City directories were once published yearly and contained a lot more information than what was in period telephone books. Now they can be a valuable source to learn who previously lived in your home and how those earlier homeowners earned their livings. Names, addresses, some telephone numbers, and other information about the city are available in each directory. The oldest directory dates from 1878.
About this project
All 40 directories currently in the combined collections of the Albany Regional Museum and the Albany Public Library have been scanned and are available below.
The directories were digitized for $2,500 using an Oregon Heritage All Star Community 2016 Grant.
About the files
The directories have been scanned using optical character recognition, which allows viewers to search entire directories for specific words and phrases.
Use the "Find..." tool in your PDF program to search for words and phrases. In the future we hope to incorporate these files into our regular site search.
Gap years (1912-36, 1942-1946)
No directories are found in either collection for the years 1912-36 or 1942-46. If you have an Albany directory from those gap years, please consider donating them to the Albany Regional Museum.
Other ways to browse the directories
The directories can also be accessed at the Carnegie Library, 302 Ferry Street SW, or the Albany Regional Museum, 136 Lyon Street S.
City Directory files
- 1878 (25.08MB pdf)
- 1892 (41.33MB pdf)
- 1905 (33.75MB pdf)
- 1909-1910 (17.91MB pdf)
- 1911-1912 (33.87MB pdf)
- 1913 (74.78MB pdf)
- 1936 (21.41MB pdf)
- 1939 (26.12MB pdf)
- 1941-1942 (30.31MB pdf)
- 1946 (8.85MB pdf)
- 1948 (66.4MB pdf)
- 1950 (34.93MB pdf)
- 1952 (32.1MB pdf)
- 1957 (53.62MB pdf)
- 1958 (53.11MB pdf)
- 1959-1960 (58.71MB pdf)
- 1961 (60.9MB pdf)
- 1962 (78.75MB pdf)
- 1964-1965 (207.68MB pdf)
- 1966-1967 (130.91MB pdf)
- 1967-1968 (41.53MB pdf)
- 1968-1969 (80.09MB pdf)
- 1969-1970 (138.52MB pdf)
- 1971 (51.99MB pdf)
- 1972 (46.05MB pdf)
- 1974 (50.92MB pdf)
- 1975 (132.51MB pdf)
- 1976 (143.62MB pdf)
- 1977 (54.1MB pdf)
- 1978 (127.72MB pdf)
- 1979 (87.01MB pdf)
- 1980 (80.51MB pdf)
- 1982 (78.25MB pdf)
- 1983 (117.18MB pdf)
- 1985 (117.42MB pdf)
- 1986 (81.71MB pdf)
- 1987 (117.53MB pdf)
- 1988 (117.42MB pdf)
- 1989 (119.5MB pdf)
