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About Us


​"To create a vibrant place where people can connect."

Holderness Free Library

866 US Rt. 3 (P.O. Box L)
Holderness, NH 03245

Contact us:
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(603) 968-7066
holdernessfree@gmail.com

Library Staff                                                             Building Hours    

Adam Di Filippe, Director

Susan Seeley, Asst. Director & Children's Librarian

Geneva Sambor, Inter-Library Loans (ILLs)

Jeanne Perkins, Library Assistant


              Monday             9 - 5 pm
              Tuesday             9 - 5 pm
              Wednesday       9 - 5 pm
              Thursday          Closed
              Friday                9 - 5 pm
              Saturday           9 - 2 pm
              Sunday             Closed


Library Trustees                                                      Trustees' Meetings

Chair: Alexis Desloge
Secretary: Ann Stark
Treasurer: 
Larry Spenser

Lisa Lovett

Emily Evans

All Trustees' meetings are open to the public.

Non-Public meetings and special meetings will be posted as well.  
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Monthly Trustees' meetings are held on the second Monday of the month at 5:00 PM at the library.

Where We Started


The Holderness Library has been open to the public since 1911.
 
One of the founders of the library movement, Miss Ellen F. Terry (later Mrs. Charles F. Johnson) was an important figure in the development of the Holderness Library. Miss Terry had been in the habit of spending summers in Holderness, and when she left for the season in 1878, she gave Miss Sarah J. Perkins a number of books to be loaned to the townspeople.  

In 1893, the town voted to establish the library, and the books were taken from the house of Miss Perkins and placed in a room over Mr. Whitten's store. Dr. Talbot proposed to catalogue the books, and a large number were given to him for that purpose. It is said that the majority of these books have never been returned.

 
During the month of September 1906, Whitten's store burned, destroying the entire lot of books except for the eighteen that happened to be in the hands of some of the townspeople. The town made a fresh start and relocated the library to its present site. The Holderness Library is one of five structures in Holderness on the National Register of Historic Places.
 
The library now holds more than 16,000 items for loan; including books, magazines, DVDs, audio-books, games, a L.O.T., and more!


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  • Home
  • Collections
    • Borrow From Other Public NH Libraries (ILLs)
    • Borrow From the Lamson Library (ILLs)
    • Holderness Free Pantry
    • Our Catalog
    • Libby app: e-Books & Audiobooks
    • Library of Things (LoT)
    • Passes >
      • Aviation Museum of N.H.
      • Castle in the Clouds
      • Currier Museum of Art
      • McAuliffe-Shepard Discovery Center
      • N.H. Historical Society
      • Squam Lakes Natural Science Center
  • Events & Programs
    • 1,000 Books Before Kindergarten
    • Book Groups >
      • Banned Books Group
      • Noon Book Group
    • First Friday Family Movie Nights
    • Friends of the Library >
      • Book Sale
      • Donate to the Friends
      • Friends' Meetings
    • Storytimes With Susan!
  • E-Resources
    • 000: Generalities >
      • ALA: American Library Association
      • CIA: World Fact Book
      • Encyclopedia Britannica
      • Exlpora
      • LoC: Library of Congress
      • Merriam Webster Dictionary
      • NoveList Plus
    • 100: Philo. & Pysc. >
      • APA: American Psychological Association
      • Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
    • 200: Religion >
      • Bible Translations
      • Major Religions of the World
    • 300: Social Sciences >
      • AllSides
      • Congress
      • FactCheck
      • Find Law
      • US Census
    • 400: Language >
      • ASL: American Sign Language Dictionary
      • Duolingo
      • Google Translate
    • 500: Sciences & Maths >
      • American Veterinary Medical Association
      • NASA: National Aeronautics and Space Administration
      • USGS: US Geological Surveys
    • 600: Technology >
      • CDC: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
      • Drugs
      • MedlinePlus
      • NIH: National Library of Medicine
      • RHI HUB: Rural Health Information Hub
    • 700: Arts >
      • All Music
      • Goodreads
      • IMDB
      • Symbols
    • 800: Lit. & Rhetoric >
      • Owl Purdue
      • Poets
      • Robert's Rules of Order (Simplified)
    • 900: Geo. & History >
      • Archaeology Data Service
      • Atlas of Rural America
      • Find a Grave
      • National Archives
      • Smithsonian
  • About Us
    • Contact Us
    • Meeting Spaces
    • Social Medias >
      • HFL's Discord
      • HFL's Facebook
      • HFL's Instagram
    • Our Digital Archive
    • Photo Gallery
    • Policies
    • Trustees' Minutes
    • We're Hiring!