Search using this query type:

Search only these record types:

Advanced Search (Items only)

Browse Items (105 total)

  • Collection: Monographs

mhs-2019.232.pdf
This is a collection of Town Report excerpts in support of the Hobos and Tramps monograph (see related resource).

(If anyone can provide details on what happened in law during 1904-1905 please contact us)

2024.96e1e.jpg
He was universally known as "Dick".

Dick and his siblings (Virginia and Eleanor) born in North Acton of a Swedish father, Axel, and an American mother, Anna, spent their early years in Concord, moving to Maynard in the 1920's. He graduated…

1999.2724e.jpg
John Joseph Tobin was born in Maynard, April 17, 1925 to William Tobin and Mary Murphy Tobin. John attended Maynard public schools as a member of the Class of 1944 however he left school early to join the Navy in 1942 to fight in WWII. He…

2024.236.jpg
Three accounts of the beginning of St. Casimir's Church.

2023.468e.jpg
Donald Lent was born in Tiverton, Nova Scotia, Canada. HIs parents were Charles and Harriet Lent, Don being the youngest of seven. The family immigrated to Maynard in 1899 . They were farmers in Tiverton and were farmers in Maynard. The…

mhs-2019.249.pdf
A short summary of hotels that operated in Maynard. This research was incorporated into a monograph on hotels (see Relation below)

mhs-2019.212.pdf
How the Town of Maynard was affected and responded to World War II.

mhs-2019.231.pdf
The origins of the watering troughs (and fountain) that dot the Maynard landscape.

mhs-2019.204.pdf
A history of Maynard Veterans of Foreign Wars (V.F.W.) Post 1812.

mhs-2019.203.pdf
A history of the United Cooperative Society from its inception through its state in the late 1960s.

mhs-2019.202.pdf
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.

mhs-2019.217.pdf
The origins and history of the town's Methodist church from 1867 through 1970.

mhs-2019.210.pdf
The origins and evolution of the oldest church in Maynard.

mhs-2019.219.pdf
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).

mhs-2019.194.pdf
A short account of Swedish people in Maynard.

mhs-2019.198.pdf
A short account of Scottish influence and social clubs in Maynard.

mhs-2019.199.pdf
A brief account of how Scandinavian peoples came to Maynard.

mhs-2019.253.pdf
A very brief summary of Russian immigrants in Maynard from circa 1900-1920.