We have archival and special collections of files, ephemera, photos, maps, blueprints and plans, diaries, journals and more. Please see our general list for more details provided below. We also have some favorite “go-to” sources for research which we are sharing with you here, as well as the cemetery online records:
Special Collections General List
Database WHS Harold Hinds, Jr. Files
Donald G. Marshall- Christmas Memories Wilmington ca 1926
Memories of Life in the Adirondacks by Lucius Evens Avery
Wilmington Rupert Newspaper column from Emma Hinds Scrapbook 1877-1881
War of 1812 Town of Jay- 9th Regiment- Sanford’s Battalion
The Early Years of My Life in Wilmington, NY (1919-1930s) by Donald G. Marshall-Part 1 of 3
The Early Years of My Life in Wilmington, NY (1919-1930s) by Donald G. Marshall-Part 2 of 3
The Early Years of My Life in Wilmington, NY (1919-1930s) by Donald G. Marshall-Part 3 of 3
Ralza C Lawrence Letter 1-Transcribed by K. Peters & Guy Stephenson
Ralza C Lawrence Letter 2-Transcribed by K. Peters & Guy Stephenson
Local Cemeteries
The following link will take you to a website where a survey and photographs of headstones of local cemeteries in Wilmington and other Essex County cemeteries can be found.