Chautauqua Institution Archives

Happy #DeweyDecimalDay! Did you know #MelvilDeweythen librarian of New York State Libraryopened and provided general oversight of a school of library training at Chautauqua in 1901? Mary Emogene Hazeltine of the James Prendergast Free Library served as the program's resident director.... [Melvil Dewey Teaching Library Class, Chautauqua Institution, 1901] #DeweyDecimalSystemDay #ThrowbackThursday

What better day to send some #ChautauquaCheer than #ChristmasCardDay? [Miller Cottage - Sleigh Rally, Chautauqua Institution, 1979. Sketch by Jane E. Nelson]

We're taking a trot #AroundCHQ to the Dewittville horse barn this #AroundTownTuesday. [Horse Barn at #Chautauqua County House, Dewittville, N.Y., 1900s]

We're bringing back #MusicMonday for the holidays and kicking things off with a classic carol. Join us every Monday in December for #caroling traditions from Chautauqua Institution! ["O Come, All Ye Faithful," #Chautauqua Hymns and Songs, The Century Co., 1903]

We think Athenaeum Hotel at Chautauqua Institution waitress, Bonnie Bray, takes the cake for best baking smile, but you never know what US National Archives is ready to cook up, so join us and the other #ArchivesHashtagParty-ers today on Twitter and Instagram for #ArchivesBakeOff! [Getting Ready to Celebrate, Chautauqua Institution, 1968]

Anyone else reminded of #ThrowbackThursday Strawberry Shortcake whenever they hear the words "bake off"? Join us on Twitter and Instagram tomorrow, December 4, for an #ArchivesBakeOff #ArchivesHashtagParty Jamboree! Take us to the bake off, bake off, bake off,... Bakin' at US National Archives Archives Hashtag Party How we love a bake off, bake off, bake off, Bakin' at the Archives Bake Off Jamboree! See more