Welcome to the
Pittsfield Historical Society's
History of Pittsfield on Disk
17 February, 2006 edition.

• Loder's 1907 Souvenir of Pittsfield
  A.J. Loder's 67 page publication from 1907 with stories and pictures of many of Pittsfield influential people, houses, businesses and other institutions. Included are the original high-resolution scans of each of the pages and a Table of Contents, both of which were generated by Historical Society member Tom Brown.
  
• Milestones And Memories
  Pittsfield's 80-page 1994 booklet of town history and photographs celebrating the 175th anniversary of the town.
  
• Important Pittsfield Dates
  Don Hallenbeck's compilation of Important Dates in Pittsfield's History including many entries from the pages of the Pittsfield Advertiser, which was in publication from April, 1882 to March, 1987.
  
• Pittsfield on the Sebasticook
  Sanger Cook's book on the history of Pittsfield from 1660-1966. A never before available Index is included that was generated by Historical Society member Tom Brown, along with his expanded Table of Contents and List of Illustrations. Everything is in both web page (html) format and eBook (pdf) format, and is ready for immediate printing.
  
• The Woolen Industry of Pittsfield
  Peter Lee Gulick's master's thesis for the degree in History, The Graduate School University of Maine Orono, August 1969.
  
• Stories, Histories, Censuses, Visions, Music, etc.
  A collection of various items from Pittsfield's past.
  
• Digitized Historical Photos:
  As we continuously digitize more of Pittsfield's historic photos, postcards and newspaper clippings, we are publishing them on CD. Most of the photos were scanned by Thomas Hopkins, Wendy Sewall, Brenda Seekins and Historical Society members Kathy Palmer, Tom Roberts and Tom Brown. They are organized into the following categories:
  
  • Businesses - 2005
    
  • Businesses - Past
  • Calendar 2005 Pics
  • Cemeteries
  • Churches
  • Depot
  • Eisenhower's 1955 visit
  • Fires and Floods
  • Bud Homstead Collection of photos
  • Houses
  • Library
  • Maps
  • Margaret Chase Smith photos
  • Organizations
  • Other Places
  • Parks
  • People
  • Schools
  • Sebasticook River & Mill Pond
  • Streets
  • Tour of Pittsfield - 1972
  • Wide & Aerial Views
    
    
• Slideshows:
  Slideshows of the photos in some of the above directories.
  • Past Businesses
  • Eisenhower's 1955 visit
  • Senator Margaret Chase Smith
  • Bud Homstead Collection
  • Pittsfield Schools
  • Tour of Pittsfield - 1972
    

CREDITS: Whom we have to thank for this website…

PHOTOGRAPHS: Brenda Seekins (various photos), Wendy Sewell (various photos), Thomas Hopkins, Ermine Trecartin (1972 Tour of Pittsfield photos), Bud Homstead (photos), Kathie Belanger (gravestone photos), Pam Mitchell (postcards, etc).

SCANNING PHOTOS & DOCUMENTS: Kathy Palmer, Pam Mitchell, and Tom Brown.

SPECIAL THANKS to

Tom Brown for:
• scanning The Woolen Mills of Pittsfield and creation of it's Index;
• scans of A. J. Loder's Souvenir of Pittsfield ME 1907 and creation of it's Table of Contents;
• text and photo scanning of Sanger Cook's Pittsfield on the Sebasticook, creation of it's first Index, and expanding the Table of Contents;
• scanning and converting to text several newspaper articles posted here.
• scanning photographs in the Society's collection.
  
  Kathy Palmer for:
• scanning photographs from the Society's collection
• creating the cemetery listings;
• getting the website started.

Thomas Hopkins for photos for the 2005 Calendar and of the PHS members in front of Depot Museum.

Don Hallenbeck for compilation of Pittsfield's Important Dates, and general historical information.

Tom Roberts for taking gravestone photos, and the editing and weaving of this website.