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.
Museum Memories: First airplane landing in Cordova
Cordova had a lot going on in the roaring ’20s, but no air service until 1929, when the first airplane, a Gorst Air Loening...
@ Your Library: New books arriving at the library in time for fall
New books are arriving at the Cordova Public Library, and with the change in the seasons it’s the perfect time to stop in and...
@ Your Library: Read to your kids
It’s no big surprise that young children first learn language by listening to adults talk to them. Nor is it a surprise that reading...
Museum Memories: Cordova’s first school
By 1910 – 1911, Cordovans had their very first new school and were extremely proud of the structure that sat near the crest of...
@ Your Library: Senior books and coffee
New books arriving at the Cordova Public Library and with the change in the seasons it’s the perfect time to stop in and stock...
@ YOUR LIBRARY: Author Tom Kizzia coming to Cordova for writers workshop
The Cordova Public Library, Cordova Book Club and Cordova Arts and Pageants are joining together to sponsor a Writers Workshop with Alaskan author Tom...
@ Your Library: Friends of the Library news
The Friends of the Library (FOL) met recently and planned out a year’s worth of events and activities to support the Cordova Public Library. ...
Museum Memories: Cordova’s first school
One of our all-time favorite photos, this was Cordova’s first school perched high on the crest of Browning Avenue. In 1908, Miss Meldah Nettleton first...
@ Your Library: New books thanks to Mt. Eccles students
Just in time for the new school year! – a great selection of new books chosen by AND PURCHASED by the Mt. Eccles Student...
@Your Library: Senior books and coffee
The Cordova Public Library staff is thrilled to have new space in the Cordova Center and is anxious to try out some new programs...
