Home More News FALL LOCAL HISTORY SPOTLIGHT SERIES - STARTS AUGUST 5TH

THE FALL LOCAL HISTORY SPOTLIGHT SERIES sponsored by the Friends of Pacific Grove Library features four local presenters. Each is on a Friday evening in the Library 5:30-7:00pm in August and September. Admission is free and no registration required. Light refreshments will be provided. All are welcome. See below for dates and details. 

One of the most important roles of a public library is to preserve community memory through local his­tory collections. Last year a generous donation to support access to local history was made by Friends Board member Dennis Mar through the Friends, and a second donation from publisher Patricia Hamilton added to our resources. 

Funds paid for archival review and organization of boxes of historic documents, a partnership with the Pacific Grove Historical Society to digitize historic newspapers and a fresh new program to connect local his­tory buffs with Pacific Grove's unique stories and treasured past. 

The Friends are sponsoring this fall Local History Spotlight series in August and September to highlight this local investment. 

Click here to read more from the Friends of Pacific Grove Library Summer Newsletter, including an article introducing presenter & Library Board Chair Heather Lazare, Editor and Annotator of her newly released Memoir by W.R. Holman.