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New Hampshire Aviation Historical Society

Londonderry, New Hampshire

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

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22Titles

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1911 to 2002Dates represented

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2,084Archive pages

Historical pages reported for this collection.

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

Get to know Londonderry, New Hampshire in earlier years through the newspapers shared in the New Hampshire Aviation Historical Society's digital archive. Its twenty-two titles include material from 1911 to 2002.

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  • Selected titles

    In the collection shared by New Hampshire Aviation Historical Society, you will find “Ammon Terminal Souvenir Edition” and “Union Leader Army Air Base Supplement”.

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  • A closer look

    Newspaper pages connect individual accounts with a wider story, preserving how events were reported and presented to the readers of the day.

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

Browse twenty-two titles and 2,084 digitized pages, with material from 1911 to 2002. A partnership between New Hampshire Aviation Historical Society and Advantage Archives makes this collection available. Some years or items may be missing between the dates shown.

If you are tracing a family connection or exploring local history, the titles below offer a place to begin and a thread to follow.

Ammon Terminal Souvenir Edition

16 pages in 1962

Boston Sunday Globe

72 pages in 1968

Boston Traveler

212 pages in 1945

Daily News

176 pages in 1942

Grenier Field Beacon

36 pages in 1943

Honolulu Star Bulletin Extras

20 pages in 1941

Manchester Union Leader

120 pages from 1942 to 1971

NAD Airmada

64 pages in 1945

Nashua Telegraph

88 pages in 1968

NAW Airmada

80 pages from 1945 to 1946

Northern New Hampshire Magazine

8 pages in 2002

Northern Sentinel

12 pages from 1948 to 1949

Record American

96 pages in 1963

Scientific American

40 pages in 1911

The Beacon

632 pages from 1944 to 1946

The Boston Globe

104 pages from 1963 to 1969

The Boston Herald

132 pages in 1945

The Boston Post

28 pages in 1945

The Dedication of Genier Athletic Field

8 pages in 1943

The Derry News

84 pages in 1971

The Derry Star

16 pages in 1971

Union Leader Army Air Base Supplement

40 pages in 1941

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About the Archive

About the New Hampshire Aviation Museum's History Archives

The New Hampshire Aviation Museum offers free access to historical resources through its digital archives, provided in partnership with Advantage Archives . The New Hampshire Aviation Museum has digitized various historical documents, providing valuable insights into the state’s rich aviation history for public exploration.

About the Museum

About the New Hampshire Aviation Museum

The New Hampshire Aviation Museum is dedicated to preserving and showcasing the state’s aviation history. The museum offers exhibits on significant figures, events, and artifacts, sharing the state’s contributions to aviation with the world.

Institution History

The History of the New Hampshire Aviation Museum

Founded to educate and inspire, the museum preserves the stories of New Hampshire’s aviation pioneers. Through engaging exhibits and historical archives, it continues to promote the state’s rich aviation legacy.

About the Community

About New Hampshire

New Hampshire’s contributions to aviation have had a significant impact on both national and global history. The state is home to several historical aviation sites and events, making it a key player in the industry.

Local History

Did You Know?

  • New Hampshire's aviation history includes contributions from World War II aviation efforts.
  • The museum houses extensive archives of the state's aviation pioneers and their achievements.
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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 Londonderry. It might be a person, a neighborhood or an event remembered in your family. Use the digital archive shared by the New Hampshire Aviation Historical Society 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 New Hampshire Aviation Historical Society, 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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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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