The local history section of the Public Library holds around 10,000 volumes dedicated to the Chieri and Turin area, to the Piedmont province and to the regions, covering a wide range of subjects.
The collection of Chieri periodicals begins in1873 with the “Cittadino Chierese” (the “Chieri Citizen”) and thanks to the presence of various papers, such as the “L’Arco and Il Faro” (the Bow and the Lighthouse), reaches our current times with the “Corriere di Chieri” (the Chieri Courier). Furthermore there are many contemporary periodicals of historic-artistic interest, and a collection of “the Gazzetta del Popolo” (the People’s Gazette) from 1888 to 1984, and from “La Stampa” (the Turin newspaper) from 1965 until today. Of great social interest is the photographic collection and the collaboration with the Storiandoli project that collects oral testimonies from local citizens.