This is a collection of various historical and genealogical reference works on Pennsylvania.  These references cover 1000's of individuals, and are an excellent way to start or continue research focused on PA.  This collection includes all of the individual collections covering Columbia County, PA (Please see individual collection listings for detailed descriptions of titles.)

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CO01 – Columbia County Genealogy Everything Collection (All Collections on Columbia County)

CO02 – County / Regional History & Biography Collection

County History & Biography

History and Topography of Northumberland, Huntingdon, Mifflin, Centre, Union, Columbia, Juniata, and Clinton Co., PA (I. Daniel Rupp, 1847, 567 pages)

A History of Columbia County, Pennsylvania (John G. Freeze, 1883, 583 pages)

History of Columbia and Montour Counties, Pennsylvania (J. H. Battle, 1887, 899 pages)

Book of Biographies. Biographical Sketches of Leading Citizens of the 17th Congressional District, Pennsylvania (Biographical Publishing Co., 1899, 680 pages)

Historical and Biographical Annals of Columbia and Montour Counties, Pennsylvania (J. H. Beers & Co., 1915, 1392 pages)

Town, Township & Regional Histories

Souvenir Book of Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania (The Columbian Printing Office, 1901, 86 pages)

Souvenir Book of Bloomsburg, Penn’a. and Vicinity (Anonymous, ~1900-1910, 60 pages)

The Story of Berwick 1786-1936 (Berwick Sesquicentennial Committee, 1936, 104 pages)

Souvenir Program – 1786-1961 175th Anniversary – Berwick, PA (Anonymous, 1961, 120 pages)

A History of Catawissa Pennsylvania – 200th Anniversary (Jeanne B. Roberts & John R. Albright, 1974, 230 pages)

Church, Family, Education, Military and Miscellaneous Histories 

Historical Discourse - Presbyterian Church, Bloomsburg, PA (David J. Waller, 1876, 49 pages)

Susquehanna River Flood Scenes – Pittston to Danville, March, 1904 (Elmer J. Willman, N. Earle Crawford, 1904, 90 pages)

Dedication - St. Matthew Lutheran Church, Bloomsburg (1925, 18 pages)

In Memory of Our Honored Dead – Souvenir Program [Columbia, Montour & Northumberland Counties] (Honor Degree of the Veterans of Foreign Wars, 1947, 120 pages)

Diocese of Harrisburg 1868-1968 (Anonymous, 1968, 242 pages)

Flood Pennsylvania - 1972 (Timothy E. Euker, David Berner, 1972, 68 pages)

Maps Atlases & Images

1860 Cumming’s Map of Columbia and Montour Counties Penna (G. M. Hopkins & J. A. J. Cummings, Color)

1876 Atlas of Columbia and Montour Counties, Pennsylvania (F. W. Beers & Co., 62 pages, Color)

Birds-eye Town Views

Berwick, Pennsylvania (1884, O. H. Bailey & Co.)

CO03 – County / Regional History & Biography Collection

1950 Memorabilia [Bloomsburg High School Yearbook] (Senior Class, 1950, 104 pages)

1952 Memorabilia [Bloomsburg High School Yearbook] (Senior Class, 1952, 108 pages)

1953 Memorabilia [Bloomsburg High School Yearbook] (Senior Class, 1953, 112 pages)

1953 Quattannual [Roaring Creek Valley Joint High School Yearbook] (Anonymous, 1953, 48 pages)

1954 Quattannual [Roaring Creek Valley Joint High School Yearbook] (Anonymous, 1954, 62 pages)

1955 Quattannual [Roaring Creek Valley Joint High School Yearbook] (Anonymous, 1955, 64 pages)

1960 Blue & White [Berwick High School Yearbook] (Anonymous, 1960, 116 pages)

1961 Blue and White [Berwick High School Yearbook] (Senior Class of Berwick High School, 1961, 116 pages)

1962 Blue and White [Berwick High School Yearbook] (Senior Class of Berwick High School, 1962, 120 pages)

1971-72 Carissima [Bloomsburg Junior High School Yearbook] (Anonymous, 1972, 44 pages)

CO04 – Directory Collection (1901-1930)

Directory of Columbia and Montour Counties, PA - 1901 (George Hanford, 1901, 706 pages)

Sholes’ Directory of Danville, Bloomsburg and Berwick, PA. 1904-1905 (A. E. Sholes, 1904, 470 pages)

United Telephone & Telegraph Company District No. 4 (United Telephone & Telegraph Company, 1906, 124 pages)

1906-1907 Vicks’ Standard Directory of Berwick, North Berwick, Nescopeck, PA (Vick’s Family Magazine, 1906, 68 pages)

1906-1907 Vicks’ Standard Directory of Bloomsburg, PA (Vick’s Family Magazine, 1906, 44 pages)

People’s Ideal Telephone Company Directory – Dec 1909 [Montour County & Vicinity] (People’s Ideal Telephone Company, 1909, 120 pages)

Directory of Greater Berwick, including Berwick, West Berwick, North Berwick, and Nescopeck (Robert J. Eshleman & Eckhark J. Eshleman, 1912, 73 pages)

Consolidated Telephone Directory – October 1914 (Consolidated Telephone Company, 1914, 322 pages)

Telephone Directory – Winter Issue – September 15, 1916 - Shamokin and Sunbury, Bloomsburg, Milton, Berwick and Nearby Places (Bell Telephone Co. of PA, 1916, 68 pages)

Telephone Directory – Summer Issue – April 15, 1919 - Shamokin and Sunbury, Bloomsburg, Milton, Berwick and Nearby Places (Bell Telephone Co. of PA, 1919, 86 pages)

Walsh’s 1922-1923 Bloomsburg Directory (The Walsh Directory Co., 1923, 165 pages)

United Telephone Directory – June 1923 – Northern District (United Telephone & Telegraph Company, 1923, 176 pages)

Classified Telephone Directory [Greater Williamsport Area] (Bell Telephone Co., of PA, ~1930, 42 pages)

CO05 – Directory Collection (1932-1958)

Berwick and Nearby Points Telephone Directory – Summer 1932 (Bell Telephone Co., of PA, 1932, 120 pages)

Sunbury and Nearby Points Telephone Directory – February 1938 (Bell Telephone Co., of PA, 1938, 130 pages)

Honesdale and Nearby Points Telephone Directory – July 1939 (Bell Telephone Directory of PA, 1939, 408 pages)

Sunbury and Nearby Points Telephone Directory – February 1941 (Bell Telephone Co., of PA, 1941, 118 pages)

Carbondale and Nearby Points Telephone Directory – July 1941 (Bell Telephone Co. of PA, 1941, 402 pages)

Berwick – Bloomsburg – Danville and Nearby Points Telephone Directory – April 1950 (Bell Telephone Co. of PA., 1950, 228 pages)

Wilkes-Barre and Nearby Points Telephone Directory – August 1950 (Bell Telephone Company of Pennsylvania, 1950, 472 pages)

The Bloomsburg Directory….1951 (Regional Directory Service, 1951, 236 pages)

Berwick – Bloomsburg – Danville and Nearby Points Telephone Directory – April 1952 (Bell Telephone Company of PA, 1952, 244 pages)

Berwick and Nearby Points Telephone Directory – May 1954 (Bell Telephone Co., of PA, 1954, 184 pages)

1958 Berwick and Nescopeck, PA. City Directory (Calkin-Kelly Directory Company, 1958, 358 pages)

Pittston and Nearby Points Telephone Directory - September 1958 (Bell Telephone Company of PA, 1958, 324 pages)