Local History

Explore over 1,000 Community History Archives offered by institutions across the United States that have partnered with Advantage Archives to provide free access to local primary sources. These "portals to the past" are free to use by anyone to discover, learn from, and share the stories of people, places, and events that shaped history!

Watch the recorded Gravestone Girls presentation, Welcome to the Graveyard. You'll go on a virtual tour of Ludlow and local cemeteries. You'll learn about different gravestones and the history of cemeteries. This presentation was given at the Hubbard Memorial Library on October 17, 2024. It was filmed by Ludlow Community TV. 

New in January 2025! HeritageHub provides comprehensive coverage of obituaries and death notices from 1704 through today from all 50 U.S. states and territories. 

The Hubbard Memorial Library offers some digital and physical resources that can help you discover Ludlow's history and maybe even your own. This link will take you to our Local History page with more information.

Access the digitized photo archives of the Hubbard Memorial Library.

The Hubbard Memorial Library has digitized the collection of the Ludlow High School Yearbooks. Not all years are available.

Explore Springfield history through local news, events and people with the Republican Collection. Search current and archived issues with full-color newspaper pages, full-text articles and content only published online. The archive goes all the way back to the first issue from 1844. Also available remotely 24/7 on any device with a library card.

Watch the recorded speaker event, Witness to History: A Holocaust Survivor's Story. Abraham Rodstein, currently a Ludlow resident, shares his story of surviving the Kovno Ghetto and the Dachau Concentration Camp. It is facilitated by local writer, Tom Slawiak. This event was sponsored by the Hubbard Memorial Library and the Ludlow Historical Commission. Recording was made possible by Ludlow Community Television.