Local History Resources

Resource Library
Featuring select articles, handouts, templates, recordings, and more resources on these topics:

• Management/Boards
• Collections Care & Management
• Exhibits
• Development/Fundraising
• Operations/Facilities
• Outreach/Programming
• Education
• Diversity & Inclusion
• Archives
• Marketing/Communications
• Emergency Management

You can also visit the VHS Youtube Channel for our ever-expanding playlist featuring programs for local historical societies & museums.

LLHSM Lending Library

The Vermont Historical Society maintains a collection of publications and resources to assist local historical societies & museums. The list below represents the most current and/or relevant publications. Additional books are available, please contact Eileen Corcoran, director.outreach@vermonthistory.org to request publications or if you are looking for additional titles or topics.

• Books will be leant to VHS member organizations. Non-member organizations may make an appointment to read the books at the History Center in Barre.
• An organization can borrow up to 3 books at a time for a total of 8 weeks.
• Books may be picked up and dropped off at the History Center in Barre, or they can be shipped (via media mail) to the organization. Up to 5 lbs of books can be shipped to an organization for free at a time. Organizations are responsible for any fees for return shipping.
• Organizations are responsible for returning books in the same condition they arrived. Loss or damage of a book may be charged to the organization.

Please email director.outreach@vermonthistory.org to request titles. Supported in part by the Institute of Museum and Library Services, a federal agency, through the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by the Vermont Department of Libraries

LLHSM Lending Library Book List

Links to Other Vermont Organizations

• The Preservation Trust of Vermont
• Vermont Department of Libraries
• Vermont Division for Historic Preservation, including Historic Preservation Grants
• Vermont League of Cities & Towns
• Vermont Old Cemetery Association
• Vermont State Archives and Records Administration, including the Vermont Historical Records Program
• Vermont Arts Council, including the Cultural Facilities Grant Program
• Vermont Humanities, including their Speakers Bureau & Humanities Grants

Other Resource Websites

• Institute of Museum & Library Services (grants)
• National Endowment for the Humanities (grants)
• American Association for State & Local History (annual conference, training, resources)
• Connecting to Collections Care (resources, training, forums)
• American Alliance of Museums (Museum Assessment Program)