The papers include the minutes of the Shrewsbury Bicentennial Committee's meetings from May 1989 to May 1992. In addition to the programs for the bicentennial events, there is also a videotape of the events. The papers also include a 1990 Shrewsbury town report, a page of bicentennial stickers, and a photocopied newspaper article about the town's one-room schoolhouses (Rutland Herald, July 21, 1991).

The Shrewsbury, Vt., Bicentennial Committee, comprised of townspeople, first met in May 1989 in response to the Vermont Bicentennial Commission's call for locally planned celebrations across the state to celebrate the 200th anniversary of Vermont's entry as the 14th state in the union in 1991. Events in Shrewsbury included a noon tolling of the bells (March 4, 1991), a parade (May 5, 1991), Homecoming Weekend (July 27-28, 1991), and an afternoon of chamber music (June 14, 1992). Bicentennial projects included a competition for a logo which was reproduced on T-shirts, tote bags, the cover of the 1990 town report, stickers, and buttons. The committee met for the last time on May 11, 1992.