Brattleboro’s Printing and Publishing Heyday 1900-1970 Exhibit Opens at Brooks Memorial Library Wednesday May 9 at 7pm
Brattleboro’s publishing and printing companies have been recognized internationally for the high quality of their work. In the 1950s and 60s, about 10% of the town’s population was employed in that industry, the highest per capita rate in the nation. A...
Rare 19th century Water-Cure Newspaper Donated to Brooks Memorial Library
Brattleboro, VT (10 April 2018)--A rare copy of the Brattleboro Hydropathic Messenger was recently donated to the Brooks Memorial Library in Brattleboro, Vermont, by former library director Jerry Carbone, member of the leadership team of the Brattleboro Words Project,...
Rare 19th century Water-Cure Newspaper Donated to Brooks Memorial Library
Brattleboro, VT (9 April 2018)--A rare copy of the Brattleboro Hydropathic Messenger was recently donated to the Brooks Memorial Library in Brattleboro, Vermont, by former library director Jerry Carbone, who is part of the leadership team of the Brattleboro Words...
Brattleboro Historical Society Podcast Episode
The Roundtable Discussion Series: Printing & Publishing
January 24th: The first in our Roundtable Discussion Series: Words and Water Cures
Words is hosting the first monthly roundtable discussion on the greatness in our midst with Reg Martell & Lissa Weinmann lead a presentation and discussion on the popular water cures of the mid- to late-1800s and their connection to our literary...
Did you know first edition Harry Potter books were printed in Brattleboro?
Video: Conmen, Scoundrels, Rogues: How to Research Colorful Characters, with Rolf Parker
Words Project Roundtable: The Abenaki and Early European Contact
Thursday, March 8 6 PM - 7 PM Join us at 118 Elliot Street for a slideshow/discussion on the Abenaki and their early contact with Europeans. This is part of the monthly Brattleboro Words Project Roundtable Series. Rich Holschuh and Joe Rivers will lead the discussion...