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Local history

Here are entered works on the writing and compiling of local histories. Collective histories, and works on the historiography, of several localities of a country, state, etc., are entered under the name of the place with subdivision History, Local. Individual local histories are entered under [place -- History.]

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• Historiography

• Local History -- Normandy
• Local history -- Alabama
• Local history -- Bibliography
• Local history -- Colorado
• Local history -- Connecticut
• Local history -- Dorchester (Mass.)
• Local history -- Georgia
• Local history -- Illinois
• Local history -- Iowa
• Local history -- Kentucky
• Local history -- Maine
• Local history -- Malden (Mass.)
• Local history -- Massachusetts
• Local history -- Michigan
• Local history -- Mississippi
• Local history -- New England
• Local history -- New Hampshire
• Local history -- New Jersey
• Local history -- New York (State)
• Local history -- North Carolina
• Local history -- Ohio
• Local history -- Pennsylvania
• Local history -- Periodicals
• Local history -- Research
• Local history -- Rhode Island
• Local history -- Study and teaching
• Local history -- Tennessee
• Local history -- Vermont
• California -- Local history
• China -- Local history
• Hertfordshire -- Local history
• Hungary -- -- Local history
• Italy -- Local history
• Los Angeles County (Calif.) -- Local history
• Minnesota -- Local history
• San Luis Obispo County (Calif.) -- Local history
• Ventura County (Calif.) -- Local history

• Historiography, Local
• Local historiography
• Local history -- Historiography

• Six town chronicles of England (Clarendon press, 1911), by Ralph Flenley (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Georgia's landmarks, memorials, and legends ... (Printed for the author by the Byrd Printing Company, State Printers, 1913), by Lucian Lamar Knight (page images at HathiTrust)
• The challenge of local history: a conference designed to broaden the interests of New York State local historians in scholarly history. (Office of State History, 1968), by N.Y.) Local History Enrichment Conference (1967 : Albany, University of the State of New York. Office of State History, and National Endowment for the Humanities (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Publication. (The Society, 1953), by Abertay Historical Society (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Manuel d'histoire locale; guide pour la rédaction des monographies historiques, contenant plusieurs indications spéciales à la Provence. (Aubanel frères, 1913), by C. Allibert (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• The nature and practice of State and local history. (Service Center for Teachers of History, 1958), by Philip D. Jordan (page images at HathiTrust)
• The United States : a catalogue of books relating to the history of its various states, counties, and cities, arranged alphabetically by states and offered for sale at reasonable prices. (Arthur H. Clark Co., 1920), by Arthur H. Clark Company (page images at HathiTrust)
• A handbook to county bibliography, being a bibliography of bibliographies relating to the counties and towns of Great Britain and Ireland. ([Printed by Strangeways], 1917), by Arthur Lee Humphreys (page images at HathiTrust)
• The genealogist's guide. (Privately printed for the author by Billing and sons, 1903), by George W. Marshall (page images at HathiTrust)
• Catalogue of the fine, extensive and valuable library of the Rt. Hon. the Earl of Gosford ... ([G. Norman & Son, printers], 1884), by Puttick and Simpson and Archibald Brabazon Sparrow Acheson Gosford (page images at HathiTrust)
• Guide to the county archives of California (California State Print. Office, 1919), by Owen Cochran Coy and John Francis Davis (page images at HathiTrust)
• Chishi mokuroku. (Naimushō Chirikyoku, 1884), by Japan. Naimushō. Chirikyoku (page images at HathiTrust)
• Your community writes its history. (Michigan Historical Commission, 1949), by Karl Zeisler, Historical Society of Michigan (1874- ), and Michigan Historical Commission (page images at HathiTrust)
• Your community writes its history [supplement]. (Michigan State Library, 1949), by Michigan State Library (page images at HathiTrust)
• Local history is alive and well : an address given on the occasion of the dedication of the Bentley Historical Library, May 2, 1974 (Michigan Historical Collections/Bentley Historical Library, University of Michigan, 1974), by Ray Allen Billington (page images at HathiTrust)
• 15 things you can do to save America's stories (National Endowment for the Humanities :, 1999), by National Endowment for the Humanities and White House Millennium Council (U.S.) (page images at HathiTrust)
• The genealogist's guide. (Priv. print. for the author by Billing and sons, 1893), by George W. Marshall (page images at HathiTrust)
• Campbell's gazetteer of Missouri, from articles contributed by prominent gentlemen in each county of the state, and information collected and collated from official and other authentic sources (R. A. Campbell, 1874), by Robert Allen Campbell (page images at HathiTrust)
• Hudson-Fulton exhibition made by the New York Public Library (Lenox library building) September 1909. (New York, 1909), by New York Public Library (page images at HathiTrust)
• Historical collections of the state of New York : being a general collection of the most interesting facts, biographical sketches, varied descriptions, &c. relating to the past and present : with geographical descriptions of the counties, cities, and principal villages throughout the state (Published for the author by Clark, Austin & Co., 1851), by John Warner Barber (page images at HathiTrust)
• Historical collections of the State of New York : containing a general collection of the most interesting facts, traditions, biographical sketches, anecdotes, &c. relating to its history and antiquities, with geographical descriptions of every township in the state (Published for the authors by S. Tuttle, 1844), by John Warner Barber and Henry Howe (page images at HathiTrust)
• Publications of the Onondaga Historical Association. (S.n.], in the 20th century), by Onondaga Historical Association (page images at HathiTrust)
• Collections, topographical, historical, and biographical relating principally to New Hampshire. (Hill and Moore, 1822) (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• History of West Virginia : in two parts (Hubbard Brothers, 1889), by Virgil A. Lewis (page images at HathiTrust)
• A pioneer outline history of northwestern Pennsylvania (Printed by J.B. Lippincott Co., 1905), by W. J. McKnight (page images at HathiTrust)
• Virginia counties: those resulting from Virginia legislation. (D. Bottom, superintendent of public printing, 1916), by Morgan Poitiaux Robinson (page images at HathiTrust)
• The history of the parish of Grittleton, in the county of Wilts (Printed by J.B. Nichols, 1843), by John Edward Jackson, John Britton, and London Wiltshire Topographical Society (page images at HathiTrust)
• American historical magazine. (University Press, 1896), by Albert Virgil Goodpasture, John M. Bass, William Robertson Garrett, Tennessee Historical Society, and Peabody Normal College (page images at HathiTrust)
• Publication Fund series (s.n.], 1868), by New-York Historical Society (page images at HathiTrust)
• The John Watts de Peyster Publication Fund series (s.n.], 1903), by New-York Historical Society (page images at HathiTrust)
• Register of the Lynn Historical Society <1918/1921-> (Lynn, Mass. : The Nichols Press, 1898-, 1897), by Mass.) Lynn Historical Society (Lynn (page images at HathiTrust)
• Township grants of lands in New Hampshire included in the Masonian patent issued subsequent to 1746 by the Masonian proprietary. (E.N. Pearson, public printer, 1896), by Proprietors of Mason's Patent in New Hampshire and Albert Stillman Batchellor (page images at HathiTrust)
• Proceedings of the Long Island Historical Society at the ... annual meeting. (The Society, 1882), by Long Island Historical Society (page images at HathiTrust)
• A finding list of genealogies and local history in the Syracuse Public Library, Syracuse, N.Y. (Lyman Brothers, Printers, 1902), by Syracuse (N.Y.). Public Library (page images at HathiTrust)
• Municipal records (Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, 1918), by F. J. C. Hearnshaw (page images at HathiTrust)
• Local bibliographies and the indexing of local newspapers. ([Lansing?, 1895), by Byron Alfred Finney (page images at HathiTrust)
• Historical collections of the state of New York; containing a general collection of the most interesting facts, traditions, biographical sketches, anecdotes, &c. relating to its history and antiquities, with geographical descriptions of every township in the state. (Pub. for the authors by S. Tuttle., 1845), by John Warner Barber and Henry Howe (page images at HathiTrust)
• Palmi, Seminara e Gioia Tauro : ricerche e studi storici (Atesa, 1989), by Antonio De Salvo (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• The writing of local history : an essay ([s.n.], 1960), by W. W. Robinson, Zamorano Club, and Roxburghe Club of San Francisco (page images at HathiTrust)
• Historical papers. (Historical Society of Newburgh Bay and the Highlands, in the 19th century), by Historical Society of Newburgh Bay and the Highlands (page images at HathiTrust)
• Bibliography of the local history of Massachusetts. (W.P. Lunt, 1871), by Jeremiah Colburn (page images at HathiTrust)
• Histoire de la ville de Parthenay. de ses anciens seigneurs et de la Gatine du Poitou depuis les temps les plus reculés jusqu'a la révolution (A. Durand [etc], 1858), by Bélisaire Ledain (page images at HathiTrust)
• American pioneer : a monthly periodical, devoted to the objects of the Logan Historical Society ; or, to collecting and publishing sketches relative to the early settlement and successive improvement of the country. (Cincinnati, Ohio : John S. Williams, 1842-, 1842) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Historia territorial do Brazil ... (Typ. do "Jornal do commercio", 1906), by Felisbello Freire (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• History of Caio, Carmarthenshire (The Author : printed by B. Trerise, 1904), by Fred S. Price (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Słownik geograficzny Królestwa Polskiego i innych krajów słowiańskich (Filip Sulimierski i Władysław Walewski, 1880), by Bronisława Chlebowski, Władysław Walewski, Bronisław Chlebowski, and Filip Sulimierski (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Az eltünt régi vármegyék (A. M. T. Akadémia Könyvkiado-hivatala, 1880), by Pesty Frigyes and Magyar Tudományos Akadémia. Történelmi Bizottság (page images at HathiTrust)
• Index to American genealogies. (J. Munsell's sons, 1886), by Daniel S. Durrie and firm Munsell (page images at HathiTrust)
• Index to American genealogies. (J. Munsell, 1878), by Daniel S. Durrie and firm Munsell (page images at HathiTrust)
• Supplement 1900 to 1908 to the index to genealogies published in 1900. (J. Munsell's Sons, 1908), by Daniel S. Durrie (page images at HathiTrust)
• Mitteilungen des K. K. Archivs für Niederösterreich. (K.u.K. Hof-Buchdruckerei und Hof-Verlags-Buchhandlung Carl Fromme, 1908), by Franz Wilhelm, Albert Starzer, and Niederösterreichisches Landesarchiv (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Yearbook of the Pennsylvania Society of New York (The Society, 1901), by Pennsylvania Society of New York (page images at HathiTrust)
• New England bibliopolist (David Clapp & Son, 1880) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Kongeriget Danmark, en historisk topografisk beskrivelse (Erslev, 1882), by Ludvig Frederik Both (page images at HathiTrust)
• Old Hampshire vignetts. (Macmillan and co., limited, 1907), by Lanoe Falconer (page images at HathiTrust)
• Old rail fence corners : the A.B.C.'s of Minnesota history : authentic incidents (F.H. McCulloch Print. Co., 1915), by Lucy Leavenworth Wilder Morris and Daughters of the American Revolution. Minnesota Society. Book Committee (page images at HathiTrust)
• Rư̄ang phongsāwadān yōnok (Kō̜ng Lahuthōt, 1907), by Phrayā Prachākitčhakō̜nračhak (Chǣm) (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Nihon fūzokushi (Shin Shūyōsha, 1917), by Totsudō Katō (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Publication Fund series (Printed for the New York Historical Society, 1868), by New-York Historical Society (page images at HathiTrust)
• Supplement to Bibliographia genealogica americana : an alphabetical index to American genealogies and pedigrees contained in state, county and town histories, printed genealogies, and kindred works ; 3d ed., issued 1886. (J. Munsell's Sons, 1888), by Joel Munsell's Sons and Daniel S. Durrie (page images at HathiTrust)
• Catalogue of books, chiefly relating to the history of New England, comprising a complete collection of the local histories of Massachusetts, also of Vermont; and, with few exceptions, those of New Hampshire, Connecticut, and Rhode Island. Also rare old newspapers ... and a collection of autograph letters, documents, &c., mostly relating to Massachusetts public characters, and noted men of colonial times. To be sold at auction, by Henry C. Bird & co. ... on Wednesday and Thursday, Jan. 17 and 18 ... (Printed by Rand, Avery & co., 1871), by Henry C. Bird (page images at HathiTrust)
• Historic preservation in Kansas. (Kansas State Historical Society, Historic Sites Survey, 1973), by Kansas State Historical Society. Historic Sites Survey (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Localizing oral history (New York (State) Office of State History, 1969), by W. K. McNeil and University of the State of New York. Office of State History (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Frontier in transition : a history of southwestern Colorado (Colorado State Office, Bureau of Land Management, 1980), by Paul M O'Rourke and United States. Bureau of Land Management. Colorado State Office (page images at HathiTrust)
• Writing local church history (Nebraska Congregational Conference, 1948), by Charles J. Kennedy and Nebraska Congregational Conference (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Historical register : notes and queries, biographical and genealogical. ([publisher not identified], 1883) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Nagy-Szalonta mezőváros történelme : monographiája : különös tekintettel a derecskei uradalomhoz tartozó egykori hajdu-községek viszonyaira (Gyulán : Dobay János, 1870., 1870), by Rozvány György (page images at HathiTrust)
• Report. ([Albany, 1854), by in Relation to Prosecuting Certain Historical Enquiries New York (State). Legislature. Assembly. Select Committee on the Petition of Franklin B. Hough (page images at HathiTrust)
• The gathering of local history materials, by public libraries ... ([Madison, Wis.], 1896), by Reuben Gold Thwaites (page images at HathiTrust)
• The United States : a catalogue of books relating to the history of its various states, counties and cities, arranged alphabetically by states, and offered for sale at reasonable prices. (The Arthur H. Clark Company, 1928), by Arthur H. Clark Company (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Handbook of instruction and information for field workers (Work Projects Administration, Georgia Historical Records Survey, 1940), by Georgia Historical Records Survey (page images at HathiTrust)
• Der Aufruhr bei Cottbus im März 1920 : mit 8 Kartenskizzen (Lausitzer, 1920), by Buchrucker (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Historical societies in the United States and Canada. (Washington, D.C., 1936), by American Association for State and Local History, Charles Christopher Crittenden, and Doris Godard (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• A pioneer outline history of northwestern Pennsylvania : embracing the counties of Tioga, Potter, McKean, Warren, Crawford, Venango, Forest, Clarion, Elk, Jefferson, Cameron, Butler, Lawrence, and Mercer : also a pioneer sketch of the cities of Allegheny, Beaver, Du Bois, and Towanda : my first recollections of Brookville, Pennsylvania, 1840-1843, when my feet were bare and my cheeks were brown (J.B. Lippincott, 1905), by W. J. McKnight (page images at HathiTrust)

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