* PLEASE TAKE NOTE: Effective 9/1/11*
If you wish to view items in our vault collection or from our Historical Rooms Collections on the third floor, you must make an appointment in advance of your visit.
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Resources on microfilm or fiche are available during all library hours. Many of these resources are listed below.

Microfilm and microfiche resources include local newspapers from 1844 - present; Adams, North Adams and Williamstown vital records from earliest through 19th century, North Adams City Directories and Annual Reports, Sprague Logs, local Sandborn maps, historical buildings survey and more.

We now have a computer specifically for Local History and Genealogy research. On it are Ancestry.com, New England Ancestors (NEHGS), the LDS databases and many other great resources.

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Finding Aids & Box Lists

Hoosac Tunnel Collection	North Adams Monday Club Collection	Ruth B. Browne Collection
Jane Swift Collection	Lillian Chase Robinson Collection	Harry Amato Collection
Maximillian & Englebort Schmidt Collection	Historical Rooms Collections	Local League of Women Voters Collection

Indexes

Manuscript Box 1 Index	Hoosac Trails Index
Berkshire Genealogist Index (Issues available in the Library)

 

Some special editions of The Transcript All of these special editions are in newspaper storage in the Historical Room on the third floor. The articles may be found by date in The Transcript microfilm in the Reference Department. August 4, 1978 Bicentennial: 1778 - 1878 - 1978 November 19, 1993 Sesquicentennial Edition History of The Transcript History of Northern Berklshire Vignettes (random stories) 1995 North Adams : Massachusetts' Smallest City April 18: Part I 1895 - 1940 August 28: Part II 1941-1945 October 27: Part III 1946-1995 March 29, 1996 Capturing the Berkshires : A Tribute to Randy Trabold August 30, 1996 Capturing the Berkshires : Historical Photos of N. Berkshires March 31, 1999 Local Heroes : Len Radin, Cyndi Candiloro, William Collette, Shirley Collette, Eunice Tassone, Tom Leonessio, The Aladdins, David Park, Polly Dickerson, George Coope, Ernest Rosasco, Lorraine Maloney, David Dally, John Gaudreau, Unity Planers, Linda Freeney, Jennifer Dowling, Joseph Wolfe, Barbara Hutchinson, The Women's Exchange, Faith Scarborough, Francis Hayden, Carol Hess

Genealogy & History Links
North Adams Historical Society
Link to some Local High School Yearbooks
Class of 1951 Pictures, State Teachers College
Monument Square, North Adams