Welcome to the Ferguson Library's place for local and state history research. In addition to our digital collections, the library provides a wide variety of physical documents and research materials at our Main Library, DiMattia Building in downtown Stamford, Connecticut.
The Ferguson Library's Local Historical and Genealogical collection consists of books, manuscripts, periodicals, maps and city directories.
City directories from 1879 to 1966 and high school yearbooks for limited years are available on microfilm.
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Rosalind Duncan Collection
Documents and photographs from Rosalind A. Duncan about the Thruway Relocation Council fighting against the construction of an interstate thruway…
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Entrance to the First Presbyterian Church in Stamford, Connecticut
The entrance to the First Presbyterian Church on Bedford Street in Stamford, Connecticut in 1976. The church is colloquially known as the the 'Fish…
The reference room at the Ferguson Library in 1976
A high angle view of the reference room at the Ferguson Library in Stamford, Connecticut in 1976. Two reference librarians sit at their desks and a…
People browsing the shelf stacks at the Ferguson Library
A man and woman browse through the stacks at the Ferguson Library in Stamford, Connecticut in 1976.