Welcome to the online special collections of Forbes Library, including the Calvin Coolidge Presidential Library and Museum and the Hampshire Room for Local History and Special Collections. We invite you to explore the collection for both pleasure and research.

This database contains only our digital archival and Special Collections materials. Additional special collections that have not yet been digitized can be seen in the library by appointment.

This collection represents over 130 years of library collecting and cataloging. Some items may contain outdated language. Please see Descriptive Language Notes for detailed information on our use of controlled vocabulary, reparative language efforts, descriptive terms, and content warnings.

Forbes Library welcomes your feedback, corrections, and additions to our descriptions. Email archives@forbeslibrary.org or look for “click here to contribute your information” in an item record.