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,…were cleaned, repaired, and repointed in city-funded projects completed in 2006. With a substantial investment of $1,000,000 in Community Preservation Funds the two remaining elevations and the roof were repaired and rebuilt in 2009. These funds along with substantial contributions by the City of Northampton, grants and many individual gifts demonstrate the commitment and admiration of the community to the building. The final piece required for a…
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Historical Fiction: World War II
April 23, 2014 — Unbroken : A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption by Laura Hillenbrand On a May afternoon in 1943, an Army Air Forces bomber crashed into the Pacific Ocean…ren and the residents of their western Pennsylvania community of company houses, church festivals, and union squabbles. Eyes of the Emperor by Graham Salisbury Following orders from the United States Army, several young Japanese American men train K-9 units to hunt Asians during World War II by being the dogs’ bait. The Rising Tide: A Novel of World War II by Jeff Shaara As the forces of Nazi Germany overrun the nations of Europe and America is dr…
Online Day of Giving Established to Support Local Libraries
March 26, 2019 — ONLINE DAY OF GIVING ESTABLISHED TO SUPPORT LOCAL LIBRARIES Three local libraries are raising funds through an inaugural Library Giving Day campaign. This one-day online fundraising event will occur on…Mary Anne Antonellis, Director M.N. Spear Memorial Library https://sites.google.com/site/mnspearmemoriallibrary/ 413-259-1213 library.director@shutesbury.org 10 Cooleyville Road PO Box 256 Shutesbury, MA 01072 Lisa Downing, Director Forbes Library www.forbeslibrary.org 413-587-1016 ldowning@forbeslibrary.org 20 West Street Northampton, MA 01060 Katherine Hand, Director Sunderland Public Library www.sunderlandpubliclibrary.org 413-665-2642 director…
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…Liberty Memorial in 2004. For more information on the Liberty Memorial see www.theworldwar.org. The General appears on a guest list for a White House Garden Party in May 1924. On his 64th birthday in September 1924, Pershing retired from active military service as required by army regulations.Tragedy affected both men’s lives. Pershing’s wife and three daughters had perished in a fire at the Presidio, San Francisco in 1915. His son survived. Many…
Book Spine Poetry Contest: April 1-30, 2015
April 10, 2015 — 2014 Winner Adult Categoryby Ellen LaFlecheWhy I Wake EarlySeeing things before the dawn:Day lilies wash a kind of yellowinto the forest.A home at the end of the world.Just before dark,what…ake a photo of your poem and upload the photo to the library’s ► Facebook: www.facebook.com/ForbesLibrary or www.facebook.com/ForbesLibraryTeens for teen entries. Tell us about your poem in the comment box. ► Tweet it: tag it with @ForbesLIbrary and #bookspinepoetry ► Post it to Instagram: tag it with @ForbesLibrary and #bookspinepoetry You can include a list of the books you used, a transcription of the poem if you want, and any explanation you w…
Community Events Seek to Facilitate Conversations about End-of-Life Care, Planning
This program ran in 2016. It is archived here for those who are interested Hampshire & Franklin Counties – More than 25 libraries throughout the region and medical professionals from…start Saturday, March 5, and events will continue through Wednesday, April 20. The culminating event in this series of community conversations will take place on Thursday, April 14 at 6 PM at the Edwards Church, 297 Main Street, Northampton in a program featuring Vicki Jasckson, MD, chief of the Division of Palliative Care at MA General Hospital. She will discuss the needs of patients with serious illness and how to advocate for them. Jeffrey Zes…
Five year plan for Forbes Library aims to provide greater access to all library services for all members of the Northampton community
October 18, 2017 — Strategic Plan Forbes Library completed an eight-month planning process that culminated in the creation of a strategic plan for fiscal years 2019 through 2023 (July 2018-June 2023). The library submitted…n the creation of a strategic plan for fiscal years 2019 through 2023 (July 2018-June 2023). The library submitted the plan to the Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners, which is a requirement for eligibility for certain grants. Katy Wight, Trustee of Forbes Library, chaired the planning committee. “It is an exciting and ambitious plan that provides a framework for the library to meet the needs of our community and deliver higher levels of…
Coolidge and Al Smith: After Retirement
October 7, 2013 — Even if opposing politicians do not forge a political bond, they seem to have a personal bond – common stresses, family issues and experiences. Coolidge and Al Smith lunching with…character more than for heroic achievement. His great task was to restore the dignity and prestige of the Presidency when it had reached the lowest ebb in our history…” (1) (1). www. WhiteHouse.gov from “The Presidents of the United States of America,” Copyright 2006 by the White House Historical Association….
Forbes Library Disability Advisory Board – Minutes for November 4th 2021
Minutes Forbes Library Disability Advisory Board 4 November 2021 4:00 PM This meeting was on zoom. Present: Ben Kalish, Reference Librarian Molly Moss, Assistant Director Brian Tabor, Borrower Services Supervisor/note…weekly announcement of new materials in the library that the library also uses to highlight select library news. Improved placement on the website. Event listings in the local newspaper. A letter in the local newspaper. An event that would get folks from the advisory board interacting with the public, much like the downtown walk recently made by the City’s Disability Commission. Action item: Dorothy offered to draft language that could be used…
The Bedwetter
Comedian and actor Sarah Silverman is known for her outrageously rude humor which belies her ingenuous appearance. Her memoir, subtitled “stories of courage, redemption, and pee,” revels in contradictions and…, and pee,” revels in contradictions and brilliant comic timing. Silverman uses shame to promote self-respect. Her “potty humor” is bizarrely sophisticated. She uses meta-political incorrectness to express sincere liberal tolerance. She endears herself to her audience through obnoxiousness. It’s hard to tell how much of these stories are factually true, but in Silverman’s comic style, the exaggeration and twistedness bring out a deeper truth. Note…
Photography and Video Policy
The Forbes Library reserves the right to use photographs or video taken at the library for publicity purposes in printed materials and online. Attendees and/or participants consent to having their…mind: Please do not use flash or equipment that obstructs passageways or causes disturbances to Library users. Photographs, video or audio recordings of members of the public, staff, programs, and copyrighted art on display without permission are prohibited. Commercial photography: Library buildings may not be used as setting for advertisements, or for any photographs, video or audio recordings which will be used for commercial purposes without ex…
Judd Manuscript Collection
Judd Manuscript Collection Digitized materials from the Judd Manuscript Collection available on archive.org The Judd Manuscript Collection consists of 70 bound volumes of handwritten accounts and transcriptions of documents, letters,…istory Collections. The library has been an active participant in the Internet Archive’s Community Webs program since 2017, and this grant was intended to digitize and provide access to a diverse range of local history archives that contain materials that represent the experiences of immigrant, indigenous, and African American communities throughout the United States. Judd’s extraordinary volumes cover a wide variety of local history subjects, inc…
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