Item sets

• Gloucester Oral History Collection

  Toward an oral history of Cape Ann -- oral history project recorded between 1978 and 1980 by principal oral historians Linda Brayton and David Masters.
• Gloucester Postcard Collection

  The Gloucester postcard collection shows various historical and recreational sites, as well as maritime scenes of Cape Ann during the early to mid-twentieth century.
• List of Vessels Belonging to the District of Gloucester

  The List of vessels was an annual publication which chronicled the fishing industry of the Cape Ann area from the years of 1869-1908.
• Gloucester High School Yearbooks

  The collection from Gloucester High School dates from the 1901 to 2013 (with gaps.)
• Gloucester Map Collection

  Gloucester has a variety of maps and atlases in its collection. Some maps are of local interest, including street maps and maps of local landmarks and sites of interest. There are also geological maps of Massachusetts and nautical charts of the New England coast.
• Gloucester Government City Record Books, 1642-1782

  Gloucester Government City Record Books, 1642-1782 These records contain information about land grants, warrants, elections and appointments, enrolled militia, jurors, highways, recorded damages, committee to interview candidates for minister, Parish Officers, burial cloth purchases, agreements with people of the town to care for the poor and receive payments for their care, orders drawn on the Town Treasurer for expenses, accounts of the Overseers of the Poor, accounts of the Constable, perambulations, death records, birth records, marriage records, records of intentions to marry, and information about noteworthy events that happened.
• Gloucester City Directories

  The collection dates from the 1860 to 1993 (with gaps.)
• Gloucester Government City Record Books, 1707-1820

  These record books contain information about town meetings, land grants, division bounds, thatch lots, wood lots and highways, copies of warrants, minutes of Proprietors of Common Lands, births, deaths, marriages, intentions, list of new residents and places of origins, Poor House, surveyors of highways, and information about the schools. 
• Sawyer Free Library 1976 Building

  Construction of the 2 Dale Avenue building, from breaking ground in 1973 to opening in 1976.
• Sawyer Free Library 2025 Building

  Remodel of the 1976 Dale Avenue building and construction of a new addition starting in 2023.
• Saunders House

  House built in 1764 and acquired by Samuel Sawyer in 1884 to house the library.
• SFL People and Events

  The library services and events that the Sawyer Free Library library staff have provided throughout the years.