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Our tradition of starting the new year off with historical almanacs on display in our Collection Spotlight case continues this year. We'...

Almanacs mark holidays throughout the year, and while the late 18th and early 19th century volumes in our collection don't mention All H...

1793 title page For the past few years, we've begun the New Year by sharing an historical almanac from our Special Collections holdings ...

Happy 2024! It’s become a bit of a tradition at the State Library to begin the year by displaying some historical almanacs from our collecti...

Happy 2023! For the past few years, we’ve started the new year by displaying some of the historical almanacs from our collection. This year,...

“Happy New Year! I wish you a happy new year!” Is the kind of greeting among friends on the first of this month, the commencement of a new y...

Last January, our library display case featured a selection of almanacs published by Isaiah Thomas. This year, we are continuing our trend o...

Almanacs provide a glimpse into the coming year, and as we turn the page to 2020, the State Library is looking back at some of the hi...