Bangor Public Library

Bangor Public Library

Contact Information[edit | edit source]

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:

Genealogy including genealogy databases (Ancestry and HeritageQuest), Bangor genealogy, genealogy links (cemetery links, SSDI, special collections, genealogy requests.
Local History, the Bangor Room, and Special Collections list of local history sources in the room.
URSUS Libraries Catalog online.

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[edit | edit source]

Genealogical and historical references for Bangor, the Penobscot Valley, the state of Maine, and the entire region of New England.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.^[1] They also provide free access to Ancestry Library and HeritageQuest Online. </ref>