WELCOME
WELCOME BACK TO LIVE AT FIVE AT FOUR...THE BLOUNT COUNTY LIBRARY ALWAYS HAS SOMETHING
GOING ON FOR THE PUBLIC TO
ENJOY.AND RIGHT NOW THEY HAVE
AN EXHIBIT THAT FEATURES
LETTERS TO HAVE A4@N EXHIBIT
THAT FEATURES LETTERS TO
SANTA..WRITTEN BY CHILDREN IN
THE 1930'S. 4@THE LETTERS WERE
COLLECTED BY A FORMER
LIBRARIAN FROM MARYVILLE
COLLEGE..WHO 4@USED HER
UNDENIABLE SKILL AS A
CATALOGER TO 4@SAVE THESE
TREASURED VOICES FROM OUR PAST.
4@
RUSSELL: THEY'RE THE HOPEFUL
VOICES OF EAST TENNESSEE
CHILDREN--WRITTEN IN A TIME
WHEN THE NATION WAS 4@STRUGGLIN
TO GET BY 4@A NEW EXHIBIT AT TH
BLOUNT COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY
HIGHLIGHTS LETTERS WRITTEN TO
SANTA CLAUS FROM CHILDREN IN
THE 1930'S....AND IT CAME
ABOUT 4@THANKS TO A WOMAN WITH
TREMENDOUS FORESIGHT
GENERATIONS
4@
00:30"THIS 4@
00:30"THIS CAME 4@
00:30"THIS CAME ABOUT BECAUSE OF A COLLECTION OF LETTERS TO SANTA THAT WERE ORGANIZED AND
PUT TOGETHER IN A 4@BOOK BY MY
GREAT AUNT, JOSEPHINE DUNLAP. 4@
RUSSELL: JOSEPHINE DUNLAP WAS
A LIBRARIAN AT MARYVILLE
COLLEGE. FOR REASONS KNOWN
ONLY TO HER...SHE BEGAN A
SCRAPBOOK DATING BACK TO THE
EARLY 1900'S FULL OF LETTERS
TO SANTA THAT WERE 4@PUBLISHED
IN THE NEWSPAPER.00:02:45"WE
DON'T KNOW WHETHER SHE
COLLECTED THEM FROM THE TIME
PERIOD BACK IN THE 20'S OR HAD
ACCESS4@ AT THE COLLEGE TO
STACKS OF 4@OLD NEWSPAPERS THAT
SHE GATHERED THESE OUT OF. WE
DON'T KNOW.MICHAEL JEFFRIES
AND HIS SISTER KATHRYN ABBOT
HAVE ONLY RECENTLY LEARNED
ABOUT THEIR GREAT-AUNT'S
SCRAPTBOOK..BUT BOTH 4@SAY THEY
WEREN'T 4@SURPRISED TO LEARN IT
EXISTED.00:13:104@"SHE PROBABLY
WOULDN'T WANT TO BE THE CENTER
OF ATTENTION. BUT I THINK SHE
WOULD BE VERY PROUD THAT
PEOPLE HAD NOTICED HER WORK.
RUSS: JOSEPHINE BECAME TEACHER
TO HELP HER STRUGGLING
FAMILY--BUT SHE FOUND HER TRUE
CALLING AS A LIBRARIAN....NOW,
HER 4@WORK IS A FEATURED EXHIBI
IN A LIBRARY.RUSS: THE
COLLECTION FEATURES REQ4@UESTS
THAT A CHILD OF THE GREAT
DEPRESSION WOULD REQUEST.
..FOR SIMPLE THINGS LIKE FRUIT
AND NUTS..AND EVEN TOOTHPASTE
BUT THERE'S ALSO THE JOY AND
HUMOR YOU WOULD EXPECT FROM
ANY CHILD--4@4@RUSS: HEARTFELT
PLEAS FOR SANTA TO VISIT
FAMILY AND SPECIAL FRIENDS
RUSS: AND SOME REQUESTS THAT
ARE DOWNRIGHT HEARTBREAKING!4@4@
RUSS: THE LETTERS ARE
FEATURED THROUGHOUT RUSS: THE
LETTERS ARE 4@RUSS: THE LETTER
ARE
4@4@4@4@
FEATURED @4@
FEATURED THROUGHOUT THE GENEOLOGY SECTION OF THE LIBRARY--KATHLEEN CHRISTY SAYS
THEY RESEARCHED THE 4@TIME
PERIOD TO MAKE SURE IT WOULD
FEATURE DECORATIONS THAT 4@WOUL
MATCH THE 4@1930'S.00:25:40IN
THE 1930'S, PTUZ HOUSES4@ WERE
VERY ELABORATE. THEY ARE
LITTLE CARDBOARD 4@HOUSES THAT
MADE ELABORATE VILLAGE SCENES
FROM. 00:25:10"BETTY BOOP..WE
HAVE BETTY BOOP ON HERE,
HANGING ORNA4@MENT AND THAT IS
ON THERE FOR 2 4@REASONS.
BECAUSE BETTY BOOP MADE 4@HER
FIRST 4@APPERANCE IN THE 1930'S
AND ALSO WOODEN ORNAMENTS,
JOINTED WOODEN ORNAMENTS WERE
POPULAR THAT DECADE SO. RUSS:
EVERYONE INVOLVED WITH THE
EXHIBIT HOPES IT WILL HELP
LINK TODAY'S GENERTIONS WITH
THE PAST..TO GIVE US ALL AN
APPRECIATION FOR
CHRISTMAS...THROUGH STEADFAST
DEVOTION OF CHILDREN...RUSS:
ALL THANKS TO A WOMAN WHO
MA4@DE SURE 4@THEIR VOICES ARE
STILL HEARD00:12:15"SHE WAS A
SPECIAL PERSON IN HER OWN 4@4@
RIGHT AND THE FACT4@ THAT SHE
WANTED TO COLLECT CHILDREN'S
LETTERS THAT SHE PROBABLY
DIDN'T KNOW. WAS JUST A VERY
SPECIAL ACT FOR HER TO DO. I
HOPE THE COMMUNITY IS ABLE TO
SEE THAT."4@
4@
4@
SEE THAT."4@ 4@ SEE THAT."
4@
THE
THE TREE
THE TREE WAS DECORATED THANKS TO HELP FROM HE FRIENDS OF THE BLOUNT COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY.
THE EXHIBIT RUNS 4@THROUGH THE
END OF THE