This is a collection of various historical and genealogical reference works on Pennsylvania. These references cover 1000's of individuals, and are an excellent way to start or continue research focused on PA. This collection includes all of the individual collections covering Carbon County, PA (Please see individual collection listings for detailed descriptions of titles.)

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CB01 - Carbon County PA - Everything Collection (All Collections on Carbon County)

CB02 - County History & Biography Collection
History of Northampton, Lehigh, Monroe, Carbon and Schuylkill Counties (I. Daniel Rupp, 1845, 578 pages)
History of the Lehigh Valley (M. S. Henry, 1860, 477 pages)
History of the Counties of Lehigh and Carbon in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania (Alfred Mathews & Austin N. Hungerford, 1884, 933 pages)
Portrait and Biographical Record of Lehigh, Northampton and Carbon Counties, Pennsylvania (Chapman Publishing Co., 1894, 984 pages)
Historic Homes and Institutions and Genealogical and Personal Memoirs of the Lehigh Valley Pennsylvania (John W. Jordan, 1905, 1370 pages)
History, Government and Geography of Carbon County Pennsylvania (A. E. Wagner, 1910, 199 pages)
History of Carbon County Pennsylvania (Fred Brenckman, 1913, 713 pages)

CB03 - Regional, Miscellaneous History and Maps Collection

Town, Township & Regional Histories
Mauch Chunk and Vicinity (Boyle, Reed & Gihon, 1872, 78 pages)
Souvenir of Mauch Chunk Photo-Gravures (A. Wittemann, ~1890-1900, 18 pages)
Souvenir of Mauch Chunk. Switzerland of America (Chisholm Bros., ~1900, 14 pages)
Souvenir of Mauch Chunk, PA the Switzerland of America (Tosh's Dept. Store, ~1900-1910, 18 pages)
The “Switzerland of America” (J. Murray Jordan, 1903, 25 pages)
Souvenir of Lehighton and Weissport Penna (Published by G. V. Millar & Co., ~1910, 34 pages)
Silver Anniversary of the Founding of Palmerton, PA 1898-1923 (Anonymous, 1923, 185 pages)
Historical Program of Lehighton Lions Club First Annual Autumn Leaf Festival and Old Home Week (Anonymous, 1936, 56 pages)
1912-1962 Golden Jubilee of the Incorporation of the Borough of Palmerton Pennsylvania (Anonymous, 1962, 189 pages)

Church, Family, Education, Military and Miscellaneous Histories
Patriotism of Carbon County, PA, and What Her People Contributed During the War for the Preservation of the Union (J. D. Laciar, 1867, 120 pages)
General Marshall's Victory Report [Palmerton] (U.S. War Department, 1946-47, 153 pages)

Maps Atlases & Images
1860 Map of the Counties of Monroe and Carbon Pennsylvania (F. H. Walling and Loomis, Way & Palmer, Color)
1875 County Atlas of Carbon Pennsylvania (F. W. Beers & Co., 33 pages, B/W)

Birds-eye Town Views
Lehighton Pennsylvania (1883, Bailey & Fowler)

CB04 - Directory Collection (1886-1936)
List of Subscribers - March 1st, 1886 [Telephone Directory, Eastern PA] (Pennsylvania Telephone Company, 1886, 84 pages)
Consolidated Telephone Directory 1918 (Consolidated Telephone Co., 1918, 250 pages)
Classified Business Directory of Eastern Pennsylvania [1919] (Lehigh Valley Review, 1919, 212 pages)
Consolidated Telephone Directory May 1919 (Consolidated Telephone Co., 1919, 256 pages)
Telephone Directory - November 1919 - Reading-Lebanon-Pottsville and Nearby Places (Bell Telephone Co. of PA, 1919, 156 pages)
Telephone Directory - May 1921 - Reading-Lebanon-Pottsville and Nearby Places (Bell Telephone Co. of PA, 1921, 172 pages)
Telephone Directory - November 1921 [Reading-Lebanon-Pottsville and Vicinity] (Bell Telephone Co. of PA, 1921, 188 pages)
Telephone Directory - May 1922 [Reading-Lebanon-Pottsville and Vicinity] (Bell Telephone Co. of PA, 1922, 200 pages)
United Telephone Directory - June 1923 - Northern District (United Telephone & Telegraph Company, 1923, 176 pages)
Telephone Directory - November 1923 [Reading-Lebanon-Pottsville and Vicinity] (Bell Telephone Co. of PA, 1923, 164 pages)
Telephone Directory - Winter 1925 [Reading-Lebanon-Pottsville and Vicinity] (Bell Telephone Co. of PA, 1925, 218 pages)
Lehigh Telephone Directory - January - June 1928 (Lehigh Telephone Co., 1928, 246 pages)
Reading and Nearby Points Telephone Directory - Summer 1932 (Bell Telephone Co. of PA, 1932, 288 pages)
Bangor and Nearby Points Telephone Directory - December 1936 (Blue Mountain Telephone and Telegraph Company, 1936, 282 pages)

CB05 - Directory Collection (1839-1858)
Honesdale and Nearby Points Telephone Directory - July 1939 (Bell Telephone Directory of PA, 1939, 408 pages)
Phillipsburg - Including Nearby Points Telephone Directory - December 1939 (New Jersey Bell Telephone Company, 1939, 245 pages)
Allentown and Nearby Points Telephone Directory - August 1940 (Bell Telephone Co., of PA, 1940, 284 pages)
Carbondale and Nearby Points Telephone Directory - July 1941 (Bell Telephone Company of Pennsylvania, 1941, 402 pages)
Pottsville and Nearby Points Telephone Directory - April 1941 (Bell Telephone Company of Pennsylvania, 1941, 134 pages)
Telephone Directory - Pottsville, Minersville, Orwigsburg, St. Clair, Schuylkill Haven, Silver Creek and Nearby Points - May 1942 (Bell Telephone Company of Pennsylvania, 1942, 144 pages)
Tamaqua and Nearby Points Telephone Directory - May 1942 (Bell Telephone Co. of PA, 1942, 76 pages)
Hazleton and Nearby Points Telephone Directory - November 1948 (Bell Telephone Co. of PA, 1948, 320 pages)
Hazleton and Nearby Points Telephone Directory - January 1952 (Bell Telephone Co. of PA, 1952, 344 pages)
Bittler's Carbon County Pennsylvania Farm Directory 1952 Edition (Chas F. & C. M. Louise Bittler, 1952, 36 pages)
Hazleton and Nearby Points Telephone Directory - January 1953 (Bell Telephone Company of PA, 1953, 340 pages)
Bittler's Carbon County Pennsylvania Farm Directory 1956 Edition (Chas F. & C. M. Louise Bittler, 1956, 36 pages)
Hazleton and Nearby Points Telephone Directory - April 1957 (Bell Telephone Company of PA, 1957, 196 pages)
Lansford - Coaldale - Summit Hill Telephone Directory - April 1958 (Carbon Telephone Co., 1958, 72 pages)