World War II

Published by Audrey Chapuis at 10 October 2017

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Undaunted Director Dorothy Reeder and Librarian Evangeline Turnbull stowed important records into a heavy vault for safe-keeping.

Unperturbed by the war scare, the war-born American Library is prepared to do business as usual. To read in full the then-confidential report of Dorothy Reeder recounting her war years as the director of the American Library click here.

Audrey Chapuis

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