Historical Archives Housed In The Town Office

Annual Reports, 1893-1983 Celebrations, Town Bicentennial, 1988
Census, New York State - 1876, 1990Court Records, 1894- 1966
....Salem, 1781-90, 1990Election Records, 1808 - 1971
Fiscal Records, 1808 - 1971General Administration: licenses,permits, resolutions,
Highways, Bridges, Railroads, 1825 - 1989..... etc., 1957 -1990
History: record books, school records, originalLaw, Ordinances, Regulations, 1970 - 1990
..... proprieter's books - 1762-1979Maps: highways, flood, tax, wetlands, fire insurance-1884-1990
Military Rolls,1851-1993Minutes: Town,1790-1992; School,1815-34
Planning and Zoning, 1972-1986..... Village,1803-1884, etc.
Taxation and Assesment,1836-1990Public Safety, fire department minutes, 1875
Vital Records, birth,marriage,death,
1847-1849, and1880 to present



Historical Archives Housed at Bancroft Library

Bardwell Smith Geneology, 1807Benjamin Bancroft/Nat'l Bank of Salem, 1850
County Bicentennial, 1984U.S. Constitution Bicentennial , 1987-1991
Salem Business: letters,documents,ledgers, 1890's Vernon Chew, written recollections of Salem from 1929
Salem Churches, historical material..... to 1984
Louetta Eaton, DAR materials, 1956Hon. James Gibson, published history/geneology of
Salem Historic District and Town Survey, 1975..... salem, 1880's newspaper articles
Historic Homes, Buildings, pictures and clippingsHistory of Salem and County, pictures and clippings
Ledgers: Highway, 1894; Evergreen Cemetery,Artifacts of Salem, 1800's and 1900's
1885; Teacher's Association, 1847Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps, 1884-1931
Old Local Newspapers, assorted from 1806Reid Mahaffy Family;: letters,certificates, 1868-1931
1886 Washington County Post, Bound Copies Dr. Darius Orton, letters,deeds, 1850-1930
D&H Railroad Maps and Plans, 1852-1961Rexleigh Bridge Collection, by Sally Smith, 1980
Salem History Collection, by Robert ThompsonWashington Academy History and Bicentennial, 1980
War Material , Rev. War, Civil war,WWI, WWIIWWII Collection, by Nancy Lytle Rogers
Slides of Salem Events and Scenes, 1940 onPhotographs and Postcards of Salem Area, 1880's on
O'Donnell Family Collection, 1800's and1900's
Scrapbooks and Photo Albums: covered bridges,
Catholic Church, Battenkill Railroad, Village Park, 1974 on


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