Find Original Materials & Primary Sources
We have many archival manuscript materials and collections (i.e., documents, letters, news clippings, etc.) in Special Collections, which we have arranged and described to help you determine whether a collection is relevant to your research. The arrangement and description are combined to create a finding aid (or inventory) of each collection, which details the contents and provides background information. Below you will find PDF finding aids for each collection.
This complete A to Z list includes all archival manuscript collections and finding aids at Haverhill Public Library. Click on a letter to jump to a collection title or use Ctrl+F to search this page using keywords, such as surnames and names of organizations and businesses. Click on the collection title to open the finding aid in new tab.
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Agawam Club Records
Also includes: Intervale Tennis Club, Pentucket Club |
Ayer Family Papers
Also includes: Chesley family, Plummer family |
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Richard E. Becker Papers
Also includes: Boy Scouts, Lone Tree Council, Yankee Clipper Council |
Bradford College Collection
Also includes: Bradford Academy, Bradford Junior College, Zion Bible College, Northpoint Bible College |
Bradford Public Library Records
Also includes: Bradford Library Association |
Bradford Saturday Evening Club Records |
Bradford Shakespeare Club Records |
Brickett Family Papers |
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Centre Congregational Church
Also includes: Center Congregational Church |
Clifford Hoffman Chase Papers |
Corliss Family Papers
Also includes: Poplar Lawn |
Crowell Family Papers
Also includes: Caroline Corliss Crowell, Consulting Board of Physicians and Surgeons at Danvers Asylum |
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James Duncan, Jr. Papers
Also includes: James Duncan and Son (firm), Rebekah (ship), Buttonwoods |
Samuel W. Duncan Papers
Also includes: Essex Agricultural Society, Albert Gorton Greene |
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Eclectic Club Records |
Emerson Family Papers
Also includes: Chas. Emerson & Sons, Frame family |
Emerson-Smith Family Papers
Also includes: Revolutionary War |
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First Baptist Church Records
Also includes: Hezekiah Smith |
First Parish Church Records
Also includes: John Ward, Dudley Phelps, First Parish Unitarian Church, First Universalist Church, Universalist Unitarian Church, Unitarian Universalist Association, Haverhill Congregational Ministerial Fund |
Charles M. Fleischner Papers
Also includes: Haverhill Public Library |
Fortnightly Club Records |
Obed Rice Fowler Papers |
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Dr. Arnold P. George Papers |
Grace Methodist Episcopal Church Records
Also includes: First Methodist Episcopal Church, Good Shepard United Methodist Church, Third Methodist Episcopal Church |
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Hale/Currier Family Papers
Also includes: John Charles Currier, Henry Hosford Hale, Walter Scott Hale, Waterman Smith |
Harding Family Papers |
Haverhill Athenaeum Records |
Haverhill Cemetery Records
Includes: Bradford Burial Ground, Broadway Cemetery, Carlton Cemetery, Center Street Cemetery, Children of Israel Cemetery, Elmwood Cemetery, Greenwood Cemetery, Glynn Memorial Cemetery, Haverhill City Cemetery, Haynes Burial Ground, Hilldale Cemetery, Hillside Cemetery, Linwood Cemetery, Lithuanian Cemetery, Maplewood Cemetery, Maplewood Cemetery, Pentucket Burial Ground, Rocks Village Cemetery, Saint Gregory Cemetery, Saint James Cemetery, Saint Patrick’s Cemetery, Walnut Cemetery, West Parish Cemetery, West Haverhill Cemetery |
Haverhill Children’s Aid Society Records |
Haverhill Clubs Collection
Includes: Acacia Club, Arcadia Club, Boston University Club of Haverhill, Camera Club, Cheerful Circle of King’s Daughters, Crescent Motor Boat Club, Crescent Yacht Club, D.A.R. Brigadier General James Brickett Chapter, Faust Club, Forty Club, Fraternity of Shenstones, Friday Afternoon Club, Haverhill Kennel Club, Haverhill Lawn Tennis Association, Haverhill Medical Club, Haverhill Sportsman Club, Haverhill Whittier Club, Haverhill Woman’s Athletic Club, Haverhill Yacht Club, Highland Magazine Club, Holmes Club, Howes Helping Hands CB Club, Irving Club, Kenoza Country Club, Kenoza Lake Association, Ladies Monday Club, Mayflower Club, Merrimac Yacht Club, Merrimac Club, Nineteenth Century Club, Pelican Club, Puritan Mothers’ Club, Round Table Club, Roundabout Club, Saturday Book Club, Traveller’s Club, Wachusett Club, Whisker Club, Writer’s Round Table Club, Yankee Flyers Ski Club. |
Haverhill College Club Records |
Haverhill Community Chest Records
Also includes: United Fund of Greater Haverhill, Inc., United Way of Merrimack Valley, Inc. |
Haverhill Cycle Club Records |
Haverhill Day Care Center Records
Also includes: Young Women’s Building Association, Inc., Haverhill Day Nursery Association, Inc., Haverhill Day Care Center and Kindergarten |
Haverhill Female Benevolent Society Records |
Haverhill Historical Society Records
Also includes: Buttonwoods |
Haverhill Island Club Records |
Haverhill Mother’s Club Records |
Haverhill Old Ladies Home Association Records
Also includes: Ladies Charitable Society, Stevens-Bennett Home |
Haverhill Public Library Biographical File Collection
Materials are arranged in alphabetical order by family name. Use Ctrl+F to keyword-search the finding aid at the link. |
Haverhill Public Library Greeting Card Collection |
Haverhill Public Library Local History Vertical File
Primary sources concerning the city of Haverhill and surrounding towns such as Groveland, Boxford, and Atkinson, NH. Use Ctrl+F to keyword-search the finding aid at this link. |
Haverhill Public Library Map Collection
Includes: Haverhill, Essex County, Merrimack Valley, Massachusetts, New England |
Haverhill Union Mission Records
Also includes: Haverhill Union Mission Auxiliary |
Haverhill Union Mission Scrapbooks |
Haverhill Visiting Nurses Association Records
Also includes: Jane Peterson, Red Feather Services, United Way |
Haverhill Woman’s Christian Temperance Union Records |
Haverhill Woman’s Club Records |
Haverhill Women’s Literary Union Records
Includes: Bradford Saturday Evening Club, Haverhill Book Club, Hosford Club, Leisure Hour Club, Papyrus Club, Quaere Club, Reading Guild, Saturday Book Club, XV Club |
Haverhill Woman Suffrage Association Records
Also includes: Haverhill Equal Suffrage League |
Joseph Haynes Family Papers
Also includes: Captain Richard Ayer, Timothy Ladd, Haverhill Committee of Safety |
Hosford Club Records |
Edwin Walter Howe Papers
Also includes: Mrs. John B. Mason, Haverhill Historical Society |
Charles N. Hoyt Papers
Also includes: North Parish Church Ministerial Funds Trustees |
Harry Elmore Hurd Papers
Also includes: Center/Centre Congregational Church |
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Joseph C. Kennedy Correspondence
Also includes: Mary Jane Kennedy, Altine Greenman, World War I |
Kosmos Club Records |
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Leisure Hour Club Records |
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Major How G.A.R. Post 47 Records |
Charles C. McDuffie Papers |
Isaac Merrill Diaries Collection
Also includes: Julian S. Miller |
Merrimack Valley Children’s Museum Clippings |
Edmund “Ted” G. Miller Collection
Also includes: Al Capp, Ham Fisher, Bob Montana |
Mitchell and Company Records |
Monday Evening Club Records |
Bob Montana Collection
Also includes: Archie Comics, Haverhill High School, Brown and Gold |
William H. Moody Papers
Also includes: Lizzie Borden, United States Supreme Court |
Anne Carroll Moore Papers
Also includes: New York Public Library |
John G. Moulton Papers
Also includes: Haverhill Public Library |
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North Congregational Church Records
Also includes: First Congregational Church, North Parish Community Church (Plaistow, NH), Union Congregational Church, United Church of Christ |
North Parish Church and North Parish Community Church Records
Also includes: First Congregational Church, Plaistow Congregational Society, Rockingham Congregational Church, United Church of Christ |
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Octagon Club Records |
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Papyrus Club Records |
Pentucket Club Records
Also includes: Agawam Club, Duncan Mansion, Knights Templar |
Portland Street Baptist Church Records
Also includes: Third Baptist Church |
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Quaere Club Records |
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Mike Ryan Collection
Also includes: Philadelphia Phillies, Boston Red Sox |
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Saltonstall Family Collection
Also includes: Leonard W. Smith |
Thomas Sanders Family Papers
Also includes: Alexander Graham Bell, Bell Telephone Company, Birchbrow, Sanders Leather Company |
Lillian Shapiro Papers
Also includes: Women’s Army Auxiliary Corps, World War II |
Leonard W. Smith Papers
Also includes: Buttonwoods, Haverhill Historical Society |
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Temple Emanu-El Oral History Project
Includes: Anne Baker, Henrietta Becker, William Benedetson, Glenna Bier, Alice Bloom, Dora Blotner, George Brindis, Alfred Brody, Sophie Brownstein, Dora Cohen, Martha Cohen, Elsie Epstein, Manny Epstein, Mae Albertson Espovich, Norman Espovich, David Fishbein, Jerome Fishbein, Frances Albertson Foreman, Julia Garbelnick, Norman Gerson, Carl Goldberg, Philip Goltz, Gussie Goralnick, Samuel Goralnick, Eva Gorevitz, Mrs. Benjamin Grad, Vinson Grad, Sarah Greenberg, Benjamin Hartman, Bessie Hershberg, Rabbi Abraham I. Jacobson, Evelyn Kaplan, Saul Karelis, George Karelitz, Ada Mandell, Max Marcus, Bert Mencis, Bennett Nesson, Anuta Rich, Nadia Rodberg, Sadie Salner, Fannie Silverman, Saul Silverman, Ida Sherman, John D. Shinberg, Louis Swartz, Dorothy Taitsman, David Watnick, Pauline Watnick, Bertha Shapiro Woodman, David Zelig Rules and regulations pertaining to the use of this collection. |
Winfield Scott Thomas WPA Collection
Also includes: Works Progress Administration |
Emily Tucker Papers |
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Henry Walker Family Papers
Also includes: War of 1812 |
WHAV Radio Station Collection
Also includes: Eagle Tribune, Haverhill Gazette, WXRV |
Winnekenni Foundation Records
Also includes: Winnekenni Castle, Winnekenni Park Conservation Area |
Winter Street Baptist Church Records
Also includes: First Baptist Church, Free Will Baptist Society, Randall Church, Winter Street Free Baptist Church, Winter Street Free Will Baptist Church |
Women’s City Club of Haverhill Records |
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XV Club Records
Also includes: Fifteen Club |
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Homer P. Young, Jr. Papers
Also includes: Haverhill Public Library |
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