Library creates guide to resources on John Brown

On Saturday, October 17, 2009 Springfield Technical Community College will host a symposium called "The Sword of the Lord and of Gideon: John Brown and the Coming of the Civil War", in commemoration of the 150th anniversary of John Brown's Raid on Harpers Ferry. The library has created a guide to highlight resources available from the STCC library and from the Web that can help if you want to learn more about John Brown and his times. The guide gives information about books, articles (from reference books and databases), and Web sites that provide information about John Brown, as well as about other abolitionists. For example the library has the book John Brown, Abolitionist: The man who Killed Slavery, Sparked the Civil War, and Seeded Civil Rights, by David S. Reynolds. This is the same David Reynolds who will be the keynote speaker at the October 17 symposium!