{"id":131,"date":"2014-04-22T11:34:14","date_gmt":"2014-04-22T15:34:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/warelibrary.org\/?page_id=131"},"modified":"2025-04-08T18:54:05","modified_gmt":"2025-04-08T22:54:05","slug":"local-history-collection","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/warelibrary.org\/?page_id=131","title":{"rendered":"Local History Collection"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"131\" class=\"elementor elementor-131\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-28560a5b elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"28560a5b\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-249cbf0e\" data-id=\"249cbf0e\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fd81f68 elementor-widget elementor-widget-site-logo\" data-id=\"fd81f68\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;align&quot;:&quot;center&quot;,&quot;width&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;%&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;width_tablet&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;%&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;width_mobile&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;%&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;space&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;%&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;space_tablet&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;%&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;space_mobile&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;%&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;image_border_radius&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;top&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;right&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;bottom&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;left&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;isLinked&quot;:true},&quot;image_border_radius_tablet&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;top&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;right&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;bottom&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;left&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;isLinked&quot;:true},&quot;image_border_radius_mobile&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;top&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;right&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;bottom&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;left&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;isLinked&quot;:true},&quot;caption_padding&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;top&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;right&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;bottom&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;left&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;isLinked&quot;:true},&quot;caption_padding_tablet&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;top&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;right&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;bottom&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;left&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;isLinked&quot;:true},&quot;caption_padding_mobile&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;top&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;right&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;bottom&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;left&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;isLinked&quot;:true},&quot;caption_space&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:0,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;caption_space_tablet&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;caption_space_mobile&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]}}\" data-widget_type=\"site-logo.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hfe-site-logo\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"\"  class='elementor-clickable' href=\"https:\/\/warelibrary.org\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hfe-site-logo-set\">           \n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hfe-site-logo-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"hfe-site-logo-img elementor-animation-\"  src=\"https:\/\/warelibrary.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/logo_horizontal_2color1-300x116.jpg\" alt=\"logo_horizontal_2color(1)\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>  \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f4bf819 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f4bf819\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #0b6b1b;\">Local History Collection<\/span><\/h2><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Items from our Local History Collection are available upon request and must be used in the library. Please ask a staff member for assistance. Our inventory includes:<\/span><\/p><h4><span style=\"color: #0b6b1b;\"><strong>Military Records:<\/strong><\/span><\/h4><ul><li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors of the Revolutionary War<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Sons of the American Revolution. Massachusetts Society. Historical Memoranda<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Massachusetts Soldiers, Sailors, and Marines in the Civil War<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Massachusetts in the Army and Navy during the War of 1861-65<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Record of the Massachusetts Volunteers, 1861-1865<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Massachusetts in the World War. History.<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The gold star record of Massachusetts [World War I]<\/span><\/li><\/ul><h4><span style=\"color: #0b6b1b;\"><strong>Histories of Ware:<\/strong><\/span><\/h4><ul><li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">History of Ware, Massachusetts, by Arthur Chase, 1911<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">History of Ware, Massachusetts, 1911-1960, by John Houghton <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Conkey and Dorothy Dunham Conkey, 1960<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Ware : the Manour of Peace, by Warren Bacon and Claudia Chicklas, 1996<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">County atlas of Hampshire, Massachusetts, 1873<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Ware River News, from 1963 to the present<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Selected tax lists and town directories<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Ware Town Reports<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Ware High School yearbooks, from 1941 to the present<\/span><\/li><\/ul><p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">We do not have a print copy of the Vital Records for Ware, covering the years 1735-1893. At least four libraries in Massachusetts have the Ware records available for viewing on microfiche: The <a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.forbeslibrary.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Forbes Library<\/a> in Northampton, The<\/span> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.springfieldlibrary.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Springfield City Library<\/a>, <span style=\"color: #000000;\">the<\/span> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.worcpublib.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Worcester Public Library<\/a>, and the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mass.gov\/lib\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">State Library of Massachusetts<\/a>. <span style=\"color: #000000;\">Additionally, those records are also available at the<\/span> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.newberry.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Newberry Library<\/a> <span style=\"color: #000000;\">in Chicago, the<\/span> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.denver.lib.co.us\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Denver Public Library<\/a> <span style=\"color: #000000;\">in Colorado, the<\/span> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jefferson.lib.la.us\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jefferson Parish Library<\/a> <span style=\"color: #000000;\">in Louisiana, and the<\/span> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wisconsinhistory.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Wisconsin Historical Society<\/a>.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-9646c30 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"9646c30\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-ae8231c\" data-id=\"ae8231c\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-04b6025 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"04b6025\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #0b6b1b;\">Local History Index:<\/span><\/h4><p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Click on the button to access our local history index &#8211; this will start a file download to your computer.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-176281b\" data-id=\"176281b\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1282050 elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"1282050\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm elementor-animation-pop\" href=\"https:\/\/warelibrary.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Archive-inventory-4.xlsx\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Ware Library Archive Inventory<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Local History Collection Items from our Local History Collection are available upon request and must be used in the library. Please ask a staff member for assistance. Our inventory includes: Military Records: Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors of the Revolutionary War Sons of the American Revolution. Massachusetts Society. 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