The Great Book Scare at Everett's 1905 Carnegie Library

Published: Oct. 29, 2019, 4 p.m.

Everett Public Library\u2019s latest podcast explores the Great Book Scare of the early 20th century and how libraries coped with it, particularly here in Everett. The seven-minute-long audio podcast is part of the Smokestacks Soundbites series of local-history podcasts.

Credits:

Voice actors:

Van Ramsey

Cameron Johnson

Script: Cameron Johnson

Audio editing and engineering: Cameron Johnson

Music:

\u201cKlincek Stojo Pod Oblokom\u201d \u2014 Tomo Sombolac

\u201cString Quartet N. 14, Op. 131\u201d (Beethoven, Ludwig van)

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\xa0Cited works:

Nice, L.B. \u201cThe Disinfection of Books,\u201d c1911

\u201cSuggestions For Disinfection,\u201d Wisconsin Library Bulletin, April 1906.

\u201cPublic Library Is A Popular Institution,\u201d Everett Herald, 7 April 1906.

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