Local History Room

The library has a Local History Room where books, documents, photographs, newspaper clippings, maps, etc. pertaining to the town's history are stored. These include annual reports, street lists, high school yearbooks, and archival materials on people, families, houses, and business and industry.

To preserve these irreplaceable resources for future generations, most of the items are non-circulating. Members of the East Longmeadow Historical Commission are available to assist patrons with their research every Tuesday from 6:00 to 8:00 pm, or by appointment. Please call the library's Information Desk (413-525-5400 ext. 158) for more information, or to discuss donating appropriate materials.

Our library is proud to participate in a new digital library project. " Digital Treasures" is a cooperative library digitization pilot project conceived and designed by the Central/Western Massachusetts Resource Sharing library automated network (C/W Mars) and the Central and Western Massachusetts Regional Library Systems. The items selected for this digitization project will be in the areas of agriculture and industry. This project is in its initial stage. A sampling of items from our Local History Room has been selected, with more to follow in the near future. We hope these images from our collection whet your appetite to explore the local history of our town in greater depth.

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