Nesmith Library

Windham, New Hampshire


150 Years of Nesmith Library

Thank you for celebrating 150 Years of Service in the Windham community with us all year long! Skip to press coverage of our 150th year, below.


Buy-A-Brick Fundraiser

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Lumpi the Bunny on our brick walkway. Photo credit: The Cerna Family

You've been asking us when we might offer the opportunity to add bricks to our walkway, and we are excited to announce that the time has come!
Order Bricks Online, FLOW logo
Fundraising is supported by the Friends of the Library of Windham and will continue through 2022, with more project updates to come.

All of our existing bricks will be lifted and relaid along with newly purchased bricks. Visit us to fill out a brick order form with your preferred engraving: up to fourteen (14) characters fit in each line of text, with the cost of your brick determined by how many lines of text you choose.
One line of text: $100 / Two lines: $125 / Three lines: $150

Buy a Brick FAQ

 Please reach out with further questions about the Buy a Brick Fundraiser: call 603-432-7154 or email director@nesmithlibrary.org
 

Sesquicentennial Seal Window Clings

Make a donation to Nesmith Library (any amount) and we will give you a window cling of our Sesquicentennial Seal! The clings can either stick inside a window or outside, and hold on to car windows really well, with no residue when it's time to remove them!

Nesmith Library Sesquicentennial Seal

 

Preserving Memories

Thank you to everyone who signed our guestbook!

Read our newsletters for articles and features from the year:

July Nesmith News print newsletter

May Nesmith News print newsletter

Save the Date: Nesmith Library Update email newsletter

(Subscribe for email updates, biweekly!)

Nesmith Library and our Sesquicentennial Celebration were also featured in The Windham Independent, The Derry News, The Eagle Tribune, and on Windham Community Television!

We are celebrating throughout 2021 with dispatches from our History Room in the form of social media posts, articles, displays, and more:

  • Throwback Thursday (3/25/2021): On May 17, 1955, Windham Town Clerk Olin J. Cochran was in a gunfight at his home, memorialized in a scrapbook in our History Room.
  • Throwback Thursday (4/29/2021): Annual Reports for the Town of Windham and Nesmith Library show a March high, May low trend in annual circulation, which it turns out is still reflected in current years! 
  • Throwback Thursday (5/27/2021): On May 24, 1939, the Squalus submarine incident and rescue was the biggest headline on the Manchester Union (a former title of the Union Leader), as memorialized in our collection of New Hampshire's Front Pages in the History Room. 
  • HAPPY BIRTHDAY (6/21/2021): Happy Birthday, Nesmith Library! On June 21, 1871, Nesmith Library formally opened in the small room in upper Town Hall.
  • Throwback Thursday (6/24/2021): The 150 year history of Nesmith Library spans three buildings in the center of Windham: Town Hall, the Armstrong Building, and our current building atop the hill of the town complex.
  • Video: Happy Sesquicentennial, Nesmith Library! (7/22/2021) A big THANK YOU to the Austin family for making this incredibly cute video about our Sesquicentennial and celebration on Saturday, September 18!

 

  • One Month Update (8/18/2021): Our planned schedule for Saturday, September 18!
    10 AM: Comments from Honored Guests, including Library Director Sylvie Brikiatis, Board of Trustees Chair Karen Moltenbrey, NH State Librarian Michael York, and NH Representative Bob Lynn
    11 AM: Windham Community Band
    11 AM-1 PM: B's Tacos food truck
    11 AM-2 PM: Self guided tour, scavenger hunt, and a children's craft

 

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