Summary of Contents of the Russell Vermontiana Collection
1- 62 document boxes of collections on various subjects.
2- Approximately 300 original ledgers and account books, primarily 19th Century local businesses and private individuals.
3- Collection of diaries, primarily local 19th Century residents.
4- Complete runs of various periodicals, including Vermonter (1895-1946) and Vermont Life (1946-present).
5- Approximately 6,000 books on the following subjects;
- State of Vermont
- Vermont Towns
- Vermont Counties
- Vermont Genealogies
- Vermont Biographies
- Other New England states
- New York
- Canada
- Vermont Railroads
- Vermont Geology
- Vermont Poets
- Vermont Authors
- Vermont Religion
- Vermont Military
6- Original Arlington, VT library books from 1803, constitution, inventory, etc.
7- Walton's Register, annual Vermont Almanacs from 1807.
8- Arlington Grand Lists (property tax records)
9- Annual Town Reports for Arlington, Sandgate and Sunderland, VT.
10- Reference section containing Arlington, Sandgate and Sunderland, VT vital records and compiled family genealogies for 800 family names.
11- Vermont State publications; statutes, biennial reports, etc.
12- Vermont State Papers; more than 20 volumes and 8 volumes of Governor and Council.
13- Historical records of the Martha Canfield Library, the Russell Vermontiana Collection and other local organizations.
14- Extensive historic documents and newspaper clippings.
15- Map cases containing maps, old newspapers and broadsides.
16- Microfilm of Arlington, Sandgate and Sunderland, VT deeds and town meetings and Manchester, VT district probate records.