Hamilton Public Library

Hamilton Public Library 
Local History & Archives

Hours: Monday–Thursday, 9am–9pm; Friday, 9am–6pm; Saturday, 9am–5pm; Seasonal Sunday hours
Location: 3rd floor, Central Library, 55 York Boulevard, Hamilton, ON L8R 3K1
Access: No appointment necessary, need to register for an Archives card
Telephone: 905-546-3408
Email: localhistory@hpl.ca
Website address: http://lha.hpl.ca/

Policies: Photocopies and printouts from the microfilm reader / printers both cost 10 cents per page. For digital image storage, users can use their own USB flash drive.  HPL also sells USB flash drives. Saving images to your USB flash drive using our microfilm readers is free. Readers can take pictures (without flash) of certain documents. For more information on policies, please visit the website. 

The Local History & Archives at the Central Library branch of the Hamilton Public Library has most of the archives for the City of Hamilton.  

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Historical records of the City of Hamilton

Maps

Hamilton City Directories, Census Records, and Geneology

Private papers

Thematic “scrap books” of newspaper articles from 1880s to 2014

Images and Postcard Collection and Digital Sites

 

 

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