The Atlantic City Heritage Collections of the Atlantic City Free Public Library contain artifacts and archival collections of papers, photographs, scrapbooks and other materials that are preserved and made accessible for research. These collections are unique and many contain primary source documents. Because the collections are unique, they are in a closed-stack area and require staff assistance to access them. To view the collections listed below, either visit the Heston Room at the Main Library during research hours or make an appointment in advance of your visit.

Below is a list of collection names that are located in the Atlantic City Heritage Collection’s Heston Room. There are finding aids available for those collections that are linked in the list below. Finding aids describe what is within each collection and help locate information within the collection. Some information contained in finding aids include time period covered by the materials in the collection, size of the collection, biographical or historical information about the collection, description of organizational structure of the collection, and a list describing the contents of the collection at the box or folder level

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Collection Names (finding aids are linked, if available)
ACFPL Atlantic City High School Collection
ACFPL Collection of Atlantic City Music
ACFPL Collection of Atlantic City Photographs
ACFPL Collection of Atlantic City Photographs, 2007 Aerial Photographs
ACFPL Collection of Atlantic City Postcards
ACFPL Collection of Atlantic City Realia
ACFPL Film Collection
ACFPL Game Collection
ACFPL Living History Project
ACFPL Map Collection
ACFPL Menu Collection, 1903-present
ACFPL Oral History Project, "30 Years, 30 Voices" [SEE: "30 Years, 30 Voices" ACFPL Oral History Project, 2008]
ACFPL Poster and Art Collection
ACFPL Scrapbook Collection
Harold P. Abrams Collection
Apex Country Club Photograph Collection
Col. John Jacob Astor Camp #28 Records, 1924-1933
Atlantic City Aero Club Scrapbook Collection, 1910-1912
Atlantic City Beach Patrol Collection
Atlantic City Centennial Celebration Scrapbook
Atlantic City Climatological Data Records
Atlantic City Directories
Atlantic City Convention Hall Collection
Atlantic City Housing Authority Records Collection
Atlantic City Post Office Time Capsule Collection
"Atlantic City Remembers World War II" Exhibit
Atlantic City Sea Gulls Hockey Team Collection, 1936-1941

Dorothy J. Beatty "Black History of Atlantic City" Oral History Project, 1977
Cornelius "Corney" Bell Collection
Boyd Family Papers
Brisco Family Papers, 1923-1950

Chicken Bone Beach Collection
Club Harlem Collection
City of Atlantic City, City Council Records
Dr. F.B. Coll Swim Team Collection, 1927-1940
Vibrina Coronado Miss America Research Collection

Ed Davis Papers
Dramateurs Theatre Group Collection, 1941-1983

Records of Fay-Mor-Wee, Home for the Aged and Infirmary, Inc.
Morton Feldman Papers
Samuel Formicola Miss America Collection, 1957-1968
Anne Fothergill Collection of Preserved Algae
Arnette French Collection of Realia

Alfred M. Heston Papers
Joe Hooker Post #32 Grand Army of the Republic Records
Alma Fay Horn Photograph Collection
George E. Humphries Photograph Collection

Bonnie Josephine Papers

Karabashian Eddington Planning Group, LLC Collection of Photographs of Atlantic City
Dr. James R. Karmel Atlantic City Project Oral History Interviews, 2002-2006
Donna Knorr Photographs of Sands Casino Demolition
Kutschera Postcard Collection

The Links, Inc. (Atlantic City Chapter) Records
Pop Lloyd Collection
Local History Biography Files
Local History Subject Files
Gladys Lody Papers

Microfilm Collection
Miss America Collection, 1922-present
Morris Guards Collection, approx. 1893-1977

101 Women Plus Records

Anthony Panico Atlantic City High School Collection, 1923-1992

Dr. Thomas K. Reed Paintings, 1907 - 1910

David Roberts Papers

Salty Breezes Newspaper Collection
Sand Snipers Basketball Team Photograph CollectionSSS
Samuel "Sonny" Schwartz Papers
John Keith Schwarz Photograph Exhibit: "Atlantic City - The Transition - A Picture Story"
Stan and Mary Sladek's Collection of Sands Casino Memorabilia, 1980-2004
Soroptimist Club Records
Studio 9 Photo Center Aerial Photographs Collection
George Swinton Papers

Mayor Thomas Taggart Papers
"30 Years, 30 Voices" ACFPL Oral History Project, 2008
Gayle Trimble and Carol Lothman Papers

Walls Family Photograph Collection
Sarah Spencer Washington Exhibit Materials
Women's Research Club Records
WPG Radio Collection