Title	A Corner of the Library
Description	This page in Mitchener's diary from World War II includes a drawing of the library at the POW camp. On the top of the page, he has written"For a little learning is a dangerous thing." Underneath this, he has drawn a picture of books on shelves and listed the hours which the library is open. He refers to fiction and reference sections.
Historical note	Hardy A. Mitchener, Jr. was captured during World War II after a bombing mission in Germany. He was sent to Stalag Luft III, a POW camp in Silesia. The library at the camp could seat about 80 men and contained both reference material and fiction & non-fiction works. The Red Cross was largely responsible for providing the books. The most popular books (in decreasing order of importance) were popular novels, detective fiction, western fiction, travel, and biography. American magazines were also available.
Date	1944-1945
Creator	Mitchener, Hardy A., 1919-1957
Place	Żagań (Poland)
Collection name	Hardy A. Mitchener, Jr. Journal, 1944-1945
Accession #	THS 760
Education Tags	US.61 American Soldiers World War II
Subjects - LCSH	World War, 1939-1945 -- Europe; Prisoners of war; Diaries
Subjects - TGM	Shelving Books Libraries
Owning Institution	Tennessee Historical Society
ID #	33579
Digital type	IMAGE
Digital format	TIFF
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