Historical Tours
HISTORICAL TOURS OF WAYLAND
First issued in 1976 as part of the U.S. bi-centennial celebration, Bobby Robinson’s three historical “tours” (1600s, Revolutionary War period, 19th century development of the two separate town centers) was updated in 2013 with new maps and photographs. Available also from us online or view for free here.
School Programs
- WPS Third Grade Program – Wayland April 19, 1775
- Wayland High School History Project
Includes seven volumes of project-based learning completed from 2001-2015 in Kevin Delaney’s US History classes. Each edition took two years to complete and constitutes what we hope is a rich local history archive of oral history, original research, and fascinating storytelling that show how national trends and developments played out in our town and region. Learn more here. - Wayland High School Awards
- North Cemetery
- The Village Evolves
- Wayland and the Civil War
Written by the late Nancy Ashkar in conjunction with the Wayland Historical Society, this program was used for many years by Wayland fifth graders. It has been adapted by Bobby Robinson of the Massachusetts Study Project as a model for use by other schools planning a study of the Civil War from the perspective of their own community. - Civil War Bus Tour, with reference to Wayland Town Character
Recorded Programs
RESEARCHING ENSLAVEMENT
2023 Jane Sciacca
LYDIA MARIA CHILD: A RADICAL AMERICAL LIFE
2023 Lydia Moland
LETHAL TIDES: MARY SEARS
2022 Catherine Musemeshe
FLOODING OF THE SUDBURY RIVER
2022 Brian Donahue, Alison Field-Juma and Tom Sciacca
SLAVERY IN COLONIAL SUDBURY
2021 Jane Sciacca
THREE WAYLAND WOMEN
2021 Jane Sciacca
EARLY FARM AND CRAFT TOOLS
2021 Jack Russell
WOMEN’S SUFFRAGE IN WAYLAND
2020 Jane Sciacca
WAYLAND CELEBRATES:
100 YEARS OF WOMEN’S SUFFRAGE
WAYLAND THEN AND NOW
2020 Gretchen Schuler
HISTORY OF FLOODING IN WAYLAND
2011 Tom Sciacca and Sally Newbury
MRS. JESSICA HENDERSON, IF YOU PLEASE
2015 Wayland High School History Project
MASS.MEMORIES ROADSHOW WAYLAND
OVER HERE AND OVER THERE: WWI in Wayland
2016 Wayland High School History Project
WAYLAND HIGH SCHOOL: THEN AND NOW
2012 Ann Knight and Dick Hoyt
MISSILES ON OXBOW: THE NIKE MISSILE SITE IN WAYLAND (RR)
2018 Bob Farrington
THE GHOST OF LYDIA MARIA CHILD (ICB)
2018 Laura Duggan
THE WAYS OF OUR LAND: DUDLEY POND
2018 Sheila Carel
THE VALUE OF THE BOOK
2017 Ray Rickman
IF YOU ATE TODAY…THANK A FARMER Wayland’s Truck Farms and Roadside Stands
2017 Bob Dorey
AQUEDUCTS RUN THROUGH IT
2017 Tom Sciacca
TOYS IN THE ATTIC
2016 Council on Aging
PHYSICK AND CHIRUGERY; PRACTICING MEDICINE 1750-1850
2019 Tony Howes, MD
WAYLAND RAILROAD INTERPRETIVE SITE PT. 1
Rick Conard
WAYLAND RAILROAD INTERPRETIVE SITE PT. 2
Rick Conard
LYDIA MARIA CHILD
2018 Jane Sciacca
TALKING TRASH! GETTING RID OF WAYLAND’S REFUSE A History of Burning, Burying, Recycling, Pig Farms, Composting, Single Stream Recycling, 1-800-JUNK –
2016 Molly Faulkner
For a copy of Faulkner’s presentation:
Word-based copy of presentation
PowerPoint copy of presentation
WAYLAND HIGH SCHOOL HISTORY PROJECT
The Wayland High School History Project includes eleven volumes of project-based learning completed from 2001-2019 in Kevin Delaney’s US History classes. Each edition took two years to complete and constitutes what we hope is a rich local history archive of oral history, original research, and fascinating storytelling that show how national trends and developments played out in our town and region.
- Volume XI: Second World War Stories
- Volume X: METCO at 50
- Volume IX: The Great War Story of Herman Allen
- Volume VIII: Doughboys of Wayland: Stories of the Great War
- Volume VII: Over Here and Over There: Wayland During the WWI Era
- Volume VI: Lt. Col. Martin W. Joyce Papers
- Volume V: 20th Century American Stories
- Volume IV: Growing Up During Hard Times
- Volume III: An Age of Disillusion: Wayland During the Vietnam Era
- Volume II: Post-War Life in a Small Northern Town: Wayland, MA 1946-1960
- Volume I: War on Their Minds: Memories of the WWII Years
FIVE MILES ASTRIDE THE RIVER: A History of Wayland, MA Actual video: 27:00 through 45:00.