Each year the Trustees honor a community member who has given exceptional volunteer service to Forbes Library. Congratulations to Marjorie Hess, the Forbes Library Gertrude P. Smith Trustees Award winner…ll, Elinor Dole 2008 David Bloomberg, Anne Keppler 2007 Diana Martin Gordon 2006 Elliot Offner 2005 Joseph Donohue 2004 Stephen A. Callahan 2003 Mary Ann P. Cofrin 2002 Alan Dayno, Sally M. Griggs 1999 Dilman J. Doland, Kathryn A. Gabriel 1998 Electa Johnson, David W. Shearer 1997 Donna Kenny 1996 Janet M. Hemminger, Patricia B. Keating 1995 Allison Lockwood 1993 John H. Detmold 1992 Richard C. Garvey 1989 Lawrence E. Wikander 1988 Silvio O. Conte…
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Reading Series: The Modern Real and Surreal
Naila Moreira, photo by Jermane Stephinger Where the Real and the Surreal Meet The Modern Real and Surreal: Writers and Artists on Our Age, is the Forbes Library’s author reading…ecember 7 – Literature From and About Prison Lois Ahrens – creator of Real Cost of Prison Project and Real Cost of Prison Comix Moana Rawlings – program director, Women’s Treatment Program, Gandara Center Kempis “Ghani” Songster – activist and poet (read by Michael Lewis) Revan Schendler – journalist January 11 – Celebration of Local Novelists Jacqueline Sheehan – author of The Center of the World M.B. Caschetta – author of Pretend I’m Your Frie…
Annual Reports
Annual Reports of the Trustees of Forbes Library (PDF files) 2019 (PDF / 22 pages) 2019 (mid-year review) (PDF / 2 pages) 2018 (PDF / 25 pages)… (PDF / 25 pages) 2017 (PDF / 34 pages) 2016 (PDF / 21 pages) 2015 (PDF / 19 pages) 2014 (PDF / 15 pages) 2013 (PDF / 19 pages) 2012 (PDF / 15 pages) 2011 (PDF / 13 pages) 2010 (PDF / 16 pages) 2009 (PDF / 6 pages) 2008 (PDF / 6 pages) 2007 (PDF / 9 pages) 2006 (PDF / 11 pages) 2005 (PDF / 12 pages) 2004 (PDF / 9 pages) Additional Annual Reports can be seen at the Library….
Coolidge Standing Committee
Coolidge Standing Committee members posed with cardboard cutout photos of Grace and Calvin Coolidge. Russell Carrier, Julie Bartlett Nelson, Cynthia Simison, Lisa Downing, JoEllen MacKenzie, Katy Wight and Bill Scher. Oil…mber of the Coolidge Advisory Committee for over 20 years, serving as Chair 2004-2015. He had a love for all things history and an infectious enthusiasm and passion for Northampton area history and Calvin Coolidge. In retirement from his medical and surgical practice, he dedicated thousands of hours to Forbes Library and Historic Northampton researching, promoting, advocating and sharing history. He posthumously received the Trustees Award in 2019…
100th Anniversary of Coolidge as Mayor
January 15, 2009 — Calvin Coolidge was elected Mayor of Northampton, Massachusetts on December 7, 1909 beginning a continuous course of public service until he left the White House on March 4, 1929. The…Calvin Coolidge was elected Mayor of Northampton, Massachusetts on December 7, 1909 beginning a continuous course of public service until he left the White House on March 4, 1929. The Calvin Coolidge Presidential Library & Museum is planning special events, programs and exhibits later this year to mark the 100th anniversary of his election as Mayor. Stayed tuned to this blog for more information in the coming months….
Library Cards
A library card is required to borrow most library materials and to place holds for those materials. When you get a library card you also get a library account you…pired for more than four years it may be deleted. Renew your account. Replacement cards The first replacement for a lost card is free. Additional replacements cost $1. For help contact the Circulation Department, 413-587-1011 ext2 or circulation@forbeslibrary.org. Notes 1 Any resident of a Massachusetts community which is certified by the Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners is entitled to a free library card….
MassHire Franklin Hampshire Career Center Update
March 18, 2020 — MassHire Franklin Hampshire Career Centers are temporarily closed to the public for in-person services in an effort to protect our customers and staff from potential exposure to Coronavirus (Covid-19). Forbes…This is the quickest option at this time) https://www.mass.gov/how-to/apply-for-unemployment-benefits or at the TeleClaim Call Center phone 877-626-6800 Monday-Friday 8:30 am – 4:30pm. Please note the Department of Unemployment Assistance is creating a virtual call center which is expected to be up and running on Monday, March 23 – until then the Call Center is not available. If you are unable to apply for Unemployment Benefits online or by TeleCl…
Northampton’s Forbes Library turns page on first 125 years
February 25, 2019 — Springfield Republican/MassLive, February 24, 2019; reproduced by permission https://www.masslive.com/living/index.ssf/2019/02/northamptons_forbes_library_turns_page_on_first_125_years.html By Cori Urban Special to The Republican The Forbes Library in Northampton is turning the page on its first 125 years…ts needs, being a place to study and think since the beginning,” Downing said. To learn more about Forbes and its programs, go online to forbeslibrary.org….
Contact
group portrait by Stan Sherer phone 413-587-1011 & choose options from the voice menu, or see Departmental Directory below text/SMS 413‑570‑0444 fax 413-587-1015 email info@forbeslibrary.org or see Departmental Directory below….ice menu, or see Departmental Directory below text/SMS 413‑570‑0444 fax 413-587-1015 email info@forbeslibrary.org or see Departmental Directory below. Forms make a suggestion ask a research question see all of our online contact forms Newsletters Sign up for our email newsletters to stay informed about Forbes Library programs and events. You can also sign up for weekly emails listing our latest books, movies, and music. By Mail Forbes Library 20…
Historical, Epic & Costume Dramas
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Virtual Hosmer Gallery
Welcome to the Virtual Hosmer Gallery Community Art Exhibition! From April 2020 through March 2024, we invited the community to participate in an online art exhibit. The original inspiration was…I Love You, In Blues. Mixed media fiber art by Susan Roylance website pict-self-portrait, pen and ink by Cheryl Freier website Escaping, pen and ink by Cheryl Freier website Soldiers on Oak Island, pen and ink and digital art by Cheryl Freier website The Nature of Self, graphite, by Jameson Martin Beach Kids, graphite, by Jameson Martin Lucy & Sue, graphite, by Jameson Martin Red Lentil (linocut print) by Catherine Aiello website Liz’s Cafe, Anyb…
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…adult programming the library currently offers. Diana was our first Writer-in-Residence, a role that 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: 20…
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