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  • Portsmouth 400: Resources & Additional Reading

Portsmouth 400: Resources & Additional Reading

Have you read the Portsmouth 400 zine? Read online or pick up a paper copy in the library!

This page offers resources, references, and many ways to go deeper on topics around Portsmouth's 400th anniversary and history.

Doing your own research? Email us or call the Reference Desk at 603-766-1720 for assistance.
 

Page 2 – Acknowledgement

  • Indigenous Stories Resources

Page 4 – 13 Moons Calendar

  • Indigenous New Hampshire Collaborative Collective: Educational Resources

Page 5 – Local History Book List

  • A History of Portsmouth in 101 Objects Book List

Page 7 – Portsmouth African Burying Ground

  • Portsmouth African Burying Ground

Page 8 – Portsmouth’s Great Fires

  • Community Marker: Portsmouth’s Great Fires
  • Sarah Haven Foster Views of Portsmouth

Page 10 & 11 – Eliza Laighton’s Fish Chowder

  • The Appledore Cookbook by Maria Parloa
  • The Country of the Pointed Firs by Sarah Orne Jewett

Page 12 & 13 – Portsmouth Athenaeum

  • Portsmouth Athenaeum

Page 23 – PPL Digitized Collections

  • portsmouthexhibits.org

Page 24 & 25 – Charlie Howard

  • Unfinished lives: reviving the memories of LGBTQ hate crimes victims by Stephen V. Sprinkle

Page 26-33 – Portsmouth Public Library: A Brief History

  • About Us
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Page 35 – Resource List & Thanks

  • Indigenous Stories Resources
  • Recorded Local History Talks Playlist
  • Cemetery Maps & Indexes
  • Special Collections Walking Tour
  • Portsmouth Historic House Association
  • The Portsmouth Herald Archive
  • A History of Portsmouth NH in 101 Objects
  • Portsmouth Historical Society
  • Seacoast LGBTQ History Project
  • Portsmouth Naval Shipyard Museum
  • USS Albacore Park & Museum
  • Portsmouth 400
  • Strawbery Banke
  • Portsmouth Athenaeum
  • PPL Digital Exhibits
  • Sarah Haven Foster Views of Portsmouth
  • Portsmouth 350, Inc.: 350th Anniversary Materials
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