April Showers Bring May Flowers
A glorious late April day. We have been waiting for these precious spring moments for so many months. The sun…
“Find Your Joy” at the Meekins
April 19-25, 2026, marks the 69th National Library Week. Joy is the theme this year—the joy of connecting with your…
Poetry at the Meekins Library
April marks the 30th annual National Poetry Month, and Meekins is celebrating, as it has for many decades. At Meekins…
A Bird’s Eye View of Haydenville, 1886
Twelve years after the devastating 1874 Mill River Flood, artist and lithographer Lucien R. Burleigh published this bird’s-eye view of…
Celebrating Women’s History Month Rochelle Wildfong “Super Librarian”
Generations of Meekins Library patrons know Children’s Librarian and Assistant Director Rochelle. For more than four decades, she has welcomed…
Is it a Medicine Bottle?
Small and interesting—this six inches tall, light blue-green tinted, rectangular glass bottle was a recent gift to the Meekins Library…
Puppet Patrol: Some Puppets from the Meekins Library Collection
Puppets have long been a part of the Meekins Library story. From simple finger puppets to colorful hand puppets, to…
Jenkins Store Sells Ice Cream
For thirty-five years, Carroll Fordyce Jenkins kept a general store on the corner of North Street and East Main in…
Building Meekins in 1896
The original stately granite Meekins Library building is 130 years old this year, 2026. The new town library was named…
Meekins Library Love
February 14th is Valentine’s Day and February is National Library Lover’s Month and February 9-13, 2026, is Library Lovers Week….
Tiny Art Comes to the Meekins Library
#throwbackthursday Visit the Meekins Library and see the “tiny” artwork on display under the Bacon Rotunda. Community members coming together…
Snowy Meekins
Over the years, the Meekins Library has seen all kinds of crazy winter weather. It’s been buried in show, shines…