the rare First Folio they care about today; let them be inspired by it,” he says. (which you read about on page 6)—now joins the Rosenbach’s “People give meaning to our collection by using it, and derive collection of later Folios and hundreds of early imprints, collected meaning in return—and that’s what makes me leave with a volumes, and more to create one of the world’s most compelling smile every evening.” holdings of Shakespeare’s work. Several additional examples of Uniting these two extraordinary collections of immense literary and historic importance will not only enliven them for thousands of new visitors—it will also enrich the cultural fabric of Philadelphia and indeed the world at large.

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Philadelphians across the city rely “The Free Library sees itself as a library of the 21st century,” President and Director Siobhan A. Reardon says. “We’re here to provide on the Free Library for a lot more whatever resources our community needs, and reliable health care than books. With a robust line up of education is at the top of the list. Through trained and knowledgeable staff, strategic partnerships, health-focused programming, and online programing (more than 25,000 events resources, the Library will be a major keystone in providing health a year!), a cache of digital resources, information to the public.” and research information on anything One such initiative is staff trainings on the ACA. With so many changes on the health care horizon, coupled with the dearth in internet access from starting your own business for many Philadelphia neighborhoods, customers will be looking to writing your résumé, the Library to the Library not only for information, but access to important insurance and medical websites. Free Library staff members will has you covered. But it doesn’t stop be well prepared, with training from the Department of Health and there. Resources at the Library are Human Services. Neighborhood library staff will hold scheduled sessions at specific locations to aid customers in everything from continuously growing and evolving preparing insurance applications to enrolling in coverage. with our customers’ 21st-century needs. “We are a trusted and unbiased public resource teeming with In 2012, The Pew Charitable Trusts Philadelphia Research Initiative information experts,” explains librarian Kim Bravo, a member of the published “The Library in the City: Changing Demands and Healthcare Advisory Council. “We see it as our responsibility to honor Challenging Future”—an in-depth report on the ways in which that trust and help our patrons navigate this process […] We want 21st-century customers use libraries. The Pew study indicated that a them to have peace of mind knowing that their information is secure sizeable 34% of all Free Library users came in search of health care […] and that any questions they may have throughout the process will information. And with the onset of questions sure to come with the be clearly and competently answered.” implementation of the first part of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) in In addition to training neighborhood library staff on the January 2014, reliable health care resources will only become more intricacies of the ACA, the Free Library plans to partner with important to Philadelphians. other organizations to ensure a wide range of health issues are With this in mind, the Library is bolstering its access to health care covered into the future. Plus, additional direct programming and information in our 54 neighborhood libraries through a number of supplemental information for staff is also in the works: Neighborhood pioneering initiatives, and in September 2012 formed the Healthcare libraries will host professionals from area hospitals for programs on Advisory Council—made up of Free Library staff, board members, medical conditions, prescription drugs, procedures, and more; staff and leaders of area health care institutions. The Council advises the will have access to online health care resources and information; and creation of health care programming and helps the Library better the Healthcare Advisory Council will continue conversations with understand its role as a provider of health care information. local policy-makers, doctors, and health care professionals.

{ 12 } { 13 } Celebrating 100 Years of Community at Falls of Schuylkill Library

Happy 100-year anniversary to Falls of Schuylkill Library! The East Falls neighborhood library celebrates a century of service on November 18, 2013, with a day full of festivities and commemoration.

Falls of Schuylkill, located at 3501 Midvale Avenue, was completed in 1913 and funded by Andrew Carnegie with land donated by William H. Merrick and the Warden Estate. Today, the building still sits at its original site, complete with both beautiful reading and shade gardens.

In celebration of the anniversary, the Friends of the Falls of Schuylkill Library have a day of events and activities planned for the East Falls community: a presentation on the history of the building, a music program with highlights of popular 1913 selections, special displays including a list of bestsellers from 1913, and much more.

Here’s to another 100 years of community commitment at Falls of Schuylkill!

• • • BY EILEEN OWENS The Falls of Schuylkill Library being built in 1912 With the robust line-up of health care resources at the Free Library, our 21st-century customers can care for their bodies as well as their minds.

• • • BY EILEEN OWENS The FREE Library and its reading garden TODAY P HOTO CRED I T : G eorge M a tys ik

{ 12 } { 13 } A World Series champion known for OTS What role have libraries played in your life? JM When I was growing up in Souderton, Pa., I spent a lot of time his trademark pitches—slow, slower, in our local library. Not as much as on the ballfield—but close. Just and slowest—Jamie Moyer ended his like the baseball field was the place for me to focus on my game, epic career just a few wins shy of 300 the library was where I was able to concentrate on my studies. victories. Having pitched for eight OTS What role do you think libraries play in our 21st-century world? teams, he is one of the most popular JM The role of the public library may have changed of late, due to players in professional baseball and the vast usage of the internet. But I still think it plays an important role: My wife Karen and I have eight kids, and we’ve seen firsthand one of only 29 players in the sport’s how important it is to have a place they can go where we know history to have played Major League they’re going to study, read, and learn. games for four decades. Moyer was OTS Your trademark slow pitches were crucial named to the 2003 All-Star Team and in helping the Phillies win the 2008 World Series. has served as an on-air analyst for Can you tell us a little bit about how and why you developed such a unique—and successful!— ESPN and the Major League Baseball pitching style? Network. At a crucial juncture in his JM Early in my career, I learned that, to be successful, I had to embrace who I was. I wasn’t going to overpower hitters. I had mid-20s, he encountered world- to outthink them. So I started to play off hitters’ psyches and renowned sports psychologist Harvey use their aggression—their ego—against them. I learned to pay Dorfman, whose teachings primed attention to detail and that pitching really takes place from the neck up. So how I thought about the game, and what I said to Moyer for a reinvention that would myself on the mound, could make all the difference.

shape his remarkable career. Written OTS Your memoir, Just Tell Me I Can’t, reflects on with author/editor Larry Platt, Moyer’s your 25 extraordinary years in the big leagues. new memoir, Just Tell Me I Can’t: How What has inspired you to keep playing baseball long after many other players choose to retire? Jamie Moyer Defied the Radar Gun JM I’ve played the game for so long because of my passion for it. and Defeated Time, unfolds that fateful Baseball has been my oldest companion, and it’s been a lifelong love affair. As they got older, many of my teammates lost their experience and his 25 extraordinary youthful passion for the game. I never did. I’m 50 years old and years in the big leagues. itching to get back out there and compete right now.

To listen to the free, downloadable OTS To you, the Free Library of Philadelphia is also the Free Library of _____. Why? podcast featuring Jamie Moyer and JM It’s the Free Library of Discovery. Just imagine all the ideas that AUTHOR/EDITOr Larry Platt, visit reside in all those books! As we tell our kids, you can only cease to freelibrary.org/authorevents. be curious and interested once you know all there is to know.

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Members Donna Allie The IRA Charitable Steven M. Altschuler Christopher Arlene Rollover is Back Jacqueline Barnett Take advantage of this OFFER before Darwin Beauvais Peter A. Benoliel IT EXPIRES ON December 31, 2013! Patricia A. Coulter Pamela Dembe Tobey Gordon Dichter An INDIVIDUAL RETIREMENT ACCOUNT (IRA) W. Wilson Goode, Sr. charitable rollover is a great opportunity to Melissa Grimm Nancy D. Kolb support the FREE LIBRARY while reducing H.W. Jerome Maddox your taxable income. The Qualified Charitable Noel Mayo Sonia Sanchez Distribution from an IRA allows donors to make a John J. Soroko gift to the Free Library Foundation directly from Sherry A. Swirsky Nicholas D. Torres their IRA and not include the amount gifted in Ignatius C. Wang their taxable income. Shelly Yanoff

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Chair Tobey Gordon Dichter Members Robert Adelson Cynthia Affleck James H. Averill Phyllis W. Beck Peter A. Benoliel Sheldon Bonovitz George Day Andrea Ehrlich Daniel K. Fitzpatrick W. Wilson Goode, Sr. Daniel Gordon Richard A. Greenawalt Melissa Grimm THROUGH January 12, 2014 Robert C. Heim John Imbesi Philip Jaurigue In the Beginning is an exhibition of firsts: the first Geoffrey Kent Alexander Kerr Hebrew printed books in the world, the first books Leslie Miller by and about Jewish Americans, and the artifacts of Thomas B. Morris, Jr. Stephanie W. Naidoff the Gratzes, the “First Family” of Jewish Philadelphia. Patrick M. Oates Derek N. Pew William R. Sasso Experience five centuries of rare objects celebrating Susan G. Smith Miriam Spector the rich and storied heritage of the Jewish people, Stacey Leigh Spector Barbara Sutherland highlighting their impact on cultural and social change Monica Vachher Jay Weinstein from early European printed books through the federal Larry Weiss era in the United States. EMERITUS Marie Field Elizabeth H. Gemmill For tickets and details, visit Rosenbach.org or call 215-732-1600. A. Morris Williams, Jr.

{ 14 } { 15 } introducing The Free Library is one of the most important educational and cultural LEADING VOICES: institutions in Philadelphia. Conversations from the C-Suite The City of Philadelphia provides funds for the operations of the A new lecture program featuring the brightest minds in business, brought to you by the Free Free Library system, including Library’s award-wining Author Events Series staffing at our 54 locations.

Through the generosity of Join us for our inaugural event with individual gifts, the Free Library Erik Prince, founder and former Foundation supports many of President and CEO of Blackwater USA, on Tuesday, November 26 at 8:00 a.m. the Library’s incredible programs The event features breakfast at 7:30 and services, which advance a.m. and includes a copy of Prince’s book Civilian Warriors: The Inside literacy, guide learning, and inspire Story of Blackwater and the Unsung curiosity throughout our city. Heroes of the War on Terror.

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