Below is a complete list of items that are housed in the Genealogy Room of the library.
LORNA RHODES GENEALOGY ROOM
SUBJECT FILE MENDON HISTORY
BOX 1
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Amidon Tavern, anecdotes, history, Nathan Hale and Amidon Tavern, remarks from the funeral of Otis Amidon (1858)
B
Bank history by Wendell Williams, 1947
Bi-centennial- two hundredth anniversary – address by Carlton Staples, poem by Henry Chapin, 1868 (two copies)
Bi-centennial celebration (5/5/1867) – reported for Boston Journal, a copy
Bicknell Cemetery – paper given to Mendon Historical Society by James Holmes of Westboro
Blackstone Post Office and postmasters- Blackstone Bank
Boy Scout – the original boy scout of 173 (? Authorship?)
Boy Scout, “Beacon Light, facts and traditions” by Laura Hoag and Clara Pond, Mendon, 1958
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Civil War- The town of Mendon during the Civil War, by GB Williams (around 1900), 2 copies
Civil War Monument- Milford Historical Scrapbook, 1890 to 1899, Milford Daily Journal, 1891. Mendon’s new monument donated by Austin Wood
Civil War- Mendon Reminiscences ‘61 to 65’ by Julius A. George, 1912 (2 copies)
Corn Mill- erection of Corn Mill at Netmacke (Nipmuc), granted to Benjamin Albee, 1664, constructed 1672- from Annals of Mendon
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Founders’ Park- article and photo from Whitinsville Transcript, 12/14/1906
Founders’ Park- “Mother town’s hallowed land” monument marking park, newspaper article and photo 1910
Founders,1667 to 1906 by GB Williams
First Settlers, Mendon, by Gordon Norton
Founders- “Gleanings” compiled by Clara Pond, 1950, a pamphlet on early settlers (3 copies)
Founders- “Primitive Mendon” – revised edition of original article written for Milford Daily Journal, 1896, written by Marcus Aldrich
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Historical Museum, by E. J Coleman, 1966
Historical Society- photo at Union Chapel, later the Taft Library, photo from Aldrich Collection 1974
Historical Society- notes in Milford Daily News, 1921-1936 (2 copies)
Historical Society- a paper written and compiled by E.J. Coleman, March 1966, (2 copies)
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Inauguration Ball Programs, 1861, 1865, 1869
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Jefferson, Thomas and Cheshire Cheese
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King Phillip- Early Mendon and the King Phillip War, by Rev. Carlton Staples, from Blackstone Valley News, 2/3/1922, (delivered before the Mendon Historical Society) in 1901
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Maps of Mendon (1831, 1870, 1898) (copies)
Mendon Reminiscences, Wendell Williams
Mendon Historical Collections by John Warner Barber, 1839
Mendon- New England Forum, by Paul Williams
Mendon- chronology of physical and socio-economic trends, Mendon, Blackstone 1800-1827 (? authorship?)
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Post office- 1825 to 1951, a bit of history by Anna H. Pond (2 copies)
Pounds- from “Mendon Town annals” by Anna H. Pond
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Scrapbook- Mendon
September Gale- Paper, “The Great September Gale”, 9/23/1815, 2 copies, authorship unknown
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Tercentenary- copy of portion of Congressional Record, honoring Mendon’s Tercentenary, 6/26/1966. From Congressman Philbin,
sent to Peter Hackett, Chairman of Mendon Historical Society
Thanksgiving Ball poster, 1871
Town Hall, Harrison hall, circa 1844, presentation by Mendon Historical Commission, 6/29/2000
Town Hall- fundraiser for repair of Stage Curtain, and article in Town Crier
Town hall history by Paul Williams, 1932
Two Hundred Fiftieth Anniversary of Settlement of Mendon Plantation, 6/28/1917 program
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Upton History and Maps
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Wigwam Hill, from Milford Daily Journal, 1897
Wigwam Hill, by Albert Jones, (2 copies)
Williams Hill, Uxbridge- paper prepared by GB Williams (2 copies0
World War 2- Welcome Home Veterans program, 9/7/1946
LORNA RHODES GENEALOGY AND LOCAL HISTORY ROOM
MENDON HISTORY – TOWN INSTITUTIONS, INFRASTRUCTURE, COMMERCE, CULTURE
