Worcester County History, Town Histories, Church Histories, Vital Records and Genealogies
Favorite Places of Worcester County $9.95
By Larry Abramoff, Gloria Abramoff, Ann Lindblad
Data Books 1995
A guide to shopping, dining, recreation, sightseeing, history, facts and fun in central Massachusetts. This book will make your stay or visit to Worcester county more enjoyable.
380 pages 6×9, softbound
The Millers River Reader (N. Central Mass.) $9.95 (out of print)
Edited by Allen Young
Millers River Publishing Co. 1987
Entertaining history, stories and portraits of the Athol, Oranges and North Central Massachusetts area towns
Table of Contents:
Introduction
Part One: Town And Country
ROXANNE WEDEGARTNER Quality Of Life? It’s Here
GEORGE W. BARNES II Ham Off Rye As Porker Keeps Chops
MARIA SHERSNOW BARNES So You Want To Make Maple Syrup?
DICK CHAISSON Athol’s Name
SHARON MALLETT Stripes
GERI SHEPARDSON Shirley’s Shoes.
RUTH BASSINGTHWAITE Jason’s Fleece
GEORGE W. BARNES II The Very Big Egg
JONATHAN VON RANSON The Work Party Solution
GENE POPE A Picture Album: Orange, Mass. 1987
JONATHAN VON RANSON Fanny Hill
SHARON MALLETT The Execution
MARIA SHERSNOW BARNES Reclaiming A Family Farm
IRMARIE JONES The Farley Scarecrows
TERESA QUIRION and ALLEN YOUNG The Challenge Of Self-Employment
JIM PAULIN Fire Engine Restoration
JONATHAN VON RANSON Suburbanization Of Wendell
MARIA SHERSNOW BARNES Development Is Inevitable
JAMES P. KELLEY A Reprieve From The Chain Shaw And Bulldozer
J. R. GREENE Quabbin Myths And Facts.
ROXANNE WEDEGARTNER The Importance Of Water
JONATHAN VON RANSON No Trespassing
ROXANNE WEDEGARTNER A Lifestyle, So Simple And So Strong.
Part Two: Good Times
TERESA QUIRION The Noisiest Antiques
TERESA QUIRION Demons On Wheels
SHARON MALLETT First Love
MICHAEL OSBORN RYAN The Fair
JIM PALUN The Demise Of The Drive-in Movie: Part One
DICK CHAISSON The Demise Of The Drive-in Movie: Part Two
JIM PAULIN Making Country Music
SHARON MALLETT The Rug Braiders
JIM PAULIN Loose Caboose
LUCIA A. HUNTINGTON Millers River Morris Men
DICK CHAISSON Athol Clubs
ROXANN WEDEGARTNER The Dancing Tolmans
JIM PAULIN Waffles In Wendell
Part Three: Portraits
ALLEN YOUNG Martha Blackmer, Teacher From The Old School
RUTH BASSINGTHWAITE ‘Shook’ Nelson, Christmas Tree Trimmer
ALLEN YOUNG Henry Waidlich, Environmentalist
TERESA QUIRION Barbara Ellis, Water Color Artist
JOANNA FISHER Bea Miner, Teacher And Historian
DICK CHAISSON Busby Berkeley, Movie Stylist
JOANNA FISHER Clarence Goodnow, Maker Of Music
ROXANN WEDEGARTNER Ed Judice, Professional Photographer
SHARON MALLETT Green Thumb Mom
MARCIA GAGLIARDI Pia Tarolli, Italian Immigrant
TERESA QUIRION Kenny Roberts, Country Singer
ALLEN YOUNG Michael Humphries, Woodworker
JOE MITKO Paul Rezendes, Naturalist-Philosopher
JOE MITKO The Legend of ‘Popcorn’ Snow
PRISCILLA WINEHILL Roger Chase, Royalston Native
ROBERT COLLEN The Riders
ROBERT COLLEN Transformations
ROBERT COLLEN Fragment Of A Saga
MAUREEN SHERBACK Weikko Merikanto, Chicken Farmer..
MIKE RICHARD Whitey Witt, Baseball Player
PRISCILLA WINEHILL Curtis Sullivan: ‘Greater Love’
PRISCILLA WINEHILL The Deserted Farms
JOHN CASELLA A Depression-Era Reminiscence
ROBERT STREETER Smallpox Cemetery
MARCIA GAGLIARDI My Father Loved Christmas
GERI SHEPARDSON The Field
DICK CHAISSON Firehouse History
DICK CHAISSON Athol Grandstand
DICK CHAISSON The Powerful Grout
JOHN CASELLA Hiroshima 1945: A U. S. Veteran Looks Back
IRMARIE JONES A Town’s Heritage
DICK CHAISSON Millers River Memories
MIKE RICHARD Roadside Markers
ROXANN WEDEGARTNER It Used To Be A Post Office
DICK CHAISSON The Reddy Girls
IRMARIE JONES Quabbin Ghosts
DICK CHAISSON The Romance Of Trees
DICK CHAISSON Orange And The U.N.
ROBERT B. STREETER Dance Of The Otter
SHARON MALLETT Night Hawk
MARIA SHERSNOW BARNES What Is Wild?
ROBERT B. STREETER First Snowfall
ROXANN WEDEGARTNER Surviving Winter
SHARON MALLETT Spring ‘87
PRISCILLA WINEHILL Seasons
Notes On Contributors
271 pages, 6×9 softbound, two names written in ink on cover, some items ion index have check marks by them.
Immigrants and Yankees in Nashoba Valley, Massachusetts $29.99 (Out of Print)
By William Wolkovich-Valkavicius (autographed)
Privately printed 1981
(from the dust jacket) Immigrants and Yankees records the fate of Irish, French-Canadians, Poles, Lithuanians, and Italians who infiltrated an old colonial bastion of Massachusetts from the 1840s. Here is a narrative about two highly unlike cultures in collision and adjustment. William Wolkovich describes the inter ethnic and inter religious dynamics of major immigrating groups weaving into the fabric of Groton, Ayer, Shirley, Littleton, Pepperell, Townsend, and Ashby from 1845 to 1945.
The author reviews the Puritan mind, which so colored the behavior of succeeding generations, and faithfully documents the attitude toward immigrants, in particular the Catholic newcomers who bore a culture quite different from the heritage of the prevailing host society. Each vignette is richly annotated by contemporary newspaper accounts, which provides a fascinating insight into the “shirt-sleeve” life of the em under scrutiny.
The book is divided into three main parts. Part One affords an intimate view of the Protestant milieu in the Nashoba Valley. These pages detail instances of human frailty, inconsistency, and deviation from the original Puritan ideals and mores and reveal how the Yankees sought to uphold those tenets in their practical daily living.
Part Two identifies the conflict between foreigners and Anglo-Americans. It explores the origin of the incoming Catholics, their settlements and labors, and examines the prejudice they met because of their ethnicity. What’s more, it analyzes the newcomers as they tried to practice their faith in inhospitable surroundings and chronicles their troubles as they sought to establish Catholic parishes.
Part Three portrays the accommodation. It expresses, through a litany of episodes, the many ways in which Protestants and Catholics attempted to cooperate and the eventual easing of tensions between them. It also sets down some of the problems and adjustments that the immigrants came up against within their own households and the diocese of Boston.
A series of appendixes on the seven Catholic parishes in the Valley, and a full bibliography complete this volume.
240 pages, hardbound, First edition, Very good condition M&W
Directory of Corporations, Partnerships & Banks in Worcester County 1948 $9.00
Boston: Directory Publishing Company 1947
A social register of business and finance. It’s amazing to look at how many of these companies and banks that no longer exist.
Sample entries:
ROYAL FURNITURE MFO. COMPANY, 74 Sand Street, Gardner.
Incorporated, Massachusetts.
Capital Stock $17,000. Surplus $17,096.
President and Clerk, Fannie P. Ostroff, Treasurer, Benjamin Ostroff.
Directors: The above and Morris Ostroff.
ROYAL STEAM HEATER CO., 499 Main Street, Gardner.
Heating and Plumbing Supplies, Sheet Metal.
Incorporated, Massachusetts.
Capital Stock $50,000. Surplus $30,000. Employs 35.
President and Treasurer, Harold E. Drake; Vice-President,, Mildred D. Drake; Clerk of the Corporation, Thomas W. Horrigan.
Directors: The above, C. Henry Manseau, Edmond H. Jaillet.
ROYAL WORCESTER CORSET COMPANY, 30 Wyman Street, Worcester.
Foundation Garments. Employs 150.
Branches: 39 W. 34th St., New York, N. Y.; Merchandise Mart, Chicago, Ill.
Incorporated under the laws of Michigan.
President and Sales Manager, Isidor Roth, Vice President, Robert S. Amberg Treasurer and Clerk of the Corporation, Raymond C. Kramer; Assistant Treasurer and Assistant Clerk, Walter W. Ridler; Purchasing Agent, Fred Truding.
Directors: Isidor Roth, Robert S. Amberg, Raymond C. Kramer.
RUDNICK & MEAGHER, INC., 58 Bridge Street, Worcester 8.
Eggs, Flour, Cheese and Butter (Wholesale).
Incorporated, Massachusetts.
Capital Stock $15,000. Surplus $22,907.
President, William E. Meagher; Treasurer, Haskell Rudnick; Clerk of the Corporation, Meyer Cohan.
Directors: The above.
296 pages, red hardbound, small ink stains on cover minor edge wear, good condition.
Wachusett Wajuset Gatherings from The and Now (Massachusetts) $25.00
Warren M. Sinclair
Salem: Higginson Book Company, 1996
Table of contents: Indians at the Mountain, Negotiations with White Man, Prominent Early Visitors to Wachusett: Peter Whitney, Frank Bolles, John Greenleaf Whittier, Henry David Thoreau, Helen Hunt Jackson, Abolitionists at Wachusett, a Surveyor Visits the Mountain Aaron Greenwood Diary, Early Scientists at the Mountain, First Summit House, Stone Inscriptions on the Summit, Gardner Chair Manufacture at First Summit House, Second Summit House, Wachusett Park, the Last Summit House, 10 Mountain Division at Wachusett,? At the Mountain: Dr. Charles L. Richardson, Robert Keyes and William Barney, Lucy Keyes, William Barney, Later Scientists at the Mountain: W. Whitman Bailey Botanist, Professor William Morris Davis Geologist, George W. Forbush and Raymond Gregory Ornithologists, G. A.. Cheney Silviculturist, Whether Observatory at Wachusett, Changes That Wachusett.
Appendix: “White Hills” Map of Early New England Showing Wachusett Old-growth Forest at Wachusett, Early Engineer Reports and Field Book Pages Topographical Survey 1860-1895, a Camp on Wachusett, 1842 by Henry David Thoreau, Camping on the Mountain (1852), Last Bear Hunt on the Mountain-1799, Aaron Greenwood’s Method of Determining Mountain Elevation-Notes from Aaron Greenwood’s Diary, Wachusett-Monadnock, Wachusett Mountain Elevation Is Recorded through the Years, Leveling-Early Method to Determine Elevations, Later Developments in Management-County and State, First Motorized Ski Area Steps in Development, Poem Ski Area Expansion July, 1982 by Warren M. Sinclair, First Land Takings for the New Resignation-1901, First Annual Report-Resignation Commission, January, 1901, Electric Railroad to Summit-Early Plans, Held in the Air at Wachusett-Management, Prisoners at the Mountain Map Showing Prison Camp, Sans “around Wachusett Mountain and Lake” 1900, Early Reservation Commission Reports 1902-1920, Summit House to Proprietors-through the Years: W. G. Morse, Brigham and Derby, Gilbert H. Derby, F. E. Miller, Alley L. Harrington, W.R. Howe, George F. Osgood, Charles and Thomas Horne, Everett W. Needham, Mountain House Hotel, the Roper Farm-History, Gamaliel W. Beaman, Princeton Artist-Sketch of Roper Farm, Wachusett Water Ponds-Springs Waterholes: Summit Pond, Echo Lake, Bolton Pond, Ski Area Pond, North Spring, Temple Spring, Needham Pool, Hiking Trails and Name Derivations, Not Wachusett Neighbors-the History Gates Property, Summit House Activity-Post-World War II, Its Operation of Summit House-1964, Summit Fire Tower Operations and Operators, Guide to Views from Summit 1872, Wachusett from the Air-in the Air-on the Air, Memorial Plaque Inscriptions, Everett W. Needham-Long-term Superintendent-List of Others, Memorial Structures at Wachusett, Distinguished Service Black Deceased or Out Of Service John H. Hitch a Visitor Center, Sources.
193 pages, 9×12 spiral bound softbound, good condition corner creased.
Geology of the Wachusett Dam and Wachusett Aqueduct Tunnel of the Metropolitan Water Works in the Vicinity of Clinton, Mass $35.00
W. O. Crosby
Reprinted from the Technology Quarterly, Vol XLL, No. 2 June, 1899
Three photos, map and diagrams of the Dam and reservoir.
96 pages, 10 x 7 softbound, some pages are uncut. fair condition, edges of pages are a little ragged, back cover has some long dark stains.
A Guide to the Heritage of Worcester County $6.95
Including Historic places to visit along nine related trails, and a tour guide map.
Worcester, Mass: Montachusett Girl Scout Council, 1973
A short history of each town with a listing of historical attractions to visit. Fold out map in the back of the pamphlet.
73 page pamphlet, good condition. a couple of marks on covers.
Ashburnham
Ashburnham Massachusetts 1885-1965 $39.95
Raymond P. Holden and Barbara B. Holden
Ashburnham, Mass: Stevens Public Library 1970
(from the end flap) At the time of the Ashburnham Bicentennial in 1965, the Board of Trustees of the Stevens Public Library considered several alternatives in seeking to contribute significantly to that occasion. In July, 1965, the decision was made to undertake the formidable task of bringing the town’s history up to date. The present volume is the result of that decision. The history of Ashburnham, Massachusetts, from its earliest pre-settlement days to 1886, has been well and thoroughly recounted in EZRA STEARNS’ HISTORY. The new account by the Holdens describes the sturdy growth of the township and the many changes which have altered its nature and aspect but which have not changed the hardy core and spirit of this typical New England community. Ashburnham has grown like a tree to its present maturity rather than like a scattering forest of saplings. It has lost most of its farms and most of its transportation. Its citizens are the produce which it offers to the world and its native character is the element in which that product grows. This portrait of the town in its later years the Holdens’ history ends with the year 1965–is not a heavily documented series of biographies of great men. It is a portrait, attempting to convey a sense of what exists here in the hills of north central Massachusetts rather than to catalogue persons and events, a sense of the town’s personality rather than a handy reference list of its component parts.
222 pages, hardbound, dust jacket, VG/VG
Athol
Ledger of Joe Boutelle’s Grain & Feed Store Athol Mass. $20.00
April 14, 1927-December 5, 1928
Who bought what, when.
500 pages, 9×14 hardbound ledger, binding is worn
Athol Mass. Public Library 1882-1972 – 90 Years of Service $ 10.95
Martha T. Talcott
Athol Mass. Transcript Press 1974
Everything you could possibly want to know about the Athol Library
283 pages, hardbound
Barre
American Town Barre, Massachusetts 1774-1974 $18.00
James E. Sullivan
Barre: Barrie Historical Society
Scarce, brief history of Barre.
56 pages, 6×9 hardbound, dust jacket has some wrinkles and small marks
Barre, Massachusetts Bicentennial 1774-1974 $9.95
Barre, Mass: Barre Bicentennial Committee, 1974
Some nice photos.
64 page pamphlet, good condition, small tear in back cover.
Berlin
History of Berlin, Massachusetts 1784-1959 $50.00
Frederick A. Krackhardt
Berlin: Town of Berlin, 1959, rebound 1994
Nicely done history of one of my favorite towns.
Table of contents: Introductory features, The Church and Religion, Schools and education, Military affairs, Civic Affairs, Transportation and Communication, Agriculture and Industries, Social Interests, Genealogies.
338 pages, 6×9 hardbound, very good condition, fold out map on inside back cover.
150th Anniversary Services Commemorating the Organization of the First Church in Berlin, MA $9.95
Rev. Louis G. Hudson
Berlin, MA: circa 1929
History of the Church with biographical sketches of ministers. Also includes postcard from Rev. Hudson to the purchaser of the pamphlet dated Jan. 21st 1942.
50 pp. pamphlet, good condition, a few pages have notes on them, cover has minor wear.
Bolton
Bolton Soldiers & Sailors in the American Revolution $24.95 (out of print)
Ester K. Whitcomb & Dorothy O. Mayo.
Baltimore, Maryland: Heritage 1985
Documented biographical sketches on over 400 men.
90 pp., 8.5×11, index, softbound, good condition, slight edge wear, corners bumped.
Boylston
Boylston, Mass. 1786-1986 – A Bicentennial Celebration $15.00
Boylston, Mass: Bicentennial Committee, 1987
Lots of photos of the celebration.
Table of contents: Introduction, Founders Day, Bicentennial Ball, Bandstand Construction, History Speaker, International Day, 1786‑1986 Fashion Show, Arbor Day, Senior Citizens Breakfast, Bicentennial Revue, Fishing Derby, Memorial Day, Reservoir Mass, Young and Old Field Day, Strawberry Festival, History, Color Pages, Independence Day, Concerts on the Common, Teen Dance, Square Dance, Garden Tour, Progressive Supper, Softball Games, Clambake, Lioness Battle of the Organizations, Senior Arts & Crafts Exhibit, Bicentennial Parade, History Tours, Oktoberfest, Credits
143 pages, 9×12 hardbound, very good condition.
Boylston, MA (Images of America) $9.50
William Dupis
Arcadia Publishing 2000This book brings us the story through 128 pages of 200 vintage images, Boylston’s agricultural roots, short-lived textile industry, the town’s near destruction with the building of Wachusett Reservoir, and the transition into a bedroom town. The book also includes photographs documenting the earliest forms of transportation, horses and carriages, and the modern trolley cars and railroad depot that followed.
129 pages, 6×9 softbound, good condition, remnants of sticker on front cover
Dudley
A Commemorative Profile of Dudley, Massachusetts 1776 U.S. Bicentennial 1976 $12.00
Dudley: Dudley Bicentennial Committee, 1976
Photographs of historical interest and fold out reproduction map of 1831 showing dwellings of land owners.
21 pages, 9×12 softbound, cover has some small white spots, corners bumped.
Town Records of Dudley, Massachusetts 1732-1754 $75.00
Pawtucket: The Adam Sutcliffe Co., 1893
Early records of Dudley.
370 pages, 6×9 hardbound, fair condition, corners bumped covers soiled.
Black Tavern Tales (Dudley, Mass.) $25.00
Charles L. Goodell
Brooklyn, NY: Willis McDonald & Co. 1932
Engaging tales of Dudley history and the authors childhood in the 19th century.
Table of Contents:
HISTORICAL
The Black Tavern
The Old Stone Schoolhouse The Old Academy
The Meeting House The Village Common God’s Acre
In The Nipmuck Country Dudley In Old England.
PERSONAL
The Old Darnman
Lake Charcoggagoggmanchaugagoggchaubunagungamaugg
The Passing Of Togo
The Wanderings Of A Teapot
Sam
Straight Fish Hooks Hooking Apples Horses And Men
Whitlock’s Highwayman
A Gambler Of The Soil
The Tragedy Of Peter Pond
The Pauper’s Burial
SOCIAL
The Yankee Shoemaker.
The Young Doctor
Zack’s Rebel Flag
The Gun Powder Oak
The Skeeter Mill
Are we all corporals?
Meeting An Old Friend
Yankee Repartee
Keeping Up-To-Date
Hands Across The Years.
192 pages, 6×9 hardbound, cover is a little stained, good condition.
Fitchburg
Fitchburg, Mass. the City and the River $55.00
Doris Kirkpatrick
Fitchburg Historical Society 1971
Table of contents: Introduction
Part 1. History Begins at Home: 1 Home Town-Fitchburg, 2 “That Old Devil River”, 3 Landscapes of Fitchburg, 4 “God’s Great Plow”, 5 “Their Name is on Your Waters” 6 “In Granting and Lotting Out Lands”
Part 2. The Westerly Part of Lunenburg, 1735-1764: 7 Footprints in the Wilderness, 8 Days of the Tomahawk, 9 The River Goes to Work, 10 “And Faith and Valor”, Part 3. Bought with Belief and Passion, 1764-1800: 11 A River Town is Born, .12 Rights of Englishmen, 13 “Friends to Liberty”, 14 After the Revolution , 15 The Wheels Turn, 16 A Hard Time to Agree, 17 “Governments are Instituted Among Men”, 18 “The Ship has Weathered Every Rack”
Part 4. A Go-Ahead Town, 1807-1845: 19 A Novel Experiment 120, The Golden Fleece 21, “Our Platform is Humanity”, Gambler and Titan, Teakettle on Wheels, 24 The Great Bore, 25 Battles Fought and Won
Part 5. Forward March, 1845-1861: 26 Prosperity on Wheels, 27 Not on a Silver Platter, 28 Light of Progress, 29 Trumpets of Reform, 30 America for Americans, 31 They Loved the Real,
Part 6. The Irrepressible Conflict, 1861-1872: 32 The Law-Breakers, 33 “I’ll Die for Kansas”, 34 Before the Storm, 35 “We Are Coming Father Abraham”, 36 “The Real War Will Never Get in Books”, 37 Fruits of War 38, Do it Yourself, 39 Buyers and Sellers, 40 The Gods They Lived By,
Part 7. The Golden Years, 1872-1900: 41 By the Will of the People, 42 A Conspicuous Failure, 43 Machine City Tycoons, 44 In the Company of Giants, 45 Not by Bread Alone, 46 Up and Going, 47 Made in Fitchburg
Chronology, Appendix, Notes, Bibliographical Sources, Index.
453 pages, 9×12 hardbound, dust jacket
Around the World in Fitchburg, Mass. Volume 2 $25.00
Doris Kirkpatrick
Fitchburg Mass.: Fitchburg Historical Society, 1975.
This volume chronicles the ethnic groups who live in Fitchburg.
Table of contents: America Was Promises I, Flight from Hunger (the Irish), From Old England to the New (the English), “We’ll Take a Cup of Kindness Yet” (the Scots), Solid Citizens (the Germans), “The People, Yes” (Swedes, Danes, Norwegians), Search for Paradise (the Finns), Children of Abraham (the Jews), “Notre Langue, Notre Fois, Nos Traditions”, (French Canadians), “Kiss Me, I’m Italian!”, “Isles of the Blest” (the Greeks), East Meets West in Fitchburg (Chinese, Japanese, Korean), The Price Is Courage (Poles and Lithuanians), The Uprooted (Armenians), The Disunited Middle East (Syrians, Assyrians, Lebanese, Arabs), They Couldn’t Go Home Again (the D.P.’s), Still They Come (Miscellaneous), A Dream Deferred (the Blacks), Viva Puerto Rico I (the Puerto Ricans), Change is the Natural State of Man, Bibliographical Sources, Index,
451 Pages, many illus, name index. dust jacket has wear along the edges, book in good condition.
The Old Records of The Town of Fitchburg Massachusetts, Volume III (vital records) $59.95
A Copy of the Vital Statistics And Miscellaneous Records
Comprising Volume II., Pages 304 To 509 Inclusive, Volume IV., Paces 160 To 369 Inclusive, And Volume V., Pages 5 to 313 Inclusive, Being All The Records
Contained In The Latter Volume.
Volume III Of The Printed Records Of The Town
Compiled By Walter A. Davis, City Clerk Fitchburg
Published By Authority Of The City Council, 1900
These Vital records begin in 1804, (however some of the entries include vital records that go back to 1780) and end in 1849.
481 pages, hardbound good condition, back cover is scuffed.
Fitchburg Savings Bank – A Pillar of Strength in the Community for 150 Years $9.95
Ruth Penka
Fitchburg: Fitchburg Savings Bank, 1995
Table of contents:
Notice of Establishment 1846-1870
FSB Flourishes with Fitchburg’s Industry 1870-1921
The Old Bank with New Ideas 1921-1945
The Bank with Something Extra 1946-1959
Modernization Begins with Banking in the Round 1960-1973
FSB Your Kind of Bank 1974-1996
Vision of the Future
Presidents
Chairman of the Board
1996 Trustees
1996 Executive Committee
Branch Openings
88 pages, 6×9 hardbound, good condition.
Gardner
Gardner, Mass. In World War II $45.00
Cyrille and Thomas Leblanc & F. Flynn
Gardner MA: The Memorial Press, 1947
Includes a photographs of World War I dead, Many photos of W.W.II veterans, plus war record, birth and parents. Table of contents: Introduction, Selective Service, The State guard, War financing, Civilian Defense, The City Government During the War, Gardners Industrial Effort, Post Office Participation, The O.P.A., The Red Cross, The USO, Welcome Home, The Churches and the Service Man, Scouting, The Honored Dead, Gardner’s Service Men And Women, The Extra Curricular Services, Decorations.
557 pages, hardbound 10 1/2 x 7 hardbound good condition, one corner edge is rubbed.
Gardner, Massachusetts $12.00
South Gardner Historical Society, 1995
Table of contents:
South Gardner The Village
Gardner Centre Uptown
Wet Gardner The Square
The Depot Union Square
Recreation School and Sports
Entertainment, Celebrations and Parks
Industry and Commerce
(from the back cover) The History of Gardner is as fascinating as it is long. Founded shortly after the close of the American Revolution, it was named after one of its heroes, Colonel Thomas Gardner, who died from wounds suffered on Bunker Hill.
The original petition for incorporation was signed by 61 people from parts of Westminster, Ashburnham, and Winchendon, who, suffering hardship in attending public worship at the various meetinghouses, started anew in Gardner and began a tradition of purpose and pride that still can be seen in the city today. This tradition lead to a thriving economy during the Industrial Revolution, with Gardner becoming known as “chair town” for one of its most successful industries.
While some of this rich heritage has been preserved, much of Gardner’s past now exists only as captured on film over the years. The South Gardner historical Society has carefully selected over 200 photographs to trace the development of this dynamic and diverse city and to give us a vivid picture of the way life used to be. The result is a captivating visual history that stands as a moving tribute to the people of Gardner, and also preserves the past for generations to come.
128 pages, 6×9 softbound good condition.
Grafton
History of Grafton, Mass. 1647-1890 $39.95 (Out of Print)
Frederick Clifton Pierce
Town of Grafton 1983 (Reprint of 1879 edition)
History of Grafton, Worcester County, Massachusetts, from its early settlement by the Indians in 1647 to the present time, 1879. Including the genealogies of seventy-nine of the older families.
Table of contents: The Nipmuck Indians, King Philips War, The first settlers, Grafton’s War record, Ecclesiastical History, The First Unitarian Church, The First Baptist Church, The Saundersville Congregational Church, The Second Baptist Church, Freewill Baptist Church, St. Philips Church, Educational, Grafton’s geographically and geologically, Miscellaneous, Old Houses and buildings, Official and statistical history Genealogical notices of the earlier inhabitants of Grafton an their families: Adams, Aldridge, talent, Andrews, Axtell, Baker, Barnard, Batcheller, Bigelow, Bowman, Brigham, Brimblecom, Brooks, Brown, Bruce, Child, Clark, Cutler, Cutler, Drury, Elliott, Farnum, Fay, Fletcher, Fiske, Flagg, Forbush, Goddard, Goodale, Goulding, Greenwood, Grout, Hall, Hammond, Harrington, Haywood, Holbrook, How, Keith, Kimball, Kingsbury, Leyland, Leathe, McClellan, Merriam, Miles, Morse, Pierce, Peirce, Phillips, Pratt, Prentice, Putnam, Rawson, Reed, Rice, Robbins, Rosborough, Sherman, Sibley, Slocum, Smith, Southwick, Stearns, Stone, Stone Stow, Taintor, Thurston, Turner, Wadsworth, Ward, Warren, Wheeler, Wheelock, Whipple, white, Whitney, Willard, Wing and Wood families. Appendix.
623 pages, softbound, covers creased and rubbed.
Hubbardston
An Address In Commemoration Of The One Hundredth Anniversary Of The Incorporation Of The Town Of Hubbardston, Mass. $19.99
Worcester: Printed By Chas. Hamilton, Palladium Office. 1867
Delivered June 13th, 1867, By Rev. John M. Stowe, Of Sullivan, NH
A Poem, Prepared By Dea. Ephraim Stowe;
Together With Other Proceedings And Exercises
Connected With The Occasion.
With An Appendix , Containing A List Of The
Municipal Officers, And Other Interesting Matter.
109 pages, softbound, fair condition, corner of front cover is gone.
Light marking on covers.
Lancaster
List of Taxable Polls and Estates of the Town of Lancaster for the year 1920 $8.00, Shipping $1.00
The W. J. Coulter Press, Clinton, Mass. 1920
See what your ancestor paid in taxes, includes some property such as barns, cows, horses etc. and valuation of property.
62 pages, pamphlet
Annual Report of the Officers and Committees Town of Lancaster Year Ending December 31, 1938 $5.00, Shipping $1.00
Annual Report of the Officers and Committees Town of Lancaster Year Ending December 31, 1939 $5.00, Shipping $1.00
Annual Report of the Officers and Committees Town of Lancaster Year Ending December 31, 1940 $5.00, Shipping $1.00
Annual Report of the Officers and Committees Town of Lancaster Year Ending December 31, 1941 $5.00, Shipping $1.00
Annual Report of the Officers and Committees Town of Lancaster Year Ending December 31, 1942 $5.00, Shipping $1.00
These reports give you a snapshot of life in the community. They also include births, marriages and deaths for the year.
Pamphlet $21.00 + 3.75 Shipping for all five.
40th Annual Report of the Trustees of the Perkins Institution and Massachusetts Asylum for the Blind. October, 1871 $10.50
Boston: Wright and Potter, State Printers, 1872
Table of Contents:
Trustees Report
Detailed Statement of Treasurers Cash Account
List of Blind People At Perkins Institution and Massachusetts Asylum for the Blind
Teachers
Domestics
Employees of Workshop
Members of the Corporation
Officers of the Corporation 1871-72
Appendix: Letter a the director to the second convention of American instructors of the blind.
Education of the blind. Communicated to the US Bureau of education by Samuel G. Howe
Statistical Table of the Institutions for the Education of the Blind in the United States.
Circular: To the Managers and Superintendence of Institutions for the Blind and the Friends of the Enterprise of Procuring a Library in Raised Letters.
Terms of Admission.
Vacations
40 Page Pamphlet, Semidetached Covers, Worn, Fair Condition. LAN/MA
Leominster
History of Leominster, Mass. 1701-1852 $81.00
or the North Half of the Lancaster New or Additional Grant,. From June 26, 1701, the Date of the Deed from George Tahanto, Indian Sagamore, to July 4, 1852.
David Wilder,
Fitchburg: 1853.
Table of contents: Lancaster, Additional Grant, Leominster Incorporated, Boundaries, Ponds, Rivers, &c., Surface, soil, &c., Patriotism, Death of Gen. Washington, Roads, Turnpikes, Railroads, Schools and School Houses, School Committee, School Teachers, Collegians, Post Office, Printing, Representatives, &c., Medical Practitioners, Legal Profession, Tanneries, Boots, Shoes, Saddles, &c., Potash, Shade trees, Mills, Papers Mills, Combs, Pianofortes, Aged Persons, Ecclesiastical, First Meeting House, First Minister, Dissatisfaction with Mr. Rodgers, His Marriage and Death, Ordination of Mr. Gardner, His Marriage and Death, Second Meeting House, Rev. Mr. Bacom, Ordination of Mr. Conant, His Marriage and Death, Third Meeting House, Ordination of Mr. Stebbins, Ordination of Mr. Withington, Installation of Mr. Smith, Evangelical Church, Meeting House and Ministers, Methodist E. Society, &c., Baptist Church, &c., Officers of the Churches, Covenants, Creeds, &c., Town Houses.
263 pages. hardbound, wear top and bottom of spine, foxing
Our Lady of the Lake Church 40th Anniversary 1954-1994 (Leominster, Mass.) $4.00
Brief History of the Whalom Church with some nice pictures.
18 page pamphlet, covers have some edge wear, some creases and stains, contents in good condition.
Lunenburg
Lunenburg the Heritage of Turkey Hills 1718-1978 $15.00 (I’ve seen it listed for $60.00)
Nelde K. Drumm and Margaret P Harley
MA: Lunenburg Historical Society, 1978
Lots of nice photographs.
Table of contents:
Sweet Land of Liberty
Sounds of the Tom Tom
Garrison House
Under the Liberty Tree
Hearts to God
Hands at Work
Stage Coach Days
Highways and Byways
Inns and Taverns
The Early Settlers
Houses We Remember
The Learning Experience
The Health of the Community
Serving the People
For a Better Community
Whalom
Acknowledgments
330 pages, fair condition, Spine has a crack in it, all pages are attached, covers are rubbed. Price reflects condition.
Medway
The New Grant – A History of Medway. Massachusetts $19.95
Medway: Town of Medway, Mill River Press, 2nd printing, 1976
Table of contents:
Our Earliest Inhabitants
The West Bank
Our First Settler
New Residents
The Incorporation of Medway
The Founding of the west Precinct
The 1748 Petition
Life in the New Precinct
Setting the Meeting House
“Factory Village”
Big Shops and Big Business
The Ways: High -, By -, and Rail
The Moral Leaven
The Town and its institutions
The New Town
Trends and Patterns
180 pages, 8×10 softbound, covers faded, good condition.
Northborough
Alice Kimball’s Northborough $5.00
Robert P. Ellis
Northborough Historical Society, 1998
Historical talks given by a former president and curator of the Northborough Historical Society.
53 page pamphlet, new
Oxford
Oxfords (Massachusetts) 275th History Memory Book 1713-1988 $36.00
Oxford, Massachusetts: Historical Commission, 1988
Lots of Nice Pictures. Table of Contents: A Town Is Formed: Geographical, Settlements: Indian, Huguenot, English. Trails, Roads, Highways: Stagecoach, Dams, Superhighways. Ecclesiastical Matters: a View of Churches. Were Casualties: All Wars. The Town Grows: Agriculture to Industry. Review of Centuries: 17, 18, 19th, 20th. Memories: Celebrations, Memorable Amounts.
112 Pages, 9 x 12 Hardbound, Very Good Condition.
Princeton
The Princeton Massachusetts Story 1759-1959 $9.99
Princeton, Mass: Princeton Historical Society,1959
Printed for the 200th anniversary of Princeton. Includes a fold out map showing houses built before 1859.
(from the introduction) “Our purpose in this small book is to present glimpses of Princeton’s history up to 1900,
mainly by means of pictures of things we can see today. to round out the story, we have added a few choice
old pictures of scenes that have either disappeared of changed greatly.”
43 pages, pamphlet, fair condition cover has age spots and slight edge wear.
Rutland
Monumental Inscriptions in the Old Cemetery of Rutland, Worcester County, Mass.
The Old Northwest” Genealogical Quarterly 1902 Vol V
Sterling
150th Anniversary Town of Sterling, Mass $30.00Privately printed by Mary E. Butterick 1931
Inscribed by Chief Justice Arthur Rugg
Exercises in the First Parish Church on June 17, 1931. Most of the book is the Address by Chief Justice Arthur Rugg on the history of Sterling.
60 pages, 5×7 green cloth, minor wear, good condition.
Valuation And Taxes of the Town of Sterling for the Year 1914 $10.00
Davis Press Worcester, Mass. 1914
See what your ancestor paid in taxes, includes some property such as barns, cows, horses etc. and valuation of property.
39 pages, 6×9 pamphlet
Town of Sterling Massachusetts Annual Report For the Year Ending December 31 1943 $5.00
Interesting glimpse of life in Sterling in 1943. Includes births with name of parents and their birthplace, marriages with residence and who they were married by, deaths with age and place of internment and interments to the cemetery from out of town with age, place of internment and place of death. Also includes names of service men and women,
94 pages, 6×9 pamphlet
Town of Sterling Massachusetts Annual Report For the Year Ending December 31 1944 $5.00
Interesting glimpse of life in Sterling in 1944. Includes births with name of parents and their birthplace, marriages with residence and who they were married by, deaths with age and place of internment and interments to the cemetery from out of town with age, place of internment and place of death.
85 pages, 6×9 pamphlet
Spencer
Historical Sketches Relating to Spencer, Massachusetts Vol 4 $75.00
Henry M. Tower
Spencer, Massachusetts, 1909
Profusely illustrated.
Table of Contents:
Henry Mendell Tower Biographical Sketch of the Author of “Sketches of Spencer History”
Spencer Phipps
History of the First Baptist Church in Spencer by Reverend Otis Cole
Glimpses of North Spencer Life
Captain Isaac Prouty
biography of Josiah Green the original sale boot manufacturer By His Son-In-Law, Joseph W. Temple
The Big Trees As Spencer
The Spencer Museum
Ruel Jones by Albert Warren, Formerly Principal of the Spencer High School
Irrigation
Spencer Gold Hunters, or 40 Niners by Joseph W. Temple
Lot Berry’s Goldmine
Asher Rice
Biography of William Sumner with Short Sketch of Family By Joseph W. Temple
Reminiscences of Spencer by Reverend M. Emery Right
Biography of Colonel Alonzo Temple by Joseph W. Temple
Extracts from School Records, District Number 2
Charles F. Livermore by Henry Clews
Augustus B. Prouty
History of Spencer Powder Metals by Henry M. Tower
The Howland Oak
Impounding Cattle
Spencer Industries
Indians and Negroes
The Washington Movement
Shays Rebellion
Spencer and the Cuban, Philippines and China Wars
Biography of John Edward Bacon by Joseph W. Temple
Biography of Nathan Hersey by Joseph W. Temple
Biography of Isaac Lothrop Prouty by Joseph W. Temple
Levy H. Adams
Index
235 pages, 6 x 9 hardbound, shelf wear, small tear on spine, corners bumped
Sturbridge
Sturbridge in America – An Informal Town History $5.00Sturbridge, Mass: The Bicentennial Commission 1975
Brief illustrated history of Sturbridge.
36 pages, 11×8½ softbound, good condition
Templeton
A Copy of the Valuation and Taxes of the Town of Templeton Including the Highway Tax for the Year 1875 $10.00
A.G. Bushnell & Co. Gardner Mass. 1875
See what your ancestor paid in taxes, includes some property such as barns, cows, horses etc. and valuation of property.
60 pages 6×9 pamphlet
Westborough
District Number Seven Westborough, Massachusetts: Scenes from an Old Neighborhood $9.00
Everett A. Nichols
Litchfield, Connecticut: Mar-Lyn Press, 1969
(from the Introduction) the illustrations in This Book Were Made from Photographs Taken 50 Years Ago. I Wish to Picture Some of the Homes and Surroundings As They Were When I Was a Boy. A Few of the Old Barns Are Left, Most All the Fine Big Barns Disappeared Burned to the Ground.
Nice illustrations and some local history.
40 page pamphlet good condition, owners name on the cover.
West Boylston
West Boylston, Massachusetts, Centennial $65.00
West Boylston: The Centennial Committee, 1910
Program for the centennial celebration and addresses given on the history of West Boylston. Includes some nice photographs and a listing of Civil War roster of those who served.
164 pages, 6×9 hardbound, very good condition.
Wilbraham
The History of Wilbraham, Massachusetts $125.00
Prepared in Connection with the Celebration of the One Hundred and Fiftieth Anniversary of the Incorporation of the Town June 15, 1913
Chauncey E. Peck
Wilbraham, 1914
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Introduction. Emigration from England. Journey to Connecticut River. Deed of Part of Outward Commons, Allotment of, Measuring Width of. Roger Newbury’s Survey. Indians.
First Settlers in Wilbraham. “Clark” Warner Record. First Deaths and Burials. School in Outward Commons. Peggy’s Dipping Hole. The Way to Zion by Way of Springfield. Population of, 1741. First Precinct Meeting. Deed of Overplus Land to Minister, Fixing His Salary, Ordination of.
First Page of Minister’s Record. Location of Meetinghouse. Building Minister’s House. The Parson’s Rose. Materials for Meetinghouse, First Use of, First Baptism in. First Action to be Set Off as a Town. Meetinghouse Lane.
Seating of Meetinghouse Recorded 1760. Ministry and School Lots. Trouble in the Church, 1754. First Schoolhouse. “Master” Ezra Barker. Road Laid from Goose Pond to Outward Commons. “World’s End Brook.” Kilborn’s Bridge. Ensign Abel Bliss, House of, Indian Boy at.
First Settlers in South Part. Lieut. Thomas Merrick. Timothy Mirrick, Bitten by Rattlesnake, Ode on, House of, Epitaph, Place of Burial. Soldiers in French War. Journal of “Clark” Samuel Warner. Second and Third Attempts to be Set Off as a Town. Act of Incorporation. Origin of Name. “Wil-bra-ham, not A-bra-ham.” Population of. School Districts.
Singing in Church. Mr. Merrick’s Salary, His Health Failing, Death of, His Account Book, Ancestry of. Mrs. Abigail Merrick. No Settled Minister in North Parish For Eleven Years. Preaching in the South Part Refused. South Parish Set Off. Will of Dea. Nathaniel Warriner. Valuation of Wilbraham in 1771.
The Revolutionary War, Cause of. Appeal from Merchants of Boston. Non-consumption Report. Tories in Town. “Minute Men.” Lexington Alarm. Depreciated Money. Council Refuses to Ordain Samuel Ely as a Minister. The Shays’ Rebellion. Anecdote about Deacon Warriner House. Journal of Dr. Samuel F. Merrick. Soldiers in Revolutionary War.
The Green, Petition to Set Off. Library. The Old Hoe—an Epigram. Copy From Papers of John Bliss, Esq. First Church History from 1794. Moving Meetinghouse to Present Location. Meeting of Parish Called to Meet in Methodist Meetinghouse. Sermon of Rev. Joseph Lathrop, D.D. Church Bell Purchased. Fencing Burying Yards.
“Minister Money.” Record from Supreme Court. Parish Loan. Seating of the Meetinghouse, Twenty-seven Children Baptized at One Service. Nine Mile Pond Tragedy, Odes on, Epitaphs of Those Drowned. Lease of Pond by The Town. Bungalows Erected.
The Marcus Lyon Murder, Account Published in Massachusetts Spy of Worcester, Execution of Murderers. First Methodist Society, Charles Brewer, Lease of Land, One Pepper Corn. Bishop Asbury. New England Methodist Conference, Petition for Incorporation, Objections to, Camp Meeting, First Legal Meeting of Society, Bequest of Moses K. Bartlett, Sale of the Old House, Slips Owned by Individuals, One of Them Attached to Pay a Debt. Poem on Old Church.
Baptist Church at Colton Hollow, Gathering of, Council to Establish, Hear a Complaint, Church Covenant Signed by, Ministers Who Belong to or Attend the Masonic Lodge. Complaint of Oliver Bliss Against Bro. Asa Beebe. Other Complaints. Move to South Wilbraham. Petitions for Incorporation of Other Societies.
Militia, Training Day. Railroads, First Railroad Station, Moved to Oak Street. First Station at North Wilbraham. Wilbraham Aqueduct Company. Wilbraham Academy, Catalogue for 1836, Location of. Town Loan and Surplus Revenue.
Millerite Excitement. Doctor Bottom Sees Woman up in Tree. Sermon Preached on “The False Alarm.” The Civil War. Troubles in Kansas, Wilbraham Man There, Men Furnished, Money For, Return of the Standards, Personal Experiences in, Men in, Men Drafted. Soldiers’ Monument, Donor of. Crane Park.
The Great Washout on B.& A.R.R. in 1869. Business of the Town in 1837. Woolen Mill at South Wilbraham, on Eleven Mile Brook. The Collins Mfg. Co. The Cutler Co. Ludlow Mfg. Co. Tobacco. Cheese Factories. Sheep. Peach Industry. Increase in Valuation of Town in Thirty Years. Items from Massachusetts Register 1814. Items from “Clark” Warner record. Almanac for 1748.
First Baptist Church, Society Constituted, Ordination of Rev. Seth Clark, Society “Lost its Visibility,” Meetinghouse Burned, Location of. The Glendale Methodist Episcopal Church, Methodist Class Formed, Origin of Name, Meetinghouse Erected, Incorporation. Grace Union Church at North Wilbraham, Meetings in Liberty Hall, Society Incorporated. The Christian Union Church. Church of Saint Cecilia.
The Public Schools, Appropriations From Springfield, First Schoolhouse, Teachers Boarding Around, Private, Districts, Drawing, Singing, Flags, Table of Expenses, Graduating Exercises 1912. List of Representatives. Town Clerks. Physicians. Division of the Town. Memorial Town Hall. Electric Railway. Telephone. California Adventurers. Captain Kidd’s Gold. Good Templars. Free Masons. Grange. Farmers Club. Literary Society. Dell Cemetery.
Slavery. Warner Record. Fragments. Warner Papers, His “Dream.” Toll Gate. Wilbraham Turnpike. Strange Accident. Disposal of Poor. Kibbe’s Shirt. Presbyterian Saddle. Scenery of Wilbraham. Celebration, Newspaper Accounts of, The Parade, Dinner, Speeches of Guests, Singing, Address.
Close of Address. Loan Exhibit. Second Day of Celebration, Dedication of Library, Cantata, Address of Librarian Wilcox, Prof. J. T. Bowne, Rev. Dr. W. R. Newhall, Loan Exhibit. Third Day of Celebration, Boulder Unveiled, Wm. R. Sessions, Dr. Marshall Calkins, Speakers, Anti-Slavery Demonstration, Exhibition of Antiques. Farms and Homes of Wilbraham.
Index Of Historical Part
Index of Farms and Homes of Wilbraham
List of Illustrations:
Town Crier, Anniversary Committee, Old Boundary Stone, Soapstone Boulder, Indian Fireplace, First Page of “Clark” Warner Record, First Page of Minister’s Record, House of Isaac Brewer, View From the Mountain, Schoolhouse of the Old Time, Old Merrick House, Present Merrick House, Powder Horn, Schoolhouse on “The Green,” Levi Bliss House, Congregational Churches, Burned, First Methodist Meeting House, Brewer Inn Sign, Four Collins Family Portraits, First Station at North Wilbraham, Academy Rich Hall and Headmaster’s House, View Across the Campus from Gymnasium, Bridge over Chicopee River, Spencer Carbine and Sabre Hilt, Soldiers’ Monument, Foskit Home, Train Passing over Trestle after Washout, Cutler Company Mill, Peach Orchard, Clover Mowing and Barn, Glendale Church and Cemetery, Grace Union Church, Christian Union Church, Church of Saint Cecilia, School Children, in Costume, Grange Hall, Stage Receipt, View from Mountain, Westerly, View from Mountain, Northwesterly, One of the Floats, One of the Floats, Memorial Methodist Episcopal Church, Cutler Public Library, Henry Cutler, Portrait, Unveiling Boulder, .Soldiers’ Boulder at Glendale, Dr. Marshall Calkins, Anti-slavery Demonstration, Maplehurst, Maplehurst, Interior, Maplehurst, Interior, Selectmen of Wilbraham, Congregational Church, .Rev. Martin S. and Mrs. Howard, The Merrick Elm, Home of Clarence M. Ripley, The “Mile Tree,” .Home of Ethelbert Bliss, View of Main Street, Ira G. Potter, Home of Chauncey E. Peck, Home of Fred W. Green, The Nelson Mowry Homestead, Home of William G. Rogers, Robert R. Wright, Mr. and Mrs. Nathan C. Rice, Mrs. Nancy (Bliss) Rice, Home of Mrs. Sarah (Bliss) Gillet, Old Homestead of Rev. Joseph A. Merrill, Rev. Nathaniel J. Merrill, Home of Annis Merrill, Schoolhouse, District No. 8, Embryo Pine Forest, Homestead of Francis E. Clark, Schoolhouse, District No. 1, Schoolhouse, District No. 2, “The Pines,” The First Bungalow in Wilbraham, Schoolhouse, District No. 5, A Rare Scene, Home of Mrs. Leola B. Edson, Schoolhouse, District No. 7, Home of Allyn M. Seaver, View Showing One of the Industries in which Mr. Seaver is interested, Home of H. H. Graves, “Brookmont,” ” The Century Homestead,” The Rindge Oak, Rev. Charles H. Gates, Wilbraham Woolen Company’s Mill, Homestead of Levi Ruggles Bliss, Auto Inn, Home of Ernest L. Thompson, .Home of Mrs. Lizzie (Collins) Warren, Present Railroad Station at North Wilbraham, Store of Nelson I. Bradway, Collins Inn, Home of Frank A. Fuller, The Baldwin Maple, Erasmus B. Gates, .Home of Mrs. Harriet (Kent) Gates, The Colonel Butler Homestead, Jason Butler, Home of James S. Morgan, Schoolhouse, District No. 6, Schoolhouse, District No. 4,Home of Luther L. Farr, Birthplace of Dr. Marshall Calkins and Dr. David Calkins, Home of Randolph Beebe, Portrait, Town Clerk, Newbury Compass, Memorial Town Hall, As Planned,
468 pages, 6×9 hardbound, fair condition, covers are worn, cloth is split on spine, inside hinges have been taped, ex library, pages are in good condition.
Winchendon
Winchendon Mass. Vital Records to the Year 1850 $45.00
Worcester: Franklin P. Rice 1909
The list of Winchendon Births, Marriages and Deaths comprised in this volume includes all that were found in the Town Books covering the period from the earliest date there recorded to the end of the year 1849. Some additions have been made from other sources and these are indicated in each instance by proper reference.
Marriages and intentions of marriage are printed under the names of both parties, but full information concerning each person is given only under his or her name, An asterisk indicates that the intention was not found recorded and in many cases is accounted by the fact that neither party belonged in Winchendon and consequently publishment was made elsewhere.
When places other than Winchendon and Massachusetts are named in the original records, they are given in the printed copy.
223 pages, hardbound
Winchendon, MA (Images of America) $9.50
Glen C. Wheeler,
Arcadia Publishing 1997Table of Contents:
Winchendon celebrating 150 Years
Retailers and Shops of Winchendon
Educational Institutions and Houses of Worship
Entertainment, Sports and Organizations
Professional Individuals of Winchendon
Winchendon and What Lies in Its Boundaries
96 pages, 6×9 softbound, good condition, remnants of sticker on front cover
Worcester
Old Landmarks and Historic Spots of Worcester, Massachusetts $45.00
John Pear Spears
A historic tour of a Worcester long gone.
Table of contents: Central Route, Main Street North Route, Main Street South Route, Chandler Hill Route, Lincoln Street Route, Quinsigamond and Grafton Hill Route, North Worcester Route, South Worcester Route, Index.
164 pages, 9×6 hardbound, good condition, a couple of scratches on covers, corners bumped.
Rural Retrospect Parallel History of Worcester and Its Rural Cemetery $45.00
Mildred McClary Tymeson
Worcester, Mass.: 1956
Table of Contents: Seven, Eleven Seven 1838, The Best Gift 1838, The Adopted Children 1838-1856, 20 Acres 1838-1856, Not Quite the Same 1856-1868, New Brooms 1856-1868, A Fraternal Spirit 1868-1888, The Unsettled Years 1868-1888, a Bigger City, a Better City 1888-1925, Tradition-Heavy Years 1888-1925, Search for Security 1925-1956, Where Only the Past Is Always near 1925-1956, the Rural Cemetery Roster 1956.
The roster includes the name of the person, date of death and the age at the date of death.
264 pages, covers are faded, the book is a little musty.
Worcester, Massachusetts $18.99
Lois R. Yeulenski
Dover, NH: Arcadia Publishing, 1999
Images of America Series.
(from the back cover) Since the development of photography in the mid-nineteenth century, the camera has been used as a tool of both discovery and preservation. Photographs bring alive our image of the past and can open a floodgate of memories and nostalgia or inspire curiosity and a sense of history:
In this fascinating visual history we see Worcester through the eyes of those who have lived, worked, and played there for the last 120 years. We are led on a journey down Main Street of the past, and watch it grow and expand along with the surrounding community. The people who make up the heart of this community are here as well; while daily life has changed a great deal over the last century, the pride and passion for life characteristic of the people of Worcester remain strong to this day. .
Lois Yeulenski is a native and lifelong resident of Worcester and has long been interested in its history. With the photographs collected here she has created a delightful journey into the past which will appeal to young and old alike.
127 pages, 6½ x 9½ softbound, new
Worcester, Massachusetts Volume II $16.99
Barton Kamp
Dover, NH: Arcadia Publishing, 1998
Images of America Series.
(from the back cover) In Worcester Volume II, local author and historian Barton Kamp invites you to further explore the history of the city during the period from 1890 to 1930. Discover Lower Front Street, Salisbury Street, and Newton Square as they were at the turn of the century: See how the residents lived-from those in the well-to-do mansion at 2,3 Chestnut Street, to the workers in the triple-decker on Cambridge Street; and to the wandering souls in the hotels and rooming houses like the Devens.
In this volume Kamp brings forth several previously unpublished photographs; including images of Beatrice Gloucester’s candy shop, Goodale’s Airship, Mrs. Kimball’s School for Girls, and elephants marching down Main Street in an old-fashioned circus parade. Mr. Kamp also relives several tragic moments in Worcester history, from the train wreck at Barber’s Crossing to the Park (Franklin) Street and Knowles building fires that leveled Notre Dame Church and nearly destroyed the beautiful downtown.
Barton Kamp’s love for the city and his interest in preserving the past are evident in Worcester Volume II. At once educational and entertaining, this charming visual history will earn a lasting place on area bookshelves and be treasured for years to come by young and old; resident and
128 pages, 6½ x 9½ softbound, new
The Worcester, Mass. Almanac Directory and Business Advertiser 1854 $50.00
Worcester: Henry J. Howland 1853
Rare street directory which gives name occupation and address. Also merchant ads.
194 pages, 5 3/4 by 3 3/4 softbound, cover faded, missing last few pages of business adds and back cover, memoranda pages have been written on in pencil.
Some Early Dental History of Worcester; An Address Presented to the Worcester District Dental Society at its Dinner Commemorating the Centennial of Organized Dentistry, Mar. 11, 1940. $15.00
Leon A. Storz
Worcester, MA: Heffernan Press, 1941.
Includes a bibliography and a chronological list of early Worcester dentists, with authorities consultant.
34 pages 6×9 hardbound, good condition, shelf wear, light wear on covers. former owner made a few notes in ink on two pages. I’ve seen this listed for $75.00
Worcester Bank Book $12.00
Worcester County National Bank 1966
(from the forward) It Has always seemed to us that a bank has certain cultural as well as financial responsibilities to the community which it serves. With this obligation in mind, we have felt that we should preserve the true record of our city and bank association.
From the day The Worcester Bank first opened in 1804, a detailed historical account has been kept and, from time to time, been presented to the public in printed form. In 1954 our One Hundred and Fiftieth Anniversary prompted the Worcester Bankbook as our tribute to the shared dignity of community and business life.
Now even this latest book needs updating. The growth of Worcester County is reflected in the growth of the bank. In twelve years our staff and assets have doubled-both a cause and a result of the expansion of the economy. To keep the perspective of our Anniversary year, the author has resisted the impulse to make major editorial changes in the first part of her story and has rewritten only the last chapter of the original book. Three new chapters have been added in this edition to tell of the exciting development in our recent years.
Much emphasis has been given to the central Massachusetts area. Banking here over this period of a hundred and sixty-two years cannot be separated from the pages of our country’s history. So this is more than the tale of one bank. It is a story of the region’s institutions, industries, men and women, told to enhance the meaning of heritage and continuity. It is a Worcester Bankbook representing a legacy left by the years to both community and bank.
183 pages, hardbound, dust jacket
The Fruits of Our Labor – The Bicentennial History of the First Unitarian Church of Worcester 1785-1985 $16.95
Walter Donald Kring
Worcester: First Unitarian Church of Worcester, 1985
Table of contents:
Preface
The Background: Puritanism Moves Westward
The Beginnings of the Second Parish
Aaron Bancroft: A Brief Biography
The Struggle for Recognition
The Old North Church
Unitarianism Comes to Worcester
Aaron Bancroft’s Later Years
Liberal Religion Goes “Free”
The Civil War: The End of Alonzo Hill’s Ministry
The Ministry of Edward H. Hall
Centennial Crossroads: The Ministry of Austin S. Garver
Organization and Resistance: Edwin Mitchell Slocombe’s Ministry
The Second Parish Comes of Age: The Initial Years of Maxwell Savage
Strife and Struggle: The Last Two Decades of Maxwell Savage’s Ministry
The Postwar Boom: The Ministry of Walter D. Kring
Wallace Robbins’s Early Ministry at the Second Parish ,
The Parish Moves to the Suburbs
Years of Transition, and a New Beginning
308 pages, hardbound, V/F
North High School, Northern Lights 1933 Yearbook $10.00
Pictures, faculty, class history, prophesies and more. Gives you a great feel for the times.
157 pages, hardbound
State Teachers College Worcester, Mass, The Oak Leaf 1936 $10.00
Pictures, faculty, class history, prophesies and more. Gives you a great feel for the times.
State Teachers College Worcester, Mass, The Oak Leaf 1937 $10.00
Pictures, faculty, class history, prophesies and more. Gives you a great feel for the times.
06 pages, hardbound
Worcester Y.M.C.A. $ 25.00
By Alfred S. Roe
Worcester: Published by the author 1901
The Worcester Young Men’s Christian Association. An account of its founding, development, progress, departments, objects and aims. Many photographs of the people involved.
176 pages hardcover
Heart of the Commonwealth, Worcester Mass. $24.95
Margaret A. Erskine
Woodland Hills Calf: Windsor Publications 1982
History of Worcester with lots of pictures from the Worcester Historical Museum.
208 pages, 9×12 hardbound
Strength in Diversity – Worcester’s Finnish Community – A collection of Photographs & Recollections $29.95
The Finnish American Club of Rutland, 1994
This book is the result of an exhibition held at the Worcester Museum in 1992 on the Finns of Worcester. It is lavishly illustrated.
Table of contents: Acknowledgments, Foreword, Introduction, The Finns Come to America, Worcester as a Major Center, Seeking Jobs, Family Life, Organizations for Every Need, Customs, Remembering Finland, Sources, Exhibition Supporters, Checklist of the Exhibition.
498, 175 pages, 8 1/2 x 11 softbound, good condition SC & WO