State Library of Massachusetts

Happy Pride Month, Massachusetts! 🌈Stop in to see our Pride display case and other books on display near the Library’s entrance. State employees: be sure to sign up for a library card to check out those and other books!

Happy June from the State Library! In this month's newsletter, read about our upcoming events and our new exhibits and displays, and catch up on past blogs commemorating Juneteenth and Pride Month. Read more here: https://ow.ly/Sh4N50Z7Hnu

Next Wednesday (6/10) please join us for an author talk with Salem State University professors Donna Seger and Brad Austin. In-person and virtual event. Tune into our YouTube at 12pm! Celebrate the nation's and Commonwealth's 250 by learning about one of the oldest cities in the country.
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Join us in commemorating the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence at the State Library! On July 1, 11:00-1:00, the Special Collections Department will be displaying our copy of the Declaration, along with a number of our Revolutionary period broadsides. Come see these original documents up close and in person. Visitors will also be able to check out "Raising the Alarm," our new Revolutionary broadside exhibit!

Elaborate initial capitals, like the ones shown here, elevate a book's design! In this blog post, our Government Documents Intern shares more information about them, along with some of her favorites that she's encountered in our collection: https://ow.ly/lKGM50Z5kqI

in 1917, John Fitzgerald Kennedy was born in Brookline, MA. Learn more about the 35th POTUS by searching our catalog: https://ow.ly/GhkQ50Z2nyI

Our new exhibit for the 250th is coming soon, so there's limited time left to see our Halifax exhibit! Visit through June 17 to see "From the Good People of Massachusetts" which uses the records of the Massachusetts-Halifax Relief Committee to tell the story of the 1917 Halifax Explosion, the resilience of the people of Halifax, and the goodwill of the people of Massachusetts. Read more here: https://ow.ly/uEnG50Z5fbL

Today is ! 🦦 While our library doesn’t specialize in all-things otters, we do have this Otter River State Park hiking trail guide. This 1982 guide starts out with some general information about this trail, and moves on to describe some of the plants and animals you’ll see if you were to hike there. For more information on this area, check out DCR's website: https://www.mass.gov/locations/otter-river-state-forest

Mark your calendars for our June Author Talk (6/10 @ 12pm)! Celebrate and by learning about one of the oldest cities in the country. State University professors Donna Seger and Brad Austin will be presenting on their book, Salem's Centuries: New Perspectives on the History of an Old American City.
This is a in-person and virtual event. More information in our blog: https://ow.ly/wRQA50Z3bQI

In observance of Memorial Day the State Library is closed today 5/25 🇺🇸
Image: 101st Engineers, 26th Division Marching Down Park Street. Pictorial History of the Twenty-sixth Division, United States Army. 1920.
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