Concord History: Books & Manuscripts

This page contains published and unpublished works on the history of Concord that have been digitized. Items are available to view in person at the library. The digitized content on this page does not comprise the entirety of books on Concord history held by the library. Please access the library catalog in order to explore our complete holdings. For access to digitized photographs and archives, visit CPL Digital Collections, where you can access over 2000 digitized items from the library's Concord Room.

Major Histories

These three major histories of Concord and Penacook have been digitized by the Concord Public Library:

• The History of Concord, From Its First Grant in 1725 To The Organization Of The City Government in 1853, With a History Of The Ancient Penacooks, by Nathaniel Bouton, 1856.
• History of Concord New Hampshire From the Original Grant in Seventeen Hundred and Twenty-Five to the Opening of the Twentieth Century, Volume 1 and 2, by James O. Lyford, 1903.
• The History of Penacook, N. H., From Its First Settlement in 1734 Up To 1900, by David Arthur Brown, 1902.

Digitized Manuscripts

The following are unpublished manuscripts:

• A Capital for New Hampshire, by Grace P. Amsden. - An account of life in Concord through the middle part of the 20th century. This 3-volume manuscript tells stories of buildings related to Count and Countess Rumford, Franklin Pierce, Robert Rogers, Isaac Hill, and other Concord notables. The original manuscript, with photographs, is available at the Tuck Library of the New Hampshire Historical Society
• Materials for a History of White’s Opera House, by Elwin L. Page. Written to document the history of the Opera House and the various actors and speakers who performed in Concord. The information was compiled from various news reports in the newspaper and Judge Page’s memories.
• A Century and a Third of Amateur Dramatics in Concord, by Page.

Other Material

Other historical material, made available online by the Concord Public Library:

• Celebrating 150 Years: Concord Public Library, by Virginia Babczak, 2006
• South East View of Concord dated 1860; lithograph by Henry P. Moore
• Luti’s Boys: a history of Boy’s Cross-Country at Concord High during the Bill Luti era, 1957-1981, by Bob Estabrook, 2015.
• Concord Harriers: Boys cross-country at Concord High 1916-2023. by Bob Estabrook, 2024.
• The History of the Concord Sunset Baseball League from 1950-1992 by Paul R. Eastman, 2015
• New Hampshire Historic Property Documentation Stickney Avenue Highway Garage Complex by Lisa Mausolf, 2015 

Historical City Reports

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