Printed Matter

Sanford and Springvale Newspapers

• La Justice de Sanford, complete bound years from 1929 to 1942, and all but two issues for 1943 & 1944.

• Sanford Tribune, 1902 to 1977, when publication ceased. The early years are very fragile. Most issues from 1895, when publication commenced, to 1901 are also available. These earliest issues are extremely fragile.

• Springvale Advocate, 1905 to 1921

• Sanford Star, January 1977, when publication commenced, to June 1979, when publication ceased.

• Sanford News, March 1980, when publication commenced, until September 2017 when publication ceased.

• Sanford-Springvale Register, July 2006 when publication commenced to August 2008 when publication ceased.

• Weekly Observer, Sanford, Acton, Lebanon, April 2006, when publication commenced, until May 2014 when publication ceased.

• Velmo Times, Published by Sanford Mills Velmo Executives Association

• 20 issues published from 1925 to 1927, Society lacks some issues.

Sanford Directories

• 1893 to 1984 – 35 volumes (all published)

• Five Later Directories: 1987 to 1990 and 1995

School and College Publications

• Nasson College Yearbooks, 1914 to 1983 Complete

• Sanford High School Yearbooks, 1929 to Date Complete

• Also scattered SHS Yearbooks prior to 1929

• Sanford Junior High School Yearbooks 1978 (year first issued) to date except 1984

• Red and White, Sanford High School Newspaper 1927 to 1987 (not complete)

Sanford Town Reports

• 1857 to Date Complete

• Scattered issues prior to 1857

Books of Local Interest

• Edwin Emery, History of Sanford, 1901, reprinted with index, 1987

• Albert L. Prosser, Editor, Bicentennial History of Sanford, 1968

• Harland H. Eastman, Sanford & Springvale in the Days of Fred Philpot, 1985

• Harland H. Eastman, Sanford & Springvale, A Backward Glance, 1988

• Harland H. Eastman, A Cluster of Maine Villages, Sanford and Springvale,
  Acton, Shapleigh and Alfred, 1991

• Harland H. Eastman, Villages on the Mousam, Sanford and Springvale, 1995

• Madge Baker, Woven Together in York County, Maine, 1999

• Albert L. Prosser, A History of Nasson College, 1977, unpublished manuscript

• Albert L. Prosser & Richard D’Abate, Nasson, The Seventy Years, 1993

• History of York County, 1880

• Biographic Review of York County, 1896

• York Deeds, 1666 to 1737, 18 volumes complete

• Frederick Boyle, Early Families of Sanford- Springvale, 1988

• Frederick Boyle, Later Families of Sanford- Springvale, 1995

• G. T. Ridlon, Saco Valley Settlements and Families, 1895

• Atlas of York County, Maine, 1872

• Wall Map of York County, Maine, 1856

• Sprague's Journal of Maine History, 1913 to 1926, 14 volumes complete

• The Historical Society’s collections include many other publications with material of local interest including various histories and genealogies of nearby towns.

Manuscript Holdings

• Records of the Creation of the Mousam River Mills — A complete archive of over 2,000 documents, housed in 18 binders, covering the building of this woolen mill.  All are dated from 1873 to 1875. Included are receipts for hay for horses clearing the land, receipts and railway bills for building materials, invoices for looms and other machinery, orders for raw materials and finally the manufacture and sale of its first products.  This record of the building of a nineteenth century woolen mill is perhaps unique.

Ledgers and Account Books

• Orrin Roberts, Blacksmith, Account Book 1877-1886

• Albert J. Smith Account Book 1881-1910

• William Emery Store, Springvale 1844-1845

• Jotham Moulton’s Store Account Book 1770-1772

• Samuel Nasson’s Store Account Book 1778-1800

• John Storer’s Account Book 1828-1830

• Francis Augustus Allen’s Cloth Book 1832-1833

• Records of Sawmill at Willard’s Privilege 1823-1826

• John Dennett’s Store 1852 -

• John Dennett’s Day Books 1857-1874

• John Dennett’s Account Book 1874-1900

• Oliver Dennett’s Store 1984-1906

• E. & E.E. Goodwin’s Store, Account Book for 1882

• Robert Thompson Account Book 1835 –

• Elihu Parson’s Account Book, 1841-1857

• Lester Crenner, Carpenter, Account Book 1904-1915

Sanford Town Records

• Letters and Other Records from 1770-1866, but mostly prior to 1800

• Assessor’s Valuation Ledgers 32 volumes 1833-1890

Other

• William Willard Boyd’s Manuscript Map of Springvale 1862 (41” x 43”) with names of property owners

• Original Record Book of the Sanford & Lebanon Christian Church From 1832 (year organized) to 1844

• Diaries of George E. Allen 1874-1897

• Hobbs Family Correspondence and Other Papers

• Batchelder Family Letters 1884-1905

• Memories of Donald Turner 1907-1987

• Record of baseball games played between 1876 and 1884 by the Sanford Baseball Team and the Live Oaks Baseball Team of Sanford

Artifacts

Our collections of artifacts are too varied and extensive to include on this web site.