Browse Collections (21 total)
Maynard High School Yearbooks
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This is a collection of the Maynard High School Yearbooks.. The primary collection starts in 1927, but we have a couple of older ones.
It is…
Contributors: Many, many people. Thank you!
Maynard Fires
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Like any municipality Maynard has had its fair share of fires, minor and major, all engaged by the Maynard Fire Department (sometimes supported by…
Contributors: Maynard Fire Department, et. al.
Annual Town Reports (scanned)
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This collection contains Annual Town Reports that are either scanned or we have original digital copies.
Reports before 2013 are scanned PDF file…
Contributors: Town of Maynard, Maynard Public Library, and other donors. Digitization was done by the Maynard Historical Society.
Monographs
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The Maynard Historical Society has a growing collection of monographs. Monographs, by nature, are focused and detailed research on a single topic…
Contributors: Maynard Historical Society, et. al.
Centennial
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Items in this collection are related to Maynard's centennial celebration in 1971.
Death Records
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Death records from 1886-1927.
Contributors: Paul Boothroyd
Marriage Records
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Marriage Records from Maynard Town Reports from 1880s to 1927. Starting in 1928 the town only reports summary marriage statistics.
Contributors: Paul Boothroyd
Birth Records
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Maynard Town Report Birth Records. Detailed records (individual names) are only available through the 1990s. Starting in 2002 or so the town…
Contributors: Paul Boothroyd
Unidentified Photos, Artifacts and Documents in our Archives
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Test your detective skills!
The Historical Society has a collection of items that are interesting and related to Maynard but, so far, we know very…
Oliver Warila Photographs
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Oliver "Swat" Warila was a commercial photographer based in Maynard from about 1960 through 1980. Most of the photographs in this collection are from…
Contributors: The Warila Family
Town Records
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These are documents related to the Maynard town government: annual town reports, fiscal records, lists of persons, street lists, voter lists, town…
Contributors: Collection Manager (Maynard Historical Society)
Clubs/Societies
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This collection depicts some of the many social organizations that have existed since Maynards inception.
Contributors: Collection Manager (Maynard Historical Society)
Postcards
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The MHS Postcard Collection is one of the best, and possibly most entertaining, way of looking into the history of the Town. Each postcard is a…
Contributors: Dave Griffin (Maynard Historical Society)
Audio Visual Materials
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Films, Slides, Recordings
Contributors: Collection Manager (Maynard Historical Society)
The Maynard Family
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Information and artifacts on the family which gave the town its name.
Contributors: Collection Manager (Maynard Historical Society)
Digital Equipment Corporation
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Items from Digital Equipment Corporation, which was headquartered in Maynard from 1957-1999.
Contributors:
Dave Griffin, David Wisniewski, Lenny Palmer, Chris Lister
Includes a number of artifacts on permanent loan from the Ken Olsen Collection from Gordon College.
Schools
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All about education in Maynard: schools, yearbooks, sports.
Contributors: Collection Manager (Maynard Historical Society)
The Powder Mills, Paper Mill and Jewell Mill
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Items from the American Powder Mills (which operated under other names such as American Cyanamid). The mills spanned the towns of Maynard, Acton,…
Contributors: Collection Manager (Maynard Historical Society)
The Co-operative Associations of Maynard
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Artifacts, photographs and documents from the various co-operatives that operated in Maynard from the 1870's to the 1970's.
Contributors: Collection Manager (Maynard Historical Society), Lenny Palmer (Maynard Historical Society)
Assabet Mills
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Photographs, documents, and artifacts from the Assabet Mills and the American Woolen Company.
Contributors: Collection Manager (Maynard Historical Society)