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Category: Atheneum History

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2020 Nantucket Atheneum Board Chair Letter

Published on January 25, 2021

Nantucket Atheneum 2020 Board Chair Letter (PDF) January 2021 Dear Friends of the Atheneum: This is my third annual letter Continue Reading Link

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2019 Nantucket Atheneum Board Chair Letter

Published on September 30, 2020September 30, 2020

2019 Nantucket Atheneum Board Chair Letter December 2019 Dear Friends of the Nantucket Atheneum: This is my second annual letter Continue Reading Link

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Check Out the Digital Newspaper Archive

Published on February 28, 2020February 28, 2020

Curious about Nantucket history? Did you know the Nantucket Atheneum has a Historic Digital Newspaper Archive? You can search or Continue Reading Link

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Favorite Summer Reads

Published on August 21, 2019August 21, 2019

We asked our board of trustees: What is your favorite read this summer? Cathy Weinroth The House of Mirth by Continue Reading Link

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Ann Scott Named New Atheneum Executive Director

Published on August 20, 2019August 20, 2019

Ann Scott, formerly of the Basalt Regional Library in western Colorado, will become the Executive Director of the Nantucket Atheneum Continue Reading Link

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Backyard Astronomy: New Library Telescope

Published on June 3, 2019July 31, 2019

You can now use your library card to check out an Orion StarBlast telescope to use in your own backyard! Continue Reading Link

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A Degree of Freedom: The Life and Legacy of Frederick Douglass

Published on November 8, 2017January 25, 2018

By Elizabeth Kelly Atheneum Reference Librarian On August 10th 1841, an ordinary steamboat made its ritual passage across the sound Continue Reading Link

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Women in Atheneum History

Published on November 8, 2017January 17, 2018

By Caitlin Kelly Atheneum Reference Librarian Throughout its long history, Nantucket has produced no dearth of strong, influential women. The Continue Reading Link

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The Abolitionist Movement

Published on November 8, 2017January 25, 2018

The Atheneum Celebrates Nantucket’s Anti-Slavery Movement and Local Abolitionists By Caitlin Kelley, Atheneum Reference Department The Atheneum had the great Continue Reading Link

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