Society Hill libraries awarded 17 classic books

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By Morning News Staff Reports

Published: June 16, 2008

The Society Hill Branch of the Darlington County Library and the library at Rosenwald Elementary/Middle School in Society Hill are among the 3,000 school and public libraries throughout the country selected by the American Library Association and the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) to receive a collection of 17 classic books from the We the People Bookshelf project.

The Bookshelf award is part of the NEH’s We the People program, which supports projects that strengthen the teaching, study and understanding of American history and culture.

Selected libraries will receive the set of 17 books (as well as four of the titles in Spanish translations), posters, bookmarks and bookplates to assist in the promotion of the We the People Bookshelf, “History in a Box” resource materials on Abraham Lincoln from the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History and access to online planning and promotional materials.

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