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Centennial Monograph: Room and Boarding Houses, Hotels and Hostelries
A review of the many boarding houses and hotels that sprang up in Maynard starting in the 1860s and flourished until the 1930s.
Centennial Monograph: Saint Bridget’s Cemetery
The history of St. Bridget's Cemetery, which actually predates the parish in Maynard, from 1869 through the 1940s.
Centennial Monograph: Saint Anthony of Padua Society
The history of the Society whose purpose was to unite all men and women who are practical Roman Catholic of Italian extraction, whether born in Italy or of Italian descent.
Centennial Monograph: Rodettes
An auxiliary group supporting the Maynard Rod & Gun Club that operated from 1951 to around the end of the 1960s.
Centennial Monograph: Knights of Pythias
A local chapter of a national organization was started in town in 1898 founded on the tenets of "toleration in religion, obedience to law, and loyalty to government". The organization faded during the early 1940s, possibly because of World War II.
Centennial Monograph: Ice Houses
Before the widespread availability of refrigeration one of the only way to keep things cool was with ice. Fresh water supplies, such as the Assabet River flowing through town, was a source of ice during the winter and a major industry grew up around…
Centennial Monograph: The Jewish People in Maynard
A review of the associations and influence of the Jewish immigrant community on Maynard.
Centennial Monograph: Pleasure Boats on the Assabet River
Starting in 1906, for about 10 years, you could board a small steam-powered boat near Ben Smith Dam and for 25 cents take a leisurely weekend ride upstream to Lake Boon in Stow.
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 Monograph: Royal Arcanum
The Royal Arcanum was a fraternal organization whose core purpose, like a number of other similar societies, was to provide its members with safe insurance at minimum cost. It was founded in Boston in 1877 and still operates as of 2020 (but not in…
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.
Centennial Monograph: Organized Labor in Maynard
With a textile mill as the center of employment (and economic power) for the first 75 years of Maynard's existence, it is not surprising that labor unions were deeply threaded through those years as well. A detailed chronology of labor unions in…
Centennial Monograph: The Horseless Carriage in Maynard
The automobile came into use shortly after the incorporation of Maynard. A short account of its introduction and growth of the automobile in town life.
Centennial Monograph: The Italian People in Maynard
Shortly after immigrating into Maynard the Italian community created a number of short and long-lived institutions.
Centennial Monograph: Harriman New Method Laundry
A short account of what was, for a time, the second largest business in a "company town".
Centennial Monograph: The Danish People in Maynard
A short account of how Danish immigrants came and integrated into the Maynard community.
Centennial Monograph: Dance Organizers
In the days before the canned entertainment of radio and television, people created their own diversions - and dances were immensely popular.