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Entries Tagged as 'Local History'
Contra Dancing in New Hampshire Then and Now
May 10th, 2013 · No Comments · 100th Anniversary, City Library, Events, Local History, Main Branch
Tags: Contra Dancing·dancing·Dudley Laufman·manchester·Manchester City Library·new hampshire·Nh Humanities Council
Remember the U.S.S. Manchester?
April 25th, 2013 · No Comments · City Library, Local History
On Thursday, April 11, 2013 Senator Jeanne Shaheen, D-NH announced that a new littoral combat ship (LCS) would be named after the city of Manchester.
Tags: LCS·littoral combat ship·manchester·Manchester City Library·N.H.·Navy·new hampshire·Senator Jeanne Shaheen·U.S.S. Manchester
Birthday Celebration Series with the Manchester Historic Association
April 8th, 2013 · No Comments · 100th Anniversary, Children, City Library, Events, Grades K-2, Local History, Main Branch
As part of this year’s National Library Week programs we’ll be co-hosting our first lecture in a series to highlight the main library’s 100th anniversary.
Tags: Aurore Eaton·Carpenter Memorial Building·Frank P. Carpenter·historic building·Library·Local History·manchester·Manchester City Library·N.H.·new hampshire·New Hampshire Historic Association
April Showers Bring May Flowers …
March 31st, 2013 · No Comments · Ages 0-2, Ages 2-3, Ages 4-5, Ages 6-13, Books, Children, City Library, Events, Friends of the West Manchester Community Library, Government Documents, Grades 3-5, Grades 6-12, Grades K-2, Local History, Main Branch, News, NH Room, Teens, Trustees, West Branch
April Showers Bring May Flowers…but what does a may flower bring?
Tags: April Fool's Day·hoaks·jokes·manchester·Manchester City Library·N.H.·Newsletter·practical jokes·pranks·Spaghetti Tree·tricks·urban legends
It’s Maple Sugar Time!
March 19th, 2013 · No Comments · Books, Children, City Library, Local History, Main Branch, NH Room, Teens, West Branch
There is a lot of history behind the sweet, maply confection we eat today.
Tags: manchester·Manchester City Library·maple sugar·maple sugar season·maple sugaring·maple trees·sugar maples·sugar shacks·sugaring
The Carpenter Memorial Library Building Turns 100!
March 13th, 2013 · No Comments · 100th Anniversary, City Library, Events, Local History, Main Branch, News
We hope you’ll join us for the upcoming activities to mark this historic event for our library!
Tags: 100th Anniversary·Carpenter Memorial Building·Eleanora Blood Carpenter·Frank P. Carpenter·Manchester City Library·Mancheter·Mayor Frederick Smyth·N.H.·new hampshire
The Ledge: Manchester’s Famous Geologic Formation
January 7th, 2013 · No Comments · Books, City Library, Events, Local History, Main Branch, News, NH Room
Historically significant, haunting, and mysterious, the Ledge has many long kept secrets which will be revealed by Brouder and his extensive research.
Tags: amoskeag ledge·Amoskeag Manufacturing Company·Derryfield Park·Ed Brouder·granite·manchester·Manchester City Library·N.H.·new hampshire·quarry·The Ledge
Nearby History
July 15th, 2012 · No Comments · Books, City Library, Local History, Main Branch, NH Room
Looking for something to do nearby without spending a lot of money?
Tags: history·Library·manchester·Manchester City Library·N.H.·new hampshire
Read a Biography!
July 5th, 2012 · No Comments · Books, City Library, Local History, Main Branch, NH Room
Biographies can be as entertaining as a romantic novel, more intimate than a history book, and tell us about the interesting lives of real people.
Tags: biographies·Birdseye·Books·Farrah Fawcett·Julia Child·Lorette Lynn·Lyndon Johnson·Madeline Albright·manchester·Manchester City Library·Michael Douglas·N.H.·new hampshire·NH Room·reading
Summer Reading- Who is Your Favorite Author?
June 26th, 2012 · No Comments · Books, City Library, Local History, Main Branch, NH Room
Got a favorite author you enjoy reading in summer?
Tags: Appledore Hotel·Celia Thaxter·Isles of Shoals·local authors·manchester·new hampshire·NH Room·reading·Sandpiper·summer·summer reading·White Island
