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THE
MILLICENT LIBRARY

  45 Center Street
 P.O. Box 30
 Fairhaven, Massachusetts 02719 U.S.A.

 508-992-5342 phone
 508-993-7288 fax

Email us at clongworth@sailsinc.org

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Monday and Wednesday 9 a.m. to 8 p.m.
Tuesday. Thursday, Friday 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Saturday 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Closed Sundays and Holidays
Archives and Historical Research by appointment


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.

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 Music Downloads

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


What to Read

Thursday Morning Book Discussion Group:
10:00 am, Library Auditorium, Walnut Street Entrance, Call 992-5342 for info

  • April 19, 2012-- Secret Life of the Grown-up Brain/Barbara Strauch
  • May 20, 2012--Theater Trip/Your Theater, New Bedford/Moon Over Buffalo (see calendar for details)
  • 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


Databases, etc.

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!


Miscellany



The Library's Relatives

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


Ghosts

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!


We really welcome comments on the site and suggestions as to what you would like to see. For example do you want more links? Or more pictures of Fairhaven? More old photos and historical articles? Please let us know. Thanks!

The fine print
These pages and their contents are the property of the Millicent Library
The lines, bullets, backgrounds, etc. are mostly taken from photos in and around the library. 
Created by Carolyn Longworth, Library Director
This page started in Nov. 1995