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Scrapbook 1Entry/Object ID
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Scrapbook #1 1953-1960: newspaper clippings; red, gold lettering;
- Articles about the Wayland Historical Society being formed (July 1953); first meeting (Aug. 1953); first officers (Oct. 1953); announcement seeking members (Feb. 1954) glued to book cover.
- 1956 photo by Willard Dik of the Heard House, Old Sudbury Rd., home of Wayland Historical Society since July 1957 (Page 1)
- Photo of Mr. Paul Hamlen, First President, Sept. 1953-May 1954 (Page 2)
- Article covering "East Sudbury" 1780, Wayland 1835, Earliest Settlers, Town Meetings, The Wayland Library, The Wayland Historical Society - prepared by Priscilla Lane (Page 4)
- Wayland Historical Society Yearbook for 1955-1956 (Page 5)
- Newspaper clippings and photos, some of unusual interest (Page 6)
- Cane of Charles B. Butterfield which he made while a prisoner of war at Salisbury, N. C., carved with a case knife, presumably a dull table knife (Page 6)
- Grout-Heard House 60 Years Older than Had Been Supposed (Page 7)
- Use of Heard House given to Wayland Historical Society (Page 7)
- Article by J. Merriam, Sudbury Tercentenary, covering Sudbury Plantation, (Chartered 1615) (Page 8)
- Copy of song from Bay Psalm Book used in the first Old Meeting House to the Tune of York (Page 8)
- 'Indians' "Wayland Indians Were Sold into Slavery," program by Harry Rice of Sudbury and Benjamin Smith of Concord (Page 9)
- "Wayland Was Swimming in Liquor, Years Ago," reminiscence of Rev. John B. Wight, Pastor of First Parish Church from 1815-1835, excerpts given as a program by the Rev. Dan Huntington Fenn in Nov. 1957 (Page 10)
- "Wayland Trolley Had a Hard Time Going Uphill-No Juice," information about coaches, trolleys, and trains of the 1800s (Page 12)
- Old Stone Bridge (Page 12 & 13)
- Photo-Old Cochituate Grammar School (Page 14)
- Article on Francis E. Wayland (Page 14)
- Excerpts from Robert Scotland's program on Sudbury before and during the American Revolution (Page 15)
- Bullfinch Stairway (Page 17)
- British Spy, Sergt. How (Page 18)
- Old Taverns (Page 19)
- Photos and article on the Old Stone Bridge (Page 20)
- Old North Cemetery-Field Trip Oct. 5, 1958, fly leaf (Page 21)
- "Sudbury in the Revolution," program by Robert Scotland (Page 22)
- The New England Boy's Song about Thanksgiving, by Lydia Maria Child (Page 22)
- Picture and write-up on Lydia M. Child and her home (Page 23)
- Ephraim Curtis (Page 24)
- Wayland Academy (Page 24)
- Ephraim Curtis, long article (Page 25)
- Elnora Curtis-first woman to receive a doctoral degree from Clark University, graduate of Smith College, distant relative of Ephraim Curtis (Page 25)
- Mainstone Farm-Guernsey Cattle Club (Page 26)
- Local Markers-Inscription by the Marshes, Milestone, The Cannon Marker, The Deacon's Rock, Washington Went This Way, The Burgoyne Elm (Page 27)
- "`Midnight Clear' Manuscript Real Find" (Page 28)
- Newspaper Article about the finding of the original copy of "It Came Upon a Midnight Clear," two pieces, dated 12/11/1958 are loose and between (Pages 28 and 29)
- Newspaper article and two pictures concerning "It Came Upon a Midnight Clear" (Page 29)
- Article on program about a King Philip War battle on April 21, 1676 (Page 30)
- Indian Corn Hills (Page 31)
- Sudbury ancient records microfilmed (Page 38)
- Musketaquid, Inez A. Perry's sonnet (Page 39)
- Simpson Mansion (Page 39)
- Wayland's name (Page 41)
- Street School built in 1781 (Page 43)
- School Districts,1847 (Pages 43, 44, 45)
- Indians, article, by Howard S. Russell (Page 46)
- Great Gale of 1815, by Howard S. Russell (page loose) (Page 47)
- "Beauty and History in Six of Oldest Wayland Homes: Reeves Tavern, Heard House, Visonhaler, Benjamin Adams, James Sumner Draper, Samuel Parris (Page 48)
- Program and description for "A Tour of old Houses," clipped to page (Page 49)
- Letter from Historical Society to All Residents of Wayland soliciting funds to move the Heard house from Old Sudbury Road to its original location (Page 49)Cataloged By
VanSteenberg, DorisLexicon
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Butterfield, Charles B.Person or Organization
Wight, John BurtPerson or Organization
Wayland, FrancisPerson or Organization
Child, Lydia Maria (Francis)Person or Organization
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Curtis, EleanoraGeneral Notes
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Status: OK
Status By: Dunn, Jan
Status Date: 2016-04-09