[JustinD]

Originally Posted by Peter_Spaeth

It used to be that by appointment you could see the entire collection of countless albums. Here's my poster I bought way back in the 1980s.

I did make appointments twice during the very late 90's and early 2000's ahead of time during planned NYC vacations. I haven't tried but I believe as part of the research rules you still can, please correct me if wrong. I made mine several weeks ahead of time or more to assure they had time to schedule a trustee to supervise my time in there. (It is stored in a well secured room).

The Ernie Harwell collection in all honesty is historically just as significant in my mind (photo collection is amazing) and a great appointment if coming into Detroit. Strangely, I have only been once and I requested some items from the digital collections as I was not sure how the visit would go. They are not as well organized as NYC and I would recommend the list idea. The Detroit Public Library has a much smaller staff for scheduled visiting research appointments it seemed.

I did check on appointment times and it seems the collection and the Lulu and Ernie Harwell Room are closed since the flooding of last year. I wonder if this is neglect of the page as the basement flooding happened prior to last spring (Unless it happened again!) Here are the current posted hours -