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Bethlehem Public Library

Bethlehem, New Hampshire

Explore this community history collection to discover the people, places, organizations, and events of Bethlehem.

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1878 to 1927Dates represented

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9,288Archive pages

Historical pages reported for this collection.

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Discover the people, places, and stories of Bethlehem, New Hampshire.

Get to know Bethlehem, New Hampshire in earlier years through the newspapers shared in the Bethlehem Public Library's digital archive. The archive includes White Mountain Echo, with material from 1878 to 1927.

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    The collection shared by Bethlehem Public Library features “White Mountain Echo”.

  • Free and open access

    No subscription or payment required.

  • Ways to explore

    Consider when and why the material was created. Keep those details with any quotation or observation you use.

Historical newspapers can connect a family name with the events and everyday concerns of an earlier time, offering more than a date or a name on its own. Bring a family connection, a question about a familiar place or an interest in local history, and see where the sources lead. Explore the archive online for free, without a subscription.

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Titles in this collection

Explore White Mountain Echo through 9,288 digitized pages, with material from 1878 to 1927. A partnership between Bethlehem Public Library and Advantage Archives makes this collection available. Some years or items may be missing between the dates shown.

You may be tracing a family story, exploring a familiar place or simply curious. The source offers a point to begin.

White Mountain Echo

9,288 pages from 1878 to 1927

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About the Archive

About the Bethlehem Public Library's History Archives

The Bethlehem Public Library offers free access to its historical resources through its digital archives, provided in partnership with Advantage Archives . The Bethlehem Public Library has digitized a range of historical publications, preserving local history for public access.

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About the Library

About the Bethlehem Public Library

The Bethlehem Public Library fosters community learning by providing access to books, educational materials, and resources. Established in 1877, the library remains a cornerstone of knowledge for residents of all ages.

Library History

The History of the Bethlehem Public Library

Founded in 1877, originally known as Kenny Library, it was renamed and expanded over time. In 1913, it moved to its current location, where it continues to serve the community.

Local History

Did You Know?

  • The library celebrated its 100th anniversary in 2013.

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Research Guidance

Look for the story behind a result

Start with something you would like to understand about the past of Bethlehem. It might be a person, a neighborhood or an event remembered in your family. Use the digital archive shared by the Bethlehem Public Library to follow that question into the historical record. When using historical newspapers, try alternate spellings and nearby dates, then read the surrounding page to place a local story in its time. Compare later reporting or another available title to explore different perspectives rather than treating one account as the whole story. Search a person, place, or event with a second term, then compare the date and context of each result. A repeated name needs more evidence before it identifies the same person or connects two parts of a story.

After recording the issue and page, search a second term tied to the result and compare the surrounding dates and accounts. Keep matching names provisional until the place and context fit. This can turn one result into a better question without turning a repeated name into a confirmed story.

Capture the title, date, and page or item location for a detail you may want to revisit. Label your interpretation as your reading, not the source's own words. Keep enough context with the note that another reader can retrace it.

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Community Partnership

Keeping local history a community resource

This community archive is made possible by the collaboration of the Bethlehem Public Library, its community, and Advantage Archives. Together, these partnerships preserve local sources and give people a way to explore, learn from, and share the history around them.

Advantage Archives covers ongoing archive hosting, storage, development, and maintenance. The institution and its community do not pay a subscription, seat license, annual support contract, or other recurring archive-service charge. Local history remains a community resource, not a subscription to maintain.

Would you like to see more of your community's history preserved and accessible? Start a conversation with your library, newspaper publisher, historical or genealogical society, museum, or school about the materials they would like to share and a possible partnership with Advantage Archives.

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Read All About It

Stories, research tips, and archive news

Read All About It connects archive research with the people and institutions preserving local history. Explore partner and community stories, project updates, research ideas, and perspectives on digitization, education, and working with primary sources. Use the articles as a starting point for your next question or a new way to share a discovery.

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March 18, 2025

It’s Your Community’s History, So Why Rent Something You Own?

We believe that history belongs to the communities where it was made - not locked behind paywalls or inaccessible due to budget restrictions. Subscription-based services and large content aggregators are generally more concerned with "content" and less concerned with the history that content contains. Their models typically involve a reoccurring charge for a plan that renews annually or licensing agreements with the library based on population served or circulation numbers. You are essentially Renting Access To YOUR History.
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