Friends of Petersburgh History (FoPH) is a volunteer group dedicated to preserving Petersburgh’s rich history and making it accessible to the public.  

 

The group works to achieve this goal through several different activities:

·         Curating exhibits for the display cabinet in the Town Hall meeting room 

·         Soliciting historic materials from members of the community

·         Sharing historical information at the annual Harvest Festival

·         Scanning and posting historic material on the Petersburgh Public Library’s website under the tab “Local History.”

This site provides access to documents, photographs, and other materials that were either donated or loaned to the Library for the public benefit and/or were already widely available elsewhere. You can access the information from any computer with internet access, including the computers at the Library.

·         Preserving and organizing the physical copies of historical records. These are available for use at the Petersburgh Public Library. They are part of the Library’s reference collection and can be viewed upon request.

 

You can access historical information about Petersburgh via the website

 

The group meets on the second Wednesday of each month at 4pm in the downstairs room of the Petersburgh Public Library. The meetings are open to the public. We welcome visitors and new members!

 

You can contact us by email at: friendsophistory@gmail.com or by leaving a note with one of the Librarians. 

We are looking forward to hearing from you!

 

If you are interested in donating or loaning items of historical significance, or have historic documents that could be scanned and made available to the public through our webpage, please contact us so that we can evaluate whether they are in keeping with our mission. Please DO NOT bring items to the Library prior to speaking with a member of FoPH.  We have extremely limited storage facilities and cannot guarantee that your items will be well cared for if they are brought to the Library without prior review.