Using the Essex Institute Historical Collections

Essex Institute, Salem, Mass., circa 1910s

The Essex Institute of Salem, Massachusetts, was formed in 1848 by the merger of the Essex Historical Society and the Essex County Natural History Society. This literary, historical, and scientific society had a deep interest in Essex county, 

In 1992, the Essex Institute merged with the Peabody Museum to become the Peabody Essex Museum (PEM).

One hundred years of the Essex Institute Historical Collections (EIHC) is available online through the Internet Archive. The journals contain family genealogies, histories, probate records, and other miscellaneous records of interest to genealogists.

Indices

Essex Institute Historical Collections. Index for vols. 1-22 for 1859-1885

Essex Institute Historical Collections. Index for vols. 23-43 for 1886-1907

Essex Institute Historical Collections Index for vols. 44-67 for 1908-1931

Essex Institute Historical Collections. Index for vols. 68-85 for 1931-1949

also Essex Institute Historical Collections Index for vols. 1-40 for 1859-1904

Vol. 1 Essex Institute Historical Collections (1859)

Vol. 2 Essex Institute Historical Collections (1860)

Vol. 3 Essex Institute Historical Collections (1861)

Vol. 4 Essex Institute Historical Collections (1862)

Vol. 5 Essex Institute Historical Collections (1863)

Vol. 6 Essex Institute Historical Collections (1864)

Vol. 7 Essex Institute Historical Collections (1865)

Vol. 8 Essex Institute Historical Collections (1866)

Vol. 9 Essex Institute Historical Collections (1869)

Vol. 10 Essex Institute Historical Collections (1870)

Vol. 11 Essex Institute Historical Collections (1871)

Vol. 12 Essex Institute Historical Collections (1874)

Vol. 13 Essex Institute Historical Collections (1875)

Vol. 14 Essex Institute Historical Collections (1877)

Vol. 15 Essex Institute Historical Collections (1878)

Vol. 16 Essex Institute Historical Collections (1879)

Vol. 17 Essex Institute Historical Collections (1880)

Vol. 18 Essex Institute Historical Collections (1881)

Vol. 19 Essex Institute Historical Collections (1882)

Vol. 20 Essex Institute Historical Collections (1883)

Vol. 21 Essex Institute Historical Collections (1884)

Vol. 22 Essex Institute Historical Collections (1886)

Vol. 23 Essex Institute Historical Collections (1887)

Vol. 24 Essex Institute Historical Collections (1888)

Vol. 25 Essex Institute Historical Collections (1889)

Vol. 26 Essex Institute Historical Collections (1890)

Vol. 27 Essex Institute Historical Collections (1891)

Vol. 28 Essex Institute Historical Collections (1892)

Vol. 29 Essex Institute Historical Collections (1893)

Vol. 30 Essex Institute Historical Collections (1894)

Vol. 31 Essex Institute Historical Collections (1895)

Vol. 32 Essex Institute Historical Collections (1896)

Vol. 33 Essex Institute Historical Collections (1897)

Vol. 34 Essex Institute Historical Collections (1898)

Vol. 35 Essex Institute Historical Collections (1899)

Vol. 36 Essex Institute Historical Collections (1900)

Vol. 37 Essex Institute Historical Collections (1901)

Vol. 38 Essex Institute Historical Collections (1902)

Vol. 39 Essex Institute Historical Collections (1903)

Vol. 40 Essex Institute Historical Collections (1904)

Vol. 41 Essex Institute Historical Collections (1905)

Vol. 42 Essex Institute Historical Collections (1906)

Vol. 43 Essex Institute Historical Collections (1907)

Vol. 44 Essex Institute Historical Collections (1908)

Vol. 45 Essex Institute Historical Collections (1909)

Vol. 46 Essex Institute Historical Collections (1910)

Vol. 47 Essex Institute Historical Collections (1911)

Vol. 48 Essex Institute Historical Collections (1912)

Vol. 49 Essex Institute Historical Collections (1913)

Vol. 50 Essex Institute Historical Collections (1914)

Vol. 51 Essex Institute Historical Collections (1915)

Vol. 52 Essex Institute Historical Collections (1916)

Vol. 53 Essex Institute Historical Collections (1917)

Vol. 54 Essex Institute Historical Collections (1918)

Vol. 55 Essex Institute Historical Collections (1919)

Vol. 56 Essex Institute Historical Collections (1920)

Vol. 57 Essex Institute Historical Collections (1921)

Vol. 58 Essex Institute Historical Collections (1922)

Vol. 59 Essex Institute Historical Collections (1923)

Vol. 60 Essex Institute Historical Collections (1924)

Vol. 61 Essex Institute Historical Collections (1925)

Vol. 62 Essex Institute Historical Collections (1926)

Vol. 63 Essex Institute Historical Collections (1927)

Vol. 64 Essex Institute Historical Collections (1928)

Vol. 65 Essex Institute Historical Collections (1929)

Vol. 66 Essex Institute Historical Collections (1930)

Vol. 67 Essex Institute Historical Collections (1931)

Vol. 68 Essex Institute Historical Collections (1932)

Vol. 69 Essex Institute Historical Collections (1933)

Vol. 70 Essex Institute Historical Collections (1934)

Vol. 71 Essex Institute Historical Collections (1935)

Vol. 72 Essex Institute Historical Collections (1936)

Vol. 73 Essex Institute Historical Collections (1937)

Vol. 74 Essex Institute Historical Collections (1938)

Vol. 75 Essex Institute Historical Collections (1939)

Vol. 76 Essex Institute Historical Collections (1940)

Vol. 77 Essex Institute Historical Collections (1941)

Vol. 78 Essex Institute Historical Collections (1942)

Vol. 79 Essex Institute Historical Collections (1943)

Vol. 80 Essex Institute Historical Collections (1944)

Vol. 81 Essex Institute Historical Collections (1945)

Vol. 82 Essex Institute Historical Collections (1946)

Vol. 83 Essex Institute Historical Collections (1947)

Vol. 84 Essex Institute Historical Collections (1948)

Vol. 85 Essex Institute Historical Collections (1949)

Vol. 86 Essex Institute Historical Collections (1950)

Vol. 87 Essex Institute Historical Collections (1951)

Vol. 88 Essex Institute Historical Collections (1952)

Vol. 89 Essex Institute Historical Collections (1953)

Vol. 90 Essex Institute Historical Collections (1954)

Vol. 91 Essex Institute Historical Collections (1955)

Vol. 92 Essex Institute Historical Collections (1956)

Vol. 93 Essex Institute Historical Collections (1957): Samuel McIntire Bicentennial (April-July)

Vol. 94 Essex Institute Historical Collections (1958)

Vol. 95 Essex Institute Historical Collections (1959)

Vol. 96 Essex Institute Historical Collections (1960)

Vol. 97 Essex Institute Historical Collections (1961)

Vol. 98 Essex Institute Historical Collections (1962)

Vol. 99 Essex Institute Historical Collections (1963)

Links to Vols. 100-129 Essex Institute Historical Collections (1964-1993) Hathi Trust

Other Publications

Proceedings of the Essex Institute

Bulletin of the Essex Institute: Communications

Annual report of the Essex Institute

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