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Orleans County Towns & City Bibliographies
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A History of Irasburg, Vermont - by Marjorie A. Orcutt and Edward S. Alexander, copyright 1989, ISBN 0-914960-78-4, Academy Books, Rutland, Vermont 05701.
Memories of the Early Days in the Town of Troy, Vermont - by Anne Huckins Butterfield, © 1977, printed by Missisquoi Historical Society, North Troy, VT 05859.
The Glover Historical Society maintains a museum and is currently working on several genealogical projects, including the publication of the 1850 Federal Census for Glover, a History of the Union House, and Cemetery Inscriptions of All Glover Cemeteries. For more information, contact Wayne H. Alexander, president of the Glover Historical Society, at 1225 Perron Hill, Glover, VT 05839, or an e-mail to lhdtp@sover.net will be forwarded to him.
A history of Barton, Vermont - by Darlene Young, published by the Crystal Lake Falls Historical Association, Barton, VT, 1998 (Rutland, VT: Academy Books), LCCN #98-87813
History of Albany, Vermont - (No information found in book on publisher, printer or LCCN #. Contact Ruth Lawrence in Albany or the Albany Historical Society for further information.)
Gazetteer and Business Directory of Lamoille and Orleans Counties, VT (this document available on-line) - for 1883-84. Compiled and published by Hamilton Child, Syracuse, NY, 1883.
Vermont in the Civil War 1861-5 - Volume I and II G. G. Benedict, Published by Burlington Free Press, Burlington, VT, 1886 & 1888.
Holland Highlights - Ella Farrow, Printed by Queen City Printers) LCCN #: 80-105898 r 84
The History of Greensboro: The First Two Hundred Years - Peter Watson and Susan Bartlett Weber. Published by the Greensboro Historical Society. LCCN #: 91-107552 r92
History of the Town of Glover, Vermont - Glover Bicentennial Committee, Published by the Glover Bicentennial Committee, 1992 (Burlington, VT: Queen City Printers) LCCN #: 96-171013
The Pageant of Craftsbury - Fanny Clapp McEnroe, The Cowles Press, Inc., c. 1929 LCCN #: 30-21602
Soldier's Record, George Franklin Sprague, Published by the Town of Craftsbury, Vermont 1929 LCCN #: 18-11583
History of Barton Landing, Carpenter, B[enjamin] F[ranklin] D[eming], 1838. Published by The Newport, [VT] Society, 1893. LCCN #: 04-23276
Vol. 1 - Frontier Crossroads the people of Newport,
Vermont - by Emily M. Nelson, Printed by Courier Printing Company, copywrite 1978, ISBN
0-914016-42-3.
Vol. 2 - Frontier Crossroads - Emily M. Nelson. Published for the Newport History Committee by
Phoenix Pub., c. 1977. ISBN #: 0914016423 (v.1) LCCN #: 77-8624 r 863
History of the Congregational Church in Orleans Co., VT - Pliny Holton White, 1822-1869. Published by Rutland, Tutle & Co., Printers, 1868. LCCN #: 21-18464
BIBLIOGRAPHY OF VERMONT; or, a List of Books & Pamphlets Relating in any Way to the State. With biographical & other notes. By M.D. Gilman. 349p. (1897) 1991.
SETTLEMENT & CEMETERIES IN VERMONT'S NORTHEAST KINGDOM - By Nancy L. Dodge. 197p. (1986). Includes indexed trancripts from gravesites in Canaan, Lemington, Bloomfield, Brunswick & Maidstone, VT, & Hereford, Quebec.
REVISED ROSTER OF VERMONT VOLUNTEERS and Lists of Vermonters who Served in the Army and Navy of the United States during the War of the Rebellion, 1861-66. Comp. under the supervision of Theodore S. Peck. 862p. (1892) 1995
VERMONT IN THE CIVIL WAR - History of the Part Taken by the Vermont Soldiers & Sailors in the War for the Union, 1861-5. By G.G. Benedict. 2 volumes, 620+808p. (1886-8) 1995
VERMONT IN THE GREAT REBELLION, - Containing Historical & Biographical Sketches. By Maj. Otis F. R. Waite. 288p. (Tracy, Chase & Co.; 1869) 1997
VERMONT HISTORICAL GAZETEER - VOL. III: ORLEANS & RUTLAND COS. Ed. by Abby Maria Hemenway. 1245p. (1877) 1994
HISTORY OF BARNET - from the Outbreak of the French & Indian Wars to the Present. With
genealogical records of many families. By Frederic Palmer Wells. 691p. (1923) 1993
(CALEDONIA, ESSEX, ORLEANS COS.) SUCCESSFUL VERMONTERS: Modern Gazetteer of Caledonia, Essex & Orleans Counties, Containing an Historical Review of the Several Towns & a Series of Biographical Sketches... By Wm. H. Jeffrey. 361+274p. (Hist. Pub. Co.; 1904) 1999.
HISTORY OF THE TOWN OF CHARLESTON (Named "Navy", 1803-1825) By Esther B. Hamilton. 129p. (1955) 1993
HISTORY OF DERBY. By Cecile B. Hay & Mildred B. Hay. 240p. (1967) 1998
HISTORY OF GUILDHALL - Containing some Account of the...First Settlement in 1764...and Events to 1886. With genealogical records. By Everett Chamberlin Benton. 270p. (1886) 1993
THE FIRE OF LIFE - Sketches from the author's life; born & raised in Newport and much of the book is about the town in the first half of the 20th century. By Raymond T. Lahar. Ed. by Devon Lahar. 313p., paperback and hardcover. (1998) 2000.
THE TOWN OF ST. JOHNSBURY - A Review of 125 Years. By E.T. Fairbanks. 592p. (1914) 1991
Old Stone House Museum's Library:
BOOK LIST
Obituaries from the Chronicle : the weekly journal of Orleans County,
Vermont, March 1984 to November 1987. / compiled by Dorothy
Annesser. California, 1987. 166 p.
Interesting Vermonters : people who shaped the destiny of Orleans County, Vermont. / by Daniel A. Metraux. 107 p.
Orleans County Fair : Centennial, 1867-1967 / by Enid W. Mandigo, Mildred Lang Miller and Daisy Dopp. Vermont, - 1967. Unpaged
History of the Newport Woman's Club : Three Volumes / by Emily M.
Nelson. Newport, VT : - Emily Nelson, - 1977. Manuscripts.
Successful Vermonters : a modern gazetteer of Caledonia, Essex, and
Orleans counties, containing an historical review of the several towns
and a series of biographical sketches / by William H. Jeffrey. East
Burke, VT : - The Historical publishing company, - 1904
History of the "Bank of Orleans" "Irasburg National Bank of Orleans"
"Barton National Bank" "Barton Savings Bank" "Barton Savings Bank and
Trust Company" / edited by Frederick W. Baldwin. Burlington, VT : - The
Free Press Printing Company, - 1916. 135 p.
Manual of the Congregational Church of Brownington and Barton Landing,
VT : Newport, VT : - Standard Printing Co, - 1876. 24 p.
The Vermont Historical Gazetteer : a history of each town, civil,
ecclesiatical, biographical and military. Volume 3, Orleans and Rutland
Counties. / edited by Abby Maria Hemenway. Claremont, NH : - The
Claremont Manufacturing Co, - 1877. 1245 p.
History of Newspapers in Orleans County, VT / by Pliny H. White. 4 p.
Morgan, Vermont : Sesquicentennial of Vermont Statehood 1791- 1941
/ Morgan, VT, - 1941. Unpaged
Newport celebrates / Newport, VT, - 1968. 72 p.
A brief sketch of the first settlers of Craftsbury, Vermont / by Amasa Scott. 16 p.
Craftsbury : a brief social history / by Daniel A. Metraux. Greensboro, VT : - Hazen Road Dispatch, - 1986. 46 p.
History of Brownington : 1799- 1974. / by Ralph S. Swett. Brownington, VT, - 1975.
A History of Coventry, Orleans County, Vermont / by Pliny H. White. Irasburgh, VT : - A. A. Earle Book Printer, - 1859. 61 p.
The bell tolls no more to call the faithful from their chore : a
history of St. John of the Cross Catholic Church and its parshioners:
East Albany Vermont / by Paul Patrick Daniels. 129 p.
Early memories of Caspian Lake : How the Greensboro summer community
began and what made it unique / by S. Whitney Landon. 1972. 23 p.
History of Greensboro : a semi-centennial discourse / by Rev. James P. Stone. Montpelier, VT : - E. P. Walton, - 1854. 40 p.
Bits and pieces of Coventry's History : 1977 / prepared by the
Coventry Bicentennial Committee. Barre, VT : - Modern Printing Co.,
1977. 80 p.
St Mary Star of the Sea : Centennial anniversary 1873- 1973. Newport, VT, - 1973. Unpaged
City of Newport Vermont : Charter 1918, Settled 1793 / by Michael T. Coutu. 1993. 72 p.
Sketches of Orleans, Vermont : / by Darrell Hoyt. Brownington, VT : - Orleans County Historical Society, - 1985. 97 p.
The History of Greensboro : The First Two Hundred Years / by Peter D.
Watson, Wilhelmina Smith, Lewis Hill, Nancy Hill, Sally Fisher,
Patricia Haslam, Rhoda Metraux, Dorothy Ling, and Gail Sangree.
Greensboro, VT : - Greensboro Historical Society, - 1990. 281 p.
The Westmore Story : a bicentennial project / Westmore, VT : - Westmore Association, - 1976. 36 p.
Town of Westfield in Review : 1776 - 1976 / by Jeanne C. Beaulieu. 1976. 120 p.
History of Albany, Vermont : 1806- 1991 / edited by Virginia Wharton. 1991. 322 p.
Willoughby Lake: Legends and legacies / by Harriet F. Fisher ; edited
by James Hayford. Brownington, Vt : - Orleans County Historical
Society, - c1988. 114 p.
A Craftsbury Album : Images of the Past / compiled and edited by the
Craftsbury Historical Society. Craftsbury, VT : - Craftsbury Historical
Society, - 1989. 58 p.
Orleans County Volunteer