The Calvin E. Pollins Memorial Library is a non-circulating library of over 5,000 historical reference books, genealogical records, and original documents of local interest.
There is no fee for WCHS members to use the library, and non-members pay a fee of $3/per person, per visit. Copies are available for $.20/page for members and $.25/page for non-members.
The library is located in the office of the Westmoreland County Historical Society.
Westmoreland County Historical Society
362 Sandhill Road
Greensburg, PA 15601
Library Hours
Tuesday - Friday, 9 am - 5 pm
Evenings (Tue-Thu) by appointment
People using the Pollins Library to do genealogical research find the following collections especially useful:
- family histories
- family correspondence files
- church histories
- church records
- cemetery records
- tax records
- land records
- vital statistics
- census
- military records
- county histories
- community histories
- Pennsylvania histories including Colonial Records and Pennsylvania Archives
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| Over the last 50+ years, the WCHS has developed a unique collection of resources about genealogy and the following topics. The information available in books is supplemented with 12 drawers of vertical files that contain articles and other materials that cannot be placed on a shelf. New books and resources are added to the collections weekly |
- advertising
- African-Americans
- agriculture
- antiques
- archaeology
- architecture
- archives
- art
- bridges
- business and industry
- caves
- coal and coke
- colonial life
- conservation
- customs
- education
- ethnic groups
- expeditions
- fires and fire departments
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- flags
- folk lore
- food
- forts and blockhouses
- funerals and funeral directors
- furniture
- geology
- heraldry
- hobbies
- landscaping
- laws and ordinances
- medical
- memoirs
- metal
- military histories
- money
- museums
- music
- Native Americans
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- organizations
- photography
- pottery and porcelain
- preservation
- professions
- rivers and streams
- roads and trails
- sports
- structures
- textiles
- tools
- transportation
- weapons
- women
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