On October 25, 1995 Jerry Fanning gave a talk on his search for his Irish ancestors to the Maynard Historical Society. Jerry passed away several months later and his wife, Irene, donated the text of his talk along with a recording Jerry made. We have digitized his recording, used software to remove a lot of…
Our podcast this week (back from a short hiatus) covers a project that has been ongoing with the collection the past month or so. We are working on creating subcollections to make research of the collection easier for folks who will visit us in the future. Deciding what deserves a subcollection requires thought and discussion….
This is one from our audio archives. In December 1980 Forrest Bradshaw, of Sudbury, visited the Maynard Historical Society and spoke about ballooning. Mr. Bradshaw served in the United States Army’s Balloon Corps in the latter half of World War I and a fair portion of his talk relays his experiences in training for and…
This is a short podcast that introduces the digital version of the 1921 “A Brief History of Maynard” by William H. Gutteridge. The book was created for the 50th anniversary of the town and is a valuable resource to anyone researching Maynard history. Maynard Historical Society Podcast #10 The scanned version of the book is…
In this podcast Dave Griffin discusses one of the more significant historical books in the collection: a 1930 appraisal of the properties held by the American Woolen Company. Maynard Historical Society Podcast #9 While the Mill and the town were founded by Amory Maynard, as Amory grew older and infirm a new management scheme for…
This is the final installment of our 3-part interview with Ralph Sheridan. Part 1 of the interview is in podcast #5. Part 2 can be found in podcast #7. This is an interview recorded in 1994 by WAVM. It was hosted by then Superintendent of Schools, Dr. Donald Kennedy. In this podcast Ralph…
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…
“Priorities” – Dave Griffin discusses how we will be prioritizing the cataloging and digitization efforts. We are faced with processing thousands of items in the existing collection and they represent a wide variety of conditions and importance to the Society’s collection. To show some of the challenges of prioritization, two boxes recently found in the…
If you use Apple’s iTunes software on your Mac or PC, you can now subscribe to the Maynard Historical Society Podcast. When you do this new episodes will automatically be downloaded to your computer, iPod, or AppleTV — so you don’t have to check here all the time (although we certainly have other news here…