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April 2025: Library Appreciation Month

by Portsmouth Athenaeum | Apr 9, 2025 | Announcements, Library

By Research Librarian Jessica McClain The American Library Association sponsored the first National Library Week in 1958, and we continue to recognize and celebrate the role of libraries and librarians in our communities during the first full week of April each year....

New Books in March

by Portsmouth Athenaeum | Mar 23, 2025 | Announcements, Library

It’s spring! Time for your reading lists to bloom with the new books now available in the library. Proprietors and Subscribers, click on the link below to discover the new books now available in the library. March New Books Not a Proprietor or a Subscriber? Find...

March 2025: Women’s History Month

by Portsmouth Athenaeum | Mar 13, 2025 | Announcements, Library

By Research Librarian Jessica McClain In February of 1980, President Jimmy Carter issued a Presidential Proclamation declaring the week of March 8 as the first national observance of Women’s History Week with the following statement: From the first settlers who came...

February 2025: Black History Month

by Portsmouth Athenaeum | Feb 4, 2025 | Announcements, Library

By Research Librarian Jessica McClain Portsmouth’s Black history begins over 350 years ago in 1645—dating back almost as far as the area’s European history. Though many of their early stories involve enslavement and marginalization, Portsmouth’s Black residents built...

January 2025 Reads: National Hobby Month

by Portsmouth Athenaeum | Jan 8, 2025 | Announcements, Library

By Research Librarian Jessica McClain I can’t think of a better way to start off the new calendar year than learning a new hobby or revisiting an old one. This month’s list offers an assortment of books relating to a variety of recreational activities. As a reminder,...

New Books in January

by Portsmouth Athenaeum | Jan 8, 2025 | Announcements, Library

Did you have a resolution to read more? We can help. Proprietors and Subscribers, click on the link below to discover the new books now available in the library. January New Books Not a Proprietor or a Subscriber? Find out how you can become a member and support the...