Local History
The WVHS Library has an extensive collection of books, articles and photos on the Whitpain and Lower Gwynedd Townships, along with Ambler Borough, focusing on schools, farming, genealogies, photographs, deeds, wills, maps and the local industrial past. Click on the links below to view part of our collection available online
- Whitpain… Crossroads in Time
- Newt Howard’s History of Ambler
- The White Mountains of Ambler
- History of American Chemical Paint Company (ACP). later known as Amchem Products, Inc.
- Amchem Site History, now known as Ambler Yards
- Researching Historic Deeds
- J.E. Marsden Glass Works
- The King’s Daughters WWII Newsletters
- Whittock’s Whitpain
- Emmy Simon’s Postcard Collection
- Stroll Blue Bell
- A Brief History of the Liberty Bell Trolley, Whitpain’s High Speed Rail – by Mike Szilagyi and Andrew Maginnis
- Vintage Local Ads