The Berkshire Republican Library at Stockbridge, 1794-1818.

The article presents a historical overview of the Berkshire Republican Library in Stockbridge, Massachusetts at the beginning of the 19th-century, cited as one of the earliest libraries in western Massachusetts. References and citations to the library from public records are given, but the author admits multiple basic facts are still missing from the institution's history. Several of the library's archives are cited to describe its organizational structure with lists of prominent members and officers, a selection of titles from its collection, and discussion of the financial conditions of the institution.