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.

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