Thursday, June 9, 2022

A Skeleton Key to Reading

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The first general catalogue of the New Rochelle Public Library was published in 1897; in it there were but four books listed on the subject ...
Wednesday, February 2, 2022

Mystery of the London Bankruptcy

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This is a guest post by Oliver Hughes, archival volunteer, reporting on the completion of an exciting project in the New Rochelle Public Lib...
Thursday, August 26, 2021

The Land of Enchantment: Exploring the Norman Rockwell Museum

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Did you know the Library owns an original Norman Rockwell painting? This treasured piece of art is now on view in the Norman Rockwell Museum...
Thursday, April 22, 2021

Environmental Activism in New Rochelle: Citizens for a Better Environment

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The first Earth Day on April 22, 1970 ushered in an era of popular concern for our living environment unlike any other event. It arrived in ...
Wednesday, March 31, 2021

A Good Laugh Is the Best Pesticide

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Newspaper pranks on April Fools’ Day are as numerous as strands of pasta on a spaghetti tree, almost as old as journalism itself. A bit of r...
Sunday, February 28, 2021

Do You Rhumba?

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Castle Society Dance Folio Do you rhumba? Groucho Marx famously asked this question in the zany movie A Night at the Opera . Groucho took s...
Monday, February 1, 2021

Two African American Philanthropists of New Rochelle

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The United Negro College Fund (UNCF) stands as one of the most successful philanthropies in American history. Its incisive slogan – a mind i...