Waverly in Lackawanna County

This is Waverly by Mildred Mumford is another great book in the Celebrating Our Towns--Lackawanna County Centennial Books and Histories.  This book was published by The Waverly Woman's Club and contains a lot of local historical information about the town and residents of Waverly, Pennsylvania.  Check this fabulous book out!

Dickson City Centennial 1975

One interesting aspect of centennial books is that they can give you two different views of a town's history. A good example is this book that celebrates the centennial of Dickson City in 1975. The book contains a history of the town up until 1975, but the photos and advertisements provide a snapshot of what the town was like in 1975. Many more centennial books are available on-line in the Celebrating Our Towns: Lackawanna County Centennial Books and Community Histories collection.

Celebrating Our Towns—Lackawanna County Centennial Books and Community Histories

The LVDA is proud to announce the release of our newest collection. Celebrating our Towns-- Lackawanna County Centennial Books and Community Histories.  This great collection of over 25 books contains information about the towns, townships, boroughs, and cities of Lackawanna County.  This collection was made possible by a grant from the Willary Foundation.  We thank them and all our partners who helped us with this project. Enjoy!!!

Scranton Public Library Periodicals Room

As we are finishing up with our final changes to the Centennial Book Collection that we will be launching soon, I wanted to point out one of my favorite pictures of the Reference Room at the library. The formal name of the room above is the Barrel Vault Room because of its wonderful concave ceiling. When the library was built the floor was open to the downstairs. In this picture you can view the beautiful railings and lighting that was in the room. As the library needs changed the floor was closed and its now the Periodicals Room.

Photo of the Silkman House

This is from the History of the Scranton Public Library Collection. The photo is undated, but the presence of street car tracks would place it in the first half of the 20th Century. Built by Aaron Burr Silkman in 1840, the Silkman House served as the residence of various Silkman family members until 1938 when the property and building were given to the Scranton Public Library. It served as the Providence Branch of the library until 2006. It currently houses the library's Technical Services Unit and the Lackawanna River Corridor Association.

More from the Centennial Collection

Here is another title that will appear in "Celebrating Our Towns: Lackawanna County Centennial Books and Community Histories" which will go live in February. Over 30 items will be included representing towns from all over Lackawanna County. This book celebrates the sesquicentennial of Scott Township. You will be able to view it cover-to-cover in the Lackawanna Valley Digital Archives.

Centennial Book Collection

At the beginning of February we will be launching this new collection.  It's an exciting time because we also have other collections that we would like to launch this coming year. First and foremost we will launch this book collection.  The books were professionally digitized and contain wonderful photos of the centennials of boroughs, townships and cities in Lackawanna County.