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CHELSEA PUBLIC LIBRARY REFERENCE ARCHIVES. The Chelsea Public Library staff has compiled a list of the commonly researched topics in our historical archives. Information on each topic has been reproduced and placed in individual loose-leaf binders.
The general collection of the Chelsea Public Library Archives includes a wide variety of items including postcards, photographs, oral and written personal histories, books, and city documents. These postcards represent a portion of the collection of general Chelsea history, largely picturing Chelsea before the Great Chelsea Fire of 1908.
In 1970, the Historical Archives in the library were instituted as a depository for any resources relating to Chelsea history. Since that time, hundreds of students, scholars, teachers, historians, city officials and city residents have made use of the Archives. Visit institution web site.
The Chelsea Public Library staff has compiled a list of the commonly researched topics in our historical archives. Information on each topic has been reproduced and placed in individual loose-leaf binders.
If you are looking for any historical information on Chelsea, this library is a goldmine. From every newspaper published, Chelsea High School yearbooks, city directories going back to mid-1800s, and so much more! This is a genealogists nirvana!
However, the Chelsea Public Library has the most complete archive of the Chelsea Record, as well as other now-defunct newspapers. Available on microfilm: Chelsea Gazette: April, 1886 – December, 1931.
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