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Franklin Public Library
118 Main Street
Franklin, Massachusetts 02038
508-520-4941
For local history & genealogy questions, send us an email:
​vearls@franklinma.gov
Index to Digital Collection
Dean College/Dean Academy
1941 Awpie yearbook
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1934 Dean Academy commencement ceremony (YouTube video)
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1868 Dean Academy Waltz (sheet music)
Dr. Oliver Dean by Augustus Jones
Diaries & Journals:
George Metcalf: his journal and book of accounts on the present expedition in Canada (1758)
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Historical Scraps And Cuttings: Franklin. Wrentham, etc.(author unknown)
Practical Arithmetic In Manuscript 1811 by Fisher Thayer
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Rosalie (Rabitor/Robitaille) Moore: Notebook
Wadsworth Diaries 1857-1893
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Franklin History & Genealogy
150th Anniversary of the Town of Franklin Historical Book (1928)
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1917 Sanitary Survey of the Town of Franklin, Mass.
Addresses Delivered at the Bonnet Factory of A.E. Daniels & Sons(1857)
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Franklin and its advantages[undated]
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Franklin & Wrentham by J.C. Gallison
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Franklin Centennial Celebration 1878
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Franklin Center Revitalization Report 1984
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​Franklin 200th anniversary of the Birth of Benjamin Franklin (1906)
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History of the Town of Franklin, Mass. by Mortimer Blake, 1878
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Notes on Franklin History [1877](various authors)
Official Program of Sesqui-centennial Franklin, Mass., 1928
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Petition and Memorial of the Subscribers, a Committee in Behalf of the Town of Franklin, 1797
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Vital Records: Births, Marriages & Deaths in Franklin, 1778-2014
Library
Franklin Library Register Of Borrowers Oct 1936 To Nov 1937
Franklin Library Register Of Borrowers Nov 1937 To Dec 1938
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Franklin Library Register Of Borrowers Jan 1939 To Apr 1942
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Social LIbrary in Franklin, Annual Meeting Reports, 1811-1840
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Tommaso Juglaris Mural Photographs
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Tommaso Juglaris Mural Sketches
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Tommaso Juglaris Autograph Letter (1902)
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Maps, Property & Boundaries
1726-1735 Wrentham/Bellingham boundary papers
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1795 map of Franklin & Wrentham
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1832 map of Franklin
1876 map of Franklin
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1889 Sanborn Map of Franklin
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1904 Sanborn Map of Franklin
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1919 Sanborn Map of Franklin
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1927 Sanborn Map of Franklin
Franklin Real Property Assessment Data and Valuations
Plan of an estate surveyed 1875 for Dr. Erasmus D. Miller
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Union Street Cemetery Index & Map
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Military
Colonel Elias Cook, June 1, 1812 List of names under his command
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Franklin, Mass. WWII Soldiers Scrapbook
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Medway, Mass. 1775. List of enlisted men at Roxbury Camp
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Three days at Camp Douglas, 1st day - Edmund Kirke(James Gilmore)
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Three days at Camp Douglas, 2nd day - Edmund Kirke(James Gilmore)
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Three days at Camp Douglas, 3rd day - Edmund Kirke(James Gilmore)
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Massachusetts Resources
MACRIS: Massachusetts Cultural Resource Information System
Norfolk County Registry of Deeds
Massachusetts Land Records
History of Norfolk County, Mass. 1622-1918, v1
History of Norfolk County, Mass. 1622-1918, v2
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Newspapers
Franklin Register, 1873-1877
Franklin Sentinel, 1883-1978
Franklin Sentinel at Digital Commonwealth, Nov 1878-Dec 1952
Woonsocket Call,1899-1960
Postcards
Anne Giordano Postcard Collection
William Rayner Postcard Collection
Record Books
Alden Club Records, 1897-1903
Alden Club Records, 1916-1925
Alden Club Records, 1943-1949
Franklin First Congregational Church Records, 1737-1881
Franklin First Congregational Church Records, 1781-1887
Franklin Fire District Records, 1868-1917
Franklin Garden Club Meeting Minutes, 1938-1942
Franklin, Mass Court Summons for Rubin and Elias Cook of Bellingham
Franklin, Mass. Court of Jabez Fisher, Scott vs Darling
Franklin Town Meeting Records 1736-1824
Franklin Town Meeting Records 1843-1891
Franklin Town Meeting Records 1892-1900
Justice Jabez Fisher, Book Of Records, Began 4 March 1778
Justice Peter Adams, Book of Records, 1812-1826.
Record Of Laying Out Of Streets Franklin, Mass. 1785-1921
Timothy Rockwood Account book, 1803-1826
Union Congregational Society of South Franklin meeting records, 1855-1950
Resident Listings
1884 First Resident & Business Directory
1890 History & Directory of Franklin
1893 Directory of Franklin, Mass.
1899 Directory of Franklin, Mass.
1902 Franklin List of Residents
1905 Franklin List of Residents
1909 Franklin List of Residents
1913 Franklin List of Residents
1949 Franklin List of Residents
1950 Franklin List of Residents
1951 Franklin List of Residents
1952 Franklin List of Residents
1953 Franklin List of Residents
1954 Franklin List of Residents
1955 Franklin List of Residents
1956 Franklin List of Residents
1957 Franklin List of Residents
1958 Franklin List of Residents
1959 Franklin List of Residents
1960 Franklin List of Residents
1961 Franklin List of Residents.
1962 Franklin List of Residents
1964 Franklin List of Residents
1966 Franklin List of Residents
1967 Franklin List of Residents
1970 Franklin List of Residents
1971 Franklin List of Residents
1979 Franklin List of Residents
1980 Franklin List of Residents
1981 Franklin List of Residents
1982 Franklin List of Residents
1983 Franklin List of Residents
1984 Franklin List of Residents
1985 Franklin List of Residents
1986 Franklin List of Residents
1987 Franklin List of Residents
1988 Franklin List of Residents
School Records
Annual Report of the School Committee 1870
Annual Report of the School Committee 1879
Annual Report of the School Committee 1900
Annual Report of the School Committee 1905
Annual Report of the School Committee 1910
Annual Report of the School Committee 1911
Annual Report of the School Committee 1913
Annual Report of the School Committee 1914
Annual Report of the School Committee 1915
Annual Report of the School Committee 1916
Annual Report of the School Committee 1926
Franklin High School Catalogue of the Instructors & Pupils (1837)
Franklin High School Oskey Yearbooks, 1928-1930, 1933-2017
Franklin High School Oskey Yearbook, 1931
Franklin School Committee Minutes, 1853-1865
Franklin School Committee Minutes, 1880-1899
Franklin School Committee Minutes, 1909-1919
Franklin School Records, 1801-1864.
Horace Mann High School, Class of 1901
Horace Mann High School, Blue and White, February 1915
Records of the Meetinghouse (Brick) School, 1792-1865
Tri-County High School Yearbooks, 1978-2018
Town Reports
Franklin Town Records, 1736-1824
Town of Franklin Annual Report, 1865
Town of Franklin Annual Report, 1867
Town of Franklin Annual report, 1872
Town of Franklin Annual Report, 1874
Town of Franklin Annual Report, 1879
Town of Franklin Annual Report, 1885
Town of Franklin Annual Report, 1886
Town of Franklin Annual Report, 1891
Town of Franklin Annual Report, 1897
Town of Franklin Annual Report, 1898
Town of Franklin Annual Report, 1899
Town of Franklin Annual Report, 1900
Town of Franklin Annual Report, 1903
Town of Franklin Annual Report, 1904
Town of Franklin Annual Report, 1905
Town of Franklin Annual Report, 1906
Town of Franklin Annual Report, 1908
Town of Franklin Annual Report, 1910
Town of Franklin Annual Report, 1917
Town of Franklin Annual Report, 1920
Town of Franklin Annual Report, 1923
Town of Franklin Annual Report, 1925
Town of Franklin Annual Report, 1926
Town of Franklin Annual Report, 1927
Town of Franklin Annual Report, 1928
Town of Franklin Annual Report, 1929
Town of Franklin Annual Report, 1930
Town of Franklin Annual Report, 1935
Town of Franklin Annual Report, 1937
Town of Franklin Annual Report, 1939
Town of Franklin Annual Report, 1940
Town of Franklin Annual Report, 1943
Town of Franklin Annual Report, 1944
Town of Franklin Annual Report, 1947
Town of Franklin Annual Report, 1948
Town of Franklin Annual Report, 1950
Town of Franklin Annual Report, 1951
Town of Franklin Annual Report, 1952
Town of Franklin Annual Report, 1953
Town of Franklin Annual Report, 1954
Town of Franklin Annual Report, 1955
Town of Franklin Annual Report, 1956
Town of Franklin Annual Report, 1958
Town of Franklin Annual Report, 1959
Town of Franklin Annual Report, 1960
Town of Franklin Annual Report, 1961
Town of Franklin Annual Report, 1962
Town of Franklin Annual Report, 1963
Town of Franklin Annual Report, 1964
Town of Franklin Annual Report, 1966
Town of Franklin Annual Report, 1970
Town of Franklin Annual Reports, 2004-Current
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