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Rutland County Bibliography

This list is not meant to be an all inclusive catalog of the books available for Rutland County. Please contact us if you know of any other resources we should add.

We have recently added links to as many online digital versions as we have found, again please let us know of others.
We have provided links to a few of these books that are being sold by historical societies.

 

County-wide resources

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Click on the town or area you wish to have information on:
 

Also see the books for sale at at Rutland Historical Society
County-wide Benson Brandon Castleton
Chittendon Clarendon Danby Fair Haven Hubbarton
Ira Mendon Middletown Mount Holly Mount Tabor
Pawlet Pittsfield Pittsford Poultney Proctor
Rutland City Rutland Town Sherburne Shrewsbury Sudbury
Tinmouth Wallingford Wells West Haven West Rutland

 

 

Benson resources

  • House With a Past
    Erik Barnouw-1992-Vermont Historical Society-106 pages

    The author’s purchase of a stone house, a former Mormon place of worship, leads him to investigate its history

  • Souvenir Benson, Vermont
    “Willing Workers”-1928-Willing Workers Society-56 pages

    History and current affairs of 1928

  • Benson Sesquicentennial Address of 1933
    W.E. Aiken-1951-Vermont Quarterly, V. 14, No. 3, pp. 147-158A perspective from 1933

Brandon resources

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Castleton resources

  • Castleton: Scenes of Yesterday
    Castleton Historical Society-1975-CHS-51 pages
    History and views

  • Epitaphs of Castleton, VT
    John Currier-1887-author-48 pages
    Cemetery epitaphs

  • Colonial Day, Castleton, VT
    Margaret Onion – 1950 – M.K. Onion – 16 pages
    Historic buildings and history (Rutland VTGenWeb’s first coordiator, Randy Forguites, said, “She was my HS English teacher so it’s got to be good!”)

  • Look About in Castleton
    Margaret Onion-1977-Castleton Woman’s Club-22 pages
    Historical buildings and history

  • Memorial Exercises Held in Castleton, VT….
    John M. Currier-1885-J. Munsell’s Sons-66 pages
    Biographies, decorated graves, veterans, history, etc.

Chittenden resources

  • Chittenden Pictorial Review
    Bicentennial Committee-1976-Academy Books-49 pages
    History and views

Clarendon resources

Clarendon, Vermont: 1761-1976
“Many people” – 1976 – Academy Books – 119 pages

The story of Clarendon’s past

 

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Danby resources

  • Danby, Spring 1976
    Crosby, et al – 1976 – Hadwen, Inc. – 50 pages
    Danby over two centuries

  • The History and Map of Danby, Vermont
    John C. Williams-1869-McLean & Robbins-393 pages

    Danby’s history Contact Rob Rathbun at Rathcrest@aol.com for lookups from this resource
    Rob can also solve Rathbun-Rathburn-Rathbone problems nationwide)

Fair Haven resources

  • History of the First Baptist Church, Fair Haven, VT
    Dorothy Offensend-1992-D. Offensend-20 pages
    Church history

  • A History of the Town of Fair Haven, VT
    A.N. Adams-1870-Leonard & Phelps-516 pages
    History and genealogy

  • Offensendt: “all the land that you can see, belongs to Father Offensend and me”/ by Dorothy Backus Offensend ; cover by Nancy Houghton
    Dorothy Offensendt – 1986-D. Offensendt – 29 pages
    Offensendt family, history, genealogy

  • History of the Welsh Congregational Church of Fair Haven, VT: 1850-1911
    William Hughes-1977-Roberts & Lloyd-40 pages
    Church History

Hubbarton resources

  • Excavations at the Selleck Cabin Site, Hubbardton Battlefield, East Hubbardton, VT
    Maximilian Ferro-1978-Bower-over 56 pages
    Selleck family, Battle of Hubbardton

  • Sketches of the History of the Town of Hubbardton, VT
    Amos Churchill-1855-Tuttle & Co.,-64 pages
    History of an “Old Man”, to wit: Amos, 1774-1865

Ira resources

Mendon resources

  • The History of Mendon, Vermont
    Mary Ruth-1977-M. Ruth-95 pages
    History and genealogy

Middletown Springs resources

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Mount Holly resources

Mount Tabor resources

  • Haven’t found any yet…

Pawlet resources

  • An Historical Address…delivered at Pawlet, VT
    Carroll W. Dodge-1961-First Congregational Church Society-7 pages
    History

  • Just Bud: A Collection of Stories
    Charles Cole-1992-Flash Graphix-130 pages
    Biography

  • A Pictorial Scrapbook of Pawlet
    Pawlet Bicentennial Committee-1975-Herrick Rangers Press-51 pages
    Views

  • The Hub of a Community-The Pawlet Town Hall
    Dorothy Offensendt-1981-Pawlett(sic)-Historical Society-51 pages
    History

  • Pages from the Pawlet Scrapbook
    PHS-1978-PHS
    History

  • Roll of Volunteers…1861-1862
    Hiel Hollister-1863-H. Hollister-8 pages
    Civil War History
  • Pawlet for One Hundred Years
    Hiel Hollister-1867-J. Munsell, 284 pages

    History and genealogy

  • An index to personal names contained in Pawlett for one hundred years by Hiel Hollister
    Druse, Joseph L – 1956 – 98 pages

    History and genealogy – This ought to help with the book above.

Also see the pawlethistory.org website, they have many digital history documents online.

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Pittsfield resources

Pittsford resources

  • History of the Town of Pittsford, Vermont
    Abiel Moore Caverly-1872-Tuttle & Co.-751 pages

    History and genealogy

  • Expanded Index to Caverly’s History of Pittsford, Vermont
    PHS-1976-PHS-86 pages
    This ought to help with the book above, n’est-ce pas?

  • In the Shadow of Cox Mountain
    Grace Anderson-1993-Academy Books-256 pages
    History

  • Pittsford Now and Then
    PHS-1980-PHS-96 pages
    History

Poultney resources

  • East Poultney, Vermont’s Cradle of Culture in the Wilderness
    Poultney Historical Society-1951-PHS-24 pages
    History

  • A History of the Town of Poultney, Vermont
    J. Joslin-1875-Journal Printing Office-249 pages

    History and genealogy

  • Poultney: A Chronicle of Yesterday
    Alison Latham-1961-Latham-79 pages
    History

  • Tales of Poultney
    Elton Haynes-1977-Exposition Press-64 pages
    History

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Proctor resources

  • History of the Swedish Settlement at Proctor, Vermont
    Otto Theophilus Johnson-undated-unknown-5 pages
    Swedes in Proctor

  • Proctor: The way it was…
    Ruth French-1975-Journal Press-59 pages
    Views

Rutland City resources

Rutland Town resources

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Sherburne resources

Shrewsbury resources

Sudbury resources

  • Hyde Manor
    A.W. Hyde & Son-1901-Hyde & Son-23 pages
    About Hyde Manor on Route 30

  • Sudbury, Vermont: A Pictorial Record
    Arthur Keefe-1978-Sudbury Bicentennial Committee-64 pages
    History, group portraits, etc

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Tinmouth resources

  • Reflections of Tinmouth: A Concise History
    Mildred Allen-198?-Allen-131 pages
    History and views

  • Literary Exercises Tinmouth Old Home Day 1905
    Charles Ballard-1906-Carpenters Printing House-48 pagesHistory

Wallingford resources

  • Wallingford Pictorial, 1761-1975
    Alice Rist, chairperson Wallingford’s Pictorial Committee – 49 pages
    History and views

  • People of Wallingford, A Compilation
    Birney Batcheller-1937-Stephen Daye Press-328 pages
    History and genealogy

  • An account of the dedicatory exercises of the Stone memorial in the Wallingford Park
    Walter Thorpe 1921 – 222 pages
    History

  • A History of Wallingford, Vermont
    Julian Klock-1976-Academy Books-147 pages
    History

  • South Wallingford: Industry and Economy during the 1800’s.
    Burnham, Theodore W., Wallingford, Vt.: Wallingford Historical Society,
    2016. 35p. Source: http://www.wallingfordvt.com/community/wall-
    ingford-historical-society/
    History

Wells resources

West Haven resources

  • None found so far. Let me know of any you know about and we’ll post that information here

  • West Rutland resources

  • Historical Sketches on West Rutland, Vermont
    Patrick Hannon-1986-Academy Books-177 pages
    History and genealogy
  • A Half-Century Polish Imprint on West Rutland, Vermont, 1890-1939

    William Wolkovich-Valkavičius – Polish American Studies – Vol. 45, No. 1 (1988 Spring), pp. 29-62 (34 pages) – University of Illinois Press
    History

 

 

This page was created on 9/21/1996 by Randy Forguites

Page revision in 2001 by Sue Henry

Page was last updated August 2025

 

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