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by Portsmouth Athenaeum | Jun 8, 2020 | Announcements

A plea for wisdom These are stormy days. Many of us mourn for friends and family lost to the Covid-19 pandemic. We mourn the cruel and senseless death of George Floyd. We also grieve for the deepening divides and ever-coarsening discourse in our society. We hope that...

Book Review–In Pursuit of History: A Lifetime Collecting Colonial American Art and Artifacts

by Portsmouth Athenaeum | May 28, 2020 | Announcements, Library

Review by Proprietor Gerald W. R. Ward For more than fifty years, the Dietrich American Foundation of Pennsylvania has played an important role in the world of early American art and material culture. Established in 1963 by H. Richard Dietrich Jr., the collection now...

The Perfume of Human Wisdom

by Portsmouth Athenaeum | May 21, 2020 | Announcements

By Proprietor Sherry Wood I miss (and worry about) my 7-month-old granddaughter Eleanor, who lives in Brooklyn with her RN mom and IT guru dad. But I also miss libraries, which closed in March when Gov. Chris Sununu’s stay-at-home order was issued. I was smitten at 6...

Book Review: Olive, Again

by Portsmouth Athenaeum | May 13, 2020 | Announcements, Library

Review by Research Librarian Carolyn Marvin Olive, Again by Elizabeth Strout features the return of her prickly character Olive Kittredge from the small town of Crosby, Maine. And we, the reader, are so grateful to Strout and so ready to revisit the many villagers she...

April New Books

by Portsmouth Athenaeum | Apr 17, 2020 | Announcements, Library

This April, while there is a back-order on some new books, we still have added some, mostly by donation, to the library. Proprietors and Subscribers, click on the link below to discover the new books now available in the library: April New Books 2020 Share...