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Manuscript Collections
  • Early 1900’s genealogy records by Albert Bryant covering the period from Leeds founding to the 1930’s.
    • Early Cemetery records
    • Revolutionary War soldiers
    • War of 1812 soldiers
    • Civil War soldiers
  • Cemetery maps and records
    • Plains Cemetery
    • West Leeds
    • River Grove
    • Fairview
    • Cemetery list done by the Carvers in 1979
    • Cemetery list done by Albert Bryant early 1900’s
    • Some updated lists
  • Veteran’s records built from the combination of Bryant and cemetery records
  • Family genealogies and histories
    • Andersen
    • Barker
    • Buckley
    • Burgess
    • Chesley
    • Deane
    • Fabyan
    • Foss/Coolidge
    • Glidden/Hartford
    • Gould
    • Hosley
    • Howard
    • Kemp
    • Lane
    • Lothrop
    • Merrill
    • Mitchell
    • Nutting
    • Perkins/Pettingill
    • Robbins
    • Rose
    • Smart
    • Smith
    • Sylvester
    • Tufts
    • Turner
    • Waite
  • Grange records donated by Freda Buckley and other Leeds Grange materials
  • Very large Samuel More collection donated by Thelma Waite
  • Bible of the /Gilmore family, OO Howard’s mother
  • Collection of Ernest Russell diaries
  • Scrapbook containing newspaper clippings of 1880’s by H.W. Brewster mostly agricultural articles written by him
  • Postcard collection of Leeds scenes

Public records
  • 1905 and 1912 Leeds Census donated by the John Nutting family
  • Microfilm of Leeds Vital Statistics from 1785-1891, including town meetings from 1801-1806 provided by the Church of Latter Day Saints
  • Vital Statistics from town reports 1920-2004 compiled by Robert Scott
  • Leeds Town Reports 1889 to present
  • Town tax records from 1863-1930’s some missing
  • Treasurer’s account 1875-1900 probably town of Leeds

Books
  • Androscoggin County Maine Atlas Sanford and Everts & Co 1873
  • Small collections on specific topics such as Quakers in Leeds, Agriculture, etc.
  • Town Histories
    • Leeds Stinchfield 1901
    • Leeds Pictorial 2001
    • Taken from the Ground, Lynn 1979
    • Greene
    • Turner (3)
  • Collection of early agricultural books of the state of Maine donated by Betsy Lynn, records of Lynn History, “Taken from the Ground”
  • Maine Families of 1790 vols 1,2,3,4,5, donated by Caren Costo
  • Maine Registers 1891-1928 some missing
  • Collection of Androscoggin Posts 1960’s
  • Old Hymn books
  • Maine Historical Society Quarterly Feb 1971-winter 1982

Photographs
Some of our photographs are available for viewing at the Maine Memory Site.
  • Topcial areas
    • Agriculture
    • Brewster
    • Bridges and ferries
    • Bryant
    • Buckley
    • Burnham/Newcomb
    • Centennial/Bicentennial
    • Churches
    • Clubs and organizations
    • Commercial
    • Coolidge Photos
    • Cornshop
    • Deane
    • DFD Russell Medical Center
    • Eula Carville and students
    • Fish, Charles: deeds and other records
    • Floods
    • Goulds
    • Grange
    • Kemp
    • Lavallee, Roland photos of Leeds taken during 60’s and early 70’s, includes negatives
    • Leeds Center
    • Leeds Fair
    • Leeds Houses
    • Logging
    • Merrill
    • Monument
    • More, Fitch families
    • North Leeds
    • Railroad
    • Rose
    • Russell family
    • Silas Morse
    • Teachers
    • Town Government
    • Waites Photos and albums

Maps/Atlases
  • Leeds maps-early plot, 1790, 1858, 1873, 1912
  • Androscoggin County Maine Atlas Sanford and Everts & Co 1873

Newspapers
  • Newspaper clippings from the Lewiston Sun Journal 1975-present
  • Country Courier 1998-present
  • Framed copy of old newspaper clippings of Leeds scenes from the early 1900’s
  • provided to Lewiston Sun Journal probably by Hilda Waite correspondent
  • Topic files
    • Abraham Lincoln-Washburn
    • Androscoggin County
    • Androscoggin Kennebec Canal of 1807-1836
    • Blacks in Leeds
    • Boston Post Cane
    • Carroll Morris poetry
    • Census info
    • Curtis Kennebec Land Trust
    • Education in Leeds
    • Elizabeth Stanton Robinson/Mary Stanton House-artists
    • Founding of Leeds and Stinchfield family
    • Leeds Community Church
    • Leeds Telephone
    • Quakers
    • Railroad
    • Silver Maple
    • Smith-Lovewell genealogy
    • Veteran’s Monument
    • Veterans
    • Victoria Mansion