trevorw, Author at Elkhart Public Library

Share your ideas to help us better serve the community
When you share your ideas, you help Elkhart Public Library get better. Join us for one of these one-hour discussions and help us as we write our new strategic plan. […]

Library trustees offer important qualities to serve community
Library trustees are uniquely qualified to serve the Elkhart community. Get to know more about these volunteers.

Traffic headache lasted three years at the Johnson Street bridge
Johnson Street bridge improvements took 20 years to plan. Construction delays and political squabbles turned it into a project to forget.

1969 homecoming put focus on Elkhart’s simmering race issues
The homecoming queen didn’t receive her honors, and the football crowd was subdued. Racial tensions were at a boiling point in 1969 Elkhart.

Famous Kelby Love mural defined community response to gun violence
When a 19-year-old man died tragically in September 1993, the community’s heart began to beat with purpose. Rev. Duane Beck and artist Kelby Love were anxious to help.

Library bookmobile: Elkhart pioneered, and now reinvented
The library bookmobile has roots right here in Elkhart. A century later, it's now the vehicle for Free Books to Feed Minds.

The best newspaperman Ernie Pyle ever knew called Elkhart home
Ernie Pyle was a legendary writer, but he often told friends the best newsman he knew worked in Elkhart, Ind.

Celebrate stories and storytellers ‘On The Heritage Tale’
Elkhart’s story is about to be told “On The Heritage Tale.” Authors, musicians and other creatives will be featured in a week-long celebration at the downtown library the week of […]
