This image shows students enjoying the Kessing Pool shortly after its completion in 1943. Named for Commander Oliver Owen Kessing, the pool provided aquatic training for the Navy Pre-Flight School which trained pilots during WWII.
Archive for June 10th, 2010
Summer Is Here
Posted in From the Stacks, History on June 10, 2010 | 3 Comments »
Wonderful Revelation
Posted in From the Stacks on June 10, 2010 | 1 Comment »
A recent email question led me to the discovery of a fascinating little book in our Vault Collection describing a visit to Heaven. Luzene Chipman, a Quaker from Guilford County, North Carolina, was “taken sick” in April 1877. After about two weeks she apparently passed into a coma and was believed to have died. According [...]
