Legacy Libraries

A group for those interested and involved in entering the personal libraries of famous readers into LibraryThing as Legacy Libraries. For discussions of the libraries of those still among the living, head on over to the "Other Peoples' Libraries" group.

Browse, search, and augment Legacy Library data via the Legacy Libraries page.

If you'd like to join a Legacy project already underway, please use the contact information listed on the Legacy profile, or contact jbd1.

If you'd like to start a new Legacy project, visit the Cataloging Guide and learn how to get started. Also see the Legacy Libraries page for more info. Please make sure someone hasn't already started a project for your subject before getting underway.

Questions? Comments? Additions? Contact jbd1.

ThemaThemaBenachrichtigungenLetzter Beitrag 
Gene Youngblood1 ungelesen / 1jannon, Juli 20
Rod Serling2 ungelesen / 2lilithcat, Juli 19
possible legacy libraries9 ungelesen / 9JBD1, Juli 15
Legacy person and other members of the household23 ungelesen / 23lilithcat, Juli 5
Black Panther Party 1968 Book List8 ungelesen / 8lilithcat, Juni 5
Larry Gogan6 ungelesen / 6Amandash, Juni 5
Black History Month suggestions21 ungelesen / 21PeteGreen, Juni 2
Amy Winehouse24 ungelesen / 24JBD1, Mai 5
Djuna Barnes and Katherine Anne Porter9 ungelesen / 9benjclark, März 21
ian fleming2 ungelesen / 2varielle, März 5
Ian Fleming37 ungelesen / 37varielle, März 5
Andre Leon Talley10 ungelesen / 10genesisdiem, Februar 27
Ray Bradbury7 ungelesen / 7benjclark, Februar 25
Larry McMurtry2 ungelesen / 2JBD1, Februar 14
William S. Burroughs’ Bookshelf3 ungelesen / 3elenchus, Januar 17
Charles M. Schulz workspace library7 ungelesen / 7Nicole_VanK, Januar 6
Hammond Castle2 ungelesen / 2bnsmith, November 2022
Split author2 ungelesen / 2JBD1, November 2022
Joan Didion?4 ungelesen / 4waitingtoderail, November 2022
Shelburne Museum4 ungelesen / 4karenb, Oktober 2022
Legacy LT2 update1 ungelesen / 1conceptDawg, August 2022
hg wells3 ungelesen / 3Nicole_VanK, August 2022
Diana Kennedy1 ungelesen / 1lesmel, Juli 2022
jacques ellul, gunther anders, ivan illich, neil postman, guy debord, jean baudrillard2 ungelesen / 2Nicole_VanK, Juli 2022
Vinnie Paz (rapper)3 ungelesen / 3Taga26, Juli 2022
Mort Walker5 ungelesen / 5JBD1, Juni 2022
Memoir containing stories of Stein/Toklas and Thornton Wilder3 ungelesen / 3MarthaJeanne, Juni 2022
Flannery O'Connor14 ungelesen / 14benjclark, Juni 2022
Elizebeth Smith Friedman and William Friedman5 ungelesen / 5elenchus, Juni 2022
Oliver Sacks6 ungelesen / 6benjclark, Juni 2022
Biltmore3 ungelesen / 3varielle, Juni 2022
More Marilyn Monroe5 ungelesen / 5Cynfelyn, Mai 2022
RBG's Library at Bonhams44 ungelesen / 44laytonwoman3rd, Mai 2022
Alan Rickman1 ungelesen / 1varielle, April 2022
Ronald Reagan1 ungelesen / 1benjclark, April 2022
John Donne5 ungelesen / 5benjclark, März 2022
George Eliot and George Henry Lewes3 ungelesen / 3JBD1, März 2022
Vatican Secret Archives3 ungelesen / 3SahajaLibrary, Februar 2022
Susan B. Anthony59 ungelesen / 59JBD1, Februar 2022
J.R.R. Tolkien5 ungelesen / 5JBD1, Februar 2022
Don Rickles1 ungelesen / 1benjclark, Januar 2022
Jack London?9 ungelesen / 9benjclark, Dezember 2021
Some targets10 ungelesen / 10timspalding, November 2021
Is A. Edward Newton still be worked on?6 ungelesen / 6benjclark, November 2021
Umberto Eco29 ungelesen / 29Keeline, November 2021
A guide to cataloging legacy libraries?9 ungelesen / 9bnielsen, Oktober 2021
Legacy Libraries as LT Authors5 ungelesen / 5bnielsen, Oktober 2021
Updates & Stats5 ungelesen / 5bnielsen, Oktober 2021
Updates & New Status Page3 ungelesen / 3bnielsen, Oktober 2021
The Invisible Library14 ungelesen / 14bnielsen, Oktober 2021
wiki15 ungelesen / 15JBD1, Oktober 2021
Flash-mob! Catalog Graham Greene's Library51 ungelesen / 51Cynfelyn, August 2021
John Douglas Turner, The Nag Hammadi Library (Gnostic Scriptures)6 ungelesen / 6JBD1, August 2021
Elvis Presley3 ungelesen / 3genesisdiem, August 2021
Anybody up for a flash-mob?24 ungelesen / 24JBD1, Juni 2021
Never lend a book to a Bronte3 ungelesen / 3benjclark, Juni 2021
William Gladstone9 ungelesen / 9benjclark, April 2021
William Safire2 ungelesen / 2JBD1, April 2021
Madeleine L'Engle4 ungelesen / 4JBD1, April 2021
Edward Gorey45 ungelesen / 45benjclark, März 2021
George Washington Carver151 ungelesen / 151macbeck, März 2021
Feynman17 ungelesen / 17lauriecallen, März 2021
catalog list3 ungelesen / 3JBD1, März 2021
Personal Libraries I have found7 ungelesen / 7JBD1, März 2021
Error in library3 ungelesen / 3MarthaJeanne, März 2021
Charles Dickens7 ungelesen / 7Nicole_VanK, März 2021
name suggestion: Dorothy Sayers11 ungelesen / 11veatch2014, März 2021
Message Board25 ungelesen / 25JBD1, März 2021
Some libraries in archives at Washington University Libraries4 ungelesen / 4JBD1, Februar 2021
Accuracy of editions in Legacy Libraries?2 ungelesen / 2JBD1, Januar 2021
The Endurance (Ernest Shackleton's 1912 trip to the Antarctic)13 ungelesen / 13Javman83, Januar 2021
Walt Disney?8 ungelesen / 8JBD1, Dezember 2020
Toni Morrison5 ungelesen / 5Nicole_VanK, November 2020
Immanuel Kant's library1 ungelesen / 1daoist, September 2020
Anthony Burgess2 ungelesen / 2JoeHamilton, Juli 2020
Nipsey Hussle4 ungelesen / 4JoeHamilton, Juli 2020
Lovecraft's Library11 ungelesen / 11JBD1, Juli 2020
Clive James2 ungelesen / 2benjclark, April 2020
John Cage, composer6 ungelesen / 6benjclark, Februar 2020
Suggested legacy library: Kobe Bryant3 ungelesen / 3lilithcat, Januar 2020
Suggested Library: Sidney Lanier, poet laureate7 ungelesen / 7Muscogulus, Januar 2020
Philip Roth5 ungelesen / 5ironjaw, Januar 2020
Edith Wharton2 ungelesen / 2benjclark, Januar 2020
new suggestion - Milton H. Erickson3 ungelesen / 3benjclark, Januar 2020
A book owned by Shakespeare?13 ungelesen / 13benjclark, Oktober 2019
Suggested library: Bob Dylan3 ungelesen / 3sallypursell, September 2019
name suggestions--Jane Austen2 ungelesen / 2benjclark, September 2019
Suggested library: Arthur C Clarke2 ungelesen / 2MarthaJeanne, September 2019
Suggested Library: Isaac Asimov1 ungelesen / 1sallypursell, September 2019
Suggested library: Dylan Thomas1 ungelesen / 1sallypursell, September 2019
Suggested library: Dorothy Parker1 ungelesen / 1sallypursell, September 2019
Herman Melville9 ungelesen / 9benjclark, August 2019
Jane Austen's Library2 ungelesen / 2lilithcat, Juli 2019
The Modern Famous Japanese Personal library1 ungelesen / 1Taisuke-Yokota, Mai 2019
Hernando Colón8 ungelesen / 8elenchus, April 2019
Friedrich Nietzsche40 ungelesen / 40rolandperkins, April 2019
Mark Twain's Library1 ungelesen / 1Crypto-Willobie, April 2019
Karl Lagerfeld1 ungelesen / 1benjclark, März 2019
Erasmus8 ungelesen / 8BuiltByBooks, Februar 2019
John Ashbery1 ungelesen / 1benjclark, Januar 2019
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