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Child – Jacobs

Lydia Maria Child (1802-1880) Harriet Jacobs (1813-1897) Original Post Wicked Local This article was written in honor of Race Amity Day, which is held annually in Massachusetts on the second Sunday in June, this year on Sunday, June 14. Lydia Maria Child (1802-1880)...

Crossing the Sudbury

The Sudbury River and its associated wetlands provide a lush source of food that supported Native Americans, European settlers of the 1600’s through the farmers of the twentieth century. After the last ice age when the glaciers retreated, a river system with its...

Joanne Davis

Joanne Davis was a longtime volunteer and valued member of the Wayland Museum & Historical Society. In 1996 she not only stepped into Jo Goeselt’s large shoes as Curator but kept vigilant watch over all furnishings, systems, cookie supplies, visitors– and...

Skating at the Mill Pond

SKATING AT THE MILL POND Molly FaulknerWith thanks to Gary Chase, Bob Dorey, Mike Lindemann, Mike Lowery, Mark Shepard.This winter, 2018-19, has so far yielded some great pond skating in Wayland after conditions haven’t been good for years.  The days before...

Leila Sears

Wayland Historical Society benefactor – Leila Sears (1919-2008) Leila Sears generously gave to the Wayland Historical Society in her will. Her generosity, along with others, allowed for the exterior painting of the Museum, the provision for inside-storm windows,...

Digital World

Society’s historic maps enter the digital world Institutions, such as the Wayland Historical Society, have been collecting historic documents for centuries. Mostly these materials are made from paper, which is fairly delicate. Paper documents that have endured more...

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