Local History Department
at Middletown Thrall Library

11-19 Depot Street, Middletown, New York 10940
Telephone: (845) 341-5483    E-mail: thrall3@warwick.net

Local History Room

  • Open by appointment only.
  • Please call or e-mail the Local History Librarian to make an appointment.
  • Collections include books on Orange County and neighboring counties, city directories, genealogies, railroads, canals, the Catskills, church records, cemetery records, folklore, and more.
  • Serials include the Middletown and New Jersey Railway Historical Society Newsletter, O & W Railway Historical Society Observer, Orange County Genealogical Society Quarterly, Orange County Historical Society Journal, Middletown Historical Society publications, and more.
  • Special Collections include the records of Elizabeth Stivers Mills (includes historical and genealogical information about many Orange County people, places and events), Orange County Landfill studies, Stewart Airport, and more.
  • Some local history books are kept at our Reference Department.

Items in the Library Catalog

Below you can browse select items available within
the entire library system. While most items cannot
be borrowed, they can be viewed at owning libraries.







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