September 21, 2022 — Forbes Library was recently awarded a federal Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA) grant for $7500 from the Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners (MBLC). “Each community in Massachusetts is unique and has its own local needs,” said Robert Favini, Head of Library Advisory and Development at the MBLC. “These grants allow libraries to address those…
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Forbes Library Community Survey
September 15, 2022 — Forbes Library is developing a new strategic plan. Your responses will guide the library’s decisions in crafting a plan for a better Forbes Library. This survey is voluntary and anonymous, and will take five to ten minutes to complete. All questions are optional. Thank you for participating. Participants may enter to win one of two…
Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder Awareness Month Display at Forbes Library
September 12, 2022 — Forbes Library is joining the cause to bring awareness that September as FASD Awareness month, and September 9th as International Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder Awareness Day. The goal is to increase awareness and support for people living with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASDs). Local artist Angela Zammarelli and Jessica Tanner, adoptive parent of children with…
Matching memory with paper: Northampton and the 1950 census
June 21, 2022 — Forbes Library archivist Julie Bartlett Nelson and librarian Brian Tabor are quoted in this excellent Hampshire Gazette article which features historic photographs from Forbes Special Collections. The authors are journalism students of Naila Moreira, Forbes Writer-In-Residence Emeritus! https://www.gazettenet.com/Matching-Memory-with-Paper-Northampton-and-the-1950s-Census-46833150 (June 17, 2022)
Friends of Forbes newsletter: Summer 2022
June 2, 2022 — Summer 2022 Friends of Forbes Newsletter
Then Again: Calvin Coolidge’s presidential library is actually inside a library
May 25, 2022 — VTDigger published this great introduction to the CCPLM: Then Again: Calvin Coolidge’s Presidential Library is actually inside a library By Mark Bushnell May 22, 2022
Library Giving Day: Thank you for your support!
April 7, 2022 — Donate Online Thank you to the 181 library lovers who gave a total of $25,238 to support Forbes Library yesterday for Library Giving Day. This includes the $8,000 from the Friends of Forbes Library in matching funds and the additional $2,595 match from a group of generous donors. Hooray for every one of you! Your…
413 Free Seeds at Forbes and Lilly Libraries
March 22, 2022 — Links 413 Free Seeds Resources Seeds of sustainability (Daily Hampshire Gazette, March 10, 2022) 413 Free Seeds FAQ How does it work? 413 Free Seeds has two Free Seed Box Locations: The Forbes Library in Northampton and the Lilly Library in Florence, starting in April 2022. It is an informal way for you to get…
Priscilla Pike: A Friend of Forbes, Indeed
February 9, 2022 — Priscilla (Pris) Pike, who died in November 2021, bequeathed a substantial gift to Forbes Library. Born in the hilltown of Chester, just east of Pittsfield, Pris moved to the Valley to attend UMass and Smith College. For more than four decades, she worked in Northampton and for six decades, she was a library patron at…
Searching for Black History in a Public Library Archive
January 24, 2022 — Please read Searching for Black History in a Public Library Archive, an illustrated essay by Dylan Gaffney, Forbes Library Local History Associate. This work is part of Documenting the Early History of Black Lives in the Connecticut River Valley, a community-based research project in Hampden, Hampshire and Franklin Counties to document the lives of free,…
Home : 2022 virtual exhibit of visual and performing arts and writing
January 11, 2022 — Submissions Closed: February 11, 2022 at 6 PM Online Virtual Exhibit: March 1 – April 30, 2022 Forbes Library invites western Mass. creatives to submit recent work for a Virtual Exhibit on the theme of “Home”. Home has many facets. We envision a range of creative work that engages with any aspect of the theme,…
Forbes Library Establishes David W. Shearer Memorial Periodicals Fund
December 8, 2021 — Forbes Library recently received a gift from the estate of David W. Shearer who was a former trustee and a longtime financial supporter of the library. Mr. Shearer was also a dedicated patron who could often be found in the library’s Chester Reading Room catching up on world affairs. The newly established David W. Shearer…
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