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    • HVAC RFQ/P
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      • Business Resources >
        • Learning Express Library
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      • Consumer Reports
      • Meeting Room
      • Historical Room
      • Online Enrichment
      • Print, Copy & Fax
      • Museum Passes
      • Public Computers
      • Town Of East Granby
      • Used Book Store
    • About Us
    • Library Policies >
      • Unattended Child Policy
      • Policies Relating to Covid-19
    • Notary Services
    • Lending Info
  • Calendar
  • Search Catalog
    • Login EGPL Catalog
    • Digital Collection >
      • Overdrive & Libby
      • researchIT CT
  • Adult Programs
    • Afternoon at the Movies
    • Book Clubs
    • Juried Art Show
  • Summer Reading
    • About
    • FAQ
    • Register or Sign in
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The Betty Guinan/Alice Newman
Historical Room

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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 a appointment 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




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 East Granby: 
The Evolution of a Connecticut Town 

by Mary Jane Springman and Betty Finnell Guinan
is available at the library for $35





The East Granby Public Library 
24 Center Street | P.O. Box G | East Granby, CT 06026-0280 
HOURS: Mon-Thurs: 10am-8pm, Fri: 10am-5pm, Sat: 10am-2pm
PHONE: (860) 653-3002 | FAX: (860) 653-3936
  EMAIL: eastgranbylibrary@egpl.org

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