When it comes to our Library Jewels online polls, it’s hard to beat rare and really, really old. That was evident with the April poll, as a rare atlas nearly 500 years old easily won with 68 percent of the votes. Letters and photos of Secretary of Washington Territory Elwood Evans finished a distant second with 21 percent, followed by a poster honoring artist Christopher Stern (11 percent).

We’ll start our May Archives Treasures blog series later this week.