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HAMDEN HISTORICAL SOCIETY
2901
Dixwell Avenue
Hamden, CT 06518
Phone:
(203) 287-2680, ext. 37
E-mail: See contacs.
http://www.hamdenlibrary.org/Historical%20Society/historicalsociety.html
Contact:
Joseph Pepe, Archivist (joepepe1@comcast.net)
Access
hours:
Tue. 10-12, Thurs. 1-4 (September to June)
Access restrictions:
Non-lending library. Archivist must be present at all times.
Reproduction fees:
50 cents per page.
Other provisions:
A guide to the collection is on the Hamden
Library website.
Other information:
This is the only dedicated research library of Hamden’s history in town.
Collection
Description: There are over
80 distinct collections, and within each collection, there
are hundreds of documents catalogued and preserved for research.
The
Library has many texts on state, regional, and local history,
government publications, directories of services, and several
historical society publications.
Also, regional
and town maps from 1854, gravesite directories, family and
personal narratives, bibles, diaries and ledgers from the
early families in Hamden are also catalogued in our archives.
Specific collections include:
- The Mount
Carmel Ecclesiastical Society
- The Sleeping Giant
Park Association
- The Hamden Chamber of
Commerce records
- The Webb Family collection
- Rachel
Hartley files,
- The Thornton Wilder
collection,
- The Leatherman collection
- Rectory
School records
- Golden Bells collection
- Farmington
Canal records
- Hamden Historic Districts
collection, and
- The Hamden Schools and
Board of Education records.
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