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One of the truly rewarding aspects of our work here at the Historical Society, and in particular for the team that is working to catalog and put our collection online, is the connections that we are helping others make – with families and with people who share interests in things historical. One of those came…
Maynard Historical Society Podcast #2
We are pleased to publish our second podcast featuring some audio recordings in our collection. 20 years ago this month, November 1998, the Society hosted a program entitled “An Evening with Frank Mark and Roy Helander”. Frank immigrated to Maynard from Finland in 1916 (at the age of 15). After moving here he worked in…
Maynard Historical Society Podcast #4
This week we have a short podcast on the Annual Christmas Parade, which happened yesterday. (I was hoping to have a little bit of audio from the parade, but I managed to mess that up.) Happy Holidays! MHS Podcast #4 The podcast mentions “Leapin’ Lena” – a modified 1927 Model T that was a…
Maynard History on YouTube
We’re very excited to announce our YouTube channel is alive and kicking. Several years in the making, we finally got everything set up and the first round of videos are available. These videos, along with more detailed information, will be cataloged in our online collection – so anyone searching the collection will be able…
Maynard Historical Society Podcast #1
In addition to this blog, we are also launching what we hope will be a weekly (or bi-weekly) podcast featuring news about our survey and cataloging process — and some of the “finds” that are hidden in Maynard’s attic. Podcast #1 is called Two Drawers and in it I talk about the challenges we face in figuring…
Maynard Historical Society Podcast #7
In this podcast we are pleased to present part two of our three-part interview with Ralph Sheridan, recorded in 1994. Part one of the interview can be heard in podcast #5. Ralph Sheridan was Maynard’s official Town Historian in the 1980’s and was a founder of the Maynard Historical Society. The audio recording…





