Janet Moorhead talks about her experience filming a scene from Bob Montana's film Meredith: The First 200 Years for the Meredith Oral History Project.

A copy of Meredith: The First 200 Years by Bob Montana is available for check out if you have a library card with us.

For more information on the Meredith Oral History Project, please visit our website: oralhistory.meredithlibrary.org

New Hampshire Downloadable Books has added 25 "simultaneous, unlimited checkout magazine titles" to their collection. You can either read this via the Libby App or on your PC using the Read Now function. For full instructions on how to check out and use e-magazines, please consult the NHDB's instruction handout.

To access the OverDrive catalog from our website, hover over the "Catalog" menu and then click "Ebooks, Eaudio,  Emags"  from the drop down menu. 

Things to note:

*The format of these emagazines will not work with a black and white kindle.
*Checking out magazines does not count against your three checkout limit for other downloadable titles.
*Works best on the Libby App or on PC through the NH Overdrive's website.

We are working on the Library's float in the Meredith's 250th Anniversary Parade on Saturday, August 11, 2018. For the next month, you will be able to help us decorate our float by picking up a copy of our bookworm, coloring it (or painting it!) and returning it at either the main circulation desk or the children's room .

For more information on the parade, please visit the Greater Meredith Program's 250th Anniversary page! 

   George "Rusty" Locke became interested in photography some fifty odd years ago while serving in the U.S Army in South Korea as a journalist and combat photographer with the First Cavalry Division.

 "There was hardly any combat, frankly", Rusty said with a smile, "And the only photos I took were of visiting congressman, and generals representing the various countries who lent their military presence to the Republic of South Korea."

  Rusty continued his military service when he left the "Land of the Morning Calm" and was sent to New Mexico where he wrote, produced and directed many Army pubic service spots and radio programs highlighting the Army’s mission statement in the Southwest. When he left the service, he continued to work in radio in New Hampshire,and worked for several stations here  in the Lakes Region.

He was born and raised in the Granite State and will be seventy-six this December. Except for a few years in  southern Vermont, he has always lived here,  "There is a certain sturdiness in this state. A  timeless history that winks at you through the maples and stone walls." he said, "This is where I began to appreciate and tried to capture the beauty of New Hampshire - not with a standard camera but with my iphone."

"I’m not anybody special. If you have a phone that takes pictures you probably already have many shots of our lakes and mountains." He added that many camera phones have built in editing devices that can enhance many of your photos, Rusty and his wife Rose ( this July they are celebrating their 36th wedding anniversary) have five children (one works at the Meredith Library and is known as "Mr. John") and he also has four kids from a previous marriage and five grandchildren, Rusty's pictures will be on display through the month of July at the Meredith Town Library.

On July 4, we opened the fifty-year-old time capsule that was buried in the library front lawn! Hundreds of people gathered together to celebrate Meredith history on a very hot day! 

The items pulled from the capsule will be preserved and displayed at the Meredith Historical Society at a later date.

To see our photo gallery of the event, CLICK HERE.

A full list of items in the time capsule is under the read more break!