Finding your Portuguese Ancestors: A Genealogy Workshop
Workshop Presented By Professional Genealogists Cheri Mello and George Pacheco

When: October 31st, from 9:30 AM to 3:00 P.M.
Where: Prince Henry Society Reading Room, Ferreira-Mendes Portuguese-American Archives, Claire T. Carney Library
University of Massachusetts Dartmouth

This workshop will teach you how to research your family tree using sources from the United States, Portugal and Cape Verde.

Cheri Mello of California is an author, lecturer, chat room host and DNA project participant.

George Pacheco of Rhode Island is a lecturer and researcher associated with the Family History Center of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints in Dartmouth, MA.

Workshop fee is $20, payable to the Claire T. Carney Library. Lunch and workshop materials are included. Pre-registration is required.

Please register by calling 508 999-8689 or mail in the attached form with the fee, to the Archives and Special Collections, Claire T. Carney Library, UMass Dartmouth, 285 Old Westport Road, N. Dartmouth, MA, 02747.

For directions to the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, go to http://www.umassd.edu/directions/

Parking will be available in Lot 13.

Presented by the Portuguese-American Archives and the Center for Portuguese Studies and Culture and partially funded by

Assistant Vice Chancellor Cynthia Cummings will speak on Student Affairs and Student Development at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, Claire T. Carney Library Associates Annual Meeting on Thursday, May 14th at 7:00 pm in the Library Browsing Area.

The Associates will hold an election of officers and present their annual gift to Claire T. Carney Library for the purchase of library materials.

Ms. Cummings holds a Bachelor of Arts Degree in French Language and Literature and a Master’s of Science Degree in Education from Indiana University, Bloomington. She has extensive experience in college and university residential education, judicial affairs, and crisis management. She has served as a consultant to higher education institutions, public school systems, and community organizations on issues of multiculturalism and diversity. The annual meeting is open to the public.

A dessert reception will follow the program.

Parking is available in Lot 13.

The Claire T. Carney Library Associates is sponsoring a poetry reading for children from ages 6 to 16 to be held at the Claire T. Carney Library Browsing area on April 26th from 2 to 4 PM.

Local poets joining us to read their poetry are Ada Jill Schneider, Marc Widershien and Karen Klein.

There will award prizes to the three best poems written by the children, refreshments and a book of the poems available to all. Parking available in lot 13.

Wednesday, December 3, 2008
6:00 – 8:00 p.m.
Library Browsing Area

UMass Dartmouth Claire T. Carney Library Associates present Ryan Cooper as part of the Celebrating Our Archival Lifelines series.

Ryan Cooper will speak about his correspondence with Otto Frank. At the age of 27 he forged a relationship with Otto Frank, Anne Frank’s father. In 1973 Ryan Cooper first met Otto Frank, then 84 and living in Basel Switzerland.

The presentation is from 6 – 8 p.m. in the Library Browsing Area. There will be a tour of the new library archives space on the ground floor followed by a talk in the library browsing area.

Parking in lot 13.

Ticket information 508 999-8671

For the full press release:
http://www.umassd.edu/communications/articles/showarticles.cfm?a_key=2446

Wednesday, October 15, 2008
7:00 PM
Library Browsing Area

Celebrating British Theater Lifelines: “That’s Entertainment” a one-woman show with celebrated English actress, Thelma Ruby.
Thelma has appeared in numerous London theater productions including, Fiddler on the Roof, Cabaret, Stop the World I  Want to Get Off, and many more.

Copies of her book, DOUBLE OR NOTHING: A JOINT AUTOBIOGRAPHY by Thelma Ruby and Peter Frye will be available.

Ticket information 508 999-8671

Other FUTURE Claire T. Carny Library Associates Events and Meetings:

• 5:00 PM Wednesday, December 3, 2008
  Claire T. Carney Library Archives
  Celebrating Our Archival Lifelines: Ryan Cooper will speak about his correspondence with Otto Frank.
  At the age of 27 he forged a relationship with Otto Frank, Anne Frank’s father. In 1973 Ryan Cooper first met Otto Frank, then 84 and living in Basel Switzerland. There will be a display of their correspondence available for viewing in the Archives.
  Ticket information: 508 999-8671

Sunday, September 14, 2008
12:30-2:30 PM
Library Browsing Area

Celebrating Our Archival Lifelines: Tales of 6 Women:  is a collaborative work by Ada Schneider, Barbara Shore, Linda Monchik, Cindy Yoken, and Judy Yoken.

The performance is edited and directed by Linda Monchik. These oral histories are taken from interviews of leading Jewish women in New Bedford and Fall River over the past 20 years.

A bagel and nosh reception precedes the program.

A Claire T. Carney Library Associates Event. Co-sponsored by the Center for Jewish Culture. 508 995-3528

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Other FUTURE Claire T. Carny Library Associates Events and Meetings:

• 7:00 PM Wednesday, October 15, 2008
  Library Browsing Area
  Celebrating British Theater Lifelines: “That’s Entertainment” a one-woman show with celebrated English actress, Thelma Ruby.
  Thelma has appeared in numerous London theater productions including, Fiddler on the Roof, Cabaret, Stop the World I  Want to Get Off, and many more.
  Copies of her book, DOUBLE OR NOTHING: A JOINT AUTOBIOGRAPHY by Thelma Ruby and Peter Frye will be available.  Ticket information 508 999-8671

• 5:00 PM Wednesday, December 3, 2008
  Claire T. Carney Library Archives
  Celebrating Our Archival Lifelines: Ryan Cooper will speak about his correspondence with Otto Frank.
  At the age of 27 he forged a relationship with Otto Frank, Anne Frank’s father. In 1973 Ryan Cooper first met Otto Frank, then 84 and living in Basel Switzerland. There will be a display of their correspondence available for viewing in the Archives.
  Ticket information 508 999-8671

The University of Massachusetts Dartmouth Library Associates presented a check for $3,500 to Library Dean Sharon Weiner at their annual meeting on May 14. The purpose of the donation is to purchase books in the humanities, specifically, music, art, English literature, and history. They also presented a plaque that recognized a program organized by the Library Associates this year, “Four Male Authors.”

Dean Weiner gave a presentation on the symbolic value of libraries.

The following officers were elected for 2008/09: President, Cindy Yoken; Vice President, Richard Kugler; Recording Secretary, Claudette Roy; Corresponding Secretary, Maureen Lewis; Treasurer, Diane Xavier; Assistant Treasurer, Rita Raymond; Members at Large, Melvin Levine, Walter Mierzejewski, Robert Moore; Nominations, Norman Brassard; Membership, Joyce LeBlanc; Programs, Mel Yoken; Hospitality, Donna Brown and Maria Sanguinetti; Publicity, Richard Ward; Donations, Virginia Callas; Historians, Cecelia Denwood and Edith Andrews; Literary Group, Susan Gabert and Janet Friedman; Library Liaison, Damaris Chapin-Berner.”

Wednesday, May 14, 2008
7:00-8:30 p.m.
Library Browsing Area

The Claire T. Carney Library Associates 2008 Annual Meeting and election of Officers

Speaker: Library Dean, Dr. Sharon Weiner “The Symbolic Value of the Library”

Reception to follow the program.

The annual meeting is free and open to the public.

Heirloom Discovery Day is a UMass Dartmouth Claire T. Carney Library Associates fundraiser.

Details:
Heirloom Discovery Day
March 30, 2 – 4:30
Library Browsing area
Claire T. Carney Library
Parking available in lot 13
Light refreshments will be available.

The Claire T. Carney Library Associates are hosting an Heirloom Discovery Day at UMass Dartmouth, 285 Old Westport Road, Dartmouth, MA.

The event will be Sunday, March 30 at 2-4:30 p.m. in the Claire T. Carney library browsing area.

Senior appraiser Francis H. McNamee of the Marion Antique Shop and Paula Dean, who appraises jewelry and collectibles, will be featured.

• Each appraisal will be $5 payable at the door.
• There is a three item limit.
• Bring portable items and photographs of items that are too heavy to carry in.
• Do not bring coins, books or stamps.

For more information contact Rita Raymond at 508.995.3528.