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West Toledo Branch 60th Anniversary, Toledo, Ohio, 1990
No full textFrom the West Toledo Branch Collection, Toledo author Virginia Hannford Eyster chats with librarian Susan Coburn as she autographs copies of her book during the 60th anniversary party of the West Toledo Branch on September 30, 1990. Terms associated with the photograph are: Public libraries | Anniversaries | Celebrations | Toledo-Lucas County Public Library (Toledo, Ohio) | West Toledo Branch (Toledo, Ohio) | 1320 Sylvania Avenue (Toledo, Ohio) | Authors | Coburn, Susan | Eyster, Virginia Hannafor
West Toledo Branch 60th Anniversary, Toledo, Ohio, 1990
No full textFrom the West Toledo Branch Collection, Toledo author Virginia Hannford Eyster hands a signed copy of her book to librarian Susan Coburn during the 60th anniversary party of the West Toledo Branch on September 30, 1990. Terms associated with the photograph are: Public libraries | Anniversaries | Celebrations | Toledo-Lucas County Public Library (Toledo, Ohio) | West Toledo Branch (Toledo, Ohio) | 1320 Sylvania Avenue (Toledo, Ohio) | Eyster, Virginia Hannaford | Authors | Coburn, Susa
The marriage record of Sutton, Lemuel L. and Lucas, Susan B
No full textMarriage license for Susan B. Lucas and Lemuel L. Sutton. William F. Nigels was the officiant
<i>No se sabe</i>: entrevista a Lucas Gagliardi
No full textEntrevista al Licenciado y Profesor en Letras (UNLP) Lucas Gagliardi. Se especializa en literatura en lengua inglesa y en crítica genética. Se desempeña como profesor en la Universidad Pedagógica (UNIPE), en institutos de formación docente y escuelas secundarias. Ha participado en proyectos de investigación sobre archivos de escritores, publicaciones impresas. Participa en el programa de voluntariado universitario de la Facultad de Trabajo Social (UNLP) en articulación con la Biblioteca Ambulante del Hospital de Niños dictando talleres de lectura y escritura.Al hacer clic en el enlace que figura en "Documentos relacionados", pueden accederse a todos los trabajos de Lucas Gagliardi presentes en el repositorio.Radio Universidad Nacional de La Plat
Susan B. Anthony letter to Mrs. Bissell, May 25, 1909
No full textA letter written by Susan B. Anthony to Ms. Sara A. Bissell, a member and president of the Toledo Women's Suffrage Association, in which she writes about the hope of the future based on the gains for women's rights of the recent past.Ms Sarah A. Bissell
Toledo-Ohio-
I want you to see how much women have gained in the last score of years of the Nineteenth Century. Does it not give us hope and courage to go forward until we gain perfect equality of rights- civil and political-
" with love and faith
"" Susan B. Anthony
" Rochester, N.Y.
May 25, 190
Toledo Lucas County Public Library Strategic Plan, 2011-2013
No full textThe stategic plan for the Toledo Lucas County Public Library, outlining the goals of the organization between 2011 and 2013.PLANNING FOR THE FUTURE
T H E 2 0 1 1 - 2 0 1 3 S T R A T E G I C P L A N
THE TOLEDO - LUCAS
COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY
SUSAN KENT S.R. KENT LLC JANUAR Y 2011 PLANNING FOR THE FUTURE THE 2011 - 2013 STRATEGIC PLAN TOLEDO-LUCAS COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY i
Table of Contents
FORWARD
1
THE CONTEXT
2
SERVICE RESPONSES
4
STRATEGIC PLANNING
7
GOALS AND OBJECTIVES
19
NEXT STEPS
23
APPENDIX A
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FORWARD
The Toledo-Lucas County Public Library has, for years, been a leader in providing services, collections and resources to the communities it serves. In 2010, it was recognized as a “four star” rated library by Library Journal in its Index of Public Library Service.
As the library moves forward into the second decade of the 21st century, it is facing the hard economic challenges of the recent recession and the implications of these challenges to the future of its services, collections and facilities.
In mid-2010, the Director of the Toledo-Lucas County Public Library engaged the services of Susan Kent, a consultant to libraries and nonprofit organizations, to work with him, the Library Board of Trustees, Library staff and representatives of the community, to undertake a strategic planning process that would concentrate on a three year period, 2011-2013, and focus the library on what its next steps should be as it moved into the future.
The Toledo-Lucas County Public Library’s strategic planning process began in September
2010. Participants included a Community Advisory Committee, a Staff Advisory Committee, the Library’s management team and the Library’s Board of Trustees. In addition, a number of focus groups were held to solicit ideas and input from stakeholder groups in the community.
I wish to thank all the participants in the process with special thanks to Clyde Scoles, Library Director; Margaret Danziger, Deputy Director, and Beth Bonk, of the Library’s Administrative Office, for their support, information, assistance and guidance. The hard work and good ideas of the Community and Staff Advisory Committees were much appreciated. It was also very important that the Library staff participated in the process in the most positive and creative manner, and their involvement was essential in informing the final plan.
Susan Kent PLANNING FOR THE FUTURE THE 2011 - 2013 STRATEGIC PLAN TOLEDO-LUCAS COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY 2
THE CONTEXT
The world has changed. Technology and communication tools have made it possible to reach out and access information from any place at any time. For public libraries, this change has been transformative. No longer limited by finite resources in finite spaces, the Internet and the world wide web have become essential components in the public library’s services and collections toolkit. Library staff have had to acquire new skills, become global information experts, and learn to share their knowledge with the public who come to them in person, by phone, and over the web,
The community that is served by public libraries has broadened as well. And, that public has come to expect that the library is the place where the increasing quantities and complexity of information can be provided in a manageable, understandable manner. The public library now acts as the key institution in the community to provide equity of access to information. It is an information hub, an important open and accessible space for community interaction, a business incubator, a place for building cultural awareness and community partnerships, and, importantly, a place for quiet contemplation, learning and new ideas.
Any strategic plan for the Toledo-Lucas County Public Library must build upon the Library’s basic and essential core services, which are:
• To provide free books and information for all, emphasizing
services for children, lifelong education, business and local history;
• To provide free access to technology for all;
• To train staff to deliver excellent service for all;
• To sustain the Library as a safe, trusted, and enduring community anchor.
And its historic strengths, which are:
• Physical facilities spread throughout the county
• Collections of print, media, and electronic information for children, teens and adults
• A dedicated staff committed to serving the public
• The adoption of new technologies to improve access to information and library services
• Leadership from the Library’s management team and Board of Trustees
• Funding for operations and capital projects
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The public library in the United States and beyond has undergone and is continually undergoing major changes. These revolutionary, not evolutionary, changes are moving at such a rapid pace that libraries have to be as adroit and discerning as any business or nonprofit organization to stay not only ahead of the curve but be leaders and change agents in the new information age. This, coupled with increasing demand for library services and the dismal recession of the last few years, means that libraries are at a critical nexus in their life cycles. They must be leaders in integrating their facilities, staff, collections, and services with the latest technology. They must meet the demands of the communities they serve for traditional and innovative library services. And, they must do all of this with funding that has become less available and more limited.
One of the greatest challenges public libraries face today is imagining and describing the library of the future. This is not because library leaders are incapable of thinking broadly, “out of the box”. Rather, because the public library is such a beloved institution, community members are usually reluctant to depart from their own strong ideas of what the library has
traditionally, meant to them and their families. Working together, library leaders and community members, can craft a vision for the future of their local public library that embraces the strong traditions and welcomes the evolution/revolution made possible by technology. PLANNING FOR THE FUTURE THE 2011 - 2013 STRATEGIC PLAN TOLEDO-LUCAS COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY 4
SERVICE RESPONSES
The Toledo-Lucas County Public Library utilized the methodology of the Public Library Association’s Strategic Planning for Results process which is built upon the library adopting what are termed as priority “service responses”. There are eighteen service responses, each meeting specific community needs. They are listed on the following page. The library’s planning process is described, in detail, in the next chapter.
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LIBRARY SERVICE RESPONSES
Be an Informed Citizen: Local, National, and World Affairs
Residents will have the information they need to support and promote democracy, to fulfill their civic responsibilities at the local, state, and national levels, and to fully participate in community decision-making.
Build Successful Enterprises: Business and Non-Profit Support
Business owners and non-profit organization directors and their managers will have the tools they need to develop and maintain strong, viable organizations.
Celebrate Diversity: Cultural Awareness
Residents will have programs and services that promote appreciation and understanding of their personal heritage and the heritage of others in the community.
Connect to the Online World: Public Internet Access
Residents will have high-speed access to the digital world with no unnecessary restrictions or fees to ensure that everyone can take advantage of the ever-growing resources and services available through the Internet.
Create Young Readers: Early Literacy
Children from birth to age five will have programs and services designed to ensure that they will enter school ready to learn to read, write, and listen.
Discover Your Roots: Genealogy and Local History
Residents and visitors will have the resources they need to connect the past with the pre- sent through their family histories and to understand the history and traditions of the com- munity.
Express Creativity: Create and Share Content
Residents will have the services and support they need to express themselves by creating original print, video, audio, or visual content in a real-world or online environment.
Get Facts Fast: Ready Reference
Residents will have someone to answer their questions on a wide array of topics of per- sonal interest.
Know Your Community: Community Resources and Services
Residents will have a central source for information about the wide variety of programs, services, and activities provided by community agencies and organizations.
Learn to Read and Write: Adult, Teen, and Family Literacy
Adults and teens will have the support they need to improve their literacy skills in order to meet their personal goals and fulfill their responsibilities as parents, citizens, and workers.
Make Career Choices: Job and Career Development
Adults and teens will have the skills and resources they need to identify career
opportunities that suit their individual strengths and interests. PLANNING FOR THE FUTURE THE 2011 - 2013 STRATEGIC PLAN TOLEDO-LUCAS COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY 6
Make Informed Decisions: Health, Wealth, and Other Life Choices
Residents will have the resources they need to identify and analyze risks, benefits, and
alternatives before making decisions that affect their lives.
Satisfy Curiosity: Lifelong Learning
Residents will have the resources they need to explore topics of personal interest and
continue to learn throughout their lives.
Stimulate Imagination: Reading, Viewing and Listening for Pleasure
Residents who want materials to enhance their leisure time will find what they want when and where they want them and will have the help they need to make choices from among the options.
Succeed in School: Homework Help
Students will have the resources they need to succeed in school.
Understand How to Find, Evaluate, and Use Information: Information Fluency
Residents will know when they need information to resolve an issue or answer a question and will have the skills to search for, locate, evaluate, and effectively use information to meet their needs.
Visit a Comfortable Place: Physical and Virtual Spaces
Residents will have safe and welcoming physical places to meet and interact with others or to sit quietly and read and will have open and accessible virtual spaces that support social networking.
Welcome to the United States: Services for New Immigrants
New immigrants will have information on citizenship, English Language Learning (ELL)"
employment, public schooling, health and safety, available social services, and any other
topics that they need to participate successfully in American life. PLANNING FOR THE FUTURE THE 2011 - 2013 STRATEGIC PLAN TOLEDO-LUCAS COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY 7
STRATEGIC PLANNING
BACKGROUND
In mid-2010, Clyde Scoles, the Director of the Toledo-Lucas County Public Library, engaged the services of Susan Kent, S.R. Kent LLC, to assist him and the Library’s Board of Trustees in developing a strategic plan for the library. The plan is to cover the period 2011-2013. The focus of this consultancy engagement was to work with the Library’s staff and Board of Trustees and community representatives, assess the Library’s current situation, review past planning efforts, and generate a short-term strategic plan that would move the Toledo-Lucas County Public Library forward in an effective, creative and innovative matter.
The methodology used for the strategic planning process was the Public Library Association’s Strategic Planning for Results, the “industry standard” for public libraries throughout the United States. This process operates on three major assumptions:
• Excellence must be defined locally. Excellent libraries provide services that match community needs, interests and priorities. Every community is unique - and so is every
public library.
• Excellence is possible both for small and large libraries. Excellence rests more on commitment than on unlimited resources. No one has enough. The real issue is how you
allocate what you have.
• Excellence is a moving target. Even when achieved, excellence must be continually maintained. If you are coasting, the only way to go is downhill.
The strategic planning process itself has five key points:
• Collaboration - Community leaders, library staff and library board members work together in formal and informal ways to ensure that the public library meets 21st century needs.
• Priorities - In every community some services are more important than others. During this process community leaders and library board members will identify the services that have the highest priority for their library. PLANNING FOR THE FUTURE THE 2011 - 2013 STRATEGIC PLAN TOLEDO-LUCAS COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY 8
• Resource Allocation - The priorities selected during this planning process provide a framework for allocating and, even more importantly, reallocating the library’s limited
resources.
• Accountability - Public libraries, like all other publicly funded institutions, must be able to clearly demonstrate that the tax dollars being spent to support the library are providing services that are needed and valued by community members.
• Change - There is a big difference between planning and implementing. In this process, planning is seen as an important initial step but not an end in itself. Everything about the process is focused on identifying and implementing programs and services that support the library’s priorities - and on eliminating or reducing programs and services that not support these priorities.
Two advisory committees were created for the strategic planning process: a committee of community leaders and a committee of Toledo-Lucas County Public Library staff. The original intent was to have the two committees meet separately and then merge their efforts into the final report. However, it became apparent after the first committee meetings, held in September 2010, that both committees were on the same track, had reached the same conclusions, and embraced the same forward-looking goals. As a result, the committees were joined for their second meeting with the consultant in November 2010. The committee members are listed in Appendix A.
THE PROCESS
The consultancy process, called Planning for the Future, included:
• A review of library documents including financial information, collections information, usage data, organizational charts, and past planning reports.
• Four onsite visits to Toledo to meet with the Board of Trustees, library managers, library staff, the community advisory committee, and the staff advisory committee.
• Review of the results of focus groups that were conducted by a local community member.
• Review of demographic trends for the Toledo-Lucas County metropolitan area.
• In-depth tour of the downtown library and several branch libraries.
ADVISORY COMMITTEES - MEETING ONE
The first meeting of each of the two advisory committees (Community and Staff) were held separately. The agenda for both meetings was the same and the information shared with the committee and questions directed to committee members were also the same. At the first PLANNING FOR THE FUTURE THE 2011 - 2013 STRATEGIC PLAN TOLEDO-LUCAS COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY 9
meetings, the members were introduced to the process in general and Strategic Planning for Results in greater depth. Clyde Scoles, the Library Director, set the context and addressed the topic “Toledo-Lucas County Library - Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow”. The Community and Staff Committees were asked to go through exercises to identify the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats in the community and to identify major community needs as well. Remarkably, both committees, meeting separately, had very similar responses.
The structure of the process was described to both groups so that each member would understand that community needs became the basis for library goals, library objectives, and library activities. A chart of the process is on the following page. PLANNING FOR THE FUTURE THE 2011 - 2013 STRATEGIC PLAN TOLEDO-LUCAS COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY 10
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JOINT ADVISORY COMMITTEE - MEETING TWO
The second meeting, held in November 2010, was a joint meeting of the Community and Staff Advisory Committees. The agenda included a review of the discussions from the first meeting of each group, a presentation of the preliminary service priorities selected by each committee, a determination of the final recommendations for service priorities made by the joint committee, and recommendations to go forward to the Library’s Board of Trustees.
The Committee’s “vision” for the future of Toledo-Lucas County included:
• Good, high paying jobs
• Affordable housing
• Excellent public education
• High quality environment
• Revitalized neighborhoods
• Diverse transportation options
• Accessible, affordable health care
They articulated the community’s “strengths” as:
• Rich history and heritage
• Geographic location
• Leaders who are invested in the community
• Multiplicity of cultural activities
• A skilled workforce
• Affordability
Their list of community “weaknesses” included:
• High taxes
• Government bureaucracy
• High unemployment
• Resistance to change PLANNING FOR THE FUTURE THE 2011 - 2013 STRATEGIC PLAN TOLEDO-LUCAS COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY 12
• No urban revitalization
• Toledo Public Schools
The joint committee then addressed the service responses selected as priorities by each individual committee in September.
Community Advisory Committee Priorities
*Create Young Readers
*Stimulate Imagination
*Connect to the Online World
*Succeed in School
*Know your Community
Staff Advisory Committee Priorities
*Connect to the Online World
*Understand How to Find, Evaluate and
Use Information
*Stimulate Imagination
*Create Young Readers
*Learn to Read and Write
The joint committee then went through each of the above service responses and voted on their final recommendations to be forwarded to the Library Board of Trustees. PLANNING FOR THE FUTURE THE 2011 - 2013 STRATEGIC PLAN TOLEDO-LUCAS COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY 13
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SERVICE RESPONSES
The joint Community/Staff Advisory Committee for the Planning for the Future of The Toledo Lucas County Public Library recommends that the following five service responses be adopted by the Board of Trustees as the core of its strategic planning for 2011-2013.
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GOALS AND OBJECTIVES
The establishment of goals and objectives will provide a clear understanding of the service
priorities of the library. The goals will state the outcome that a target audience will receive be- cause the library provides a specific service response, and the objectives identify the way the library will track progress toward meeting the goals.
Below are goals that support the recommended service priorities for the Toledo Lucas County Public Library. The first three service responses - Create Young Readers, Stimulate
Imagination and Connect to the Online World - are to receive the highest emphasis in the library’s plans for the future. The next two - Understanding Information and Succeed in School, while certainly important, will receive less of an emphasis from the library.
These proposed goals have been arranged by the age of the target audience - from young children (age five and under) to adults. This arrangement permits the reader to see the variety of services that will be provided for each age group.
Objectives have also been drafted for each proposed goal. Three types of objectives have been included: measuring the number of users, measuring the user’s perception of the service provided, and measuring the number of service units (usually circulation) provided. The targets for the next fiscal year should be developed by library management and approved by the
Board of Trustees.
When establishing the targets, library management should resist the tendency to “low ball” the number. A retail store would not aim to please only six customers out of ten. That would be
the library’s stated intent if 60% was used as the target in the surveys listed below.
When establishing circulation targets, the library should not only consider the percentage in- crease but the actual numeric increase that it wishes to achieve. It is better to have realistic but aggressive targets and fall short on some of them than to establish low expectations.
To make progress toward these goals and to achieve the objectives that are adopted by the Board, it may be necessary to reallocate existing library resources, including the materials budget, and to assess how staff are spending their time and the duties they are performing.
Progress towards achieving the objectives should be reported to the Board of Trustees on a regular basis, and staff should identify what steps are being taken to achieve the targets
identified in each of the objectives.
The recommended goals and objectives are as follows: P
Susan B. Anthony Letter to Mrs. Williams, June 20, 1876
No full textA letter written by Susan B. Anthony from the National Women Suffrage Association "Centennial Headquarters" in Philadelphia to Mrs. S. R. L. Williams, president of the Toledo Women's suffrage Association. Dated June 20, 1876, Ms. Anthony writes about the association's 4th of July "Declaration of Independence" in process and the work of the delegates to get women's suffrage on the ballot box.CENTENNIAL HEADQUARTERS" NATIONAL WOMAN SUFFRAGE ASSOCIATION,"" 1431 CHESTNUT STREET,
Pres. Elizabeth Cady Stanton, N.J.
First Vice-Pres., Lucretia Mott, Pa.""
Chair. Ex. Com., Matilda Joslyn Gage, N.Y.
Cor. Sec'y. Susan B. Anthony, N.Y.""""" Philadelphia, Pa." June 20th 1876"
My Dear Mrs. Williams
Here is an advertisement of our Parlors--which I hope you will be able to get into your next ballot box--and also that your Toledo Society will beel able to contribute this much to our centennial work here in Phila--The Democratic address is in printers hands--will send you a proof copy the minute it is possible--but I fear it will be too late for this months letter--but it will keep for the next--Mrs. Stanton got here this 15th & has been
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hard at work ever since--She & Mrs. Gage are now grinding away at our 4th of July Declaration of Independence--Do you call a meeting at home--if it is a possible thing I will get a copy of our Declaration over to you in time for reading through on the 4th but I may fail on that--Phebe Cowgins started for St. Louis last night--she--Rev. Olympian brown Mr. Minor & Mrs. Merriwether are our delegates to the Dem. Con. at St. Louis--I was glad to hear from you--& hope your struggle will end in getting in your ballot box on a ____ _____ basis--You see the W.S. hasn't learned yet that we have ______" ______ yours---S.B.A.
___Didn't Mrs. _____ do nicely at _______--but what a shabby ____ ______ _____ made of us--
Gas volume fraction and velocity profiles: vertical and inclined bubbly air-water flows
No full textUpward inclined gas-liquid flows are frequently encountered in the oil industry and data relating to the local gas volume fraction distribution and the local gas velocity distribution is important, for example, in pressure gradient prediction and in modeling oil well 'blowouts'. In this paper measurements are presented of the local gas volume fraction distribution and the local axial gas velocity distribution which were taken in bubbly air-water flows in an 80 mm diameter pipe which was inclined at angles of 0°, 15° and 30° to the vertical. Qualitative arguments are presented to explain the influence of the liquid superficial velocity on the local gas volume fraction distribution in inclined flow and also to explain the very high axial gas velocities observed towards the upper side of the inclined pipe
Susan B. Anthony Letter to Mrs. Williams, June 7th, 1876
No full textA letter written by Susan B. Anthony from the National Women Suffrage Association "Centennial Headquarters" in Philadelphia to Mrs. S. R. L. Williams, president of the Toledo Women's suffrage Association. Dated June 7, 1876, Ms. Anthony keeps Mrs. Williams informed of the association's latest circular and asks if there is a Toledo emblem that she can contribute to put on a flag along with others displayed in a chandelier. In closing, she asks for contributions "to help defray our heavy expenses here."[Page 1]"
CENTENNIAL HEADQUARTERS"""""""" NATIONAL WOMAN SUFFRAGE ASSOCIATION,"""" 1431 CHESTNUT STREET
Pres. Elizabeth Cady Stanton, N.J.
First Vice-President Lucretia Mott, Pa.
Chair. Ex. Com., Matilda Joslyn Gage, N.Y.
Cor. Sec'y. Susan B. Anthony, N.Y." Philadelphia, Pa., June 7th 1876"
My Dear Mrs. Williams
Do send your ballot box to our Centennial Parlors--that I may see what you are saying. I hope you can get our circular in this months (sic) issue--Mrs. Gage sent you a copy, she told me, some days ago--also to the _____ Woman's Journal--but, of course, that righteous sheet will not allow our name to deface its fair page---Do you write of the duty of every woman to hoist her flag of Equal
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rights flag to the masthead----Are you coming to the big show---it is simply wonderfull--no words can describe it--Our largest meeting will be the 19th & 20th of July--"" Cant you send us some little emblem for Ohio--for Toledo Women ________--We have just ordered a dozzen (sic)
little bits of flags to put in the chandelier--to have mottoes printed on them--Lucretia Mott was in a ____ ____ ___-"Call no man master"--"These are the times that try women's souls"--is to be another--have a different expression on every flag--Mrs. Stanton is not here yet, but will be next week--& we shall feel so much stronger & certain that we are right when she comes--"
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And Mrs. Williams--will you not gather up as many $5. contributions as possible & send on--for the history--as well as smaller or larger contributions to help defray our heavy expenses here--
I feel that I must go through this terrible strain this centennial summer--though neither my purse nor my
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head, heart or hands are at all e_____ to it--My dear sister is still in Denver--hoping & hoping to get strength to overcome her cough--but I fear & fear & long to spend these summer days with her--lest they may be the very last ones she may be permitted to stay on earth--But duty says Stand by your guns at Philadelphia--so I am here--and I hope ___ friends not compelled to stand here at the front during these broiling days--will send us their sympathy & material aid--"" Affectionately"" Susan B. Anthon
Amanda Alburtus, soprano Lucas Goodrich, tenor
No full textThis sophomore recital from April 11, 2002 features Amanda Alburtus (soprano) and Lucas Goodrich (tenor) with Susan Teicher (piano)
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