I See Dead People['s Books]

Description: A group for those interested and involved in entering the library catalogs of famous readers. Also see the WikiThing page. Questions? Contact jbd1.

Our first undertaking was the library of Thomas Jefferson, which you can read more about at his profile page.

Other libaries-in-progress:
William Congreve. See this thead.
Adam Smith. See this thread.
Benjamin Franklin
James Joyce
Carl Sandburg. See this thread.
Sir Walter Scott. See this thread.
Charles Darwin. See this thread.
Gerald Gardner
Theodore Dreiser. See this thread.
Daniel Garrison Brinton
Rembrandt
Eeva-Liisa Manner
e.e. cummings
Karen Blixen
Rose Wilder Lane

Other completed libraries:
Danilo Kis
Tupac Shakur
Wolfgang Mozart
Isabella Stewart Gardner
Sylvia Plath
Marie Antoinette
Susan B. Anthony
Alfred Deakin
Walker Percy
John Adams
W.H. Auden
Ezra Pound
Ernest Hemingway
James Smithson
F. Scott Fitzgerald
John Muir
Mather Family (Increase, Cotton, &c.)
Samuel Johnson

(Currently) Moribund Projects:
William Faulkner
Leonardo da Vinci
Robert E. Howard. See this thread

Created: Sep 3, 2007 by jbd1; Language: English

Group Talk


Topics	messages	Last message
Tolstoy? Я нуждаюсь в помощи	10	Katya0133, Wednesday 6:43pm
Kenneth Rexroth's Library	1	xkyzero, Tuesday 10:56am
Doctor Johnson	12	jbd1, Monday 6:01pm
Goethe and Nietzsche	10	jbd1, Friday 1:09pm
Kurt Cobain's books, anyone?	9	christmasmudkip, May 8
Anyone up for Charles Darwin?	11	danielx, May 6
Publicity for This Group's Project	4	jbd1, May 4
I See Living People's Books	1	timspalding, May 4
Community service?	1	Katya0133, April 30
Adam Smith's library	6	VenusofUrbino, April 24
John Muir's library is done	2	jbd1, April 22
Status Reports	29	JohnMuirLibrary, April 21
most popular	1	kurtabeard, April 16
Where do you find the libraries?	8	jesslyncummings, April 16
Biographical Information	3	StringerTowers, April 16
Starting Sandburg's library - general questions	19	kate_hall, April 11
TJ's Library, Corporeally	2	lilithcat, April 11
TJ's Tags	3	jbd1, April 11
Kevin J. Hayes: The Library of Patrick Henry	3	benjclark, April 10
Hemingway's library: done!	12	jbd1, April 6
Rose Wilder Lane	3	spookykitten, April 4
Pop and Surealism	3	bardsfingertips, April 3
Karen Blixen	8	KarenBlixenLibrary, April 2
e.e. cummings	9	jbd1, March 31
Moribunds	1	jbd1, March 30
Old books without ISBN	4	jbd1, March 29
$peaking of Jefferson's library ...	2	J_ipsen, March 29
Eeva-Liisa Manner	6	Anneli, March 25
Collected works, multi-volume sets	3	JohnMuirLibrary, March 24
William Gladstone	4	benjclark, March 21
Rembrandt	8	timspalding, March 21
W.H. Auden	5	jbd1, March 20
Ezra Pound	8	jbd1, March 20
John Muir	7	JohnMuirLibrary, March 19
Stanford acquires ‘association copies’	3	benjclark, March 14
Unusual entries	10	thorold, March 12
Founders' Faith Archive / Thomas Jefferson's Bible	1	oregonobsessionz, March 12
What is OCLC?	3	jbd1, March 8
Other Dead People and their Libraries	31	ptcamn, February 28
This just makes me laugh	7	CarlSandburgLibrary, February 27
MLK	12	jbd1, February 24
Theodore Dreiser?	5	jbd1, February 19
Highlighting that the library is for a dead person.	48	Esta1923, February 18
Capt Sir Basil Henry Liddell Hart	1	basilhenryliddellhar, February 17
JRR Tolkien's Books	3	Rivendell, February 16
Comparing the Libraries	7	jbd1, February 15
Puzzling entry	3	jbd1, February 15
Dormant: Walker Percy	7	nperrin, February 11
Dormant: Old catalog resources	2	jbd1, February 11
Dormant: Sir Walter Scott	3	jbd1, February 9
Dormant: Susan B. Anthony	54	AnnaClaire, February 7
Dormant: analysis of Thomas Jefferson's library	4	thorold, February 6
Dormant: Robert Anton Wilson	3	jbd1, February 5
Dormant: Problen adding books	41	bookboss3737, February 4
Dormant: Omission	2	jbd1, February 4
Dormant: wiki	13	jbd1, February 4
Dormant: Bad Links in your libraries-in-progress list	7	JamesAJoyce, February 3
Dormant: Interested in helping with Benjamin Franklin?	4	pdxwoman, January 31
Dormant: Tupac?	13	homegirl, January 30
Dormant: .darby crash.	8	lorax, January 25
Dormant: I heard from author of	1	pdxwoman, January 23
Dormant: Robert E. Howard	1	RobertEHoward, January 22
Dormant: How Does This Work	4	jbd1, January 22
Dormant: Abraham Lincoln's Books	1	benjclark, January 21
Dormant: Karen Schneider notices group, wonder why no women?	24	jjlong, January 20
Dormant: TJ's Library: Completion!	11	benjclark, January 20
Dormant: 1922 Association Copy Sale	1	benjclark, January 19
Dormant: Joseph Smith's, books	1	benjclark, January 19
Dormant: F. Scott Fitzgerald's Books.	1	benjclark, January 19
Dormant: A Fistful of Adams	4	christiguc, January 19
Dormant: The Leonardo da Vinci project	6	sophies_choice, January 17
Dormant: spectator sport, LT-style	4	thorold, January 17
Dormant: Some libraries from Google books	11	jbd1, January 16
Dormant: New feature..	2	jbd1, January 16
Dormant: Lovecraft's Library	2	prosfilaes, January 13
Dormant: Lovecraft	1	InfinityParadox, January 13
Dormant: Presidential LibraryThing?	2	AnnaClaire, January 12
Dormant: Stalin's Library	5	varielle, January 10
Dormant: John Adams Library	1	jbd1, January 9
Dormant: William Congreve's library	4	HouseholdOpera, January 9
Dormant: Noted in Cliopatria	2	jjlong, January 9
Dormant: TJ Library: Suggester?	3	timspalding, January 9
Dormant: Which famous people are in this project currently?	8	sophies_choice, January 7
Dormant: TJ's Library: The List	2	timspalding, January 1
Dormant: TJ Comments - Suggestion	5	jbd1, December 2007
Dormant: Jefferson's Library: Hoseying	43	rsterling, December 2007
Dormant: Living People's Books	17	ryn_books, October 2007
Dormant: Interesting Find	5	jbd1, October 2007
Dormant: Reviews	18	jbd1, September 2007
Dormant: TJ's Library in the News	2	myshelves, September 2007
Dormant: Jefferson's Library: Tagging	27	nperrin, September 2007
Dormant: George?	4	jbd1, September 2007
Dormant: Rules for doing Jefferson	45	infiniteletters, September 2007
Dormant: About Thomas Jefferson's Library	5	ThomasJefferson, September 2007
Dormant: Experimenting with Dead People['s Libraries]	8	MMcM, September 2007
Dormant: Cataloging TJ: Step-by-Step Guide	1	jbd1, September 2007
Suggestions for other libraries to enter	80	ptcamn, April 17
Ernest Hemingway's library	70	Rullakartiina, March 12
Dormant: Marie Antoinette	18	andyl, February 5

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