Everett Public Library’s 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:

“Klincek Stojo Pod Oblokom” — Tomo Sombolac

“String Quartet N. 14, Op. 131” (Beethoven, Ludwig van)

• Orion String Quartet IMSLP243528-PMLP03240-beethoven_op131_orion

 Cited works:

Nice, L.B. “The Disinfection of Books,” c1911

“Suggestions For Disinfection,” Wisconsin Library Bulletin, April 1906.

“Public Library Is A Popular Institution,” Everett Herald, 7 April 1906.

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