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The Time has Come
My mom used to adapt the phrase from Dr. Seuss’ Marvin K. Mooney book to inform me that it was time to do something – “The time has come, the time is now for Megan Elizabeth to go to… more →
Book notes and upcoming appearances
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wrote 2 days ago: Christine Stuart and me at last Thursday’s book event in New Haven. Stuart, who runs the onlin … more →
The Time has Come
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wrote 5 days ago: My mom used to adapt the phrase from Dr. Seuss’ Marvin K. Mooney book to inform me that it was … more →
Insuring the City at the Institute Library
wrote 6 months ago: Very excited to launch Insuring the City at the Institute Library (founded 1826) in New Haven on Mon … more →
New Haven Book Launch
wrote 6 months ago: Thrilled that the Institute Library will host the New Haven launch of Insuring the City. You are in … more →
The cultural importance of ‘Amateur Hour’
wrote 7 months ago: Author Jack Hitt explores the motivation of pursuit Jack Hitt. Photo courtesy of Random House. By St … more →
New Haven Green
wrote 7 months ago: In spirit of Halloween and the old oak tree on the Green pulling up a couple of skeletons (click HER … more →
Witchcraft in Connecticut
wrote 8 months ago: May it please yr Honble Court, we the Grand inquest now setting for the County of Fairefeild, being … more →
Portsmouth Athenaeum
wrote 8 months ago: A benefit of Institute Library membership at the Patron level is reciprocal membership at five other … more →
A Bit of History
wrote 10 months ago: Stephen Kobasa hung a new bulletin board at the library last week and tacked up a type-writer typed … more →
Playable Furniture
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wrote 10 months ago: New Haven artist, Willie Hoffman, has two pieces from his Playable Studio on “functional displ … more →
Happy Birthday, Institute Library!!
wrote 10 months ago: On this day, August 1st, in 1826, the Apprentices’ Literary Association – which eventual … more →
The Library's Globe
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wrote 10 months ago: The library’s globe is beautiful and fits its setting well – perhaps a bit too well, sin … more →
Institute Library Trivia
wrote 11 months ago: The book mailing service was approved by members in the spring of 1960 and began June 1st of that ye … more →
The Archives
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wrote 11 months ago: Mr. Beecher’s Lecture for the Institute Library newspaper excerpt 1861 “The lecture by R … more →
Institute Library Membership in the 19th Century
wrote 11 months ago: “Membership is not a simple thing. It derives, in one form or another, from the social impuls … more →
Narratives
wrote 11 months ago: A library’s collection is a narrative. Each book was acquired because someone, either a libr … more →
Amateur Hour
wrote 11 months ago: Amateur Hour is the Institute Library’s lecture/discussion series that will be monthly startin … more →
Local Histories
wrote 1 year ago: I moved to Connecticut from the Midwest about five years ago. One of the first things that struck m … more →
Airplane versus Aeroplane
wrote 1 year ago: I’ve spent the past 24 hours wondering when and why the British spelling of “aeroplane … more →
