Today we drove from Sac City, IA to Bartlett, IL, a distance of about 380 miles. Again, we had a beautiful, sunny day and clear sailing. This time we stopped in Dubuque, Iowa. This is a small city of about 58 thousand, but it seems bigger. It is a very attractive city, and one of its attractions for me is that it has three seminaries: Dubuque Theological Seminary which is associated with the University of Dubuque, Wartburg Seminary (Lutheran), and Pius X Seminary of Loras College (Roman Catholic). Because of this mix of religious traditions, there is a potential for a rich mix of resources for biblical study. Today I visited briefly the University Library at Univ. Dubuque which incorporates the seminary library. As usual, I went to the BS 2000s (Library of Congress Catalogue) section to assess the holdings related to Luke-Acts. They were actually pretty impressive - a lot of fairly recent works. Not as complete as Wheaton or Princeton, but better than, e.g., Amherst College. I have a feeling that the three together could equal or even exceed Wheaton. That would be interesting to check out.
We had supper at a
Culver's in Galena, IL and arrived at Maggie and Jerry's at about 7:30. Jerry had just purchased a new computer and printer and the styrofoam packing looked like living-room doll furniture, so they had set up a little doll house scene on the floor. Sweet!
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| The University of Dubuque Library |
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| Interior shot of Library |
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| A section of the stacks dealing with Luke-Acts |
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| Creative use of styrofoam packing! |
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