THE BETTY GUINAN/ALICE NEWMAN HISTORICAL ROOM
The Alice Newman Historical Room began in 1983 with materials collected by the East Granby Public Library and the East Granby Historical Committee, a committee that was appointed in 1971 to research the history of the town. If you would like to schedule an appointment, please call the library at (860)653-3002 or email: history@egpl.org.
INCLUDED IN THE COLLECTION:
- Material on Newgate Prison and Copper Mine
- Church records
- Genealogies of East Granby families
- Cemetery records
- Local railroad history
- Account books and diaries
- Material on tobacco growing
- War records
- Local oral histories on cassettes
- Miscellaneous information relating to town government and local organizations
- Extensive information on and photos of old East Granby houses
- Histories of surrounding towns
- Census records on microfilm
- Photo Collection
- Newspaper clippings
- Maps
TOWN OF EAST GRANBY CEMETERIES:
- Copper Hill Cemetery - 39 Griffin Road
- Center Cemetery - 5 School Street
- Elmwood Cemetery - Nicholson Road
- Beth Hillel Synagogue Cemetery - Wolcott Road
- Hartford Mutual Society/Memorial Park - Wolcott Road
- Congregational Teferes Israel Cemetery - Wolcott Road
East Granby: The Evolution of a Connecticut Town
by Mary Jane Springman and Betty Finnell Guinan
Available at the library for $35
The Betty Guinan/Alice Newman Historical Room is proud to announce the start of digitizing our records for all to enjoy. We want to thank East Granby Greater Together Community Fund at the Hartford Foundation for Public Giving for providing a grant to set up the site and scan our first documents, The Newgate Script.
Please enjoy the documents and check back for our next scanned items which will include East Granby Yearbooks and Photographs of East Granby.