Get a Boston Public Library eCard |
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An eCard is a Boston Public Library card that you can sign up for online, and which provides access to all online resources, including OverDrive, Libby, Kanopy, and Hoopla. eCards are available to anyone who lives, resides part-time to attend school, owns property, or works in Massachusetts. And they're free!
To register for a BPL eCard, CLICK HERE.
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Donate your Jewels and Finery to Sturgis Library |
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In honor of Black History Month, the librarians at Sturgis Library have compiled year-long reading guides that celebrate Black voices and honor the Black experience every month of the year.
Lists for adults and children will be available beginning February 1st.
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Food and Supplies Drive at Sturgis Library
The Entire Month of February
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Sturgis Library will be taking donations to benefit The Cape and Islands Veterans Outreach Center and The Family Pantry of Cape Cod.
The Cape and Islands Veterans Outreach Center is a committed service provider, responsive to the evolving needs of all veterans and their families living on Cape Cod and the Islands today.
The Family Pantry of Cape Cod is a non-profit, non-denominational activity dedicated to serving the needs of the less fortunate of Cape Cod.
If you're able, please bring nonperishable food products and/or unopened self-care products to Sturgis Library anytime during the month of February.
Self-Care Item Suggestions:
Deodorant
Shampoo
Soap
Body Lotion
Toothpaste
Tissues
Nonperishable Item Suggestions:
Baked Beans
Franks Hot Sauce
Canned Fruits
Canned Soups
Cereal
Rice
Peanut Butter
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Calling all Artists and Collectors! |
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Sturgis Library hosts exhibits and displays by individuals and organizations that highlight artwork, photography, crafts, collections, or that provide information to the public.
Are you an artist or a collector? If so, we encourage you to reserve one of our display areas and share your collection with our patrons!
To reserve exhibit space or for additional information, please contact our Christy at cmunier@clamsnet.org
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Stories from the Archives |
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This month we begin a new feature in our enewsletter to highlight the interesting collections in the Sturgis Library Archives.
Sturgis Library’s archival collections are housed in a climate-controlled room, and are specially cataloged and stored in archival boxes. The 180+ collections include extremely rare and one-of-a-kind documents including over 2,000 early deeds from Cape Cod towns beginning in the 1620s , ship's logs, whaling journals, manuscripts, family histories, diaries, letters and correspondence, cemetery records, photographs, historical documents, maps and charts, as well as the collection of personal and research papers of author, historian, and educator Henry Crocker Kittredge.
Historical materials related to the founding and development of the Sturgis Library are also kept here, as are original catalogs of the Library. To see the findings aids for our archival collections, click here.
The collections are available for in-library use or by contacting us at sturgislibrary@comcast.net. Fragile materials may have photocopying restrictions. For further information, please contact the Library directly at (508) 362-6636.
The Prince Family Letters, 1715-1751 (MS. 171)
This collection consists of 3 early letters written by members of the Prince family – John, Thomas, and Sarah.
John Prince (1692-1717) and Rev. Thomas Prince (1687-1758), both born in Sandwich, were sons of Samuel Prince (1649-1728) and Mary Hinckley (1662-1736), and grandsons of Governor Thomas Hinckley (1618-1706) and his wife Mary Smith (1630-1703) of Barnstable.
John appears to have been a mariner, and asks in this letter to be kept from “delusion and debauched company…debauchery especially in the talk, that being very common among sailors.” He was lost at sea in 1717, two years after the letter was written.
Thomas was a noted clergyman, scholar, and author. He was minister at the Old South Church in Boston for 50 years. The letter in this collection is dated 1756, two years before his death.
Sarah was the daughter of Rev. Thomas Prince, and was an American Christian prayer group leader and writer. She married Moses Gill (1734-1800) in 1759, and she died in 1771. Gill went on to become the fourth Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts, from 1794-1800, and Acting Governor from June 7th , 1799 to May 20th , 1800, the day he died.
CONTENTS:
- Information and articles on John, Thomas, and Sara Prince, and Moses Gill.
- 1715 letter from John Prince to his wife Elizabeth.
- 1750 letter from Sarah Prince to Mrs. Laziell (?), possibly a cousin
- 1751 letter from (Rev.) Thomas Prince to cousin Elizabeth Ellis.
Click on the image above to see a larger version of the letter from Sarah to Mrs. Laziell.
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Join the Sturgis Library Cookbook Club |
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The Sturgis Library Cookbook Club has been meeting virtually for just about a year now, and it's a great way to connect with fellow cooks and food lovers to discuss cookbooks, ingredients, techniques, tools, and more.
The Club meets the second Tuesday of each month at 4:30 PM via ZOOM and runs for an hour or so. The group chooses a monthly cookbook or cookbook author, and participants can make as many recipes as they like from the monthly selection. In addition to sharing our favorite recipes at the meeting, we submit our successes and failures to the Cookbook Club blog, along with photos.
The next meeting is Tuesday, February 8th, 2022 at 4:30 PM. The featured cookbook is Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat by Samin Nosrat. Copies of the cookbook are available at the Circulation Desk at the Library.
To join the Club, email Lucy at sturgislibrary@comcast.net.
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Golden Shovel Poetry Workshop |
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Thursday, February 24, 2022 at 6:00pm
via Zoom
Join us via Zoom as we celebrate the poetry of Gwendolyn Brooks by using her work to create our own original poems.
Beginners-advanced welcome!
Registration is required. Please email Gabrielle at sturgisreference@comcast.net to register.
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The Pirate Next Door: The Untold Story of Eighteenth Century Pirates' Wives, Families, and Communities |
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Tuesday, February 15. 2022
at 6:00pm
Join author, historian, and journalist Daphne Palmer Geanacopoulos as she corrects long-held beliefs about pirate life and brings to light the strong women behind this men in her captivating book, The Pirate Next Door: The Untold Story of Eighteenth Century Pirates’ Wives, Families, and Communities.
This is an in-person program.
Registration is required. Please email Christy at cmunier@clamsnet.org to register.
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History and Society Book Group |
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The Third Thursday of Every Month at 2:00pm
Join Sturgis Library for a new book group that will look at history, politics, and society on the third Thursday of every month at 2:00pm.
The first meeting will be held on February 17 at 2 PM to discuss:
Lies My Teacher Told Me by James W. Loewen
Books are available for check out at the library.
Registration is not required.
Questions? Email mariaconsoli@comcast.net
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What's Happening at This Time: a Discussion Group |
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Every Friday at 2:00pm
Discuss current events in conjunction with a current book!
Each week, an agenda will be sent out via email to participants.
All are welcome to present anything current or relative to the current reading.
To sign up, please contact Barbara at 508-398-6662
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Tuesday, February 22, 2022 at 1:30pm
Come celebrate Edward Gorey's birthday at Sturgis Library!
We will read some of his work and have a mini-art session where we'll learn about and try to emulate Gorey's signature pen and ink style! Materials will be provided by the library.
One of Edward Gorey's creations, The Doubtful Guest, will be making an in-person appearance!
Intended for kiddos ages 8 and above
Registration is required. Please email Christy at cmunier@clamsnet.org
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Gorey Posters and Ephemera on Display |
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Sturgis Library's collection of posters, ephemera, and other items related to Edward Gorey will be on exhibit in the Simpkins Room during the month of February.
The collection features 15 framed posters advertising exhibits, concerts, fundraising events, anniversaries, and more. Included in the collection of ephemera are auction-related publications, calendars, brochures, postcards, and other items illustrated by Gorey.
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Collecting is habit forming!
Library Director Lucy Loomis will be displaying her collection of vintage boxes and tins during the month of February in the lobby display case.
Vintage boxes come in all shapes and sizes, many including advertising on the front or interesting graphics. Some are cardboard, some wooden, some tin. There are boxes of chalk, crayons, straight pins, valentines, office supplies, and even a box of bones!
The boxes will be on display during regular library hours.
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A Lego-Filled Afternoon at Sturgis Library |
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Wednesday, February 23, 2022
12:00pm- 1:30pm
Calling all Master Builders!
Come on down to Sturgis Library during February Break for an afternoon of creating! Use the library's massive Lego collection to build anything you'd like and maybe make a friend or two while you're at it!
Registration is not required.
Questions? Contact Christy at cmunier@clamsnet.org
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Kiddos of all ages are encouraged to write a book review!
Book reviews can be brought to the circulation desk during library hours and one of the librarians will give you a special bookmark and a pack of Smarties for being such a smarty.
A new bookmark will be featured each month-- write multiple reviews and collect them all!
All book reviews will be kept in the Book Review Binder for our patrons to view.
Questions? Email Christy at cmunier@clamsnet.org
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The Sprightly Bright Book Club |
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Held in-person on the last Tuesday of every month at 4:30pm
Are you between the ages of 8ish to 12ish years old? Do you like (or love!) to read? If you answered yes to these questions, then The Sprightly Bright Book Club is the place for you!
Let's choose, read, and discuss books together.
The discussion will take place in-person on the last Tuesday of every month at 4:30pm.
Registration is required!
For more information and to register, please email Christy at cmunier@clamsnet.org
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Wednesdays at 10:30 am
It has been scientifically proven that spending time outside is beneficial for kiddos and adults! The outdoors should be enjoyed during EVERY season!
If the weather is dry and the temperature is above 40 degrees, we'll bundle up and bring the merriment outside! If the weather is soggy and/or the temperature drops below forty, Storytime will be held inside where masks are required.
Registration is NOT required.
Questions? Email Christy at cmunier@clamsnet.org
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Young Artists Featured in Barnstable Village |
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Sturgis Library asks young artists of all ages to submit their artwork to be displayed in the Barnstable Village Association's display case located in the center of Barnstable Village!
Each artist will be featured for one week.
Artists can contact Christy at cmunier@clamsnet.org to coordinate a week to display their artwork.
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Sturgis Library
3090 Main Street P.O. Box 606
Barnstable, MA 02630
www.sturgislibrary.org
sturgislibrary@comcast.net
508-362-6636
Our hours are:
Monday 10-5
Tuesday 10-8
Wednesday 10-5
Thursday 10-5
Friday 10-5
Saturday 10-4
Sundays and holidays CLOSED
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