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A Salute to Doris Moore

by Portsmouth Athenaeum | Mar 12, 2021 | Announcements, Library, Photographs

By Research Librarian Katy Sternberger Evidently, Doris Moore was known for asking questions in history class. Her “talent” was recognized in the ninth grade “class will” published in the Portsmouth Herald when she graduated from Portsmouth Junior High School...

Latest New Books in the Library

by Portsmouth Athenaeum | Jan 28, 2021 | Announcements, Library

New Year. New Books. Here is the list of the new books added to the library last month. Proprietors and Subscribers, click on the link below to discover the new books now available in the library: December New Books 2020 Not a Proprietor or a...

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...

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...

Tales from the Stacks: A Swift Deaccession

by Portsmouth Athenaeum | Jun 25, 2020 | Announcements, Library, Manuscripts

In the midst of re-numbering the entire library catalog, Librarian Robin Silva has uncovered some interesting history. In October 1907, a book had been discovered in the Athenaeum’s stock room, left there anonymously. Published in 1905, the book was The...