The purpose of this society shall be to educate and bring together those people interested in history, and especially in the history of Bloomfield and Brunswick, VT and Stratford, NH. Understanding the history of our community is basic to our democratic way of life, gives us a better understanding of our state and nation, and promotes a better appreciation of our American heritage.

The society’s major function will be to discover and collect any material which may help to establish or illustrate the history of the area: its exploration, settlement, development, and activities in peace and war, its progress in population, wealth, education, arts, science, agriculture, manufacturing, trade and transportation.  It will collect printed material such as histories, genealogies, biographies, descriptions, gazetteers, directories, newspapers, pamphlets, catalogues, circulars, handbills, programs and posters; manuscript material such as letters, diaries, journals, memoranda, reminiscences, rosters, service records account books, charts, surveys and field books; and museum material such as pictures, photographs, paintings, portraits, scenes, aboriginal relics, and material objects illustrative of life, conditions, events and activities of the past and the present.

The society will provide for the preservation of such material and for its accessibility, as far as my be feasible, to all who wish to examine or study it, to cooperate with officials in insuring the preservation and accessibility of the records and archives of the country and of its cities, towns, villages and institutions, and to undertake the preservation of historic buildings, monuments and markers.

The society will disseminate historical information and arouse interest in the past by publishing historical material in the newspapers or otherwise; by holding meetings with pageants, addresses, lectures, papers and discussion; by marking historic buildings, sites and trails; and by using the media of radio and television to awaken public interest.

The society will cooperate with the state historical society (state historical commission or state department of archives and history) to collect and preserve materials of statewide significance so that these materials can be made available to students and scholars.