The Glastonbury Free Academy was closed in 1902 when the town voted to establish a town high school. At that time The Free Academy Corporation invested its funds and began to make annual donations to buy books from the new local high school library. This practice continues today under the guidance of the Glastonbury Free Academy incorporates, many of whom are descended from old Glastonbury Families. The Collections There are 33,000 curriculum-related and popular recreational items. About 150 magazine subscriptions cover a huge variety of interest.
Back issues are available in paper, microfiche, and CD-ROM formats.
Daily newspapers include the New York Times, The Hartford Courant, The Wall Street Journal, The Christian Science Monitor, and USA Today in addition to the weekly Glastonbury Citizen. Several years of the New York Times, and the Washington Post are also available full-text in an electronic format through Proquest. Microfilm copies of the Connecticut Courant date back to 1764 and the New York Times education collection of microfilm articles goes back to 1851. Selected articles from many other newspapers are also available electronically. All materials are listed in an electronic catalog.