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Barbara Bernard donates archives to Holyoke Public Library History Room

The Republican By The Republican The Republican
on November 07, 2012 at 5:42 AM
111711-barbara-bernard.JPG Barbara Bernard is shown at the 2011 William Pynchon Awards celebration.

HOLYOKE - A radio talk show personality in her college days, a pioneer in the early days of television, and a popular and widely-read columnist for more than six decades, Barbara Bernard is truly "a legend in her own time."

An octogenarian, Bernard decided that now is the time for her archives, a collection of voluminous scrapbooks, to go to the Holyoke Public Library History Room.

These scrapbooks, with pages the size of a full newspaper page, include Bernard's collection of columns and feature articles which she has created throughout her career. In recognition of the contribution, the Holyoke Public Library directors will hold a public reception on Nov. 8 at 5:30 p.m. at City Hall. The auditorium at City Hall is the current temporary home of the Holyoke Public Library.

In commenting on her contribution, Bernard said, "It had been suggested that when I died it would be great to leave all of my columns to the library in my home town of North Adams. I was also asked if I would consider putting them in my will to donate to Springfield, inasmuch as I write for The (Springfield) Republican. As dearly as I love my hometown and owe a lot of my skill to the teaching I was given there, and as greatly as I treasure my long association with The Republican, Holyoke is my city, has been for over 60 years and my first columns which I have preserved in those heavy scrapbooks are from the Holyoke Transcript-Telegram and Hello Holyoke."

She added, "Holyoke Public Library wanted them while I was still alive so if I ever get lonely for them, I can just drop in for a visit."

Terry Plum, president of the library directors, said, "We are extremely pleased to have received this collection and are thrilled that Barbara has selected the Holyoke Public Library History Room to be the repository for the preservation of this very special and important chronicle of the past several decades."
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