| Peabody Institute Library | |
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| 82 Main Street | |
| Peabody MA , 01960 | |
| Phone: | |
| (978)531-0100 | |
| FAX: | (978)532-1797 |
| Website(s): | |
| http://www.peabodylibrary.org/ | |
| General email: | |
| pea@noblenet.org | |
| Institution Contact(s): | |
| Gerri Guyote, Assistant Director (978)531-0100 ext. 34 guyote@noblenet.org | |
| Hours: | M-Th 9:00AM-9:00PM F,Sa 9:00AM-6:00PM Su 1:00PM-5:00PM |
| Seasonal Hours: | |
| Memorial Day-Labor Day: Closed Sunday | |
| Closings: | Closes at 1:00PM on Good Friday |
| Online Catalog: | |
| Web: http://innopac.noblenet.org/ | |
| Services for the Disabled: | |
| Americans with Disabilities Act accessible Assistive devices available Handicapped parking | |
| Journals: | Monthly newsletter |
| SPECIAL COLLECTIONS | |
| Name: | Local History Resource Center of the Eban Dale Sutton Room |
| Special Collection Contact(s): | |
| Nancy Barthelemy, Archivist (978)531-0100 ext. 34 barthele@noblenet.org | |
| FAX: | |
| (978)532-1797 | |
| Hours: | M 9:00AM-5:00PM Tu,Th 4:00PM-9:00PM W 3:00PM-8:00PM |
| Collections: | 9 |
| Formats: | 120 linear feet of monographs 500 maps 300 photographs 40 linear feet of ephemera 20 linear feet of manuscripts newspapers |
| Collection Description: | |
| Collection includes over 3,000 rare books from the 1760s to the 1930s covering: Peabody History Local and Essex County History Massachusetts and United States History Natural History Native American History Life and legacy of George Peabody Genealogy Historical and Collectible Artifacts Boston Mat Leather Company (Images) |
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| Access: | Access only in reading room, supervised |
| Copying: | Photocopying permitted at discretion of staff All photocopying done by staff |
| Loans: | No loans permitted |
| Finding Guides Available: | |
| Holdings listed in online catalog Archives Finding Aids | |
| Directions: | From Route 128, take exit #26. Turn right onto Lowell St. and continue for 1.3 miles into Peabody Center. You'll see the Court House to your left and a Civil War Monument before it. Go straight through the lights on Main St. The library is one block down on your left. Parking is limited. There is free parking to the library's right, either on the side of the building or behind the Knights of Columbus building. Otherwise, there is metered parking on the street or to the left of the library, in the children's room parking. Enter the library and go to the first floor information desk. They will call up to the Sutton Room. |
