NRPL Blogs

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 ...

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

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...

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 ...

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...

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...

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

Samuel Johnson, the preeminent literary figure of the 18th century, once organized a collection of materials from the library of the Earl of...

A Tribute to the League of Women Voters of New Rochelle  August 18, 2020 marks the 100th anniversary of the ratification of the 19th amendme...