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Centennial Monograph: Watering Troughs
The origins of the watering troughs (and fountain) that dot the Maynard landscape.
Centennial Monograph: Sewage System
A history of the town's sewerage system. Recognized as a need from the earliest days of the town's incorporation, a variety of factors prevented its construction until 1930.
Centennial Monograph: Knights of Columbus
Inspired by seeing Knights of Columbus providing material and spiritual support in Europe during World War I, members of St. Bridget's church pushed for the creation of a Maynard council of this fraternal organization in 1920. Since then it was a…
Centennial Monograph: The Twilight Club
The Twilight Club was a social organization, founded by members of St. Bridget's church, which maintained a clubhouse on Lake Boone in Stow as a summer retreat for 60 years (1904-1964).
Centennial Monograph: Middlesex Club
An account of a short-lived social club that formed in 1910 and was disbanded 8 years later because nearly all of the members were fighting in World War I.
Centennial Monograph: Transportation
A review of various forms of transportation and how they conveyed residents of Maynard, including walking, horseback, stage-coaches, steam trains, electric trolleys, busses and, finally, the automobile.
Centennial Monograph: The Irish People in Maynard
A review of the Irish community's arrival and impact on the Town of Maynard.
Centennial Monograph: The Assabet River
A short review on the Assabet River, the origins and variations of its name, and how it was intertwined in Maynard's early history.
Centennial Monograph: The Russian People in Maynard
A very brief summary of Russian immigrants in Maynard from circa 1900-1920.
Centennial Monograph: Saint Casimir's Church
The origins and evolution of St. Casimir's church, an offspring of St. Bridget's focused on the Polish community.
History of St. Casimir's Church - Three Accounts - ca 1978
Three accounts of the beginning of St. Casimir's Church.
Centennial Monograph: The Union Congregational Church of Maynard
The origins and evolution of the oldest church in Maynard.
Centennial Monograph: Maynard Grange No. 340
A history of the Maynard Grange, an organization for famers in a town filled with mill workers.
Centennial Monograph: V.F.W. Post #1812
A history of Maynard Veterans of Foreign Wars (V.F.W.) Post 1812.
Centennial Monograph: Maynard High School Alumni
The early years of Maynard High School had very small graduating classes and from 1899 to 1930 they formed an Alumni Association which held social reunions.
Centennial Monograph: St. Bridget's Temperance Society
The history of one of the larger temperance societies that operated for about 20 years from 1890 to the 1910s.
Centennial Research: Hotels
A short summary of hotels that operated in Maynard. This research was incorporated into a monograph on hotels (see Relation below)
Centennial Monograph: Minstrels
A remembrance of minstrel shows in Maynard by a well-known local minstrel.