May 22, 2019 — All of the library’s 150+ original windows are in the process of being restored. The first windows are being removed today, Wednesday, May 22. They will be removed in batches,…ted they will be returned and interior storms will be added where necessary. All of the woodwork will be restored and repainted. Exterior work on the library was started in 2005 as an ambitious plan to completely secure the building envelope. Two of the Forbes Library building’s four elevations were cleaned, repaired, and repointed in city-funded projects completed in 2006. With a substantial investment of $1,000,000 in Community Preservation Fund…
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Forbes Library selects new Writer in Residence
April 29, 2015 — Naila Moreira Forbes Library has selected Naila Moreira as its new Writer in Residence. Ms. Moreira will begin a two year term in July succeeding Susan Stinson who has held…eering Program. She recently completed her first children’s novel and is at work on a novel for adults. You can learn more about Naila on her website, and follow her on Twitter (@nailamoreira) or on Facebook (naila.moreira). Susan Stinson will receive the Twenty-Eighth Trustees Award at a public awards ceremony on Saturday, May 30 at 2 PM at the Forbes Library in recognition for her exceptional volunteer service….
Calvin Coolidge At Home in Northampton
Using original material from the collections of the Calvin Coolidge Presidential Library and Museum, Well presents the daily life and residences of Calvin Coolidge in Northampton, Massachusetts. She uses new…Using original material from the collections of the Calvin Coolidge Presidential Library and Museum, Well presents the daily life and residences of Calvin Coolidge in Northampton, Massachusetts. She uses new sources to document the unique and interesting personal life stories of Coolidge’s landlords and neighbors. Copies are also available to purchase in at the library or in our online store….
Libraries in the Northampton Area
Forbes Library Northampton, Massachusetts’ public library. Smith College Libraries Links to Neilson Library, Hillyer Arts Library, Josten Performing Arts Library, Young Science Library, Mortimer Rare Book Room, College Archives, and…h Catalog Search the combined catalog of a number of Massachusetts library networks. Created by the Mass. Board of Library Commissioners. Lilly Library The Public Library in Florence, Massachusetts. Library Catalog (CW MARS) A combined catalog for many Northampton area libraries. UMass Amherst Library University of Massachusetts Amherst Library website. American Antiquarian Society National research library in Worcester Ma with materials from pre-…
Writer In Residence
The WIR is a professional writer who furthers the library’s fundamental mission by volunteering numerous hours each week, creating and offering library programming. Forbes is in a unique and fortunate…hat she created and developed, and still advises and contributes to in many ways. She offers programs, advises on collection development, and acts as a liaison for the writing community at large. In 2006 she mentored a second WIR, Sue Case. Past Writers in Residence Diana Gordon: 2003-2006 Sue Case: 2006-2009 Susan Stinson: 2010-2015 Naila Moreira: 2015-2018 Art Middleton: 2018-2020 The WIR is a professional writer who furthers the library’s funda…
Bequests / Deferred Giving
Please join the Forbes Library Legacy Society and follow in the steps of Judge Forbes and others like him. Your generosity supports the resources and programs that ensure that the…f any predecease the testator, that bequest will come to Forbes Library. “….. If any of the above named beneficiaries should predecease me, I then devise and bequeath to THE TRUSTEES OF FORBES LIBRARY, a charitable corporation established by law at Northampton in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, all the property, real or personal, which said beneficiary or beneficiaries would have received had they survived me.” 12/7/01 Used with permission of S…
Opening on Forbes Library Board of Trustees
May 6, 2015 — There will be a vacancy on the Forbes Library Board of Trustees for the term beginning January 2016. The volunteer, four year, elected position will be decided at the city elections Tuesday, November…3-587-1016) or any of the current Board of Trustees of the library. More information is available on the library’s website at https://forbeslibrary.org/info/trustees/….
Coolidge and Civil Rights
Resources Regarding Calvin Coolidge’s Record on African-American Rights, Native American Rights and Immigration The Board of Trustees of Forbes Library recently renewed its commitment to “seek out and eliminate underlying…conviction that Indians could only improve their lot by assimilating into U.S. culture, and that it was the federal government’s responsibility to make that happen. It was a paternalistic policy that would soon begin to be upended, thanks to the efforts of a new generation of Indian rights activists like Yellow Robe, and their allies. But Coolidge missed the message these activists tried to bring him during the summer of 1927—and, indeed, througho…
Director Interviews
September 29, 2016 — Update October 25, 2016: The Trustees have now finished all 4 director interviews. They will meet on Thursday, Nov. 10, at 3:15, in the Coolidge Museum to select their choice…, ask questions and submit comments to the Trustees. The public meetings will be held in the Coolidge Museum with the exception of the interview on Oct. 13 which will be in the Community Room. They take place at 4:00 p.m. with the exception of the Oct. 7 interview which is at 3:30. The four candidates were chosen from a pool of 28 applicants. Janet Moulding, who has been Director since 2004, will retire the end of this year….
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La biblioteca Forbes
La biblioteca Forbes está ubicada en 20 West Street cerca del centro de Northampton, MA. Somos una biblioteca pública y todos están bienvenidos a visitar y cualquier persona viviendo en…y.org, vía mensaje de texto al 413-570-0444, o llámenos al 413-587-1011 ext. 1015. Tenemos libros, revistas, y películas en español tanto como en inglés que puede tomar prestados con su tarjeta de biblioteca. También tenemos libros electrónicos y audiolibros. También ofrecemos computadoras e internet gratuito, y podemos ayudarles con preguntas tecnológicas incluyendo software y lectores electrónicos. Nuestro departamento infantil es un lugar amist…
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