Local History and Special Collections

working draft of landing page/directory (outline)

• Calvin Coolidge
• Finding Aids
• Fine Arts Collection
  • Artist Talks
• Genealogy
  • Online Genealogy Resources
• Local History
  • Hampshire Room
  • Judd Manuscript Collection
• Online Special Collections
  • Archives @ Forbes Library
  • Images from the Archives and Virtual Exhibits (pre-2022)
  • Northampton Community Web Archive
• Photographs and Images

Other related pages, and where they currently live:

image use policy and fees — under Info / Policies

Application for Image Use (4 pages PDF) — under Uploads

off-site reference fee — under Info / Policies

Special Collections policy — under Info / Policies

Descriptive language notes — under Research / Local History

Photos and Images — under Research / Images (needs restructuring, dividing into 2 ~ pages)

Microfilm collections — under Research / Local History

Online local history research — under Research / Local History

These would be sub-sub-pages:

Emrick Collection — under Research / Images

Angel of Hadley — under Research / Images

Life and Death of Old Main — under Research / Images

[Corbin Collection doesn’t have a page]

COLLABORATIONS

Pride Oral History

Documenting early black lives in Connecticut River Valley

Historic Northampton enslaved peoples project

Midnight to Midnight (2014)

• Forbes images on Digital Commonwealth
• City of Northampton Planning Department files
• Sanborn maps from the Library of Congress

PAGES WE SHOULD HAVE, BUT DON’T

PAGES WE NO LONGER NEED

refer to: https://forbeslibrary.org/site-map/