
Arcadia Publishing: Images of America, 2011 The Manchester Historical Society has assembled a representative selection of photographs from its collection to illustrate the various aspects of life in Manchester from the 1860s to the 1930s. Available through www.northshire.com

Mary Bort (Manchester Historical Society, 2005) Available through www.northshire.com

Edwin L. Bigelow and Nancy OtisTo celebrate its bicentennial in 1961, Manchester appropriated funds for a written history of Manchester and appointed a committee to oversee the celebration planning. In September 1961 Manchester, Vermont: A Pleasant Land Among the Mountains, written by Edwin L. Bigelow and Nancy Otis, became the first comprehensive history of Manchester.In 2008 the Northshire Bookstore, a family-owned, award-winning independent bookstore in Manchester Center, reprinted Manchester, Vermont: A Pleasant Land Among the Mountains, 1761-1961 by Edwin S. Bigelow and Nancy H. Otis using the Espresso Book Machine. This comprehensive history had long been out of print. Go to www.northshire.com for more information.