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The Coolidge Library began in 1920 when Coolidge began donating various records and memorabilia to the Forbes Library. This collection was furthered in 1956 when the Commonwealth of Massachusetts established the Calvin Coolidge Memorial Room at the behest of Grace Coolidge.
Forbes Library, [90] built in 1894, is Northampton's public library. The second floor houses the Calvin Coolidge Presidential Library and Museum . Charles Ammi Cutter , an important figure in American library science, was the library's first director, and the library is one of few in the world that use the Cutter Expansive Classification system ...
The Porter–Phelps–Huntington House is located in the rural setting of Hadley, between River Drive (Massachusetts Route 47) and the Connecticut River.The main block of the house is a 2-1/2 story wood frame structure, with a gambrel roof and clapboarded exterior.
Florence is a village in the northwestern portion of the city of Northampton, Hampshire County, Massachusetts, United States. During the 19th century, Florence was a thriving manufacturing village shaped by progressive ideas on religion, abolitionism , and education.
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Anderson, Florence (1963). Carnegie Corporation Library Program 1911–1961. New York: Carnegie Corporation. OCLC 1282382. Bobinski, George S. (1969). Carnegie Libraries: Their History and Impact on American Public Library Development. Chicago: American Library Association. ISBN 0-8389-0022-4. Jones, Theodore (1997). Carnegie Libraries Across ...
Charles Edward Forbes (August 25, 1795 – February 13, 1881) [1] was a justice of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court in 1848. He was appointed by Governor George N. Briggs . Born in West Bridgewater, Massachusetts , Forbes graduated from Brown University in 1815.
Margaret Perkins Forbes (1773–1856) Margaret Perkins was the first resident of the Forbes House, as the residence was built for her. She was the youngest sister of 3 brothers from one of the most important and wealthiest families in Boston. Capt. Robert Bennet Forbes (1804–1889) and John Murray Forbes (1813–1898)