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Plainfield Public Library                                                            February 2016
LIBRARY
PROGRAMS

Coloring Club
Wednesdays in February 3:00 to 5:00 pm, for all ages

STEAMtastic
Thursday, February 18th at 3:30 pm, for children K-5
Click here for more information.

Storytime
Monday, February 22nd at 6:30 pm, for kids of all ages

Click Here for the February Calendar

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FOOD FOR FINES

 The Library's "Food for Fines" program was a huge success, collecting more than 900 lbs of human food and over 20 lbs of pet food. Thanks Everyone!
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MEMOIR WRITING CLUB

The next meeting of the Memoir Writing Club is February 11th at
10:30 am in Room 8.
Click here for details.

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NEW SHELVES

The Library has added two new shelving units to expand our young adult collection as well as adding new science fiction, new fantasy, and new large print to the collection.

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AMAZON ASSOCIATES PROGRAM

Through this program, a small percentage of every purchase you make through an Amazon link on our site will be donated to the Library. There is no additional cost to you and it is a great benefit for us. The Library does not receive any personal or identifying information about you as a part of this process, Amazon.com's privacy policies are still in effect.

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LIBRARY HOURS


Monday – Thursday
9 am – 9 pm

Friday
9 am – 5 pm

Saturday 9 am – 5 pm


Closed Sunday


The Library
will be closed on Monday, February 15th for Presidents' Day.


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Freedom Stories
Anne Louise Davis Room
Saturday, February 6, 2016, at 1:00 pm

February is Black History Month! Join us for Freedom Stories with storyteller Tahira. She will offer a compelling look at the men and women who took extraordinary risks for freedom. Tahira also includes songs such as "John the Rabbit", which contained coded messages used by enslaved Africans to devise a plan of escape.


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Plainfield Voices: An Oral History Project

The Local History, Genealogy & Special Collections Department is currently interviewing past and current Plainfield residents for our latest oral history project, Plainfield Voices: 1967 Plainfield Uprising. This project focuses on the events that occurred during the summer of 1967 known as the Plainfield Riots.

The goal of this project is to create an audio archive of personal interviews with clear transcriptions of residents’ memories of the civic upheaval that took place in Plainfield during July 1967. We hope to collect as much first-hand information as possible about this event, and then to enhance the accessibility of the information found in the interviews to local historians, students, researchers, and the general public The audio transcriptions will increase the research capacity of the files by allowing name and subject indexing, word and phrase search capability, and provide access by the hearing impaired.

We are seeking individuals who were residents of Plainfield during the summer of 1967 and are willing to record their personal stories and memories about the events for this project.  Interviews will run from 20 to 40 minutes and can take place in the Library or in the home of the interviewee. The library does not provide financial compensation for the interviews.

Click here for more information.


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New Books Available in the Local History Room

Around the World in 1909: Harriet White Fisher and Her Locomobile by Lisa Begin-Kruysman. NJR B FISHER H

As I Remember by Lillian M. Gilbreth, an autobiography.

The Archaeology of American Cemeteries and Gravemarkers by Sherene Baugher and Richard F. Veit. NJR 393.109 BAU

A Field Guide to American Houses (Revised): The Definitive Guide to Identifying and Understanding America's Domestic Architecture by Virginia Savage McAlester. ARCH 720 MCA

Final Passages: The Intercolonial Slave Trade of British America, 1619-1807 by Gergory E. O’Malley. DIV 306.362 OMA

Los Duendes están de Recreo by Aĺda Gavilánez Silva. AUTHOR GAVILANE A

Losing My Cool: How a Father’s Love and 15,000 Books Beat Hip-Hop Culture by Thomas Chatteron Williams. NJR B WILLIAMS T

Olmstead Parks in New Jersey by Jeanne Kolva. NJR 917.49 KOL

The Raritan River: Our Landscape, Our Legacy by Judith Auer Shaw. NJR 974.944 SHA

Transculture New Jersey: Diverse Artists Shaping Culture and Communities, Volume 1 edited by Marianne Ficarra, Isabel Nazario, and Jeffrey Wechsler. DIV 709.749 TRA

Vernacular Architecture by Henry Glassie. ARCH 720 GLA

Wicked Woodbridge & Crazy Carteret: Vice in New Jersey’s Oldest Township by Gordon Bond. NJR 974.941 BON


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Recent Donations to the Local History Department

We recently received some wonderful donations:
  • Arthur Clement West scrapbook, donated by Felix and Joan Rivera. This unique scrapbook dates from 1893 to 1895, and contains ephemera from Plainfield Casino performances and plays, as well as from other venues.
  • Plainfield Fourth of July Parade Photos, donated by Teri Lambert Jones and the Lambert Family. These photos document the 1961 parade. They will be digitized and made available through our online browser.
  • Plainfield High School Football Game Programs, donated by Martin Cox. These nine full-color programs date from 1961 to 1966 and document specific games throughout the year.

The Local History Department gratefully accepts these recent donations to our collections. Most donations are made by current or former Plainfield residents and organizations. For more information about how to make a donation, please contact the Local History Department.

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Recent Donations to the Children's Department

We recently received two incredible donations:
  • Board Games and Puzzles were donated by Young Men of Resilience, a Plainfield based mentor program founded by Sarah Cherry-Cadogan, in memory of her son Spencer Cadogan. The group's mission is to seek partnership with innovative programs that best transform young men into champions. These games and puzzles will be used as giveaways and reading incentives during our programs. To learn more about the the organization, visit their website.
  • New and gently used books were donated through "Books for Kids", a statewide program by the New Jersey Library Association's Children's Services Section. Donated books were distributed during the Holiday Season, and will continue to be distributed during different programs. A special thanks to the students at The Pingry School of Basking Ridge for organizing a drive, and to the students of the Barack Obama Green Charter School for their assistance in distributing books throughout the community as part of their "Act of Kindness" Day.


The Children's Department gratefully accepts these donations. For more information about how to make a donation, please contact the Children's Department.

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