Though the Library Building is closed, we are getting library materials into your hands with our Curbside Service

Limit of 5 items per library card holder

Place holds online or with CWMARS App

Call the Library with your list at 413-420-8101

Email your list to library@holyoke.org

Drop your list with your returns via the book drop outside the entrance

Though the Library Building is closed, we are getting library materials into your hands with our Curbside Service

Limit of 5 items per library card holder

Place holds online or with CWMARS App

Call the Library with your list at 413-420-8101

Email your list to library@holyoke.org

Drop your list with your returns via the book drop outside the entrance

Though the Library Building is closed, we are getting library materials into your hands with our Curbside Service

Limit of 5 items per library card holder

Place holds online or with CWMARS App

Call the Library with your list at 413-420-8101

Email your list to library@holyoke.org

Drop your list with your returns via the book drop outside the entrance

Join us as Jack Keane walks us through the process of uncovering his extensive French-Canadian ancestry.  Appropriate for both newcomers and those with genealogical research experience, Jack's presentation will introduce both common and lesser-known resources, including PRDH (the Canadian database, Research Program in Historical Demography).  E-handouts will be provided to aid participants in their future research.  Free. Pre-registration required.

Pre-Register Here for the Zoom Event

For more information, see: http://www.holyokelibrary.org/historynews.asp

Though the Library Building is closed, we are getting library materials into your hands with our Curbside Service

Limit of 5 items per library card holder

Place holds online or with CWMARS App

Call the Library with your list at 413-420-8101

Email your list to library@holyoke.org

Drop your list with your returns via the book drop outside the entrance

Though the Library Building is closed, we are getting library materials into your hands with our Curbside Service

Limit of 5 items per library card holder

Place holds online or with CWMARS App

Call the Library with your list at 413-420-8101

Email your list to library@holyoke.org

Drop your list with your returns via the book drop outside the entrance

Four sons of a lumber entrepreneur from Greenfield, Massachusetts, played an outsized role in making Holyoke the nation's Paper City after the Civil War. As mill builders, financiers, manufacturers, real estate men, and inventors, the Newtons were rarely far from the action in Holyoke's economic boom. This Zoom lecture with Will Melton draws on archival sources and materials in private collections to assemble the story of the Newton Brothers and assess their impact on Holyoke and on the region.  This is the second dive into history by retired South Hadley professional Will Melton, whose first appearance at the Holyoke Public Library introduced his book about his father’s experience serving on WWII Liberty Ships. Free, but pre-registration is required. 

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