I picked this up because of the intriguing title and because it was Swedish without being a grim, dark thriller. It does have crime though, so you won’t feel deprived….ecall his long and fascinating life. It’s ironic, absurd, clever and surreal, populated by unique and sometimes famous figures from the past and present. It shares the unlikely Forrest Gump just-happened-to-be-in-the-right-place-at-the right-time premise, so be prepared to suspend your disbelief once and for all. Once you do, it’s wickedly entertaining, fast paced and very funny….
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Local History at Forbes Library
Map of Northampton, 1875. From the Hampshire Room for Local History. Forbes Library maintains a sizable local history collection covering Northampton and Hampshire County, Massachusetts. Physical collections | Virtual collections…life of Calvin Coolidge, 30th President of the United States. Digital and Online Collections Online Special Collections Portal Starting in 2022, we transitioned to the Argus Collection Management System. This portal allows you to search over 14,000 items from the library’s special collections which have been digitized, as well as born-digital materials documenting more recent events and places. It also includes images of the library’s Fine Arts c…
Forbes Library Lends WiFi Hotspots
October 1, 2021 — We’re thrilled to offer 20 circulating WiFi hotspots, each one allowing up to 10 devices to connect. Hotspots will be available to check out for three weeks at a time…ss internet access over the T-Mobile network that lets you connect phones, tablets, computers, and other devices. Any resident over 17 years old with a library card from a certified Massachusetts library is eligible to borrow a hotspot. Each hotspot will support up to 10 connected devices. Hotspots may be reserved–just like a book–through the library catalog, or by calling the library during normal business hours: (413) 587-1011 The Massachusetts…
Objections to Library Resources
Library resources include more than just materials for loan. Libraries also provide programs and events (in-person and virtual), displays and exhibits, and a range of electronic resources, usually accessed online,…tial objection form. STATEMENT OF CONCERN ABOUT LIBRARY RESOURCES FORM User-Initiated, Library-Hosted Resources In addition, the Library provides meeting space and display space for community groups and individuals to present their own content to the public. The Display/Exhibit Policy and Meeting Rooms and Grounds Use Policy delineate how these spaces can be used. Appendices: Diverse Collections: An Interpretation of the Library Bill of Rights Oth…
Forbes Library to Present Trustees Award
May 7, 2015 — Susan Stinson, photo by Jeep Wheat The Trustees of Forbes Library will present Susan Stinson with the Twenty-Eighth Annual Trustees Award on Saturday, May 30, 2015 at 2 PM. The…in 1993. Her work — which has appeared in The Public Humanist, The Kenyon Review, The Seneca Review, Curve, Lambda Book Report and The Women’s Review of Books — has received the Outstanding Mid-Career Novelist Awards from the Lambda Literary Foundation, the Benjamin Franklin Award in Fiction as well as a number of fellowships. She was born in Texas, raised in Colorado, and now lives in Northampton, MA. Susan was a visiting lecturer at Amherst Col…
Coolidge Museum News and Articles
Coolidge Museum Endorses Statement on Civility in Politics September 25, 2023 Press Release – For immediate release Contact: Lisa Downing, Library Director, director@forbeslibrary.org or 413-587-1016 The Calvin Coolidge Standing Committee of the…Contact: Lisa Downing, Library Director, director@forbeslibrary.org or 413-587-1016 The Calvin Coolidge Standing Committee of the Forbes Library Board of Trustees voted at its Sept. 11, 2023 meeting to support the joint statement of thirteen presidential foundations and centers “regarding the future of our nation and an urgent call to action for all Americans.” The library’s Board of Trustees also endorsed the statement at its Sept. 21 meeting. T…
Información para Artistas
La galería de arte Hosmer, que abrió en el 2002, está diseñada para proveer oportunidades a artistas locales de exhibir su obra al público. Las exposiciones incluyen un gran rango…La biblioteca no se hace responsable de las pérdidas no cubiertas por el seguro. Más información acerca de la galería, la exposición actual y el horario, está en el sitio web de la Galería Hosmer. Aprobado por la Junta Directiva, Septiembre 20, 2007 Por favor también considere estos otros lugares para exponer localmente LA POLÍTICA GENERAL DE MUESTRAS/EXHIBICIONES TAMBIÉN APLICA A LA GALERÍA HOSMER Únase a la lista de email de la Galería Hosmer P…
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…ynching measure was defeated in the United States Senate, a total of twenty-nine Afro-Americans had been hanged by mobs. Anticipating the reintroduction of the Dyer Bill in Congress in 1924, Coolidge took a courageous step in urging Capitol Hill legislators to pass the anti-lynching measure. The chief executive’s recommendation for a biracial commission for easing the settlement of southern black migrants in northern industrialized areas amounted…
The Daily Hampshire Gazette has covered Northampton area news since 1786. You can find full-text articles on local news, issues, events, people and much more from current and archived issues of Daily Hampshire Gazette via Newsbank. Newsbank is a news database designed for researchers. Content is updated daily and includes editorials, announcements, and other local content from the Gazette going back to January 3, 1994.
Coverage for 2023 is currently incomplete due to changes at the Gazette.
Provided by Forbes Library and available remotely to Northampton residents with a CW MARS card. Want help using this resource? Contact us.
Marie Hershkowitz Memorial Children’s Book Fund
Marie Hershkowitz Bookplate design The Trustees of Forbes Library have established the Marie Hershkowitz Memorial Children’s Book Fund in honor of the beloved Bridge Street School teacher. The fund was…hkowitz Memorial Children’s Book Fund can donate online by clicking the button below. Or you can contact Lisa Downing, Library Director, at director@forbeslibrary.org, or by calling 413-587-1016. Please indicate “Hershkowitz Fund” in the memo line of your check or in the notes field in PayPal or the donation form. Donate Online…
Charles Ammi Cutter
Library systematizer extraordinaire by Pip Stromgren [ Originally published in the Daily Hampshire Gazette on Saturday, June 26, 2004 ] Hanging over the reference librarians’ desk in Northampton’s Forbes Library is a…d a month later. His father remarried and when his new wife had a baby, two-year-old Charles Ammi was sent to live with his grandfather and his three maiden aunts in West Cambridge. The aunts, who were independently wealthy, raised Cutter as their own, including later paying his tuition at Harvard College. One of the aunts was the town librarian so Cutter was exposed to books from an early age. Slight in build, of somewhat frail health and very ne…
Meeting Rooms and Grounds Use Policy
To reserve a meeting room, see: Reservations | Meeting Room Scheduler | Meeting Room Fee Schedule Forbes Library offers three meeting rooms: the Friends of Forbes Community Room, the Watson Room, and…room use privileges. In case of damage to the facilities or excessive clean-up requirements, the person reserving the room may be charged for the costs incurred. Room Use Requirements Groups sponsoring events are responsible for liability of the participants, both active participants and the audience, in any program on Library property. The Library will refuse space to individuals or organizations which have previously failed to comply with stated…
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