Local History
The Chicopee Room at the Chicopee Public Library contains materials about the history of Chicopee and the surrounding towns.
Some information has been digitized, to view the collection visit: Digital Treasures
For a history of the library, visit the Library History page
Collections include:
- Phonebooks and Directories 1863, 1872-present
- Yearbooks from Chicopee High and Chicopee Comprehensive (various years)
- Clippings Files about topics in the city
- Historic Homes Files
- Street list of eligible voters from 1939-present
- Annual reports by town/city officers
- Veterans' Grave Registration (Colonial Era to Vietnam War)
- Chapin Family Genealogy
- World War II Scrapbook
- Civil War Ledger, contains the name, address, and occupation of the Chicopee residents that served in the war
John Sullivan, is seated with another individual at the entrance of Spalding & Bros.
Local Publications
- Olive Leaf: Newspaper published by young factory women employed in the textile mills of Cabotville (c.1843)
- Westover Flyer:Airforce base newspaper from the late 1940s
- Fisk Bulletin: A newsletter of the Fisk Athletic and Social Association published from 1917-1920.