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Remote Access: Small Public Libraries in Arkansas(The Arkansas Character)

Remote Access: Small Public Libraries in Arkansas(The Arkansas Character)


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With their cameras and notebooks in hand, photographers Sabine Schmidt and Don House embarked on an ambitious project to document the libraries committed to serving Arkansas’s smallest communities. Remote Access is the culmination of this fascinating three-year effort, which took the artists to every region of their home state.

Schmidt’s carefully constructed color images of libraries and the communities they serve and House’s rich black-and-white portraits of library patrons and staff shine alongside the authors’ observational essays about their experiences. The pages here come alive with a deep connection to Arkansas’s history and culture as we accompany the authors on visits to a section of the Trail of Tears near Parkin, to the site of the tragic 1959 fire at the Arkansas Negro Boys’ Industrial School in Wrightsville, and to Maya Angelou's childhood school in Stamps, among many other significant destinations.

Through this testament to the essential role of libraries in the twenty-first century, Schmidt and House have created a clear-eyed portrait of modern rural life, delving into issues of race, politics, gender, and isolation as they document the remarkable hard work and generosity put forth in community efforts to sustain local libraries.

Table of Contents:

  • Series Editor's Preface
  • PREFACE: A Word About Librarians
  • INTRODUCTION: Walking to Fayetteville: One True Photograph • ROBERT COCHRAN  
  • PROLOGUE: The Guidance of Strangers • SABINE SCHMIDT
  • 1. St. Paul Public Library: St. Paul, Madison County
  • 2. Greenland Public Library: Greenland, Washington County
  • 3. West Fork Municipal Library: West Fork, Washington County
  • 4. Eureka Springs Carnegie Public Library: Eureka Springs, Carroll County
  • 5. Twin Groves Branch Library: Twin Groves, Faulkner County
  • 6. Calhoun County Library: Hampton, Calhoun County
  • 7. Smackover Public Library: Smackover, Union County
  • 8. Kingston Community Library: Kingston, Madison County
  • 9. Cotton Plant Branch Library: Cotton Plant, Woodruff County
  • 10. McCrory Branch Library: McCrory, Woodruff County
  • 11. Marked Tree Public Library: Marked Tree, Poinsett County
  • 12. Cabe Memorial Public Library: Stamps, Lafayette County
  • 13. Tollette Branch Library: Tollette, Howard County
  • 14. Horatio-Garner Memorial Library: Horatio, Sevier County
  • 15. Norman Library: Norman, Montgomery County
  • 16. Millie M. Brooks Library: Wrightsville, Pulaski County
  • 17. Driftwood Library: Lynn, Lawrence County
  • 18. Parkin Branch Library: Parkin, Cross County
  • 19. Ashley County Library: Hamburg, Ashley County
  • 20. Conway County Library Bookmobile: Morrilton, Conway County
  • 21. Charleston Public Library: Charleston, Franklin County
  • EPILOGUE: The Kindness of Strangers • DON HOUSE
  • Acknowledgments
  • APPENDIX A: People and Places Photographed
  • APPENDIX B: Technical Details


About the Author :
Sabine Schmidt holds an MA in American studies from the University of Hamburg and an MFA in literary translation from the University of Arkansas. Her work has appeared in many publications, including National Geographic and the German edition of Rolling Stone, and her Paper House series led to an installation commission from the Winthrop Rockefeller Institute. She won an Individual Artist Fellowship from the Arkansas Arts Council in 2018.

Don House has been photographing the people and landscapes of Arkansas for nearly four decades. His images have appeared in numerous exhibitions and in publications as diverse as Woman's World and the Wall Street Journal. He is the author of Buffalo Creek Chronicles, Not a Good Sign, and the children's book Otto's Great Adventure.



Review :
"Remote Access was a delight to read. There were times when I smiled, when I shed a tear, and when I thought, 'Yes, they got it.' The rich story of public libraries and their value to a community."
--Carolyn Ashcraft, former Arkansas State Librarian "Photography's unique power is in its ability to draw forth and cauterize memory. There is an urgency for projects like Remote Access. Time is running out for documenting the vernacular, the rural, the folks who decide to stay and invest in their communities. Communities that, from the window of a car, appear to have been left behind by the contemporary world. Praise be to the Schmidt-House team for bearing witness, and to those folks with the title 'librarian, ' for doing the curative work of holding on to place."
--Maxine Payne, photographer and professor at Hendrix College "What a wonderful, lovely book this is: a much-needed celebration of rural libraries, librarians, and readers."
--Keith Carter, author of From Uncertain to Blue


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9781682261729
  • Publisher: University of Arkansas Press
  • Publisher Imprint: University of Arkansas Press
  • Height: 259 mm
  • No of Pages: 352
  • Series Title: The Arkansas Character
  • Sub Title: Small Public Libraries in Arkansas
  • Width: 261 mm
  • ISBN-10: 1682261727
  • Publisher Date: 31 Dec 2021
  • Binding: Hardback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: Y
  • Spine Width: 30 mm
  • Weight: 1846 gr


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