Local History

Postcards from the Library A collection of almost two hundred postcards that display current and historical images of Wickford Village. They are hosted on the Library's "Flickr" account.

The View From Swamptown Volumes I-VIII of "The View From Swamptown" by local author and historian Tim Cranston.

South County Room The South County Room is North Kingstown Free Library's special collection of local history, genealogy, rare books and artifacts on South County, RI.

South County Room Catalog The South County Room of the North Kingstown Free Library houses many historic items related to the history of North Kingstown and surrounding areas. Our collections of historic photographs, documents, objects and more can be found here. This catalog is by no means complete and will be growing over time, so please check back often!

Local History Bibliography A bibliography of books on the history of North Kingstown.

Voting Machine Restoration Project Pictures and information about the library's restored voting machine that was used in the election of 1901 in North Kingstown.

Plante Collection Inventory

Standard-Times Digital Archives Digital Archives of the Standard-Times from 1888 to 2006. Archives are not available for the following time periods: August 1908 - July 1909, and August 1914 - July 1916.