My late aunt was a civilian librarian for the U.S. military

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My dad had an older sister, my Aunt Fran, who was 8 year older. Because of the age gap, they were never that close. Aunt Fran graduated from the University of San Francisco in, I believe, 1950. She did not want to become a nun or teacher. She loved to read, so her happy place was the library. We do not know how she became a civilian librarian for the military.

By the time I was born, Aunt Fran had long worked in the Chicago area. In the late-70s, she was stationed in Okinawa. And then she transferred to RAF Chicksands. So in the 80s and 90s, Aunt Fran would occasionally ship British candies, shirts, and CDs to me and my brother.

My Aunt Fran always used a manual (not electric) typewriter. In many ways, I miss her type-written notes (she was always brief).

In the mid-90s, RAF Chicksands was shutting down. So my Aunt Fran decided to retire. She bought a small San Francisco condo, out by Presidio Middle School. In the late-90s, that partially convinced me to give up the floorstanding Thiels, and go for mini-monitors, in my small living room.

Courtesy of our niece, here's the inside of Doe. Since Doe was always crowded, my wife used to go down three floors, looking for a place to sit.

This was from late 2014, when I was working for the Stanford Graduate School of Education. I was actually meeting up with an audiophile. I had placed several of his interconnects on a Cable Cooker, and was about to give back his wares.

My office was on Galvez, and I'd take breaks at the Green Library. Is that what has become of Stanford's vast collection of books?! My Aunt Fran is about to come back from the dead, and admonish Stanford.

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Topic - (Re)Visiting UC Berkeley - Luminator 20:55:27 09/03/24 (16)

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The best of the Berkeley Campus? - vacuous 19:24:05 09/04/24 (6)

More library pics - Luminator 22:39:19 09/04/24 (5)

The most disastrous planning mistake for large libraries? Building underground! - vacuous 09:52:51 09/06/24 (4)

Lake Lagunita - Luminator 12:01:08 09/06/24 (0)

I'm sure you're also familiar with Dinkelspiel Auditorium at Stanford? - Chris from Lafayette 10:40:29 09/06/24 (2)

On weekday evenings, Dinkelspiel often holds free lectures - Luminator 12:16:18 09/06/24 (1)

Ms. CfL was an event manager at Dink for a couple of years - Chris from Lafayette 00:39:05 09/07/24 (0)

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We go back to Berkeley several times a year - Luminator 19:35:17 09/04/24 (0)

Excellent tour of the campus! More detail from the perspective of a librarian. - vacuous 01:02:11 09/04/24 (1)

My late aunt was a civilian librarian for the U.S. military - Luminator 07:44:27 09/04/24 (0)

RE: (Re)Visiting UC Berkeley - Chris from Lafayette 00:46:26 09/04/24 (1)

My wife got her old violin fixed - Luminator 07:26:33 09/04/24 (0)

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