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Pages in category "Libraries in Essex County, Massachusetts" The following 41 pages are in this category, out of 41 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
The Phillips Library of the Peabody Essex Museum (PEM) is a rare books and special collections library. It is made up of the collections of the former Peabody Museum of Salem and the Essex Institute (which merged in 1992 to form the Peabody Essex Museum). Both had libraries named for members of the Phillips family. [1] [2]
The Essex Town Hall and TOHP Burnham Library is an exuberant Shingle Style building at 30 Martin Street in Essex, Massachusetts in the United States. Containing town offices, a public library and an auditorium, it was built in 1893-1894, and its architect was Frank W. Weston, of Boston and Malden, Massachusetts .
The majority (but not all) of the libraries without a consortium link, in the following counties, belong to: Berkshire, Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire, Middlesex and Worcester - C/W MARS Member List Bristol, Norfolk and Plymouth - SAILS Library Network Member List
The library building was constructed in 1855 for John Bertram, a prominent sea captain, and his family. [2] On December 1, 1887, the Bertram family wrote a letter stating their intent to donate the Italianate style mansion to the city of Salem for use as a library, and the city accepted the offer. The library opened its doors on July 8, 1889.
Essex County is a county in the northeastern part of the U.S. state of Massachusetts. At the 2020 census , the total population was 809,829, [ 1 ] making it the third-most populous county in the state, and the seventy-eighth-most populous in the country .
Philanthropist and native son George Peabody donated $50,000 for the construction of a library for Danvers, after previously endowing the Peabody Institute in South Danvers (now Peabody). The first building was designed by Gridley J. F. Bryant and built in 1868–69; this Gothic Revival structure was destroyed by fire in 1890.
The Newark Public Library is the public library system for the city of Newark, Essex County, New Jersey, United States. The library system boasts a collection of art and literature, art and history exhibits, a variety of programs for all ages. The library is home to author Philip Roth's collections.