The SBHS Newsletter is published twice a year, in the fall and in the spring. Copies may be obtained in person at the museum, or by mail. Order copies for mail at $1.00 per copy plus any postage.
In addition to news about the activities of the SBHS, the following informational articles have appeared in the Society's Newsletters:

1998:
Volume 1, Number 1
Damariscotta Steamboat Co.; Genealogy - John Catland Family

Volume 1, Number 2
Summit House Fire; "Thrill", by Jay Morris, Jr.

1999:
Volume 2, Number 1
"South Bristol Village Bridges", by Dave Andrews;

Volume 2, Number 2
"Summer's End", by Romilly Humphries; "Thrill", by Jay Morris, Jr.

2000:
Volume 3, Number 1
“Christmas Cove Post Office Notes,” memories of Arletta Thorpe Rice; Damariscotta Herald excerpt reporting the wreck of the “Tourist,” including mention of passenger Leroy Green, Larry Chittenden (the Cowboy Poet), Everett Spear and Uncle Dan Chittenden; Barbara Rumsey on Corbin’s Sound.

2001:
Volume 4, Number 1
"South Bristol History: Willard L. Metcalf", by Ellen Vincent; excerpt from The Pemaquid Messenger with commentary by Nat Hammond

2002:
Volume 5, Number 1
"A History of the Gamage Shipyard Property", by David Andrews

Volume 5, Number 2
"June 1910 - the Mott-Smiths Go to Maine", excerpts from The Autobiography of Kenneth Ormsby Mott-Smith, relating the trip from Schenectady, NY to South Bristol; "Glimpses of the Revolution: Bristol Town Records, 1774-1777", by John J. Turner, Jr.

2003:
Volume 6, Number 1
More excerpts from the Autobiography of Kenneth Ormsby Mott-Smith, describing the trip by water from Bath to South Bristol in 1910.

Volume 6, Number 2
South Bristol 1889, excerpts from The Pemaquid Messenger relating to South Bristol village businesses, Christmas Cove and shipbuilding, including old photos.

2004:
Volume 7, Number 1
West Bristol and Walpole 1889, excerpts from The Pemaquid Messenger, discussing agriculture, brick-making, ice harvesting and other activities in and around theWalpole area including old photos.

Volume 7, Number 2,
"A Petition for the division of the town of Bristol and some of the reasons therfor" - the petition submitted to the State Legislature in 1915, seeking the separation of South Bristol from Bristol.

2005:
Volume 8, Number 1
"South Bristol History Reading List", compiled by David Andrews; The Sproul Homestead, as listed in the National Register of Historic Places.

Volume 8, Number 2
"South Bristol Civil War Participants", compiled by David Andrews; "The Emily Means House", is listed on the National Register of Historical Places, located on Birch Island, it is a rare example of a summer cottage in Mediterranean style.

2006:
Volume 9, Number 1
"A Reminiscence of 1812" - a handwritten account of the John's Bay revolutionary sea battle between the British warship Boxer and the Continental US warship Enterprise, from Arletta Thorpe family papers.

Volume 9, Number 2
"A Panorama of South Bristol Village, circa 1892", by David Andrews, Historian; Commentary on a series of nine captivating photographs from the original collection of Alvin Gamage (descendent of the South Bristol family); photographs are a panorama taken from the Cupola of the Summit House on Rutherford's Island.

2007:
Volume 10, Number 1
"School Days - Excerpts from interviews with Sarah Emery,” responses of Sarah Emery to interviews by Richard Hawkins, South Bristol School Principal, in 1975 on subjects such as Christmas celebrations, the water bucket, flag, desks, and building care. "Slaves in South Bristol?” by David Andrews, Historian relates that of seven well-to-do Bristol farmers, sea captains, and traders only William Miller was a slave owner as shown in the records of his estate which listed "Three Negroes - 80 pounds.”

Volume 10, Number 2
“Memoirs – South Bristol, Maine – World War II,” by Rosamond Cook Becker describing her childhood days as a summer visitor in South Bristol; “From the Historian’s Desk,” by David Andrews on the subject of the Rev. Robert Rutherford for whom Rutherford’s Island is named.

2008:
Volume 11, Number 1
“A 1732 Letter,” prepared by David Andrews, SBHS Historian, including excerpts from a letter written by a James Grady in 1732 extolling the many virtues of the Bristolarea, to encourage potential Scotch-Irish settlers to come to the area.

Volume 11, Number 2
"Plummer Point Preserve – A History of the Land,” excerpts from the report prepared for the Damariscotta River Association by SBHS members Polly Ulin, Carolyn McKeon, Kathy Norwood and Lance Kelsey.

2009:
Volume 12, Number 1
“A 1732 Letter,” prepared by David Andrews, SBHS Historian, including excerpts from a letter written by a James Grady in 1732 extolling the many virtues of the Bristolarea, to encourage potential Scotch-Irish settlers to come to the area.

Volume 12, Number 2
"The Case of the Moving School," by David Andrews, attempting to trace the location of the schoolhouse now known as the S Road School through deeds and road locations. Pictorial review of progress of restoration of the S Road School from spring 2005 to fall 2009.

2010:
Volume 13, Number 1
"Who was 'Larry'? What was the Autograph Library?" Those questions about Larry Chittenden, known as the "poet ranchman" and the proprietor of the Christmas Cove Autograph Library, are answered in excerpts from the Lewiston Maine Journal (1929), the Bath Daily Times and Weekly Independent (1929), the Christmas Cove Improvement Association Centennial History (2000), the website The Handbook of Texas Online (2009), and the website Country World News: Texas Trails: Cowboys Christmas Ball (2009).