| 04/20/2006 |
New E-Mail Address for the Society - tewksburyhistoricalsociety@msn.com
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| 02/20/2006 |
The 1861 Annual Report by the
Inspectors of the State Almshouse at Tewksbury, very interesting
reading!
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| 01/30/2006 |
A copy of a town map created in 1902.
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| 11/06/2005 |
A program from the "Former Police
Chief Commemoration Sunday" held on July 3, 1949 with Eulogies for
former Chiefs Manley, Farmer and Kelley.
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| 11/05/2005 |
A Town of Tewksbury tax bill from
1886 that was recently found in a book at a yardsale!
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| 11/04/2005 |
A matchbook cover from the 1950s era
Taylor Farms Restaurant formerly located on Route 38.
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| 10/10/2005 |
Event Calendar updated for "Then and Now" presentation
scheduled on 10/22/05!
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| 08/18/2005 |
Some great information on the old Tew-Mac
airport is now online!.
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| 05/27/2005 |
The Fred Carter
(Carter Farm, Main Street Tewksbury) Collection.
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| 05/21/2005 |
Joe Kelley - The "Coolest
Sportsman", local newspaper story from 1961.
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| 05/20/2005 |
Tewksbury Hospital National Register of Historic Places
documentation from 1994.
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| 04/22/2005 |
Short Stories and pictures of
growing up in Wamesit, written by Norbert Pestana.
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| 04/18/2005 |
We are proud to announce that our Archivist, Mr. Eugene Winter was selected
for the prestigious Crabtree Award. You can
read more details about this honor as well as
background information on Mr. Winter here on our website.
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| 04/17/2005 |
Added Lowell Sun article from the
Friday April 9, 1948 entitled "Missing
Link, 47 Years at Tewksbury Hospital, Dies."
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| 04/16/2005 |
Added the short story entitled "My
Fond Remembrances of North Tewksbury" which was written by Marietta
Meloy.
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| 04/15/2005 |
Added the book entitled "Thoughts
on the passing of the Old Church. Tewksbury Center, Mass. October 13,
1918" which was written by Hannah J. Chandler.
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| 04/14/2005 |
Added new Tewksbury Almshouse images to the rotating banner.
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| 04/12/2005 |
Updated society calendar to include new April, May and June events!
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| 12/04/2005 |
Added an article from the "American
Citizen Weekly" of 5 Oct. 1883, Page 1, Col. 6 that refers to the
Butler book and events that took place at the Tewksbury Almshouse.
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| 11/22/2004 |
Added a deed from Merrill to
Jewitt from March 12, 1738 for land in Tewksbury.
- Courtesy of Michael Kelley
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| 08/26/2004 |
On June 24, 2004, Town Historian and Tewksbury Historical Society Board
Member Warren Carey hosted a presentation about the Tewksbury State
Hospital and its rich history.
The ninety minute video is
available for download in Windows Media Format.
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| 08/14/2004 |
Memorial Day program from 1947
courtesy of Francis "Taddy" Brown.
Added more articles to the
Chief Barker
collection.
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| 08/08/2004 |
Newspaper articles and
pictures collected by
Tewksbury
Police Chief Cyril Barker during the years 1929-1950.
Courtesy of the Barker family.
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| 08/07/2004 |
Program and actual invitation
from party celebrating the
100th Anniversary of the
Tewksbury State Hospital held on October 13, 1954.
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| 08/06/2004 |
All documents have now been
converted to Adobe Acrobat PDF format.
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| 08/01/2004 |
Tewksbury High School Alumni
Association event from 1897.
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| 07/16/2004 |
Various administrative updates
including latest list of 2004-2005 Executive
Council.
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| 07/15/2004 |
Added "Envelope
from the Mohican Game Farm in Tewksbury, circa 1928".
- Courtesy of Michael Kelley
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| 07/14/2004 |
Added "Annual
return of the Tewksbury Militia for the year 1843".
Added "Tewksbury
Almshouse logo from the mid to late 1800s".
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| 06/04/2004 |
Added articles and other
information concerning "Tewkesbury
Abbey" and our sister city Tewkesbury, England. Many thanks to
Selectman Doug Sears for access to these interesting articles.
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| 06/02/2004 |
Added article "A
Picture Perfect Past", written by reporter Melissa Russell. The article appeared in the
May 26, 2004
edition of the Tewksbury Advocate. Many thanks to
reporter Melissa Russell and the Tewksbury Advocate for their continued support of
our activities and programs.
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| 05/26/2004 |
Created a new section for
articles about the massive
Lowell Gas Company
Explosion that occurred on February 9, 1972 at 10:30 P.M.
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| 05/22/2004 |
Created
Video section for Tewksbury
Historical Society presentations and several locally produced Tewksbury
History Committee shows from the 1980s.
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| 05/01/2004 |
Added
digital movie of the General Ames
presentation held on April 29, 2004 at the Tewksbury Public Library.
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| 04/30/2004 |
Added article "Library
forum to explore life of General Ames", written by
reporter Stephen Bjork. The article appeared in the April 21, 2004
edition of the Tewksbury Town Crier. Many thanks to
reporter Stephen Bjork and the Town Crier for their continued support of
our activities and programs.
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| 04/17/2004 |
Added
image and story of the
first uniformed baseball team in Tewksbury, the Almonts, written by
Harold J. Patten.
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| 03/30/2004 |
Added a wonderful short story by local
writer Ed Lisay, entitled "Once
a Year".
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| 03/28/2004 |
Added the
People section to start
matching both stories and pictures of residents from our Archives.
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| 03/27/2004 |
Added several items to the
Society Store, including the
new book on the West School and West Tewksbury, MA by local author Marie
Georgia Ruckledge.
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| 03/20/2004 |
Added "1929
Annual Valuation of Real Property for April 1929".
- Courtesy of Gerry Steele
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| 03/15/2004 |
Added "1850
Federal Census of Tewksbury, MA".
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| 02/18/2004 |
Added "Anne
Sullivan Macy - The Story Behind Helen Keller". Anne
Sullivan lived at the Tewksbury Almshouse and this book documents tragic
events that took place while she was there.
- Courtesy of Selectman Doug Sears
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| 02/17/2004 |
Added "Example
of Civil War Era currency issued by the Andover Bank in 1860".
- Courtesy of Michael Kelley
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| 02/14/2004 |
Added "Congregational
Church Prayer Meeting Card from 1888".
Added "Tewksbury School
Committee Annual Report for 1882"
Added "Tewksbury School
Committee Annual Report for 1869"
Added "Tewksbury School
Committee Annual Report for 1859"
Added "Tewksbury School
Committee Annual Report for 1857"
Added "Tewksbury Auditor's
Annual Report for 1860"
- Courtesy of Gerry Steele
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| 02/13/2004 |
Added "St.
Williams Church Dedication Program from August 20, 1939".
Added "Mechanics Lodge, No. 11,
International Order of Odd Fellows Membership Booklet from January 1,
1890".
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| 02/12/2004 |
Added "Annual
Report of the Town of Tewksbury for the year 1900".
- Courtesy of Selectman Doug Sears
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| 02/11/2004 |
Added "The
Ice Storm of November, 1921". This booklet was printed by
the Lowell Electric Light Corporation in response to a disastrous ice
storm that left people without power for over a month.
- Courtesy of Gerry Steele
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| 01/27/2004 |
Added "Letter
from Tewksbury Schoolgirl sent May 1, 1870"
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| 01/25/2004 |
Created a new section entitled "Wamesit
Drive-In" and added contributed items and images from our archives.
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| 01/24/2004 |
I created a new section on the website for our
collection of short
stories about growing up in and around Tewksbury.
Stories will be added as time permits.
Added a short story written by Mr. Rick Nolin entitled "Gas".
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| 01/23/2004 |
Added "Envelope
mailed on August 9, 1861 with Tewksbury USPS hand cancellation".
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| 01/22/2004 |
Added "Tewksbury
Historical Society Newsletter, December 2003".
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| 01/19/2004 |
Added "Gov.
Butler's Insults to Women". This Anti-Butler document was
printed on July 14, 1883 and is a response to comments made by Governor
Butler in his arguments before the Tewksbury Investigation Committee
- Courtesy of Library of Congress - American Memory Collections
Updated the Historical Society contact
information to include the names of our current Executive Council
Officers and Board Members.
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| 01/18/2004 |
Added "Argument
before the Tewksbury Investigation Committee by Governor Benjamin F.
Butler. July 15, 1883". This book was printed by
the Democratic Central Committee in 1883 on behalf of Governor Butler.
To create public support for their political position they intentionally
designed the book to be disturbing. The book discusses
alleged activities at the Tewksbury State Almshouse that included
tanning of human hides, selling of dead bodies and horrific medical
procedures out of the dark ages.
Added "Capt. John Trull,
Minuteman". This short story provides a look into what
happened in Tewksbury on the same night that Paul Revere made his famous
midnight ride. This nice short story was written by Capt.
Larz Neilson and was found in the archives of the Tewksbury Library
History Room.
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| 01/18/2004 |
Created a new section for the "Aunt
Hannah Chandler Scrapbook Collection". The scrapbook
contains newspaper clippings and other local items that she saved
between approximately 1900 and the mid 1920s. The following
articles have been added to our website:
"Tewksbury
High School Building Dedication" program from events held on
Friday September 6th, 1935.
"George D. Foristall,
Retiring Postmaster of Tewksbury". This newspaper
article from 1914 announces the retirement of Eighty One Year Old
Tewksbury Postmaster George D. Foristall.
"Workmen find
cornerstone from Ancient School Building in Cemetery".
This newspaper article from sometime around 1915 announces the
rediscovery of an old School Building cornerstone in the Tewksbury
Cemetery.
"First Military
Wedding in Town History". This newspaper article from
sometime around 1915 describes the wedding ceremony between Tewksbury
residents Captain Harold J. Patten and Miss Josephine N. Millet.
"Four
children drown at Round Pond". This newspaper article
from 1921 somberly reports the tragic drowning deaths of four local
children in Round Pond.
- Courtesy of Aunt Hannah Chandler Collection (Tewksbury Public Library)
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| 01/17/2004 |
Added "Militia
of Massachusetts Company Orders" from Tewksbury's Commanding Officer
Zephariah Clark to Company Officer Jason Phelps instructing the
Tewksbury Militia to appear for military duty and inspection at 1:00pm
on Tuesday the fifth day of May, 1829
- Courtesy of Michael Kelley
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| 01/16/2004 |
The
Event Calendar has just been updated
with the meetings and programs that we will be holding over the next few
months. Additional events being planned for the spring and
summertime will be added here once our plans are finalized!
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| 01/08/2004 |
Don't forget that it is now
time to renew your Annual Membership in the
Tewksbury Historical Society for 2004!
You can download electronic versions of the 2004 Membership Application
in the membership section of our
website.
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| 12/16/2003 |
Created new TownHall and Congregational
Church Fire section to contain articles from the Archives of the
Lowell Sun and the Lowell Courier-Citizen Newspapers. Added
the following articles from the Lowell Courier-Citizen:
Destructive Blaze in
Tewksbury - 10/14/1918
Generous Donation from
Clergyman - 10/18/1918
Tewksbury News -
10/21/1918
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| 12/12/2003 |
Added "Bug
at Tewksbury". This Lowell Sun article from October 14, 1918
reports on a fire that destroyed both the Congregational Church and the
Town Hall in the early morning hours of Sunday, October 13th, 1918.
- Courtesy of Michael Kelley
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| 11/27/2003 |
Added "Town
of Tewksbury Report on the Riverside Park Explosion" that details
events that took place at the United States Cartridge Company on the morning of July 29, 1903.
- Courtesy of Michael Kelley
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| 10/16/2003 |
Added "Valuation
of the Real Estate and Personal Estate of the Town of Tewksbury for the
year 1890".
- Courtesy of Selectman Doug Sears
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