Posted on Friday, November 01
If you've visited our website in the last few weeks, you may have noticed that we've implemented a new catalog for our archives collection. The catalog was implemented with grant funding from the South Coast Community Foundation's Martha G. Coggeshall Fund.
So what is an archives catalog, and why is it useful for our library?
Background on…
Blog Category: Fairhaven History
Posted on Monday, August 05
Last Wednesday night, we held our second ever “Open Archives Night” featuring collections related to the history of Fairhaven’s coastline.
The goal of Open Archives Night is to give all members of our community the opportunity to interact with archives directly – to allow patrons to view, touch, and interpret records and artifacts related to…
Blog Category: Fairhaven History
Posted on Saturday, July 20
A couple of weeks ago, I received a call from Lynn Marino, an artist from Alabama who had an interesting research question for me: Could I find information on an Ethelyn Manchester, who lived at 19 Main Street in Fairhaven in 1931? About 25 or 30 years ago, Marino had purchased Manchester’s diary from an Alabama antique store, and she now…
Blog Category: Fairhaven History
Posted on Friday, July 19
The Millicent Library was one of ten libraries from across the Commonwealth to be awarded a $6,000 Preservation Assessment Grant from the Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners (MBLC).
Massachusetts libraries are home to historic and unique items that are important to a community’s history and form a part of the Commonwealth’s rich…
Blog Category: Fairhaven History
Posted on Thursday, May 09
Henry Huttleston Rogers and Mark TwainHenry Huttleston Rogers, the Standard-Oil magnate who became one of the most powerful tycoons of his day, was born in 1840. He lived during his childhood and early youth in the house at 39 Middle Street, which still stands today. A member of the first graduating class of Fairhaven High School, Rogers, after…
Blog Category: Fairhaven History
Posted on Wednesday, March 27
Our first ever Open Archives Night was held on Monday, March 25th to celebrate Women’s History Month.
The goal of Open Archives Night is to give all members of our community the opportunity to interact with archives directly – to allow patrons to view, touch, and interpret records and artifacts related to Fairhaven history. Patrons are…
Blog Category: Fairhaven History
Posted on Thursday, March 21
Recently, while processing the Rogers Family Papers, I came across a curious set of scrapbook pages related to a certain “Black Hand Society.” The pages, dating to 1907, were signed by and referenced a number of the grandchildren of Henry Huttleston Rogers, the Standard Oil magnate whose philanthropy in the Town of Fairhaven is well known.
The…
Blog Category: Fairhaven History
Posted on Wednesday, September 20
GENERAL
1. Present to owner the book and page number. May be obtained from tax bill or from Assessor’s Office.
2. Work back, reading information from the deeds.
3. If you read a deed that does not give previous book and page number, use the Grantor or Grantee’s Book, The books will be dated by years. These books contain the description of…
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