Town Records, Shelburne, Vermont 1787-1936

Archive

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Shelburne Historical Society

Copies of Town Meeting Records Vols 1 through 5 Shelburne (left) and Original Volumes

Copies of Town Meeting Records Vols 1 through 5 Shelburne (left) and Original Volumes

Name/Title

Town Records, Shelburne, Vermont 1787-1936

Entry/Object ID

2026.0.1

Scope and Content

Shelburne town records began in 1787 and were handwritten as the events happened page by page as they occurred. As the the activities of the town and number of records increased, the separation of the types of records, i.e. meeting minutes, vital records, etc., separated into collections of the same types of records. The volume 'Copies of Town Meeting Records' was created through the Historical Records Survey begun in 1936 under the direction of the Works Project Administration. The objective of the Survey was to discover and preserve materials important to the research of American history. The information contained in this book is the typewritten records from the original records in Volume 1 through 5.

Context

The original town records in Volume 1-5 have been preserved. The Copies of Town Meeting Records, being typewritten copies of the original record pages allows the researcher ease of use eliminating the need to interpret the original records script. In addition, there are now indexes for the records of volume 1-5 in the Copies of the Town Meeting Records.

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Government Records

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

Created By

Boucher, David

Create Date

November 5, 2025

Updated By

Boucher, David

Update Date

November 9, 2025