Bangor Public Library
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Contact Information

Website: http://www.bpl.lib.me.us/

Email:[1] info@bangorpubliclibrary.org

Address:[1]

Bangor Public Library
Bangor Room
145 Harlow Street
Bangor, ME 04401

Telephone:[1] 207-947-8336
Fax: 207-945-6694

Hours and holidays:
Regular Hours:

  • Monday - Thursday: 10am - 8pm
  • Friday and Saturday: 10am - 5pm
  • Sunday: CLOSED

Summer hours begin Saturday, June 17, 2017
Regular hours return Tuesday, September 5, 2017

Summer Hours:

  • Monday - Thursday: 10am - 7pm
  • Friday: 10am - 5pm
  • Saturday and Sunday: CLOSED

2017 Holidays and Closings:

  • Monday, January 2, 2017 – New Year’s Day
  • Monday, January 16, 2017 - Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
  • Monday, February 20, 2017 - President's Day
  • Monday, April 17, 2017 - Patriot's Day
  • Monday, May 29, 2017 - Memorial Day
  • Saturday, June 17, 2017 - Summer Hours begin
  • Tuesday, July 4, 2017 - Independence Day
  • Monday, September 4, 2017 - Labor Day -Summer Hours end
  • Monday, October 9, 2017 - Columbus Day
  • Friday, November 10, 2017 - Veterans Day
  • Saturday, November 11, 2017 - Veterans Day
  • Thursday, November 23, 2017 - Thanksgiving Day
  • Monday, December 25, 2017 - Christmas Day
  • Monday, January 1, 2018 - New Year's Day

Directions:

Internet sites and databases:

Search by keyword, title, journal title, author, subject, or number. Also available in WorldCat.

  • Databases contains full text journal, newspaper, encyclopedia articles, and other resources.
  • Bangor Community: Digital Commons is the place to share with the community and the world everything from historic theater programs, meeting minutes, old scrapbooks and yearbooks to current online journals, local government studies, newsletters and more....

Collection Description

Genealogical and historical references for Bangor, the Penobscot Valley, the state of Maine, and the entire region of New England. They have censuses, Maine Register town histories, the Bangor Daily News Index, county histories, family records and research, genealogy handbooks, Bangor city directories, military histories, passenger lists, and scanned photos. They also provide free access to Ancestry Library and HeritageQuest Online.

Sources

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Local History, the Bangor Room, and Special Collections in Bangor Public Library (accessed 6 April 2016)..