Haverhill History Collection:  Over 17,000 photographs of historic Haverhill. You can view a sample of our historical photograph collections, view art and special displays in the third floor gallery, or find out more about Haverhill natives such as Hannah Dustin or John Greenleaf Whittier. This collection contains city documents in manuscript form, photographs, 200 volumes of newspaper clippings, city directories (1850 - present), cemetery records, books, pamphlets and manuscripts. File categories include authors, business, churches, clubs, history, houses, manufacturing, monuments, neighborhoods, railroads, rivers, schools, societies, and theaters.

Pecker Genealogical Collection: This collection has approximately 9,000 volumes with a concentration on Massachusetts Families. Names include Alden, Allen, Ayer, Bailey, Barnes, Bartlett, Carleton, Chase, Clarke, Clement, Clough, Coffin, Cogswell, Currier, Dustin, Eaton, Emerson, Emery, Foster, Hale, Hardy, Hutchins, Kimball, Lane, Luce, Lunt, Moody, Morrill, Noyes, Pillsbury, Poore, Sargent, Sawyer, Shapley, Small, Sterling, Threlfall, Whittier and Woodbury.

Vital Records Collection:

• Massachusetts Vital Records through 1910 in books and on microfilm.

• Massachusetts State Census 1855 and 1865 on microfilm with transcriptions of Haverhill, Bradford, Ipswich, Groveland, Hamilton, Manchester, Essex, Georgetown, Boxford, West Boxford, Newbury, North Andover, Rockport, Swampscott, Wenham, West Newbury, and Topsfield.

• Federal Census for Essex County, Massachusetts 1790-1920 in books and on microfilm

• Federal Census for Rockingham County, New Hampshire 1850-1920 on microfilm

• Essex County Probate Records, 1671-1857 on microfilm

• Society of Friends (Quaker) Records for Hampton and Seabrook, New Hampshire, 1701-1888 on microfilm