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Latest “New Books” List in the Library

by Portsmouth Athenaeum | Nov 7, 2020 | Announcements, Library

Halloween is over, but the Athenaeum has some treats in the Library with the latest list of new books. Proprietors and Subscribers, click on the link below to discover the what’s new in the library: October New Books 2020 Not a Proprietor or a...

Zoom Author Talk with Journalist Lou Salome

by Portsmouth Athenaeum | Nov 6, 2020 | Announcements, Events

ZOOM BOOK DISCUSSION REMINDER Thoreau, The Kid, and Mr. Lou: Book Notes of a Foreign Correspondent LOU SALOME This Tuesday, November 10, 2020 7 PM Athenaeum Proprietor Lou Salome lived for a year in the New Hampshire woods where he wrote the acclaimed Violence, Veils...

The Guiduccis and the Deer Street Market

by Portsmouth Athenaeum | Oct 14, 2020 | Announcements, Photographs

By Photographic Collections Manager James Smith For nearly 50 years, Bartolomeo “Bartolo” Guiducci (1892-1963) and his wife Caterina Mansini (1885-1972) ran a grocery store in the heart of Portsmouth’s old North End, and yet little is known about the couple...

Proprietors We Lost in 2019

by Portsmouth Athenaeum | Oct 5, 2020 | Announcements

Due to the pandemic this year, there will be no Memorial Concert for Proprietors who passed during 2019. To celebrate their lives, Performance Committee Chairman Bill Wieting assembled a pictorial and written tribute. “Instead of reading the obituaries of our...

Portsmouth’s changing vistas

by Portsmouth Athenaeum | Sep 17, 2020 | Announcements, Photographs

By Keeper Tom Hardiman Recently Sherry Wood wrote an article about how the Vaughan Street Urban Renewal Project removed neighborhoods and rerouted streets to create the Bridge Street parking lot. While some Portsmouth vistas have been altered suddenly and...

ZOOM PROGRAM: The Life, Times and Political Career of Levi Woodbury

by Portsmouth Athenaeum | Sep 14, 2020 | Announcements, Events

ONLINE LOCAL HISTORY TALK The Life, Times and Political Career of Levi Woodbury with John P. McGee Tuesday September 22 7 – 8:30 PM Note: This program was previously scheduled for September 16 as part of the Portsmouth Athenaeum’s “2020 Program...

Book Review: Why Fish Don’t Exist

by Portsmouth Athenaeum | Sep 2, 2020 | Announcements, Library

Review by Librarian Robin Silva A book rarely surprises me, but this one did, delightfully. Why Fish Don’t exist: A Story of Loss, Love, and the Hidden Order of Life by Lulu Miller is not quite a biography, author memoir, science book, or self-help book, but a little...

August New Books

by Portsmouth Athenaeum | Aug 31, 2020 | Announcements, Library

This season, the Athenaeum added new books you could add to your late summer and fall reading lists. Proprietors and Subscribers, click on the link below to discover the new books now available in the library: August New Books 2020 Not a Proprietor or...

A new collection is bringing the receipts!

by Portsmouth Athenaeum | Aug 27, 2020 | Announcements, Manuscripts

By Archivist Susan Kindstedt Each collection at the Athenaeum holds the potential to tell many stories. One such collection arrived at the Athenaeum in 2019 during the exhibit “By the Bottle or the Barrel: 400 Years of Brewing in Portsmouth.” The gift of a...

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1	2	3	4	5	6	7 Reading Room Tour Reading Room Tour May 7, 2022 @ 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm Tour the historic first-floor Reading Room. Donations suggested. •
8	9	10	11	12 Reading Room Tour Reading Room Tour May 12, 2022 @ 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm Tour the historic first-floor Reading Room. Donations suggested. How the 20th Century reshaped the World: Part 1, 1900-1950 How the 20th Century reshaped the World: Part 1, 1900-1950 May 12, 2022 @ 5:30 pm - 6:30 pm Portsmouth Athenaeum, 9 Market Square, Portsmouth, NH 03801, USA Proprietor Fred Schubert presents a discussion on developments in science and technology and how it altered the character of life in both peace and war. This free talk will take place in the third-floor Shaw Research Library in the Athenaeum. Masks required. Seated is limited. To register, email info@portsmouthathenaeum.org or call 603-431-2538. • •	13	14
15	16	17	18 2022 Lecture Series: A Portsmouth Overview with David Maloney 2022 Lecture Series: A Portsmouth Overview with David Maloney May 18, 2022 @ 5:30 pm - 6:30 pm Portsmouth Athenaeum, 9 Market Square, Portsmouth, NH 03801, USA Our series begins on May 18thwith A Portsmouth Overview by David Maloney. Mr. Maloney is a long-time seacoast resident who has traveled extensively to historical sites around the world from the Great Wall of China to the Egyptian pyramids. His particular area of interest is Early American history, especially that of New England and its people. He has been a guide at the American Independence Museum, lectured on Portsmouth area history, published a walking guide of historic Portsmouth and operated driving tours of Portsmouth and the surrounding area. From the late 1600s, until the early1800s, Portsmouth was a thriving seaport with trade in fish, lumber and shipbuilding generating considerable wealth. Portsmouth was also the capital of the Royal Colony of New Hampshire from 1679 until the early years of the revolution. Many Portsmouth citizens participated in the revolution and made important contributions to the founding of the country. Starting in the early 1800s, the economy started to decline due to fires, trade embargos and commercial development moving upriver. By the early 1900s, Portsmouth had become a gritty industrial city with the waterfront in decay and many once-stately homes converted to low-cost rental housing and candidates for demolition. This threat of destruction of the city’s neighborhoods and historical identity motivated residents to create rehabilitation projects that have made Portsmouth a cultural and artistic center as well as a popular destination for visitors from around the world. The program begins at 5:30 p.m. in the Shaw Research Library. Space is limited, and reservations are required by calling (603) 431-2538. If unable to keep a reservation, please call again to release the seat for someone else. Reserved seats are honored until five minutes before a program begins. The public is welcome to attend the series by becoming a Friend of the Athenaeum for $25 or may attend a single program for $10. •	19	20	21 Reading Room Tour Reading Room Tour May 21, 2022 @ 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm Tour the historic first-floor Reading Room. Donations suggested. •
22	23 How We Can Build the Athenaeum of the Future How We Can Build the Athenaeum of the Future May 23, 2022 @ 5:00 pm - 6:00 pm Join Executive Director and Keeper Tom Hardiman for the discussion “How We Can Build the Athenaeum of the Future,” which will be available in two sessions, Monday, May 23rd or Thursday, May 26th at 5 p.m. in the John R. Shaw Research Library and via Zoom. Tom will give an informal overview of the many unexpected challenges that the Athenaeum has faced in recent years and how we are addressing those challenges. He will also show options and opportunities for us to build on our mission and envision an Athenaeum that will enhance our service to our members and the wider community for generations to come. To participate, bring your questions and your best ideas for progress and come to the library on either day or request a Zoom link by emailing info@portsmouthathenaeum.org. This is certain to be just one of a series of discussions about what the Athenaeum might look like in 5, 15, or 25 years. With limited in-person seating, please call 603-431-2538 to reserve your spot. •	24	25	26 Reading Room Tour Reading Room Tour May 26, 2022 @ 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm Tour the historic first-floor Reading Room. Donations suggested. How We Can Build the Athenaeum of the Future How We Can Build the Athenaeum of the Future May 26, 2022 @ 5:00 pm - 6:00 pm Join Executive Director and Keeper Tom Hardiman for the discussion “How We Can Build the Athenaeum of the Future,” which will be available in two sessions, Monday, May 23rd or Thursday, May 26th at 5 p.m. in the John R. Shaw Research Library and via Zoom. Tom will give an informal overview of the many unexpected challenges that the Athenaeum has faced in recent years and how we are addressing those challenges. He will also show options and opportunities for us to build on our mission and envision an Athenaeum that will enhance our service to our members and the wider community for generations to come. To participate, bring your questions and your best ideas for progress and come to the library on either day or request a Zoom link by emailing info@portsmouthathenaeum.org. This is certain to be just one of a series of discussions about what the Athenaeum might look like in 5, 15, or 25 years. With limited in-person seating, please call 603-431-2538 to reserve your spot. • •	27	28
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Latest “New Books” List in the Library

Zoom Author Talk with Journalist Lou Salome

The Guiduccis and the Deer Street Market

Proprietors We Lost in 2019

Portsmouth’s changing vistas

ZOOM PROGRAM: The Life, Times and Political Career of Levi Woodbury

Book Review: Why Fish Don’t Exist

August New Books

A new collection is bringing the receipts!

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May 2022

Proprietor Fred Schubert presents a discussion on developments in science and technology and how it altered the character of life in both peace and war. This free talk will take place in the third-floor Shaw Research Library in the Athenaeum. Masks required.

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