CHILDREN'S
PROGRAMS
Baby O'Clock Thursdays through
May 21st at 11 am
A fun time for babies
up to 23 months and their caregivers. We’ll learn songs, finger rhymes, and lullabies, followed by play time.
A great opportunity for caretakers and babies to socialize!
Click Here for the May Calendar
The Children's Library will be closed on May 7th and 8th for installation of the new walkway.
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ADULT LITERACY
Since 1992, The Plainfield Public Library’s Adult Literacy Program has helped over 10,000 adults improve their lives and the lives of their families. New volunteer tutors are needed to carry on this rewarding effort. For more information, email or call the Literacy Office at 908-757-1111 x122.
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COMPUTER TRAINING
The Library offers a variety of Computer Training options.
General Computer classes are currently in session with Intermediate and Advanced classes beginning on June 9th.
By-appointment-only instruction is available on Friday afternoons from 1-4:30 pm.
As part of our
Makerspace project, the next set of "Digital Design Studio (DDS)" classes will begin on May 5th and one-on-one DDS instruction is available on Monday mornings.
Registration and more information for all our Computer Training offerings are available at the Reference Desk or visit the Computer Training page on our website.
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MEMOIR WRITING CLUB
The next meeting of the Memoir Writing Club meets May 14th at
10:30 am in Room 8.
Click here for details.
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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 from May 23rd to May 25th for Memorial Day.
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We invite you to tour nine amazing gardens located in Plainfield’s historic neighborhoods. Many of these gardens have been newly landscaped in anticipation of this tour. Discover unusual plants and garden ideas that you will want to adapt to your own property.
Tickets may be purchased at the Plainfield Public Library (800 Park Avenue) or through PayPal on the library’s website.
The tour will begin at 1404 Martine Avenue in Plainfield. Prepaid tickets and same-day purchases will be available at this location only. Tour brochures will list the locations of other sites.
Click here for more information.
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Plainfield Clubs On Exhibit
The Local History Department will exhibit a selection of photographs, postcards, documents, ephemera, and realia from our special collection of local clubs and organizations.
Some of the featured clubs are the Monday Afternoon Club, Plainfield Freemasons, Boy & Girl Scouts, Elks Lodge, Sesame Club, Laurel League, Watchung Nature Club, the Shakespeare Society, and several others.
The displays will be located on the main level and in Room 8 on the lower level, and will run through June 2015.
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Staff Members Speak at NJLA Conference
Five respected staff members from Plainfield Public Library made presentations at this year's New Jersey Library Association Conference in Long Brach, NJ. From Literacy Services, Stella Segura was part of a panel discussion on ESL in Libraries:
Communicating with our Communities, and Scott Kuchinsky examined
New Jersey Public Libraries: The new front line for GED and Work Readiness Training. From Local History, Jane Thoner presented
Genealogy: First Steps, Tips, and Tricks for Newbies, and Sarah Hull contributed to a panel presentation on
Sucessful Keys to Grant Writing. Head of Public Services Tina Marie Doody moderated and contributed to a panel on
Collection Development and Maintenace of eResources: What You Should Know. All of the presentations were considered among the best of the conference.
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New Books Available in the Local History Room
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The African American Press in World World II: Toward Victory at Home and Abroad by Paul Alkebulan, 2014. DIVERSITY 070.449 ALK
Black Women of the Harlem Renaissance Era Edited by Lean’tin L. Bracks and Jessie Carney Smith, 2014. DIVERSITY 810.992 BLA
Brothas Be, Yo Like George, Ain’t that Funkin’ Kinda Hard on You? A Memoir by George Clinton with Ben Greenman, 2014. HR B CLINTON G
Catch Route 22! A Pictorial History of U. S. Route 22 and the William Penn Highway by Robert A. Musson, M.D., 2015. NJR 333.77 MUS
Gateway to Freedom: The Hidden History of the Underground Railroad by Eric Foner, 2015. DIVERSITY 973.711 FON
The Influence of the Proprietors in Founding the State of New Jersey by Austen Scott, Ph. D., 1885. NJR 974.9 SCO
Just Let Your Heart Flow: Secrets to Living a Successful Life and Keeping it Real by Sifu Edward Jockey Anderson, 2014. LOCAL AUTHOR ANDERSON E
New York Family History Guide and Gazetteer by the New York Genealogical and Biographical Society, 2014. GENEALOGY 929.107 NEW
Record of Works by Winslow Homer, Volume V, 1890 through 1910 by Lloyd Goodrich, edited and expanded by Abilgail Booth Gerdts, 2014. ARCH 759.13 HOM V.5
The books are available for research in room 8 on the lower level.
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Recent Donations to the Local History Department
We recently received some wonderful donations and extend our thanks to the generous donors. Some highlights:
- A large collection of historical photographs, vintage postcards, ephemera, and other artifacts - many of which were used in his book,
Plainfield (co-authored with Dorothy Pollard), donated by author John A. Grady. We hope to present some of the postcards in a display this summer.
- Vintage postcard collection from the early 1900s, donated by Laura Stevens.
- "The Plainfields Jingle" 45 rpm record, donated by Scott Lawson.
- Slides from Plainfield's Spade & Trowel Club, donated by Cathy Clark.
The Local History Department gratefully accepts these recent donations into 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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