Lewiston History
Physical Collection
The Lewiston Public Library has historical and genealogical resources on Lewiston, Androscoggin County, and Maine from the nineteenth and twentieth century. These include:
- city directories
- The Franklin Company papers
- Bates College Theses
- scrapbooks
- personal accounts
- reports & records of organizations
- Sun Journal newspapers (from ~1861) no index available
In addition, the collection has numerous volumes on state and city histories and genealogical research. Here are the complete listings of what is in our Lewiston or Maine collections.
Online Documents
- Lewiston Public Library Digital Archives NEW!
- Presidential Visits to Lewiston by Doug Hodgkin
- Historical Walking Tour of Lewiston Brochure
- Cemetery Records