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05/13/2026

See the new Top Choices at the Putnam County Public Library at:

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This week's 20 new Top Choices include "The Calamity Club", "Solo Mio", and "Our Perfect Storm".

Evergreen and Libby are currently unavailable due to technical difficulties.
05/12/2026

Evergreen and Libby are currently unavailable due to technical difficulties.

72 years ago this week, production began at the IBM Plant #5 in Greencastle, Indiana on May 10, 1954. The dominant Putn...
05/11/2026

72 years ago this week, production began at the IBM Plant #5 in Greencastle, Indiana on May 10, 1954.
The dominant Putnam County employer for over 30 years, the local IBM Plant initially reconditioned IBM's electric accounting machines and manufactured data punch cards. As IBM's largest card & paper forms production site, there were about 1,000 employees by the late 1960s. "If laid end to end, a year's capacity of card production would stretch almost 5 round trips around the moon."
Learn more about Greencastle's IBM era at the Putnam County Public Library Archive!

05/10/2026

See the new Children's Books at the Putnam County Public Library at:

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This week's fifteen new Children's Books include "Found Sound", "The Pecan Sheller", and "The Big Book of Pi: The Famous Number You Can Never Know".

Hear theme-based stories, move around, and sing action songs. Located at the Putnam County Museum. Intended for Young Ch...
05/06/2026

Hear theme-based stories, move around, and sing action songs. Located at the Putnam County Museum. Intended for Young Children.

Located at the Putnam County Museum.

250+PUTNAM COUNTY, IND. from the PCPL Archive -As we approach Semiquincentennial celebrations this July, let's look back...
05/04/2026

250+PUTNAM COUNTY, IND. from the PCPL Archive -
As we approach Semiquincentennial celebrations this July, let's look back at an early 4th of July celebration!
Narratives of Semicentennial or "Jubilee of Freedom" celebrations in 1826 are rare in west-central Indiana. After all, Indiana had only been a state for 10 years and Putnam County was only 5 years old!
However, Terre Haute's WESTERN REGISTER of July 15, 1826 contained a detailed article of Liberty Grove's July 4th festivities for "The 50th Anniversary of American Independence." ("Liberty-Grove" was noted in Otter Creek Township of Vigo County, about 30 miles west of Greencastle.)
In "true Republican style," there were canons fired, parading military companies, an assembly with orators, honors for local surviving patriots of the Revolution, picnics and many toasts (see article below).
Watch for more past celebration info here in the coming weeks or visit the Archive in the Putnam County Public Library!

05/03/2026

See the new Children's Books at the Putnam County Public Library at:

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This week's 46 new Children's Books include "Orris and Timble: Star Stories", "102", and "A Potion, a Powder, a Little Bit of Magic: Or, Like Lightning in an Umbrella Storm".

Kid chefs worked together to make their own Pepperoni Pizza Quiches this afternoon. Young Chefs will be taking a break i...
04/29/2026

Kid chefs worked together to make their own Pepperoni Pizza Quiches this afternoon.

Young Chefs will be taking a break in May and resume in June.

04/29/2026

See the new Top Choices at the Putnam County Public Library at:

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This week's 20 new Top Choices include "Shelter", "Go Gentle", and "Dog Man 14: Big Jim Believes".

This week the PCPL Archive remembers the 146th birthday of prominent Putnam County farmer, Harry M. Stamp. Born April 29...
04/27/2026

This week the PCPL Archive remembers the 146th birthday of prominent Putnam County farmer, Harry M. Stamp.
Born April 29, 1880 in Michigan, Stamp moved to the Roachdale area of northeast Putnam County in 1908. He became a farmer and stockman, specializing in Registered Belgian and Percheron horses for which he won awards at State Fairs, National and International Shows. Active in Horse Breeders and Livestock organizations, Harry acted as judge in Intercollegiate and International Stock competitions, with a devotion to promoting livestock education at Purdue. He also served 2 terms as Representative in the State Legislature and was chosen as a Master Farmer of Indiana.
Harry Stamp died on April 20, 1947, survived by his wife, Susie Wright, and two daughters, Thelma and Esther. - from the Harry & Susie Stamp Collection, PCPL Archive.

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