Lorrie Memorial Lending Library, Tuscaloosa (AL)

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Title

Lorrie Memorial Lending Library, Tuscaloosa (AL)

Subject

Church libraries
LGBTQ life
Lesbian libraries

Description

The Lorrie Memorial Lending Library is located in the Holt community. The library is owned by God’s House, an independent church. The library occupies a former post office on the property of the church. The 4,000-volume library was named for the librarian of Open Books, a library and bookstore formerly located in Huntsville, Alabama.

The library contains collections intended to serve the needs of their community, such as books on a wide variety of religious topics, spiritual experiences, self-help, and LGBTQ fiction and nonfiction. The library is one of the largest lending libraries for LGBTQ fiction in the southeast.

Source

Summersell Center for Study of the South

Contributor

Summersell Center for Study of the South

Type

Photograph

Identifier

2599

Coverage

Tuscaloosa (AL)

Original Format

Photograph