About the Collection
To browse a subject in our historical collection pick a subjcet and click search:
As an alternative enter a search term here and click search:
The links below will take you resources outside our library. To browse our historical collection please click H E R E or use the search boxes on the right to look for specific subjects.
Subjects Include:
- General history of Franklin Township and surrounding towns
- Genealogies of Franklin Township families
- Historic Photographs, Maps, and Memorabilia
- Historic buildings of Franklin Township
- Historic churches of Franklin Township
- Cemetery Lists
- Business and Industry
- The American Revolution
- Delaware & Raritan Canal
- The Marconi Wireless Station
- Local personalities (Middlebush Giant, John Honeyman, and others)
- Historic villages and regions of Franklin Township (Somerset, Griggstown East Millstone, Middlebush, Kingston, Blackwell's Mills, Franklin Park/Six-Mile Run, Weston, Zarephath, Three-Mile Run, Nine-Mile Run, Ten-Mile Run, Pleasant Plains, Clyde, Voorhees Station, and others.)
Types of Material:
The collection is available to all interested persons whenever the Library is open. All the material in the Franklin Township Local History collection is for reference only and may not be checked out. A photocopier is provided in the Library for those who wish to make copies. A microfilm reader/printer is available to read and make copies of the newspapers on microfilm.
- Books
- Pamphlets
- Maps
- Newspapers--Franklin News/ Franklin Record/ Franklin News-Record, (1948-1998); Somerset Spectator, (1969-present); Franklin Focus, (1989-1997)
- Photographs
- Oral history tapes
- Manuscripts
