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Library & Archive Notes on historical records and the place they are stored.

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Yearbooks

The FRHS maintains a large collection of Fall River high school memorabilia – public and parochial – including ever-popular yearbooks, made available to researchers visiting the Charlton Library...

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Writing Sand

It is surprising what can accumulate between the pages and along the inside spine of an old ledger over the decades – dust, soot from coal or wood fires, long-dead insects (ideally), and the like....

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Back from the Bindery

Just returned from the bindery after slightly more than one year’s absence is a set of early – and rare – Fall River valuation books; they document the town of Fall River, from 1841-1853, the...

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Expansion of the Library & Archive

Work is progressing on the expansion of the Charlton Library of Fall River History at the FRHS; the west room, formerly the rather cavernous wine cellar – note the arched ceiling – was completely...

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