Life After President Garfield

Life After President Garfield with Debbie Weinkamer (In-Person)

When President James A. Garfield was assassinated in 1881, First Lady Lucretia Garfield’s world changed forever. Admired for her strength and devotion during his final months, she later retreated to private life in Mentor, Ohio.

Through Lucretia’s own words, discover how she honored her husband’s memory, guided her family, and lived the next 36 years with quiet resilience.

Date: Monday, November 10, 2025
Time: 6:30–7:30 PM (ET)
Location: Combined Room A & B
Audience: Adults (18+)
Category: Adult

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Framed Pictures

With Compliments from the Sun (Dan Nester)
Vincent Van Gogh (Dan Nester)
Lion Cub (Dan Nester)
Celebration of Black History (Dan Nester)
Red Flowers, Yellow Field (Dan Nester)
Paine Falls Ohio (Dan Nester)
Lioness (Dan Nester)
Lion (Dan Nester)
Lake Erie College (Dan Nester)
Italian Bliss (Dan Nester)
Grizzly (Dan Nester)
Fairport Ohio (Dan Nester)
Fairport Harbor Museum (Dan Nester)
The Goldfinch, 1654 (Carel Fabritius, -1654)
Waterlilies (Claude Monet, 1840-1926)
Shake no. 3 (Rebecca Kinkead)
The Blues (Ursula Abresch)
Old Cottage at Freshwater, Isle of Wight (Helen Paterson Allingham, 1848-1926)
Farm Garden with Sunflowers, c.1912 (Gustav Klimt)
Cherry blossoms : Mishima Taisha Shrine, Shizuoka
Aspen and Douglas Fir, Manti-Lasal National Forrest (Scott T. Smith)
Aquamarine floral (Silvia Vassileva)
Woman with a parasol (Claude Monet, 1840-1926)
Landscape with brook (Paul Cézanne, 1839-1906)
Lighthouse (Warren Kimble)
The Lock at Pontoise (Camille Pissarro, 1830-1903)
Camellias (Shirley Trevena)
Birth of Venus (Andy Warhol, 1928-1987)
Garden at Vetheuil (Claude Monet, 1840-1926)
Girl with turban (Johannes Vermeer, 1632-1675)
Gloucester harbor (Willard Leroy Metcalf, 1858-1925)
Autumn landscape (Louis Comfort Tiffany, 1848-1933)
The Cafe Terrace on the Place du Forum, Arles, at night (Vincent van Gogh, 1853-1890)
Cold spring (Andrew Wyeth, 1917-2009)
Eleanor (Frank Weston Benson,1862-1951)
Twilight in Central Park (Rod Chase)
Snow at Louveciennes (Alfred Sisley, 1839-1899)
Starry night (Vincent van Gogh, 1853-1890)
Wheatfields (Vincent van Gogh, 1853-1890)
White flower (Georgia O'Keeffe, 1887-1986.)
Gray wolf (National Geographic Society (U.S.))
Landscape at Zaandam (Claude Monet, 1840-1926)
Tiger (National Geographic Society (U.S.))
La Pie (The Magpie) (Claude Monet, 1840-1926)
Nighthawks (Edward Hopper, 1882-1967)
Pencils (Frank Lloyd Wright, 1867-1959)
Gray and gold (John Rogers Cox, 1915-1990)
Hearts (Jim Dine, 1935-)
Corfu: lights and shadows (John Singer Sargent, 1856-1925)
Martin Luther King, Jr. ("Darkness cannot drive out darkness")
Koala bear (National Geographic Society (U.S.))
Oeillets et Clematites (Manet, Édouard, 1832-1883)
Gelb, rot, blau = Yellow, red, blue (Wassily Kandinsky, 1866-1944)
Carefree (Ursula Abresch)
Unity (Monica Stewart, photographer)
Little Dancer, aged 14 (Edgar Degas, 1834-1917)
La Danseuse (Joan Miró, 1893-1983)
Old Holley House (John Henry Twachtman, 1853-1902)
Ranunculus No. 2 Jennifer Kennard
Northern cardinal (cardinalis cardinalis) male with sunflower seed Lynn M. Stone
Flower window Carl Larsson
Waves PhotoINC
Giraffe, First Kiss Ron D'Raine
Farm Garden with Sunflowers, c.1912 Gustav Klimt
Lighthouse and Buildings, Portland Head, 1927 Edward Hopper

Magazines

Magazine Collection

The following is a list of magazines available at Morley Library. Full text articles from many of these (and from hundreds of others) are available online by going to the Reference Databases.

Newspapers

Morley Library Newspaper Collection

The following newspapers can be found in Morley Library's collection.

Some newspapers are available only in hard copy format, while others are available on microfilm (see below)

Tax Forms

Tax Forms at Morley Library

Morley Library staff can help you locate and print the tax information and forms that you request. We cannot provide tax advice or assistance with completing tax returns.

We can print most tax forms you need. The first 10 pages per day are free, additional pages are 10 cents per page.

Obituary Index

Obituaries

Our Obituary Index is for Lake County, Oh death notices appearing in the Painesville Telegraph, from 16 July 1822 to 30 April 1986, and in the News-Herald (Willoughby), 25 March 1986 to 30 September 2019.

Cemetery Records

Cemetery Inscriptions

Cemetery inscriptions cover the following areas: Lake County [except Fairport Cemetery and St. Mary's Cemetery in Painesville], compiled 1926-1929; St. Mary's Cemetery, Painesville, compiled 1983; and Riverside Cemetery, Painesville, compiled 1990-1995.