Conveniently, the office of the Town and Village Historian, Lynn Barton is located at the Webster Museum.

The historian oversees a wide variety of reference material, both written and photographic that is available to researchers, history buffs and the curious by appointment (online or 265.3308).

Available Information

Webster School Records

• Yearbooks dating back to 1920
• School Photographs
• School Pamphlets, brochures and documents by year or by school
• Literary Club scrapbooks
• School Ledgers
• etc.

Property Records

• Home and Business Records (sorted by address)
• Assessment records from early Webster (various years, 1860's - 1930's)

Families

• Family Genealogies
• 1855 Webster Census (copy)
• Diaries
• 1942 survey of residents (by street and names)

Businesses

• Business and Organization records
• Dr. A.P. Maine's Ledgers
• The Webster Hotel's Ledgers
• and many others

Multi Media

• Bound Webster Herald newspapers dating back to 1920's.
• Photographs, slides and film
• Numerous Books and reference materials
• Postcards of Webster
• 1945 three volume history compiled by Thomas Wright, town historian
• Maps of Webster (1852, 1872, 1902, 1924, 1941 and others)

Webster Historians