Cathy Sherman
Cathy Sherman is a volunteer historian and recently-retired director of the Cordova library and Historical Museum. Sherman has been contributing to The Cordova Times for over a decade.
At Your Library: Halloween – are you ready?
This time of year offers so many holidays filled with fun activities. Whether you are celebrating Halloween or holding a harvest festival, you’ll find...
Pumpkins on your mind? Learn more at the library
Autumn and October. Pumpkins and squash. Colored leaves and hot cider. It’s hard not to get caught up in the season of fall and...
Museum Memories
Cordovans have, for many years, been traveling “out-the-road.” It’s just the mode of transportation that’s changed! This lovely young couple seems to be heading...
Scary reads for scary October
"Horror fiction has traditionally dealt in taboo … It makes monsters of household pets and begs our affection for psychos. It shows us that...
Museum Memories
It’s not Texas! This is our neighboring community of Chitina, up the Copper River and the photograph was likely taken in the early 1900s....
Museum Memories
This photo puts the song “Working on the Railroad” into a whole new light. Sometimes, accidents happen. There were times when the Copper River...
At your library: GoodReads recommendations for chilly autumn weather
With the arrival of October and chillier weather, curling up with a good book, a cup of hot cider and a toasty blanket seems...
At your library: Lots of new books for junior and young adult readers
The library staff, led by youth services librarian Anna Hernandez, recently completed a changeover in our Junior section. Moving the Junior Non-Fiction to a...
Museum Memories
The East Coast-based Alaskan Syndicate struggled with their Katalla route. Open to the Gulf of Alaska and its fierce weather, the docks and breakwaters...
Fall/Winter library programs are back
The staff at the Cordova Public Library had a great June and July providing learning workshops for the Summer Reading program this year; learning...
