North Adams Public Library
HOURS: Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays & Fridays 10 - 6; Thursdays 12 - 8; Saturdays 10 - 1
Local History

Some of the resources.... see our catalog for a full listing.
Please review use policies and fees for these collections.

Adams/North Adams Vital Records
See our Genealogy Page

* 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.

NOTE: A few of these links may take you outside our website.
If the outside site opens a new window, just close that window.
If it opens in the same window, please use your back button of your browser to return this page.

Finding Aids & Box Lists

Historical Rooms Collections

Indexes

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

74 Church St., North Adams, MA

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