We have a new site for our special collections! For the most complete and up-to-date catalog of our materials, please visit https://archives.forbeslibrary.org/.
The Hampshire Room for Special Collections contains thousands of images documenting local history, including images of farms, factories, shops, schools, and local residents both well known and anonymous. The Northampton image collection comprises prints, glass and film negatives, lantern slides, etchings and stereographs. Other collections include the Elbridge Kingsley, Robert Emrick and Walter Corbin Collections, and the Daily Hampshire Gazette negatives from 1954-2004.
These Images From the Archives allow you to search a portion of the library's special collections which have been digitized. If you have any questions about this collection, please contact us.
Featured Item
"I'll race you up that hill"
Original illustration for children's book Little Elliot Fall
Friends by Mike Curato.
A young elephant (Little Elliot) and his friend Mouse run up a path in a landscape of gently rolling hills. A school bus follows in the distance.
Purchased by Trustees with BIPOC Art funding, 2022
A young elephant (Little Elliot) and his friend Mouse run up a path in a landscape of gently rolling hills. A school bus follows in the distance.
Purchased by Trustees with BIPOC Art funding, 2022
Featured Collection
Midnight to Midnight: Northampton's self-portrait in 48 hours
Historic Northampton, in collaboration with the Northampton Camera
Club and Forbes Library, invited the people of Northampton to
photograph the city—its people, places and events—for two days in
2014: Friday, May 2nd and Saturday, May 3rd.
Featured Exhibit
150 Years of Northampton Photography
150 Years of Northampton Photography documents the evolution of the photographic process, a place and a people.