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Information for Artists
Español The Hosmer Art Gallery is designed to provide opportunities for local artists to show their work to the public. Exhibits include a wide range of media and content reflecting…s (Hampshire, Hampden, Franklin and Berkshire counties) are eligible to apply. First-time exhibitors, individuals and groups are welcome. We value diversity and inclusivity in our gallery exhibitions. Facts and policies in brief Exhibits run for one month. Groups of four or more artists may use the entire space; individual artists generally use one-quarter to one-half the space, with two to four exhibits shown simultaneously. The total wall space…
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… for a library card online Residents of Massachusetts may apply for a card online. Online applicants will receive a temporary Forbes Library card by email. You can use your card number as soon as you receive it. The process is not automated so please allow a few days for staff to process your request. Children under 12 Library Card Application for Children Under 12. A parent or legal guardian must fill out this form. Adults and Teens Register for…
Luka and the fire of life
This wonderful book is a sequel to Haroun and the Sea of Stories, though it stands perfectly well on its own. Luka and the Fire of Life, like Haroun, is…from ancient myths to Super Mario Brothers and Doctor Who. The writing is wonderfully witty, full of word play and puns and humour of many sorts; it had me chuckling immediately and erupting in belly laughs within the first few pages. Children and adults alike will get great pleasure from this book….
Special Collections Policy
Forbes Library Special Collections Collection Development Policy Forbes Library is the public library for Northampton, Massachusetts. Its Mission Statement applies to all collections and services. Special Collections are also…the original collecting mission; two- and three-dimensional works by locally and nationally known artists. Most works are on display in the building for public viewing. Calvin Coolidge, 30th President of the United States The Calvin Coolidge Presidential Library & Museum at Forbes Library is the largest source of primary material on Calvin and Grace Coolidge. The collection consists of manuscripts, speeches, letters, videos, recordings, microfilm…
Display / Exhibit Space Request Form
Applications for use of display space will be honored on a first-come basis. Organizations based in Northampton or serving primarily Northampton residents which have not used display space within the…brary <a href=”http://forbeslibrary.org/wordpress/info/policies/displayexhibit-policy/”>Display/Exhibit Policy</a> and my group agrees to abide by said policy and its guidelines. By clicking the Submit button below, the applicant agrees to be personally responsible for any infractions thereof and to assume all responsibilities indicated in the regulations. I provide the aforementioned materials for exhibit at the Forbes Library for the time period…
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…he mug was probably given to Cutter when he left Harvard, the image of the library being added at a later date. The original roll top desk that he used is still in the office currently occupied by Janet Moulding, the recently elected ninth director of the library. © 2004 The Daily Hampshire Gazette; used by permission….
General Pershing and President Coolidge
October 4, 2012 — Two powerful men of the early twentieth century met and interacted. General of the Armies John Joseph ‘Black Jack’ Pershing, (1860-1948) and President Calvin Coolidge (1872-1933). Pershing, the most illustrious…ng had to build an army almost from scratch, organizing, training, and supplying an inexperienced force that eventually numbered two million. Then, he had to fight a war on two fronts: one against the Germans, the other against his Allies, who sought to fill their depleted ranks with his fresh troops. But after months of reinforcing the British and French, Pershing’s Army started operating on its own in the summer of 1918, and played a decisive ro…
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Old Jews Telling Jokes
This project started as a website, still going strong at www.oldjewstellingjokes.com. A couple of guys and their dads started rounding up all their “aunts and uncles, wise-cracking attorneys and periodontists,”…stories have been around a long time, but nearly all of them land between amusing and hilarious on the laugh-o-meter. You’ll find ironic, raunchy, and self-deprecating bits as well as some marvelous timing and delivery. The narrator I could do without. Still, it beats therapy….
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…mperial Bakery. He is passionate about local history, his community and early 20th century history. He taught in the Learning in Retirement program and is currently a tour guide in the Coolidge Museum. Rob Weir Book groups historian Robert “Rob” Weir, Ph.D. is a retired history professor who taught at UMass, Smith, and Bay Path. He is a former Fulbright scholar who is the author and/or editor of 9 books and numerous articles on American social and…
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