Kellenberger Room, New Bern-Craven County Public Library

09/01/2026

Join us Saturday, September 19, from 10 AM to 1 PM, as staff members from the Kellenberger Room and members of the Richard Dobbs Spaight Chapter NSDAR and New Bern Chapter NSSAR discuss resources used in "Finding Your Revolutionary Patriot." The program will be held in the Auditorium of the New Bern-Craven County Public Library.

08/31/2026

The 1959 issue of the Newbold Panther from Fort Barnwell is now available on the Craven County Digital History site at https://kellenberger.mycprl.org/digital/items/show/1459.
This yearbook offers a rare glimpse into the school life of African-American students in western Craven County in 1959. If you have any Newbold yearbooks in your collection, we would be interested in scanning them and returning them to you. Just contact the Kellenberger Room at 252-638-7808 or 252-638-7818.

07/02/2026

While the Kellenberger Room will be closed July 3-5 (reopening July 6 at 9 am), our digital library is always open. View Revolutionary War-related items on our digital history exhibit at

Craven County Digital History

06/02/2026

We're a week away from "Excavating One Ship with Two Identities: La Concorde and Blackbeard's Queen Anne's Revenge" with Kimberly Kenyon of the NC Office of State Archaeology. See you on June 8, 2026, at 6 PM!

Help us "Unearth A Story" on June 8, 2026, at 6 PM, by attending "Excavating One Ship with Two Identities: La Concorde and Blackbeard's Queen Anne's Revenge" with Kimberly Kenyon of the NC Office of State Archaeology. Ms. Kenyon is the lead archaeologist for the site of Blackbeard's infamous flagship and will share her experiences and insights from this archaeological discovery.

05/21/2026

Help us "Unearth A Story" on June 8, 2026, at 6 PM, by attending "Excavating One Ship with Two Identities: La Concorde and Blackbeard's Queen Anne's Revenge" with Kimberly Kenyon of the NC Office of State Archaeology. Ms. Kenyon is the lead archaeologist for the site of Blackbeard's infamous flagship and will share her experiences and insights from this archaeological discovery.

05/14/2026

Congratulations to our colleague, Danielle Pritchett, at the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Library for being named one of Library Journal's Movers & Shakers of 2026!

Danielle Pritchett has hundreds of “cousins,” her name for the patrons from as far away as Italy on genealogical research email lists. Her mostly hybrid programs have the highest attendance in her library’s system. With titles like “Who’s Your Daddy? Unpacking the North Carolina Bastardy B...

04/29/2026

Happy Preservation Week. The American Library Association has developed a page for Quick Preservation Tips for your household items.

Quick Preservation TipsTake the First StepThe most important part of a preservation effort is taking the first step. Don’t let the pursuit of perfection be an obstacle to getting started. A simple first step like moving photos out of the attic or basement to a bedroom closet will have a significan...