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"I See Dead People's Books"

Descriptio: A group for those interested and involved in entering the personal libraries of famous readers into LibraryThing as Legacy Libraries.

If you'd like to join a Legacy project already underway, please use the contact information listed here, or contact jbd1.

If you'd like to start a new Legacy project, visit the Cataloging Guide and learn how to get started. Also see the wiki page for more info. Please make sure someone hasn't already started a project for your subject before getting underway.

Questions? Comments? Additions? Contact jbd1.

NB: This is an LT standing group, so there's no need to join. Just jump right in and participate!

Libraries-in-progress - click here to see ongoing projects and sign up to volunteer.

Completed libraries - click here to see libraries which have already been entered.

Group Talk

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Res		nuntii	Nuntius recentior
Connection problems in LLs(?)		8	C.S._Lewis, dies Veneris 5:38pm
Suggestions for other libraries to enter		152	jburlinson, dies Iovis 7:18pm
Friedrich Nietzsche		11	YagamiLight, dies Iovis 10:20am
The Donald and Mary Hyde Collection of Oscar Wilde		2	benjclark, dies Iovis 9:49am
Jack Kerouac		1	Pitoucat, December 6
Interesting post on Longfellow		2	jbd1, December 1
James Boswell's Library		5	thorold, November 25
new library: Hannah Arendt		5	rsterling, November 10
Harry Houdini		2	krolik, October 29
Rear Admiral George H. Preble		7	GeorgeHPreble, October 28
Dwight D. Eisenhower		3	jbd1, October 25
Capt. Scott of the South Pole		3	benjclark, October 13
Robert Smithson		5	artcat, October 13
Russell Kirk's library		4	Russell_Kirk, October 12
Congratulations Jeremy!		6	clamairy, October 7
The Donald and Mary Hyde Collection of Dr. Samuel Johnson		5	jbd1, September 27
Juice Leskinen		7	Anneli, September 24
Neil Gaimans library		4	clamairy, September 23
Updates?		11	jbd1, September 18
Secret, fun project		1	BOB81, September 4
C. S. Lewis		86	BOB81, Augustus 29
How is this being done?		10	bookblogger, Augustus 28
C. S. Lewis library PDF page range claim thread		66	cnb, Augustus 17
Reference Librarians in the News		4	Larxol, Augustus 9
Christopher Wren		1	benjclark, Augustus 6
Mark Twain		4	skg046, Augustus 5
Maupertuis: me and three dead and famous people		3	bernsad, Iulius 28
The Invisible Library		13	argyriou, Iulius 21
Calling all Washington Books		1	jbd1, Iulius 21
We've been posted in a Writer's Magazine		3	jbd1, Iulius 8
Truman Capote		4	benjclark, Iulius 1
Astrid Lindgren’s Book Collection		14	anglemark, Iunius 18
Chester Ashley		1	Katya0133, Iunius 6
Ian Fleming		33	Katya0133, Iunius 3
Louisa May Alcott		12	Maidas9, Maius 18
The Paul Avrich Collection		5	eromsted, Maius 6
Wikipedia redux		22	aynar, Maius 3
Anybody in Philly? (Secret mission)		9	BOB81, Aprilis 28
Legacy Library Podcast		1	timspalding, Aprilis 28
Meaning of "incomplete"		8	jbd1, Aprilis 28
Freud		4	koffieyahoo, Aprilis 28
Somebody's been eating my porridge . . .		3	timspalding, Aprilis 28
1st Lady Edith Roosevelt		1	benjclark, Aprilis 24
Dabney Carr		4	jbd1, Aprilis 21
Margaret of York's Library is done		1	EowynA, Aprilis 20
status report - Gerald Gardner		1	sailordanae, Aprilis 14
The original shelf list of the Social Law Library in Boston		2	jbd1, Aprilis 12
Stephen Girard		2	jbd1, Aprilis 7
William Butler Yeats		32	DisassemblyOfReason, Martius 31
Odd question about duplicate entries		10	AnnaClaire, Martius 31
William Congreve's library		6	prosfilaes, Martius 28
Fun Facts		1	jbd1, Martius 28
Early English Libraries		1	moibibliomaniac, Martius 28
Nudges		12	jbd1, Martius 23
Cataloging Dead People's Books, Namely the Libraries of Samuel Johnson, James Boswell and Charles La		1	moibibliomaniac, Martius 23
Eeva-Liisa Manner's library		2	jbd1, Martius 22
Sir Walter Scott		19	thorold, Martius 18
Presidential Libraries?		7	Kordo, Martius 16
New legacy library		6	jbd1, Martius 8
Play nice :-)		1	jbd1, Martius 3
Susan Sontag		3	SusanSontag, Februarius 28
Rogue Legacy Libraries		6	StringerTowers, Februarius 28
Thomas Mann personal library repatriation		25	jcbrunner, Februarius 28
Jackie Gleason 1700 book library online		16	jbd1, Februarius 28
Starting Sandburg's library - general questions		30	CarlSandburgLibrary, Februarius 27
Early Mormon Libraries		5	jbd1, Februarius 26
Organizing the List		9	jbd1, Februarius 23
JFK's Library		17	jbd1, Februarius 23
J. Rodman Williams		3	jbd1, Februarius 20
Franklin Update		39	CarlSandburgLibrary, Februarius 20
Link from Author page		19	timspalding, Februarius 14
New Libraries added to Wiki		3	jbd1, Februarius 10
Books Bound together		8	thorold, Februarius 10
problem with search results in add books - crosspost		5	BOB81, Ianuarius 27
Charles Dickens		1	benjclark, Ianuarius 21
Joseph Smith's, books		23	Katya0133, Ianuarius 21
Barack Obama		15	benjclark, Ianuarius 14
Richmal Crompton		3	BOB81, Ianuarius 14
New George Orwell Library and questions		11	jbd1, Ianuarius 14
Brigham Young?		4	Katya0133, Ianuarius 14
Published library catalogs		16	jbd1, Ianuarius 13
Gen. Patton's Library		14	BOB81, Ianuarius 7
James George Frazer		2	timspalding, Ianuarius 5
Starting library for Jean, Duc de Berry		1	EowynA, Ianuarius 5
William Blake		3	MMcM, Ianuarius 5
Hemingway's library: done!		78	benjclark, Ianuarius 1
Organizing		7	timspalding, December 2008
Pennsylvania General Assembly Library Completed		2	jbd1, December 2008
T. E. Lawrence's Library Completed!		6	Kordo, December 2008
Ralph Waldo Emerson		1	benjclark, December 2008
Getting started:Richard Wright's Library		6	jbd1, December 2008
Sir Richard Francis Burton		6	benjclark, December 2008
New legacy library: T. E. Lawrence		30	TELawrence, December 2008
Kierkegaard's Library		1	rad, December 2008
Updates & Stats		4	jjlong, December 2008
The Library of Donald and Mary Hyde		2	jbd1, December 2008
Franz Kafka Library		16	jbd1, December 2008
George Washington		2	jbd1, December 2008
John Milton?		2	jbd1, December 2008
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