Library Now Issue 7 2022

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THE LEGACY OF JOSH WHITE greenville trailblazers

your guide to the 1950 census

spring into wellness

The Lives & Legacies of Notable Women

The 72 Year Wait is Over

Grow • Move • Unwind

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SING OUT! The Legacy of Josh White.

The Lives & Legacies of Notable Women.

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CELEBRATE EARTH DAY

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Grow your own sunflower.

YOUR GUIDE TO THE 1950 CENSUS

READ / WATCH / LISTEN Dive into Summer Reading.

The 72 Year Wait is Over.

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For Josh White Jr., the return to the birthplace of his father was a bittersweet homecoming that offered moments of redemption inextricably bound up with a reckoning with the past. He was in town for the dedication of a sculpture honoring the life and work of his father, Josh White Sr. The bronze sculpture by artist Joe Thompson was unveiled to the public in October of 2021 and stands at the intersection of Falls Park Drive and Hammond Street in Greenville's Historic West End. Born in Greenville in 1914, Josh White Sr. embarked on a musical journey that took him from roaming the South, shoeless, as an escort for blind blues musicians, to playing packed concert halls across Europe.

One of his generation's great musical talents, White enjoyed widespread success and acclaim during his career. As time passed, his musical legacy largely faded from cultural memory, but recent efforts by 4

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“I am proud of the fact that under our system of freedom, everyone is able to speak out— or in my case sing out—against what we consider wrong and what we consider right.” the Committee to Commemorate Josh White have begun the process of restoring it.

At a young age, White Sr. was exposed to the harsh realities of life for a Black family living in the South in the early 1900s. His father was assaulted by police officers and, when he attempted to defend himself and struck one

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Josh White Sr., circa June 1946, William P. Gottlieb/Ira and Lenore S. Gershwin Fund Collection, Music Division, Library of Congress.

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Dedicated to the musical legacy of Josh White, the bronze sculpture stands in Greenville's Historic West End.

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One of the benefits of traveling with so many different musicians was that White Sr. was exposed to a wide range of guitar playing styles, and quickly became

Josh at Midnight

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White Sr. was suddenly thrust into the role of primary breadwinner for his family, which he did by leading blind blues musicians from gig to gig.

His first job was with a musician named Blind Man Arnold, who White Sr. met when he was “polite enough to help [Arnold] across the street,” according to White Jr. After that chance meeting and after securing permission from his very devout mother, White Sr. began traveling the South, and as far as Texas and Chicago, with a succession of blind

musicians, over 60 in all, according to White Jr. Doug Yeager, the manager of the Josh White estate and Josh White Jr.’s manager, added that White “didn’t wear his first pair of shoes until he was 16, or have long pants,” because it elicited sympathy from the audience and made more money for him to appear impoverished.

Chain Gang Songs

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of the officers, was thrown in a mental institution without a trial, where he died nine years later.

Sing Out! The Legacy of Josh White

White's career was derailed for a time when his hand nearly had to be amputated due to an infection, which set in after he punched a door during a bar fight. However, his hand recovered and he was able to resume his performing career, including forming a Christian group called Josh White and His Carolinians, one member of which was White’s friend Bayard Rustin, who would later go on to become a prominent leader in the civil rights movement. White’s career took off from there

In 1950, however, the House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC) identified White as a suspected communist sympathizer. White had performed throughout the 30s and 40s at the Café Society Club in New York City, the first integrated club in the country. Given this distinction, the club also became known as a hotspot for progressive politics.

Based on his frequent appearances there, White may have associated with people who had already become targets of the HUAC. White voluntarily appeared before the Committee because, as White Jr. notes, "he felt he had nothing to hide."

His words to the Committee, now immortalized on the sculpture commemorating his life, included “I am proud of the fact that under our system of freedom, everyone is able to speak out—or in my case sing out—against what we consider wrong and what we consider right.”

While White did not name names, he did condemn communism. As a result, according to Yeager, White was "denounced by both the right and the left."

White was essentially blacklisted from recording or performing in America and spent most of the rest of his life recording and performing outside the United States until his death in 1969.

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Josh White's custommade Ovation guitar.

as he continued to record albums, star in Broadway musicals, act in films, tour, and host his own radio show. He became the first Black male artist to sell a million copies of a single and performed at President Roosevelt's third inauguration.

Strange Fruit

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proficient. When he was 16, White moved to New York and, since he was underage, his mother had to sign his first recording contract for him, with the stipulation that he play only Christian music and “no devil’s music,” said Yeager. At this time, White was known as the "Singing Christian," but unbeknownst to his mother, he also started recording blues songs under the name Pinewood Tom.

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Sing Out! The Legacy of Josh White Tony award at the age of nine. White Jr. was also nominated for a Grammy award and continues to record and perform to this day. “I don’t remember ever not being in show business,” he said. White Jr. refuses to categorize himself as a blues or a folk musician. “You can call me what you want. I sing songs that I can learn by ear and that I like. I enjoy playing with a 30-piece orchestra as much as I do playing a guitar by myself.” . hite xW of Gre o n K r enville's Mayo

White’s legacy was both musical and political.

He mentored and inspired many musicians throughout his career including, according to Yeager, Eartha Kitt, Lena Horne, Billie Holiday, and many others. He was also outspoken about civil rights and was well known for his version of “Strange Fruit,” which, according to White Jr., was a very personal song for his father.

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“When my father was seven years Returning to Greenville old, he saw a evoked mixed feelings lynching. He was for White Jr. He said with Blind Joe that his father did Taggart…and they not talk about his heard some noise. childhood very often and And then, they “never brought up the were very quiet. Dad past.” White Jr. did come D h t said there was white to Greenville once as a boy wi ly mi a f people—men, women, and in the 1940s, and while he didn’t nd Jr. a e t i h Jo s h W children—drinking by this fire, remember much about the trip, one and these bodies were hanging. So thing stands out to him—he remembers when he sang ‘Southern tree bears a strange seeing a chain gang. "I think they had chains on fruit,’ he saw the strange fruit, and he knew their legs, so they couldn't run. I was eight, nine they could not move…so they had to just stay years old...you didn't see anything like that in still and listen to them drinking, having fun, New York City." and having a bonfire—and be quiet until they left, or there would have been two more bodies Returning to Greenville for the sculpture's hanging there. So when he did 'Strange Fruit,' unveiling was a powerful experience for White we knew what he was seeing when he said it.”

Jr. "I had to close my eyes because I was too Yeager added that White Sr. was hopeful, noting emotional. I couldn’t look at my sister, I couldn’t that he had said “that’s a song I will sing at look at my family, because it was too much.” He home until I never have to sing it again.” is grateful to the Committee to Commemorate Josh White, which organized and funded Growing up with a famous musician as a father the sculpture, and credited the sculptor, Joe had been a formative experience for White Jr. Thompson, as "much of it was a labor of love on He said that “music was always in your life… his part, and he did a beautiful piece of art." For you could walk around the house singing—you White Jr., the ceremony was a special moment didn’t need an instrument…music and family that drew him closer to the place of his father’s are just synonymous. Can’t have one without birth. “Greenville was the place where my father the other.” White Jr. has also enjoyed a long came from, but Greenville now is somewhere in and accomplished musical career, earning a my heart. It is different, and I am grateful.”

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GREENVILLE TRAILBLAZERS: THE LIVES & LEGACIES OF NOTABLE WOMEN

Greenville Female College, circa 1906.

Mary Judson, from the 1918 Entre Nous yearbook.

MARY JUDSON Mary Judson was born in Clinton, Connecticut on June 27, 1828 to Charles Judson and Abi Sherman.

Education played a vital role in Mary Judson’s life. She was sent to a private school at the age of 14 and continued to study with tutors after her family moved to New Haven. Judson could speak Greek, Latin, and French. She studied math and was an avid reader. Her brother, Charles, taught at Furman University, and in 1857, she joined him in Greenville. She was the Lady Principal of the Johnson Female University in Anderson until 1859.

Judson taught English and French at Blythewood Academy near Columbia during the Civil War. As General Sherman’s forces began to invade the area, Judson returned to Greenville. She then returned north and taught at schools in New York and Pennsylvania.

Her brother asked her to return to Greenville in 1874 after enrollment at the Female College had drastically decreased. She became Lady Principal of the Female College in 1878. During her tenure, she taught a variety of subjects including English, astronomy, physiology, logic, and French.

She formed the Judson Literary Society, a debate club for the students. Under her leadership, the Judson Literary Society founded the school’s first library. Members paid 25 cents per term to help fund the library. The money was used to purchase volumes of poetry and literature. The library was later named in Judson’s honor.

Though she retired in 1912, Judson lived at the college until her death in December of 1920.

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Greenville Trailblazers

MARY PUTNAM GRIDLEY

Mrs. M.P. Gridley, President, Woman's Bureau; Greenville Civic and Commercial Journal, vol. 2 no. 1 p. 16.

Gridley was born in Massachusetts in 1850. She was the eldest of four daughters.

She graduated from the Boston Normal School and worked as a teacher for three years until 1873. Her family eventually relocated to South Carolina. After moving to Greenville, she married Isaac Gridley in 1876. He died just two years after they were married.

Her father, George Putnam, started working in manufacturing and purchased the Batesville Mill. Soon after her husband’s death, Gridley began working for her father as the mill’s secretary and bookkeeper. After his death in 1890, she became the mill president. She was the first woman in the state to hold this position. Mindful of the way society viewed women in the workplace at the time, she signed correspondence as “M.P.” so she did not reveal her gender to her colleagues. She served in the position for 22 years and sold the mill in 1913.

Gridley’s influence in Greenville extended far beyond the business world.

In 1889, Gridley formed the Thursday Club with her mother and sister. The Thursday Club was a women’s study club, one of the first of its kind in the state. The women would discuss a variety of subjects and were expected to present a paper on a topic twice a year. Under Gridley’s leadership, the Thursday Club became one of the charter members of the South Carolina Federation of Women’s Clubs.

Mrs. M.P. Gridley listed as 1st Vice President of Woman's Bureau, Issue 17; Greenville Civic and Commercial Journal, vol.2, no. 4, p. 12.

Images featured in "Greenville Trailblazers: The Lives and Legacies of Notable Women" are from the Greenville County Library System's South Carolina Room Collection except for the image of the Phillis Wheatley Center (page 12).

Gridley was a champion of many other causes as well. She encouraged women to work for the right to vote and helped organize the Equal Suffrage Club. In 1921, she became the secretary of the Woman’s Bureau of the Chamber of Commerce. Gridley worked to help bring tourists to Greenville during her time with the Chamber. She also advocated for the building and installation of playgrounds.

As the president of Associated Charities, she worked to raise money to establish a retreat for people suffering from tuberculosis. In 1915, she formed the Hopewell Tuberculosis Association with Mrs. Harry J. Haynsworth. The Hopewell Tuberculosis Sanitarium opened on Rutherford Road in 1930.

Gridley died in Greenville in December of 1939.

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Greenville Trailblazers

HATTIE LOGAN DUCKETT The eldest of eight children, Hattie Logan Duckett was born in Greenville in 1885. She attended the Union School for Black Children and went on to earn her Bachelor of Arts degree at Claflin College. Shortly after, she began teaching first grade at Union School. After marrying her husband, Gilbert Duckett, the couple relocated to Florida. However, Gilbert died just ten days after they were wed. She returned to Greenville in 1911. She oversaw the city canteen and club for African-American soldiers stationed at Camp Sevier.

Duckett’s path was forged after visiting her friend Jane Hunt in Cleveland, Ohio. Hunt had started a center for Black youth. Though Hunt offered Duckett a job, she returned home to Greenville to replicate the Cleveland center’s efforts and mission.

In 1919, Duckett raised $3,500, purchased a small house on the corner of East McBee Avenue, and established the Phillis Wheatley Center.

The building was named after the first Black female published poet in America. The center was intended to be a residence for young Black women, but began offering services for men and women.

Phillis Wheatley Center, Elrod Collection, Greenville County Historical Society.

Pictured at top center: Hattie Logan Duckett. From the 1996 South Carolina AfricanAmerican History Calendar, p.14.

The costs became too much for Duckett and the community to cover, so she joined forces with businessman Thomas Parker. Together, they raised $65,000 for a new center. They purchased a lot on East Broad Street and the building was dedicated in 1924.

The Phillis Wheatley Center offered a variety of services including sewing classes, choral groups, games, meeting rooms, and more. During the Great Depression, the center provided beds, food, and bags of coal for those in need. In 1939, Duckett reported 20,596 people had visited the center.

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Though she died in 1956, Duckett’s legacy is carried on through the continued work of the Phillis Wheatley Center. She is buried in Richland Cemetery.

Celebrate Earth Day

Celebrate Earth Day! Earth Day is celebrated each year on April 22. This year, we are celebrating by providing an Earth Day kit, so you can grow your own sunflower at home! During the month of April, pick up a kit during your visit to any Library System location (while supplies last).

Please note: Earth Day kits are designed for kids ages 12 and under.

Each Earth Day Kit Contains: • Sunflower seeds

Encouraging your child to develop a love of gardening and nature can have many benefits.

Gardening:

• One peat pot • One small bag of potting soil

• Engages the senses

• One information sheet on the life

• Provides a moderate source of exercise

cycle of a sunflower • One set of growing instructions

• Demonstrates STEM concepts • Teaches patience and responsibility • Is a calming activity • And much more!

Earth Day kits are generously underwritten

by Greenville County Soil and Water Conservation District and the Friends of the Greenville County Library System

Check out these Earth Day and gardening books today!

Picture Books

Juvenile Nonfiction

Juvenile Chapter Books

Ebooks from OverDrive

Fancy Nancy: Every Day Is Earth Day by Jane O'Connor E O’Connor

Dig in!: 12 Easy Gardening Projects Using Kitchen Scraps by Kari Cornell J 635 Cornell

The Boy Who Grew Dragons by Andy Shepherd J Shepherd

Download at greenvillelibrary.org/ download-and-stream.

If You Plant a Seed

by Kadir Nelson E Nelson

Earth Day by Meg Gaertner J 394.262 Gaertner

Peppa Pig and the Earth Day Adventure by Neville Astley E Astley

The Nitty-Gritty Gardening Book: Fun Projects for All Seasons by Kari Cornell J 635.083 Cornell

The Vanderbeekers and the Hidden Garden

by Karina Yan Glaser J Glaser

We Are the Gardeners

by Joanna Gaines E Gaines

Plant, Sow, Make & Grow: Mud-tastic Activities for Budding Gardeners

by Esther Coombs J 635 Coombs

Let’s Celebrate Earth Day

by Barbara deRubertis Nate the Great and the Earth Day Robot by Andrew Sharmat

World Champions!: A Max Einstein Adventure

by James Patterson J Patterson

Super Simple Butterfly Gardens: A Kid’s Guide to Gardening by Alex Kuskowski

The Year of the Garden

by Andrea Cheng J Cheng

Super Simple Earth Day Activities: Fun and Easy Holiday Projects for Kids

by Megan Borgert-Spaniol

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The 1950 Census

YOUR GUIDE TO THE 1950 CENSUS For genealogists and historians, April 1, 2022 has been a long time coming. 72 years to be exact! And now, the wait for the release of the 1950 United States Federal Census is over.

During prior census releases, thousands of volunteers were assembled to work on indexing the records to make them more easily searchable. Now, through the use of innovative technologies, the National Archives is hoping they have initiated a groundbreaking way forward so that researchers are able to begin locating their ancestors in the records in a more immediate fashion.

Once the 1950 U.S. Federal Census is released, you can find it and start your search with: Ancestry.com—Free with your library card when you visit any Library System location.

FamilySearch—Free with your library card at greenvillelibrary.org/all-resources.

National Archives—Public records available online at www.archives.gov.

Some of the facts you might discover about your ancestor in the census include: • • • • •

Name Age Place of birth Occupation Citizenship status

If you are lucky, your ancestor might have been asked supplemental questions including: • Where they were living in 1949 • The highest year of education they had completed • Whether they had prior military service Unused Form for the 17th Decennial Census, 1950; National Archives.

PREPARATION: • Identify the family members you would like to discover in the 1950 U.S. Federal Census • Consider the location where they might have been living in 1950 • Search additional records including newspapers, city directories, and the 1940 U.S. Federal Census to narrow your search to some probable locations • Discern the enumeration district for their last identifiable residence • Interview family members who were living during 1950 and might remember details that hold the answers to your questions

HOW TO USE THE INFORMATION YOU GATHERED: • Fill in the gaps on your family tree or family group sheets with information you discover • Assist a friend or family member with their search of the census • Enjoy and share your discoveries

Want to learn more about local history and genealogy? Make an appointment to visit the South Carolina Room at the Hughes Main Library and start your journey today. Schedule your visit at greenvillelibrary.org/sc-room.

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Read / Watch / Listen

Download books, movies, and music free at greenvillelibrary.org/download-and-stream.

Tales from Under the Sea Dive into Summer Reading 2022 with ocean-themed books and movies. Summer Reading begins June 2.

Deep Dive Enjoy these ocean-themed documentaries.

Sharkwater Extinction DVD 338.37273 Hoopla

The Starless Sea by Erin Morgenstern Fic Morgenstern Overdrive

The Sea Around Us by Rachel L. Carson 551.46 Carson Hoopla

Why We Swim by Bonnie Tsui 797.21 Tsui Hoopla / Overdrive

Blackfish DVD 599.536 Blackfish Hoopla

Blue Planet II DVD 578.77 Blue

Mera: Tidebreaker by Danielle Paige Hoopla

Skin of the Sea by Natasha Bowen YA Fic Bowen Overdrive

In Other Lands by Sarah Rees Brennan YA Fic Brennan Hoopla A Plastic Ocean DVD 363.7394 Plastic

Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World DVD Master

The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou DVD Life Hoopla

The Finest Hours DVD Finest

Planet Earth DVD 333.954 Planet

Volcanoes of the Deep Sea DVD 577.79 Volcanoes Hoopla Luca J DVD Luca

Song of the Sea J DVD Song

Pirates of the Caribbean DVD Pirates

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Spring Into Wellness With longer days and warmer weather, spring is the perfect time to refresh your wellness routine. Use Library System resources to put a spring in your step whether you're hoping to boost your mental wellbeing, jumpstart your physical activity, or introduce new nutritional habits.

GROW YOUR WORLD Cultivate your green thumb.

Gardening provides natural light exposure, low-to-moderate intensity exercise, and contact with green space, all of which are great for your mental and physical wellbeing. Not to mention, if you choose to grow your own fruits, vegetables, or herbs, you’re gaining nutritional benefits as well! But what if you don’t have access to adequate outdoor space for gardening? Bring your gardening activities indoors—the benefits you reap from gardening are the same whether you are growing an indoor houseplant, potted plant for your porch, or a full garden in your yard.

Add plants to your menu.

Make sure you’re getting plenty of whole foods (especially fruits and vegetables) which benefit your entire body, including your brain. Eating plenty of gut-friendly whole foods actually helps your mood and energy levels. Steer clear of dietary déjà vu by incorporating brand new plant-filled recipes, and remember to “eat the rainbow.” The coloring of various foods often helps to tell us what nutrients they possess.

Scanning your plate and finding a rainbow of foods is an easy way to see whether you are incorporating necessary parts of your diet.

Feed your curiosity.

Learn a new skill, take up a new hobby, or investigate a topic that piques your interest. Nurturing a personal passion, whether for languages, crafting, travel, cooking, or any number of others, can help return you to your center—a space where you can reflect on and appreciate the things that make you…you!

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Seed Library at the Berea Branch

South Carolina State Park Passports

BingePass for Great Courses from Hoopla

Get started on your gardening journey by taking home up to ten packets of seeds—free with your library card.

Enjoy free entry into any South Carolina State Park with the South Carolina State Park Passport.

Greenville County residents with an adult library card can check out one state park passport for seven days. Visit greenvillelibrary.org/scstate-park-passport to learn more.

Check out a Great Courses BingePass from Hoopla for seven days of unlimited access to hundreds of online video lectures.

Free with your library card at greenvillelibrary.org/ download-and-stream.

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MOVE & BLOOM Get outside.

Reap the benefits of green space and sunshine by trying out a new walking and hiking trail, taking a stroll around your neighborhood, or having a backyard picnic.

Try a new exercise.

Keep your routine from getting stale by incorporating new moves into your favorite workout.

Listen while you move.

Pairing exercise with an engrossing audiobook can help you work out more frequently. Saving an exciting read for exercise uses a technique called “temptation bundling” to combine an appealing activity (listening to an audiobook) with a valuable activity that may lack instant gratification (exercising).

Audiobooks from OverDrive & Hoopla

Yoga Classes at Your Library

Add to your workout with audiobooks using Hoopla or OverDrive. Free with your library card at greenvillelibrary.org/download-and-stream.

Visit greenvillelibrary.org/eventseries/yoga to find an upcoming yoga class for adults.

Free Music Streaming with Freegal Refresh your exercise music playlist with unlimited music streaming. Free with your library card at greenvillelibrary.org/download-and-stream.

Express gratitude.

Practicing gratitude may actually improve your heart health and sleep in addition to its conclusive psychological benefits. Try writing “thank you” notes, expressing gratitude verbally, or journaling with a focus on gratitude and see how gratitude impacts your mental and physical wellbeing.

Tame your inner critic.

Letting go of the idea of perfection in order to practice self-compassion can be a challenge. Self-compassion can be the solution to an overly harsh inner critic and is actually a stronger motivator than the fear and selfdoubt prompted by negative inner dialogue.

Practice mindfulness & meditation.

Mindfulness involves focusing on the present moment and being aware of your thoughts, feelings, and surroundings. Living mindfully can help reduce stress and improve focus. You can introduce mindfulness into your daily routine in a variety of ways. Meditation is just one way to build your mental muscles for everyday mindfulness.

Stream guided meditations from Hoopla, Freegal, or OverDrive.

Try a guided meditation from any of these online services free with your library card at greenvillelibrary.org/download-and-stream.

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Spring Into Wellness

Wellness by the Book

There are many paths to attaining a sense of wellbeing. Explore more about wellness of mind, body, and spirit with these Library System offerings.

Nonfiction Born to be Wild: Hundreds of Free Nature Activities for Families by Hattie Garlick 796.083 Garlick

Yoga Where You Are: Customize Your Practice for Your Body and Your Life by Dianne Bondy and Kat Heagberg 613.7046 Bondy

How Not to Kill Your Houseplant: Survival Tips for the Horticulturally Challenged by Veronica Peerless 635.965 Peerless

Houseplants for All: How to Fill Any Home with Happy Plants by Danae Horst 635.965 Horst

I Want to Thank You: How a Year of Gratitude Can Bring Joy and Meaning in a Disconnected World by Gina Hamadey Bergman 179.9 Bergman

The Gifts of Imperfection: Let Go of Who You Think You’re Supposed to Be and Embrace Who You Are by Brené Brown 158 Brown

Chatter: The Voice in Our Head, Why It Matters, and How to Harness It

by Ethan Kross 158.1 Kross

Mindfulness for Beginners: Reclaiming the Present Moment— and Your Life by Jon Kabat-Zinn 158.1 Kabat-Zinn

Download & Stream

Free with your library card at greenvillelibrary.org/download-and-stream.

BingePass for Magazines from Hoopla Check out a BingePass from Hoopla for seven days of unlimited access to magazine downloads.

• Bird Watching • Birds & Blooms • Men’s Health • Outdoor Photographer • Women’s Health • And many more!

Magazine Collections from OverDrive Explore the “Let’s Get Cooking!” magazine collection from OverDrive. OverDrive is free with your library card at greenvillelibrary.org/ download-and-stream and offers magazines organized by theme and subject.

Additional resources used in the research and writing of “Spring Into Wellness” on pages 16-17 include the following: Thompson, Richard. “Gardening for Health: A Regular Dose of Gardening.” Clinical Medicine, vol. 18, no. 3, June 2018, pp. 201–205.

Selhub, Eva. “Nutritional Psychiatry: Your Brain on Food.” Harvard Health Blog, 26 Mar. 2020.

Milkman, Katherine L., et al. “Holding the Hunger Games Hostage at the Gym: An Evaluation of Temptation Bundling.” Management Science, vol. 60, no. 2, Feb. 2014, pp. 283–99.

Allen, Summer. “Is Gratitude Good for Your Health?” Berkley's Greater Good Magazine, 5 Mar. 2018.

Berns-Zare, Ilene. “How to Tame Your Inner Critic | Psychology Today.” How to Tame Your Inner Critic, 3 Dec. 2019.

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Tree of Compassion

Compassion knows no bounds, bonds, barriers, or borders. With compassion, life is a privilege bestowed upon all humans.

– Friends of Compassion Unveiled on Tuesday, September 28, 2021, the Tree of Compassion graces Heritage Green in downtown Greenville. This bronze sculpture, commissioned by the Friends of Compassion and rendered by Greenville artist Philip Whitley, was gifted to the Greenville County Library System to serve as a visual representation of life, hope, ideas, respect, and community.

The Friends of Compassion is a non-profit organization dedicated to a vision anchored in the ideas of diversity, acceptance, friendship, peace, understanding, kindness, goodwill, and gratitude. The sculpture serves as a reminder of “the crucial role that compassion should play in the everyday workings of our entire community,” says Jim Campbell who serves on the Friends of Compassion’s Board of Directors.

The Tree of Compassion on Heritage Green in downtown Greenville.

Heritage Green is an arts and cultural campus comprised of the Children’s Museum of the Upstate, Greenville County Museum of Art, Greenville Theatre, the Greenville County Library System’s Hughes Main Library, Sigal Music Museum, and Upcountry History Museum.

Headed by Campaign Chair Gwen Rodrigo Goad, the Friends of Compassion selected Heritage Green as the ideal location to showcase this offering to the community. During your next visit to the Hughes Main Library, remember to visit this beautiful addition to Greenville’s arts and cultural campus.

Visit treeofcompassion.com for more information.

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