Peterborough Public Library (2 Concord St./Peterborough, NH) was the first public library in America to be fully funded and supported by local taxpayers. D.D. Bean & Sons. Co. in Jaffrey, NH, is the ...

Some are endowed with better backstories. To wit: the Norfolk County town of Franklin is home to America's first public library. And who donated the original set of dozens of books that gave the ...

Hiroya shares his gifts again on Saturday, April 12 at 7:30 p.m.,on the second floor of the Franklin Public Library. Parking and elevator access are behind the building.

According to the website of the Franklin Public Library, Franklin instead decided to donate a collection of books. After some controversy over who should have access to Franklin's books ...

THE FRANKLIN MASS PUBLIC LIBRARY, ENDOWED ORIGINALLY WITH BOOKS DONATED BY BENJAMIN FRANKLIN HIMSELF, IS AMERICA’S OLDEST PUBLIC LIBRARY AND A GOOD PLACE TO BE REMINDED THAT THAT THERE IS ...

Chrissy Robertson’s design for a mural on the book barn at the Franklin branch of the Johnson County Public Library. The mural is part of the Color the County program through the Johnson County ...

Vicki Earls, Head of Reference, Franklin Public Library: People always want to see the books. And they want to touch them and they want to know if I have ever touched them. It's almost like a ...

FRANKLIN — As the first of its kind in the United States, the Franklin Public Library wasn't initially funded through local or state taxes; rather, for much of its existence, a nonprofit ...