The Berlin Free Library’s local history collection
contains monographs on the history of Berlin, Rensselaer County and the Taconic Valley. It
also contains genealogical materials including a run of the New England Genealogical and
Historic Register from 1892 to 1933. Manuscript collections include cards with information
from local cemeteries, newspaper clippings, photographs and a vertical file collection.
The Berlin Historical Society houses its collection at the library and those collections
are noted by HS in the following listing.
Local History
Monographs (cataloged)
New England Genealogical and Historical Register (1892-1933)
Genealogy
Obituary files
Archives
Local cemetery records
Photograph collection
Vertical files of newspaper clippings
Lamphier Funeral Home ledgers (1915-1945) [HS]
Diary (1869-1876) [HS]
Account books from store (1879) [HS]
Ledger book from 1892 later used as scrapbook. (Original entries probably from town
government.) [HS]
Republican Canvass Book (1928) [HS]
Carte de visite and postcard collection [HS]
Scrapbooks [HS]
Berlin Free Library records
