Re-membering Our Family One Story at a Time
Among the various collections housed at Ridge Haven is an aggregation of various writings, stories, and particularly bound works (published and unpublished books and binders) referred to as the “Ridge Haven Library.” Bound works are organized into a searchable system by categories comprising subjects (i.e. family history, biography, magazines, short stories, etc.) and collections (binders and bound materials that were held in a family member’s personal library). For example the Violet Carr Moore Personal Collection consists of books written and published by Violet Moore, anthologies in which her work appeared, and books that were in her private library for her reading pleasure and reference use as a writer and editor. This collection can be found by searching “Violet Moore” in the search box below.
Searching: To search for other collections, books, or authors simply input your query into the search box, or click on the “Click here to browse Ridge Haven’s Heritage Library” link. This link will open a search or browse page.
Classification: Ridge Haven has a unique Classification and Call Letter System, specifically designed to organize a Family Heritage Library. Read more about the system at the bottom of this page.
Digital Works: The Ridge Haven Library has made some titles and family history albums available in digital form for Family Members to access. Use the search term “digital” to find out what’s available. From the book listing, click “Ask Ridge Haven About This Title” at the bottom of the listing’s page, then fill out the form and we will contact you.
Explore the Ridge Haven Library Catalog: a running list of holdings in the Ridge Haven Library, including some titles available in digital form. Contact us for more information on the titles listed.
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We are always coming up with the emphatic facts of history in our private experience, and verifying them here. All history becomes subjective; in other words, there is properly no history; only biography” (Emerson 240).
Emerson, Ralph Waldo, and Joel Porte. Essays & Lectures. 2 vols. The Library of America. New York: Literary Classics of the U.S. : Distributed to the trade in the U.S. and Canada by Viking Press, 1983.
Classification System
Ridge Haven’s Library Classification System differs from the Dewey Decimal System. Ridge Haven adapted this classification system from Pender County (NC) Library, who adapted it from the Rowan County Public Library system, who in turned adapted it from Arlington, TX public libraries. Many thanks to them for creating a classification well suited to genealogical and local history.
The justification for our system can be read in the academic journal article Arranging Roots: Classification and Subject Headings for Genealogical Collections, by Linda Blake, Evelyn T. Stallings. The article can be accessed here.