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
John, Calvin, Calvin Coolidge, Jr. with flag
John, Calvin, Calvin Coolidge, Jr. holding an American flag.
They are standing in front of their home, 21 Massasoit Street, Northampton, Massachusetts on July 27, 1920. They were posing between events on Notification Day, the hometown events for Governor Coolidge to be notified of and accept the nomination for Vice-President.
They are standing in front of their home, 21 Massasoit Street, Northampton, Massachusetts on July 27, 1920. They were posing between events on Notification Day, the hometown events for Governor Coolidge to be notified of and accept the nomination for Vice-President.
Featured Collection
Fine Arts
The Forbes Library holds a substantial collection of paintings,
engravings, photographs, and other works by local, regional and
nationally-known artists of the 18th to the 21st centuries.
Featured Exhibit
150 Years of Northampton Photography
150 Years of Northampton Photography documents the evolution of the photographic process, a place and a people.