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The Local History Collection is currently in storage while the library is under construction. Please contact the Library Director if you have questions about accessing this material by emailing Library@PeterboroughNH.gov.


 Peterborough Town Library Digital Archive

Visit the online archive


Includes the following newspapers that are fully indexed and searchable online.

  • Contoocook Transcript 1847-1959
  • Peterborough Messenger 1848-1860
  • Peterborough Transcript, 1849-2006
  • Monadnock Ledger, 2006
  • Monadnock Ledger Transcript, 2006-2018, 2020

Other Resources:

  • Conval Yearbooks 1945-2018
Phoenix Mill, Peterborough
Phoenix Mill, Peterborough, NH
 

Local History Collection


Below is a brief list of some of the more popular materials available in the Local History Collection (in print).

  • Peterborough Town Library history collection
  • Town Histories (Includes histories for most of the Monadnock region.)
  • Yearbooks ConVal High School  (1971-Present)
  • Yearbooks Peterborough High School (1945-1971)
  • Town Reports for Town of Peterborough
  • Materials on the history of MacDowell

Looking for Primary Source Materials?

The Monadnock Center for History and Culture is the home of a rich historical archive that documents the history of Peterborough and the Monadnock Region.

The Morison Library & Archives offers the community access to thousands of letters, diaries, newspapers, photographs and other documents that record our past. Primary source materials include extensive holdings on the town’s 19th century mills and manufacturers, genealogical materials, and tax records.

Contact the Monadnock Center for more information:

The Monadnock Center for History & Culture

https://monadnockcenter.org/

19 Grove Street (PO Box 58)
Peterborough, NH 03458
603-924-3235
info@monadnockcenter.org
Hours: Wed-Sat 10 a.m. – 4 p.m.