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Library & Archives
The Library & Archives of the Pilgrim Society are housed in Pilgrim Hall Museum.
Since its founding in 1820, the Society has collected books, manuscripts and source
materials that relate to the Plymouth colonists and the history of the colony and town
they founded.
Our collections are historical, not
genealogical.
For genealogical reference, please contact :
The General Society of Mayflower Descendants
Winslow Street
Plymouth, MA 02360
(508) 746-3188
www.mayflower.org
or
New England Historic Genealogical Society
101 Newbury Street
Boston, MA 02116
(617) 536-5740
www.nehgs.org
The collections of the Pilgrim Society are non-lending reference collections; materials do
not circulate. The collections are open to historians by
appointment. Please call (508)
746-1620 Extension 2 to make an appointment.
| The collections of the Library & Archives are diverse and come in a variety of
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- The Reference Collection, related to the Pilgrim settlement in America and to Plymouth
history.
- The Lord Collection, a large collection of pre-1925 materials relating to the Pilgrims.
- The Rare Book Collection, including the Bradford and Alden Bibles, books printed by
William Brewster in Leiden, and titles included in 17th century Plymouth inventories. A
number of rare books are always on display. For information on four Bibles in the
Pilgrim Society collection, click HERE.
- The Manuscript Collection of primary source material on early Plymouth history.
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A bibliography on the history of Plymouth Colony and the Pilgrims, texts of
documents from two exhibits (In their own write : Native American documents from
the collections of the Pilgrim Society and Long
Road to Freedom: documents relating to African Americans in Plymouth
Colony), provisions lists, wills and inventories and
biographical information, lists of Native leaders and colonial governors, texts of
documents such as the Mayflower Compact, a list of Mayflower passengers and much much more
information about the Pilgrims, the Native Americans, and the Town of Plymouth -- all
researched in the Library & Archives of Pilgrim Hall Museum -- can be found in Beyond the Pilgrim Story.
You can also access a selection of the writings of John Robinson, pastor to the
Pilgrims, by clicking HERE.
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