Resource Library

Maps, Photos and Images:

MERZ PHOTO COLLECTION 1941 US Army,
1962 Vermont Dept. of Transportation,
1973 Vermont Dept. of Agriculture

MAPS: Wallings 1859, Beers 1879, Child’s 1883, multiple Sanborn Fire Maps- various (1896-1930), several parcel maps, 1968 GIS maps, 1933 Vermont State map, multiyear Lamoille County maps, Town & Village historic sites map, lotting maps and more.

PHOTOGRAPHY & IMAGES: Photographs, stereo-views, postcards, sketches and paintings

ADVERTISING: mugs, fans, clothing, pencils/pens, brochures, broadsides, posters, rack cards to list a few.

YEAR BOOKS: RITE U R, STOWE HIGH SCHOOL YEAR BOOKS: 1920-2008 (print and digital) 2009-current print

STOWE PREPARATORY SCHOOL: Incomplete set

STOWE GUIDES, MAGAZINES, NEWSPAPERS, BOOKS & JOURNALS:

STOWE SPEAKS ORAL HISTORIES: Audio Interviews of Stowe residents

1875 to the present:
ABBEY HEMENWAY’S Vermont Gazeteer 1871 two volumes,
WALTON GAZETEERS: 1832 - 1940
VERMONT LIFE 1946-2015
STOWE MAGAZINE: 1970-present
STOWE JOURNAL: 1875-76, 1896 special edition

COLLECTIONS: individual and by topic

HISTORIC SITES: addresses, description and various ownerships

MILITARY: memorabilia, uniforms, histories, letters, photographs, inscriptions on the walls of the Memorial Room. (Civil War, World War, World War II, Korea, Vietnam)

FAMILY HISTORIES & GENEALOGY RESOURCES:

Surnames, censuses, voters lists, grand lists, telephone books, profiles and obituaries, diaries, letters and more.

WALTER WRIGHT: Sketch books and designs for metal ware
E.T. HOUSTON: landscape photos and postcards, studio portraits
DORIS HOUSTON: photos, letters, documents and more

MARGE MEANS: abstracts of land records, newspapers, family profiles, collections of real estate and commercial advertising and more.

PATRICIA L HASLAM: Genealogical profiles of many families in Stowe. Abstracts of Birth Marriages and Deaths before 1857 law (BMD must be recorded by the town clerks).

HATS AND BONNETS: From one of the founding families, Lovejoy, we have a collection of bonnets and hats that span more than 100 years

TEXTILES & CLOTHES: coverlets, table covers, bed rug, uniforms, sports, military, youth clothing, tablecloths, coverlets, bedrug, uniforms, hats and bonnets