Book Collections

• Local History of Avon and neighboring towns
• Book Collection of Northington Library
• Genealogy of selected Avon families
• Genealogical reference materials

Serial Collections

• Avon High School Yearbooks, 1961+
• Ct. Nutmegger, v. 32, no. 1 to present
• Avon Town Reports, 1877 to present
• Lure of the Litchfield Hills, Dec. 1940-Winter 1975
• City Directories, 1913, 1918, 1928, 1932, 1964+
• American Canals, May. 2002 to present

Manuscript Collections

• Archives of Avon Free Public Library and earlier libraries
• Rev. Rufus Hawley Family: diaries, letters & genealogical notes
• Diaries of Frank Hadsell, 1859-1942
• Selected letters of Mabel Bishop, 1907-1925
• Avon Newsletter (WWII) January 1944-December 1945

Maps

• Smith’s Map of Hartford County, Connecticut. 1855
• Baker Tilden, Avon & surrounding towns. 1869
• Avon Map of 1830
• Commercial street maps, 1980+

Photographs & Visual Materials       

• The Clinton Hadsell Collection, 1899-1914
• Gravestone photos & index for cemeteries: Cider Brook, East Avon, West Avon
• Photograph Collections of Case Family, Hawley Family & Robert Holmes Family ( not inventoried)
• Photograph album of Hillandale-William House, 1926.
• Vintage photographs arranged by topic
• Postcard collections of Bishop Family, circa 1907-1925

Paper Ephemera

• Scrapbooks:  Mother’s Club, 1931-1993 (Avon Womans Club);Garden Club of Avon, 1954-2004; Alsop Family Scrapbook, 1950-1953; Scrapbook of Mabel Bishop, 1892-1903
  
  

• Resource Subject Files by Category*:  Businesses & Industry; Events & Incidents; Government, including military; Avon History - Organizations & groups; Parks; Places, Streets & Structures; People-Families & individuals; Schools.

*Contains a wide range of formats such as pamphlets, minutes, letters, reports, newspaper clipping and real photo postcards

Microfilm Resources

• U.S. Census Records, Avon reels, 1790-1930
• Avon News, 1986-1996