WUSA

Grant helps Alexandria library preserve history | Get Uplifted

ALEXANDRIA, Va. — A huge grant that looks to preserve our history and honor the sacrifice and struggle of those who came before us is getting us uplifted. Before Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat ...
WUSA

'Black Family Reunion' library event aims to fill gaps in documented history of Alexandria's Black families

ALEXANDRIA, Va. — The Alexandria Library is hosting a first-of-its-kind event Saturday with a goal of bringing neighborhoods together to help fill gaps in the documented history of Alexandria's ...
insider.si.edu

The Library of Alexandria : centre of learning in the ancient world / edited by Roy MacLeod

Introduction : Alexandria in history and myth / Roy MacLeod -- Pt. 1. Alexandria in history and myth. Ch. 1. Before Alexandria : libraries in the Ancient Near East / D. T. Potts ; Ch. 2. Alexandria : ...
The Chronicle of Higher Education

Alexandria’s Library Rises Again, Short on Books and Scholars

It has been a mere 2,000 years since this city’s great beacon of knowledge and learning -- its ancient library -- suffered one of history’s most famous fires. For a city with an eternal memory and the ...