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Home to the records of the American Library Association and its members since 1973 at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

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#askanarchivist #askanarchivistday2026 #americanarchivesmonth #halloween #veteransday #wwii #goosebumps #bannedbooks #hauntedmansion #librarians

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Our email is down, so we're going to handwrite all our replies to our current reference inquiries. We'll send a telegram for any urgent requests. 01 Jan 1970

ALA members, staff, and volunteers, with assistance from the American Red Cross and the United Service Organizations, collected nearly seventeen million books, volumes, and other reading materials for soldiers during ALA’s World War II Victory Book Campaigns. As a result of mass military enrollment after the Selective Service Act of 1940 and attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941, the need to collect and distribute books and other reading materials to soldiers rapidly intensified as a way to improve morale amongst the troops. ALA members, staff, and volunteers, with assistance from the American Red Cross and the United Service Organizations, collected nearly seventeen million books, volumes, and other reading materials for soldiers during ALA’s World War II Victory Book Campaigns. The Victory Book Campaign ended in 1943 after the War and Navy Departments began a joint initiative to purchase nearly thirty-five million paperback books for soldiers. The hardcover books that were most commonly donated in ALA’s campaign were heavy and bulky, which made it difficult for soldiers who carried them from place to place. The softcover books produced after 1942, called Armed Services Editions (ASEs), were smaller and lightweight. Swipe through to see photos from the Victory Books Campaign from the @ala_archives. And see more ALA and library history at ALA150.org (link in bio). #VeteransDay #WWII 11 Nov 2026

It's almost Halloween and we've found some spooky items lurking in our collection! #Halloween #Goosebumps #BannedBooks 30 Oct 2026

RIP Sir Patrick Stewart 💔 01 Jan 1970

In 1945, ALA purchased the Cyrus Hall McCormick Mansion at 50 East Huron Street in Chicago to use as its new headquarters. However, by 1955, ALA was investigating other options, and by 1960, ALA was not only ready to move out of the mansion but also tear it down. Why would ALA want to move out of the McCormick Mansion so quickly and destroy it? Was it because the mansion was, well, a mansion and not a suitable office space? And they wanted to use the land to build a proper office building that would be their home for over 50 years? Or…was it because the mansion was haunted? Read more at ALA150.org or at the link in our bio...if you dare. Photos from the @ala_archives. 28 Oct 2026

We standby our wild speculation that the old McCormick Mansion, which served as a former ALA Headquarters, was haunted and had to be destroyed for everyone's safety 👻 Not because mansions make for awkward office spaces. https://tinyurl.com/yc2cpv52 #halloween🎃 #HauntedMansion 26 Oct 2026

Sometimes in the archives, you start looking for one thing and get completely side tracked by librarians dressed up in costumes and pushing decorated book carts! Photos from the 2005 ALA Annual Conference, where they were apparently living their best lives! 😍 @americanlibraryassociation #Librarians #Bookcarts 22 Oct 2026

Yesterday was the 100th anniversary of Winnie the Pooh! We found Pooh Bear and his friends hanging out in our files ❤ 🐻🍯 01 Jan 1970

It's Ask An Archivist Day! Ask the questions you really want answered about archives, like: What is in the safe next to your office??? #AskAnArchivist #AskAnArchivistDay2026 #AmericanArchivesMonth 01 Jan 1970

Today is Ask An Archivist Day! Reply to our posts today to ask us your questions about archives and our collections. Questions like, what is the weirdest item you've come across? What kinds of inquiries does the ALA Archives get? Has any historical document imparted a terrible curse upon you? #AskAnArchivist #AskAnArchivistDay2026 #AmericanArchivesMonth 14 Oct 2026

Today is Ask an Archivist Day! Reply to our posts today with your questions and we'll answer them. Like, what do archivists? Why doesn't archival materials circulate like books? Is there really a ghost in the wall safe next to your office? What is the most haunted item in the collection? #AskAnArchivist #AskAnArchivistDay2026 01 Jan 1970

This Banned Books Week, we are busy admiring this awesome flyer, because there is something very special about it. There's a full date on it! Month, days, YEAR! When making promotional materials for your events, think of the archivist in your life and put the year on it. This message is brought to you by the Committee of Concerned Archivists About Year-less Flyers and Posters. #AmericanArchivesMonth #Archives #BannedBooksWeek 01 Jan 1970

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