Nina Hatfield photographed with the rest of the Board of Trustees of the Library in 1953.
Back row, L-R: Mayor John J. Grogan, Mr. Romano, School Supervisor McFeely
Front row, L-R: Nina Hatfield, Mr. Germano, Mr. Laforgia, Mr. J. Rafter
Nina Hatfield's retirement announcement, which highlights many of her accomplishments, including founding children's storytime and creating the history collection, which her story is now a part of.
Nina Hatfield was an accomplished poet and potter. These are two samples of her poetry clipped from newspaper articles, one of which is her retirement announcement (which can also be seen in full in this exhibition).
Nina Hatfield filed this complaint away at some point, and it remains with our collection today. The complaint reads, "To Miss Hatfield, As a member of your library I would appreciate it if you saw to the cleaning of the books. Assuming the matter…
The library's first finding aid, produced in English and German in 1891. Notably, it was compiled by Nina Hatfield, here listed under her maiden name of Koester.