Due to Ives Main Library upgrades, microfilm services is temporarily unavailable, and the Information Desk, fax, printing, and newspapers are temporarily relocated to Ives Squared. Passport Offices are available on the Lower Level. / Debido a las mejoras en la Biblioteca Principal Ives, los servicios de microfilm no están disponibles temporalmente, y el mostrador de información, el fax, la impresión y los periódicos se han reubicado temporalmente en Ives Squared. Las oficinas de pasaportes están disponibles en el nivel inferior.

Category: Lifelong Learning

It’s News Literacy Week! Celebrate with a New Resource from NHFPL

At the New Haven Free Public Library (NHFPL), we believe that informed communities are strong communities. That’s why we’re excited to celebrate National News Literacy Week by introducing our brand-new Information Literacy page! In today’s fast-paced digital world, misinformation spreads quickly. It can be challenging to tell the difference between reliable news, misleading content, and … Continued

The New Haven Heroes at Pearl Harbor

Many New Haveners served at Pearl Harbor on the day of the attack. Perhaps the most widely known was the New Haven Naval Reserve Unit, which had been called to duty in May that year and assigned to the USS Solace, a hospital ship.

City Directories at NHFPL

By: Allison Botelho, Local History Librarian City directories hold a trove of information on New Haven, its households, organizations, and businesses. Issued yearly, most of ours were published by the Price & Lee Company.  Similar to phone books (if you remember those), they are a yearly snapshot showing every entity that had an address, making … Continued