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Originally Posted by JustinD
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 -
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Good to know this. If it reopens then a visit there will be on my bucket list.