Books and Booklets on Salisbury’s History

Explore a collection of books and booklets that document and celebrate Salisbury's rich history. These publications offer in-depth research, local stories, and insights into the people, places, events, and natural resources that have shaped and continue to shape the community. 


Salisbury Association books and booklets are available for purchase at the Academy Building. Please contact us at info@salisburyassociation.org or call 860-435-0566 

Oral History & Collected Stories

Sarum Samplings (Volumes 1-5), are stories from the Salisbury Association's Oral History Project. The volumes offer glimpses into the lives of Salisbury residents, both young and old. They recount admirable and generous acts, ordinary days, humorous incidents, and curious and strange doings! The Samplings are edited by Jean McMillen, former Salisbury Town Historian. 

Sarum Samplings vol 1

Sarum Samplings: Volume 1

Character Sketches, Mount Riga Tales, A Mystery, Nature, Poems, Presidential Stories, Random Acts of Kindness
$5

Sarum Samplings Volume 2

Sarum Samplings: Volume 2

Baseball, Farms and Farm Life, Holidays, Hunting and Fishing, Mysteries and Murder, 1955 Flood, Salisbury CT, Too Much of a Good Thing, Town People, Trees
$5

Sarum Samplings Volume 3

Sarum Samplings: Volume 3

Kids Do (and say) the Darndest Things, Old-Time Businesses of Salisbury, Random Acts of Kindness, Salisbury Folks, Winter
$5

Sarum Samplings Volume 4

Sarum Samplings: Volume 4

Oh, the Theatre, the Theatre, All in a Day’s Work, Dirt!, Love & Marriage, Oops!, Food and Drink, Tales from Mount Riga, Mount Riga Tales – Modern, Random Acts of Kindness, Traveling with Angels
$5

Sarum Samplings Volume 5

Sarum Samplings: Volume 5

Business, Christmas Tree Stories, Hobbies, A Modern Mt. Riga Adventure, Sports, War!
$5

Town Tidbits

Town Tidbits

Town Tidbits, a compilation of popular columns that ran in the Lakeville Journal from 2015-2016, by Jean McMillen and Katherine Chilcoat
$5

Town History & The Revolutionary Era

1741-2016 Salisbury, Connecticut 275th Anniversary, Reverend Joseph W. Crossman’s 1803 Address “Containing the Ancient History of the Town”, Joseph W. Crossman. $5

Arsenal of the Revolution

A Capsule History & Historic Walking Tour of Salisbury Furnace At the Time of the American Revolution, includes fold-out map and historical information on 25 marked sites. $2.50

Highlights in the History of Salisbury, Connecticut 1700-2000, Some Known and Some Little Known Facts, a chronology of the town of Salisbury, Lila Nash and Katherine Chilcoat. $5

John and Ethan A Revolutionary Friendship, the story of key figures who built and operated the Salisbury blast furnace that became known as the Arsenal of the Revolution, Ronald D. Jones. $10

A Short History of Salisbury CT

Books Booklets Salisbury Historic Impressions

The 14th Colony

To Please Any Taste, Litchfield County Furniture & Furniture Makers, 1780-1830

People, Biography & Personal Accounts

Men of Worth of Salisbury Birth, The Salisbury Quadrimillenium Edition, historical sketches of early town leaders, Malcolm Day Rudd (1877-1942). $5

Rev. Jonathan Lee and the 18th Century Township of Salisbury Connecticut, an early history of the Town of Salisbury. Lee was the town’s first settled minister and served 44 years beginning in 1744, by Julia Pettee. $20
Rev. Jonathan Lee and the 18th Century Township of Salisbury

The Diary of Maria Louise Holley Williams
The Diary of Maria Louise Holley Williams

The Journal of Judge Donald Warner

Guides, References & Special Interests

Holley Hand-Forged Knives, a facsimile of the Holley Manufacturing Company’s illustrated Catalog from 1915. Founded in 1844, the company was the first documented pocketknife factory in America at a time when everyone carried a pocketknife. $9

Resource Guide for Volunteers

Natural Resource Inventory Salisbury Connecticut Natural Resource Inventory 2009, the first natural resource inventory of the town’s lakes and streams, farmland, forest, critical habitats, historic sites, and other natural features, fold-out resource maps and wildlife data. Edited by Elaine Hecht, written by experts from numerous disciplines.

Guide for Property Owners to Identify and Control Non-native Invasive Plants that Threaten the Health of Native Plants and Animal Communities.

Guide for Property Owners to Identify and Control Non-native Invasive Plants that Threaten the Health of Native Plants and Animal Communities.

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Salisbury Association books and booklets are available for purchase at the Academy Building. Please contact us at info@salisburyassociation.org or call 860-435-0566