Notice: Scheduled Tech Upgrade – Beginning on Monday, July 28, our library will undergo a scheduled technology upgrade. During this time, some services may be slower or temporarily unavailable due to staff and public computer downtime. We appreciate your patience as we work to improve our systems. Our physical collection and inperson services will still be available. Please ask staff if you need help during this time. Thank you for your understanding!
Aviso: Actualización Tecnológica Programada – En la próxima semana, comenzando el lunes 28 de julio, nuestra biblioteca realizará una actualización tecnológica. Durante este periodo, algunos servicios pueden estar más lentos o temporalmente no disponibles debido a la interrupción en las computadoras del personal y el publico. Agradecemos su paciencia mientras trabajamos para mejorar nuestros sistemas. Nuestra colección física y la atención en persona estarán disponibles. No dude en pedir ayuda al personal si la necesita. ¡Gracias por su comprensión!
PHOTOGRAPH COLLECTIONS
Milan P. Warner Photograph Collection
C.R. Wilhelm Photograph Collection
For our entire Digital Commonwealth collection, click here.
For other items in Digital Commonwealth related to Holyoke History, search the entire repository here. Then use the left menu to limit your search results to Holyoke. This eliminates numerous items related to Mount Holyoke College in South Hadley.
George Walker Atlas of Holyoke (1884)
L.J. Richards Company Atlas of Hampden County (excerpts only) (1894)
For addtional fire insurance maps of Holyoke (1885-1915), see the Library of Congress Sanborn Atlases of Holyoke.
1) Town Reports/Municipal Registers
The municipal registers are packed with information in the form of detailed annual reports from all town department heads: Select Municipal Registers are available digitally at the History Room's GoogleBookshelf.
2) The History Room's Internet Archive Reading Room.
Click the Reading Room link above to see the whole collection, or access individual titles below. Each title is available to view or download as a PDF document or in another format. Free online access to these materials is made possible by the Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners and the Boston Public Library's Digitization Lab.
Holyoke Today: penned and pictured - 1887
Illustrated and Descriptive Holyoke
Holyoke Past and Present, circa 1895
Picturesque Hampden - Part II : West - 1891
Picturesque Hampshire 1890
Holyoke Daily Transcript Special Industrial Edition - circa 1897
Report of the History and Present Condition of the Hadley Falls Company - 1853
Holyoke Old and New... 1873-1923
Holyoke Past and Present Progress and Prosperity ... Souvenir 1910
The Story of Holyoke, Massachusetts in Painting and Prose (Holyoke Public Library Murals)
Holyoke Centennial Program - 1973
The Story of Holyoke by Wyatt E. Harper
For personal use only. Please do not reprint or distribute.