Books

This is the repository of Salem books. It contains vast tomes on Salem history, everyday life as well as books written by residents of Salem. If we have it it will be listed here. Some of the more special books or collections of booklets or programs will feature a page explaining them and have photos showing them. The categories of books, booklets and pamphlets are as follows:

Booklets

• 100 Years in Salem by Salem Five Cents Savings Bank

• A Visit to the House of the Seven Gables

• Roger Conant Supplementary Notes

• Haunts of Hawthorne in Salem, Massachusetts

• Old Salem Scrap Book No.6

• Old Salem Scrap Book No.7
   

Commemorative

• Church
  • Immaculate Conception Church 150th Anniversary
  • St. Joseph's Church 100th Anniversary
  • St. John the Baptist Church Books
    • 75th Anniversary
    • 90th Anniversary
    • 100th Anniversary

• Salem High School Advance

  • 1906 Graduation Edition

  • 1926 Tercentenary Edition

  • 1926 Graduation Edition

  • 1929 Graduation Edition

  • 1934 Graduation Edition

  • 1954 Graduation Edition

  • 1956 Graduation Edition

• Yearbooks
  • 1956 Salem High School
  • 1959 Salem High School
  • 1989 Salem High School
  • 1996 Collins Middle School
• Other
  • Salem Willows Yacht Club 50th Anniversary
  • Congressman William H Bates Memorial

Government Reports / Addresses

• 1836 Report of Towns Committee on the Subject of City Government

• 1836 Address of the Mayor to the City Government

• 1850 Address of the Mayor to the City Government

• 1869 Account of Transfer of Salem Water Works to City Authorities

• 2003 Salem Charter Commission Findings Report
• City Manual Archive

Programs

• Fourth of July

  • 2004

  • 2005

  • 2006

  • 2007

  • 2008

• Graduation

  • 1926 Salem High

  • 1985 Middle School West

  • 1998 Salem High

• Haunted Happenings

  • 1997

  • 1999

  • 2002

  • 2003

  • 2004

  • 2005

  • 2006

  • 2007

  • 2008

  • 2009

• Municipal Dedication

  • 1913 Roger Conant Statue Unveiling

  • 1925 Nathaniel Hawthorne Monument Dedication

  • 1934 Re-Opening of The Old Town Hall

  • 2005 Roger Conant Statue Rededication

• Other

  • Massachusetts Bay Tercentenary Guide to Salem, 1630

Novels

• Fiction

  • The House of Seven Gables by Nathanial Hawthorne 1893 Salem Edition

  • The Lamplighter by Maria Susanna Cummins

• Non Fiction

  • Letters to an Altar Boy by Rev. David E. Rosage

  • The Salem Fire by Arthur B. Jones

Reference

• A Collectors Guide to Salem Witchcraft & Souvenirs by Pamela E. Apkarian-Russell

• The Great Salem Fire of 1914 Images from the Phillips Library Book by Barbara Pero Kampas

• Greetings from Salem: Collectors Guide to Salem Postcards by Mary Martin & Nathaniel Wolfgang-Price

• Historic Salem in Four Seasons

• Historical Sketch of Salem 1626 - 1879 By Chas. S. Osgood and H. M. Batchelder

• Images of America: Salem, Massachusetts Vol. 1 by Kenneth Turino & Stephen Schier

• Images of America: Salem, Massachusetts Vol. 2 by Kenneth Turino & Stephen Schier

• Transportation Improvements in Downtown Salem by Mass state CTP

• The Salem Handbook by City of Salem

• Salem in Vintage Postcards by Christopher Mathias, Michale Michaud & Kenneth Turino

• Salem Then and Now by Jerome Curley & Nelson Dionne

• Account of Leslie's Retreat at the North Bridge, on Sunday, Feb'y 26, 1775

• Stopping the Clock: A Time to Remember Salem's Pequot Mill Strike

• The Story of Pequot

• Views of Salem after the Great Fire of June 25, 1914

Travel

• Boston Guide to Places of Interest in the City and Environs by Rand McNally

• The Compass: An Illustrated Souvenir Guide to Salem, Mass.

• Salem Souvenir Photo Booklet

• Salem and The Willows Souvenir Photo Booklet

• What to See in Salem (1915 Edition)