Last days for November display: Cowboys, Combines, and Small Towns of Frontier Photographer F.M. Steele

Just wanted to let everyone know there’s only a couple of more days left to see our November display: Cowboys, Combines, and Small Towns of Frontier Photographer F.M. Steele.

The last day for the exhibit will be this Wednesday. If you haven’t seen the display, come down to the library before it’s gone.

In 1890, F.M. Steele outfitted a buggy with photographic equipment and headed out from Dodge City to photograph cowboys. But soon after, the scope of his subject matter expanded to cover the changing landscape of the Great Plains.

“Cowboys, Combines, and Small Towns” documents cowboys, agriculture, construction, town life, buildings, along with portraits of people through Steele’s photography.

In addition to field photography, Steele had more than a dozen studios in Kansas, Oklahoma, and Nebraska.

“Cowboys, Combines, and Small Towns of Frontier Photographer F.M. Steele” was produced by the Kansas Humanities Council, Emporia State University, and the Kansas Historical Society and is part of the Kansas Interpretive Traveling Exhibits Service.

In this week

Here are the new magazines in this week:

Sports Illustrated (Nov. 29)
Juxtapoz (Dec.)
National Geographic (Dec.)
Art news (Dec.)
Educational Leadership (Dec./Jan.)
People (Dec. 6)
Soccer 360 (Issue #30)
Better Homes and Gardens (Dec.)
The Nation (Dec. 6)
WOOD (Dec./Jan.)
Essence (Dec.)
Nursing Research (Nov./Dec.)
ED Digest (Dec.)
Forbes (Special 2010 Issue)
Tennis Life (Dec.)
US Weekly (Dec. 6)
Entertainment Weekly (Dec. 3)
The New Republic (Dec. 2)
Ebony (Dec./Jan.)
National Review (Nov. 29)
Instinct (Dec./Jan.)
Newsweek (Nov. 29)
Bitch (winter)
Reason (Jan.)
Community College Week (Nov. 29)
Truck trend (Jan./Feb.)
Entrepreneur (Dec.)
Field & Stream (Dec./Jan.)
Details (Dec./Jan.)
Giant Robot (Issue # 68)
TIME (Dec. 6)
High Plains Journal (Nov. 29)

Thanksgiving break

Just a reminder that the library will be closed from Wednesday through Sunday.

We will re-open for our normal hours on Monday, Nov. 29 at 7:45 a.m.

Have a great Thanksgiving holiday!

Harry Potter contest details

In conjunction with the release of the latest Harry Potter film's release, the SCCC/ATS library will hold a drawing in which three lucky individuals can win one of the newest American Library Association's READ posters featuring the three stars of the Harry Potter film franchise: (Harry Potter), Emma Watson (Hermione Granger) and Rupert Grint (Ron Weasley). The posters are framed and ready to hang. All you have to do for a chance to win one of the three posters is to stop by the library during open hours and fill out a drawing slip at the circulation desk. You can register for all three posters, but can only win one. Registration ends at 9 pm on December 5, with the drawing taking place on December 6.

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (the book) will be available for checkout here at the library after the Thanksgiving break, while Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 (the movie) will be available in theaters this Friday.

Good luck!

Win a Harry Potter "Read" Poster

Come by the library anytime during November 18 thru December 5 and sign up for a chance to win a framed ALA-Read promotional poster of one of the three stars of the Harry Potter movie franchise! Complete details will be posted tomorrow.

In this week

Here are the new magazines in this week:

TIME (Nov. 15)
Kansas (Winter)
Fortune (Nov. 15)
Bloomberg Businessweek (Nov. 8)
Runner’s World (Dec.)
Forbes (Nov. 22)
National Review (Nov. 15)
Farm Journal (Nov.)
Glamour (Dec.)
Vanity Fair (Dec.)
Lucky (Dec.)
Popular Mechanics (Dec.)
Motorcyclist (Dec.)
Good Housekeeping (Dec.)
High Plains Journal (Nov. 8)
The Artist’s Magazine (Dec.)
Jet (Nov. 15)
Reader’s Digest (Dec./Jan.)
Kansas Farmer (Nov.)

Billy Dixon

Here are some photos of Marc Ferguson as famed buffalo hunter Billy Dixon from our "Lunch in the Library" program on Wednesday.

To see more photos go to our facebook page at http://www.facebook.com/scccatslibrary or click here.

If you missed the program or want to watch it again, visit our youtube channel at http://www.youtube.com/scccatslibrary or click here.

November Exhibit: Cowboys, Combines, and Small Towns of Frontier Photographer F.M. Steele

The Seward County Community College/Area Technical School Library is proud to present the exhibit “Cowboys, Combines, and Small Towns of Frontier Photographer F.M. Steele.”

In 1890, F.M. Steele outfitted a buggy with photographic equipment and headed out from Dodge City to photograph cowboys. But soon after, the scope of his subject matter expanded to cover the changing landscape of the Great Plains.

“Cowboys, Combines, and Small Towns” documents cowboys, agriculture, construction, town life, buildings, along with portraits of people through Steele’s photography.

In addition to field photography, Steele had more than a dozen studios in Kansas, Oklahoma, and Nebraska.

“Cowboys, Combines, and Small Towns of Frontier Photographer F.M. Steele” was produced by the Kansas Humanities Council, Emporia State University, and the Kansas Historical Society and is part of the Kansas Interpretive Traveling Exhibits Service.

The exhibit is open to the public for the entire month of November.

For more information, contact the SCCC/ATS Library at (620) 417-1160.

In this week

Here are the new magazines in this week:

Entertainment Weekly (Nov. 5)
Alternative Press (Dec.)
American Salon (Nov.)
TIME (Nov.8)
TCJ (Tribal College Journal of American Indian Higher Education (Winter 2010)
Us Weekly (Nov. 8)
Reason (Dec.)
Bloomberg Businessweek (Nov. 1)
Diesel Power (Dec.)
The New Republic (Nov. 11)
High Plains Journal (Nov. 1)
Rolling Stone (Nov. 11)
ESPN (Nov. 15)
Instrumentalist (Nov.)
Newsweek (Nov. 8)
Purple Circle (Nov./Dec.)