Seymour Library History Discovery Center

01/18/2019

Join us tomorrow for the January History Book Club discussion of Jon Meacham’s The Soul of America: The Battle for Our Better Angels.

We will meet in the History Discovery Center at 11:30am. You do not have to have read the book but please limit discussion to its topic and themes. New members are always welcome.

11/28/2018

06/16/2018

A friend’s recent question regarding the history of organized baseball in Auburn lead to this discovery today. John Farrell was a key player in the early years of professional baseball in our city and his obituary from 1945 outlines many of his contributions, including his enshrinement in Cooperstown, to Auburn’s proud history with our national pastime.

08/19/2017

Check out the upcoming titles for our History Book Club.
September 16: Thunder At The Gates by Douglas Egerton
October 21: The Witches by Stacy Schiff
November 21: Valiant Ambition by Nathaniel Philbrick

Our group meets every 3rd Saturday in the History Discovery Center at 11:30am. Please come having read the book and prepared to discuss. New members always welcome

02/04/2017

For decades, there have been few photographic images of Harriet Tubman depicting how the abolitionist and Civil War spy looked in her lifetime.

01/20/2017

Join us tomorrow at 11:00am in the History Discovery Center for our monthly History Book Club. Tomorrow we will be discussing Tony Horowitz's Confederates in the Attic: Unfinished Dispatched from the Civil War. New members are always welcome. Please be sure to have read the book before attended.

01/07/2017

Auburn Advertiser Journal, Monday, April 6, 1931.

01/05/2017

12/06/2016

From our History Discovery Center, the library's guest book from 1876. Plus a card for recommending membership to the original library.

11/17/2016

Thanksgiving is only a week away! Share family stories after the feast by borrowing these conversation starters from the library's History Discovery Center: the Life Stories board game or Table Topics Family Gathering card game.

10/17/2016

Did you know that the library has a subscription to Ancestry.com? It can be accessed from any library computer or from your own device while you are in the library. Take advantage of this great resource as we continue to celebrate Family History Month.

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