September 1, 2017 — by Lilly Lombard https://www.gazettenet.com/Columnist-Lilly-Lombard-celebrates-the-stately-row-of-oak-trees-in-front-of-Forbes-Library-12183381 The iconic row of shade trees lining the front of Forbes Library is grand and stately like the building itself. In 1897, four years after the…xteen years ago, weary of our shallow-rooted life in suburban Washington, D.C., my young family went “community shopping” throughout New England to find a better place to settle. In every town we visited, we spent time in the children’s section of the public library and asked fellow parents what they valued in their community. After such a visit to Forbes, I vividly remember lying on the library lawn with my infant daughter, staring in wonder at t…
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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….
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…on which the current Library of Congress cataloging system is partially based. The portrait, by Massachusetts artist W.H.W. Bicknell, was painted in 1906, three years after Cutter’s death, presumably based on an earlier photograph. Cutter was born in Boston on March 14, 1837, the second son of Caleb and Hannah Bigelow Cutter. His mother died a month later. His father remarried and when his new wife had a baby, two-year-old Charles Ammi was sent to…
The Homemade Pantry
The Homemade Pantry: 101 Foods You Can Stop Buying and Start Making, written by Great Barrington’s Alana Chernila is a practical guide to becoming more self sufficient in the kitchen….sauce, jelly, granola bars, and even a homemade version of the beloved Pop-Tart. Every recipe is accompanied by a personal story so if you don’t have a lot of time for cooking you can still enjoy some light reading. I recently tried the recipe for whole wheat sandwich bread. Bread is one of those things I always really want to make for myself but usually the product is blatantly inferior to the local bakery or even the grocery store version. The…
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…, and the negatives from Daily Hampshire Gazette photographers between 1954-2004. The Calvin Coolidge Presidential Library and Museum The CCPLM collects, preserves and makes available for research materials documenting the public and private 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…
Five Candidates Vying for Three Seats on Forbes Board (GazetteNet)
August 16, 2019 — Article published in the Daily Hampshire Gazette August 7, 2019 https://www.gazettenet.com/Trustee-positions-at-Forbes-Library-draw-five-candidates-27540837…Article published in the Daily Hampshire Gazette August 7, 2019 https://www.gazettenet.com/Trustee-positions-at-Forbes-Library-draw-five-candidates-27540837…
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Sunflower Sisters
Martha Hall Kelly’s third foray into the lives and activism of the affluent Woolsey women is as well researched and engaging as Lilac Girls (2016) and Lost Roses (2019), and…sburg, Georgy sees the ravages of war and effects of slavery on her country. Anne-May’s husband and brother both enlist and are injured and killed respectively, while her self-importance draws her into espionage. Jemma’s family is subject to separation, punishment, and death at the whims of slaveowners and their proxies, and the dream of freedom sustains them. After Jemma leaves Maryland, she makes her way to the Woolsey home in New York City, rem…
Cradles of the Reich
Based on historical events in Nazi Germany, this novel follows the lives of three women who intersect at Heim Hochland as part of the Lebensborn breeding program intended to help…his cellar, and needs the fresh start that working at Heim Hochland offers. Surrounded by looted art and antiques, sustained by the best food available, and subject to the whims of powerful men, these women find connections among the expectant mothers, “apprentice” mothers, and employees of the facility. When Gundi’s child is born with obviously non-Aryan characteristics, she learns of the potential consequences (euthanasia) and must seek help wh…
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…″, oil on canvas by Laura Radwell website Baseball, hot dogs apple pie and….. photo by Dave Roback December’s Rooftop snow, photo by Dave Roback Mount Tom Reservation reflections photo by Dave Roback Birth of a Foal, Bronze, by Stephen Saxenian website Lucy Saxenian, Bronze, by Stephen Saxenian website Tumbling Lioness, Bronze, by Stephen Saxenian website Giant Caterpillar: graphite drawing on yupo paper by Patricia Dorr Parker website Sleeping Be…
Forbes Library Disability Advisory Board – Minutes for March 3, 2021
Minutes Forbes Library Disability Advisory Board 19 March 2021 2:00 PM – 3:20 PM This meeting was held over Zoom Present Benjamin Kalish, Reference Library Molly Moss, Assistant Director Brian…ments inside the library once regular library use in the building has resumed. Other Topics Outdoor programming is very challenging for folks who can’t hear very well. The library has a portable transmitter and receivers for use as an assistive listening system and a wearable loudspeaker, both of which the library has used for outdoor programming. The availability of assistive listening systems in the library is not well known: how folks are sup…
A Passion for the Planet
This live performance of Geoffrey Hudson A Passion for the Planet was recorded in Northampton, at Smith College’s Sweeney hall, and performed by the Illuminati Vocal Arts Ensemble with the…inati Vocal Arts Ensemble with the Hampshire Young People’s Chorus and a 12-piece orchestra. A Passion for the Planet is an oratorio on the subject of climate change with words drawn from a number of sources. The work is moving and important, and the performance is exceptional. We can’t hear live music right now, but I am grateful to be able to experience this now, in my own home. And I take comfort in the words of Geoffrey Hudson, the composer, w…
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