THE GHOST OF COSSITT: Quiz 1

Did you get it right? The correct answer was MIF00081 (click the linked Digital ID to see the image).

One way to find the answer is to browse through the timeline on the Cossitt Library History. The second slide of the timeline, dated April 12, 1893, goes into the details from the dedication ceremony. Clicking the linked name: Rev. F. P. Davenport will take you directly to the correct pamphlet. Alternately, you could have also searched DIG Memphis for the phrase “1973 pamphlet” and found the correct item that way!

Now, it’s time to try your hand at Item 2 below!

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Item 2.

In the early days of Cossitt, the library erected a display on a trailer with ancient figures encouraging Memphians to use the library. The display read, “There are 80,000 books in Cossitt Library on every conceivable subject. They belong to the people of Memphis. Are you using them? — Cossitt Library – Free to all.”

However, Cossitt Library was not, in practice, “free to all”. For over six decades, the library was segregated, allowing only white patrons to visit and checkout books from its circulation desk. To learn more about this period, browse the Cossitt Library Timeline found on the branch’s History page.

Using the search feature in DIG Memphis, are you able to locate an image of the library’s aspirational ‘free to all’ display?

Did you get it right? The correct answer was Library0360 or Library361 (click the linked Digital IDs to see the images).

One way to find the correct item was to search the phrase “free to all” in the Dig Memphis search box found at the top of the archive’s homepage. When searching, you’ll see both images at the top of the results list.

Now, it’s time to crack the secret code below!

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Secret Code

Anagram Passcode

Episode One contained 9 secret letters, appearing mysteriously throughout the video.

Rearrange the letters into the correct phrase and input the answer below. (Spaces are included between the words.)

If you’ve successfully decoded the phrase, you’ll see a message saying you’ve got it right!  When you see that message, click Submit. If you don’t see the message confirming the right answer, try again before hitting Submit.

This will serve as your passcode to access the next video!

To rewatch Episode one, click HERE.

You’ve got it! The correct answer is FREE TO ALL.

Click the Submit button below to advance to Episode 2!