Library Local History Files
The materials in the Library's local history files illuminate many corners of Lakewood's past. It was a project at the Lakewood Public Library to post electronic versions of the information found in these files. This collection of pamphlets, newspaper articles, first-person accounts, local legends and photographs are no longer available in paper form at the library.
- General History
- American Legion
- Biography (collective)
- Biography A-F
- Biography G-J
- Biography K-L
- Biography M-R
- Biography S-Z
- Bridges
- Cemetery
- Charities
- Churches 1
- Churches 2
- City Hall and Civic Center
- Civic Auditorium
- Civic Celebrations
- Clubs and Organizations
- Courts
- Crime and Criminals
- Disasters
- Elections
- Finance
- Fire Department
- Fire Prevention
- Freemasons
- Gardens
- Gas, Natural
- Geology
- Historical Society
- Homes
- Hotels, Taverns
- Libraries
- Libraries
- Liquor
- Maps
- Markets
- Mayors
- Military History
- Music
- Newspapers
- Occupations and Professions
- Parks
- Police Department
- Politics and Government
- Population
- Post Office
- Public Welfare
- Railroads
- Real Estate
- Recreation
- Safety
- Schools, Private and Parochial
- A Compilation of Histories
- Schools, Public: Publications
- Slavery
- Historical Personalities (unindexed newspaper articles by M. Butler)
Additional Lakewood History Resources
Some additional Lakewood History resources available in the Lakewood Public Library Reference Room:
Historic Buildings of Lakewood by Craig Bobbie: Indexed Here
City Directories
Cleveland City Directories: 1838-1839, 1870-1977 (missing 1875, 1879, 1896, 1901, 1906, 1908, 1933, 1945-46, 1948-49, 1950, 1952, 1960, 1962, 1967, 1973, 1975, 1976)
Lakewood City Directories: 1949-1963 (missing 1950 and 1952 directories not published)
West Suburban Directories: 1964, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1970, 1971- 1972, 1973, 1976, 1979-1980 (missing 1965, 1969, 1974, 1975, 1977, 1978)
Lakewood High School Yearbooks
1903 – 1905; 1920 – present (missing 1969, 2013, 2015)
Newspapers
The Lakewood Press: 9/27/1917 -12/25/1919
The Lakewood Post: 3/29/1923 - 12/30/1965
The Lakewood Sun Post: 1/6/1966 – 12/28/2017