The Ives Main Library will open at noon and close at 8 pm on Monday, January 27, 2025. All other locations will maintain their regular hours.

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Celebrate Black Arts and Culture this February!

This February, the New Haven Free Public Library is proud to celebrate Black History Month with the theme Arts and Culture. Join us as we honor the achievements, creativity, and ongoing impact of Black artists on the humanities through history and today. We’re hosting events for all ages across our five locations, including engaging book … 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