2018 the free library and other histories (2nd edition)

Jefferson Market Library front entrance

Jefferson Market Library, sign above front entrance; the building served initially as the 3rd Judicial District courthouse

Jefferson Market Library, entrance foyer; installation the free library and other histories; large redacted documents from the FBI Counterintelligence Visits to Libraries Hearings—redacted FBI files disclose surveillance of libraries, the Library Awareness Program; FOIA request submitted by National Security Archive; released November, 1989

Jefferson Market Library, entrance foyer facing out

Jefferson Market Library; installation within the entrance foyer of large redacted documents from the FBI Counterintelligence Visits to Libraries Hearings (detail)

Jefferson Market Library; the free library and other histories; distribution of 2nd printing

Hudson Park Library; NYPL banner outside

Seward Park Library; the free library and other histories; distribution of 2nd printing

Tompkins Square Library; the free library and other histories; distribution of 2nd printing
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Tompkins Square Library; the free library and other histories; distribution of 2nd printing

the free library and other histories (2nd edition) 2018

tabloid, second edition of 2,000, distributed free to the public through the Lower Manhattan Network of New York Public Libraries NYPL: in the West Village at Jefferson Market Library and Hudson Park Library; in the East Village at Tompkins Square Library; and on the Lower East Side at Seward Park Library.

The project was made available at these locations until the edition was depleted. Printing courtesy of The Pratt Libraries.