Catalog
Find out what items we own or where else to get them. Put reserves on books,
renew the ones you have out or change your password and account info.
Museum Passes
Check before you go to see if you can save some dough
Calendar
Find out what events and meetings are going on at the Library
Links
A collection of links to information and fun. Including a bunch of kids links.
Teachers
A message to teachers on how we can serve you and your students better.
Rules
Rules and regulations for borrowers
History
A brief history of the Millicent Library.
People
A list of staff, volunteers, and Trustees.
Friends
A little about the Friends of the Millicent Library and an application for
membership.
Archives
Our local history collection & how you can set up an appointment.
Town of Fairhaven
A little about the town with some links to explore.
Manjiro
This link takes you to the Whitfield-Manjiro Friendship Society.
Henry Rogers
Information on our benefactor and Standard Oil magnate.
Mark Twain
Page dealing with Rogers' good friend.
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Friends of the Library Photo Contest
The Friends of the Millicent Library are sponsoring a photo contest for the Bicentennial called "Fairhaven Then/Fairhaven Now."
Here is the link to the contest and information
Freegal is a music download service offered to Millicent Library Cardholders for free! Using your library card number, you can download three songs a week to your computer, and then add them to your personal music player.
Here is the link to Freegal
Thursday Morning Book Discussion Group:
10:00 am, Library Auditorium, Walnut Street Entrance, Call 992-5342 for info
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April 19, 2012--
Secret Life of the Grown-up Brain/Barbara Strauch
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May 20, 2012--Theater Trip/Your Theater, New Bedford/Moon Over Buffalo (see calendar for details)
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May 24, 2012 -- Discussion of Moon Over Buffalo and picking of new books for the Fall/Winter session
Fairhaven Book Lovers Discussion Group
1:00 pm, Library Auditorium, Walnut Street Entrance, Call 992-5342 for info
all are welcome
- April 19, 2012--Sing You Home by Jodi Picoult --PLEASE NOTE: THE PROGRAM FOR TODAY WILL MOVE UPSTAIRS TO THE ROGERS ROOM
- May 24, 2012--State of Wonder by Ann Patchett
- June 21 -- Language of Flowers by Vanessa Diffenbaugh
- No meeting July and August
- September 20 -- Daughters of War by Hilary Green
What to Say
Whaling City Toastmasters
Meeting Time: 12:00 p.m., 1st & 3rd Wed (check calendar for specifics)
Open to all, use Walnut Street entrance
Boston Public Library remote access
Sign up for a Boston Public Library ecard
--it's easy and you can access databases and downloads. You have to be a
resident, employee, or property owner in Massachusetts and be at least 13
years old. This is fantastic, so check it out!
Coe Hall at Planting Fields
was
the home of H.H. Rogers' daughter, Mai. Mai (nee Mary) was married to
William Robertson Coe.
Read the story in Newsday.com
about the Fairhaven Copper Beech that was moved by HH Rogers' daughter to Long
Island.
The Millicent Rogers Museum
in
Taos, New Mexico, founded by Rogers granddaughter, Millicent (not our
Millicent!). (Mary) Millicent Rogers was the daughter of Henry Huddleston
Rogers, our founder's only son.
Anglesey Abbey,
home of Lord and Lady Fairhaven.
Lady Fairhaven
was Cara Rogers (our Millicent's sister) who married Urban Broughton. It is
just outside Cambridge, England.
The American Museum in Bath.
This museum in Britain was co-founded by Dallas Pratt. His mother's mother
was Anne Engle Rogers, another sister of our Millicent, who was married to
William Evarts Benjamin.
Fairhaven Alumni Association
Fairhaven Improvement Association 2012 Homecoming Fair applications
North Fairhaven Improvement Association
Fairhaven Heritage Center
Fairhaven Police Department
Official Town of Fairhaven web page
Fairhaven Office of Tourism page
Fairhaven Fort Phoenix Page
Fairhaven Recreation Center
Fairhaven Fire Department
Fairhaven Public Schools
EVPs recorded at the Library by East Coast Paranormal Research Team
Do you think the Library is haunted????
Maybe it's haunted, and maybe not!
What do you think?
Maybe not!
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