Public libraries gather a wide variety of materials to build a local history reference collection (LHRC), everything from cemetery records to hand-tied flies for anglers’ poles to whatever patrons ...

Maybe you have moved to a different house and are interested in discovering more about its history. You might be newcomers to a town or village and want to gain a sense of its identity, or maybe lived ...

“To understand the world, you must first understand a place like Mississippi” is an observation frequently attributed to William Faulkner (although he might not have actually said it). Despite the ...

In honor of Black History Month this year, KSAT Explains is highlighting three entities that work to preserve and share black history year round. The San Antonio Observer is a local African American ...

Late this summer, I wrote in Slate about my sad lack of knowledge of local history, and resolved to learn more about the place where I live: Athens, Ohio. I put together a series of open-ended ...

Books, articles, papers, pamphlets, newspapers, directories and all sorts of miscellaneous material, which is most likely to be found in the local studies collection of your library. Such material is ...