Scope and Contents This collection houses the records of the Ancient Order of Hibernians. Included here are membership records, by-laws, correspondence, publications, and committee reports.These materials offer a good look at the operations of the club with a large list of membership names that may be useful to genealogists. The bulk of the collection consists of the ledgers of the club (Secretary's and Treasurer's Reports, etc.) There is a slim folder of publications, which is worthy of note...

Scope and Contents This collection contains copies of the charters and ordinances of the City of Waltham, as well as revisions to those documents that were published over the years. The earliest item in this collection is an 1872 copy of the By-laws of the Town of Waltham, before Waltham was incorporated as a city.Of particular interest is the proposed charter for the city, bound in a book with handwritten records of the committee who drafted it for Waltham's incorporation as a city in...

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This is an artifically created collection of unpublished manuscripts about Waltham, Massachusetts. There is no indication of the original finding aid author, or of the provenance of these works. Manuscripts have been arranged alphabetically by author's last name.

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These records provide a bibliographic overview of Arthur A. Carey’s life, philanthropic endeavors, and charitable contributions to the city of Waltham from 1907-1917.

Scope and Contents This artificially arranged collection includes papers, publications, newsclippings, photographs, correspondence, and ephemera about various Waltham homes, buildings, and historical districts.The majority of these materials are focused on individual buildings, while the remaining files cover multiple farms, inns/taverns, neighborhoods, and veterans' squares. There are also several papers - both published and unpublished - about Waltham's historic buildings in general.A...

Scope and Contents The Collection on the Closing of Waltham Hospital contains materials that trace the decline and closure of Deaconess-Waltham Hospital (1998-2002); the establishment of the Coalition to Save Waltham Hospital, Inc. (2002-2003); and the revival and subsequent closure of Waltham Hospital (2002-2010).The bulk of the collection is made up of financial records and the records of various Boards of Trustees, both of which show the data behind and the process of decision making that...

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This bulk of this collection is comprised of transcripts of lectures given to the Emerson-Browning Club by Edward Dwight Emerson. Also included are the club's meeting minutes from 1900-1903 and some retrospective histories of the club written in the late twentieth century.

Scope and Contents The Collection on the First Parish Church of Waltham includes photocopied records, published and unpublished histories, membership lists, photographs, booklets, and other materials related to the First Parish Church, Universalist/Unitarian, in Waltham, Massachusetts.The photocopied records in this collection pertain to the various Unitarian and Universalist organizations in Waltham, which eventually merged into the First Parish. Among these organizations are the First Parish...

Scope and Contents The Collection on the Waltham Police Department includes booklets, flyers, newsclippings, photographs, and programs. Of historical interest is a copy of the 1921 Rules and Regulations for the WPD, as well as a centennial history of the department covering 1884-1984.The bulk of the collection consists of Waltham Police Association business directories. These primarily include advertisements for area businesses, but also include some departmental information, including photographs...

Scope and Contents This collection includes some personal papers of Dr. Douglas Butman and his wife Ruth Butman. The Butmans lived at 332 Bacon Street for over 60 years, across the street from famous Waltham doctor Alfred Worcester. The materials housed in this collection relate to the professional, educational, and religious aspects of the Butmans' lives. There is very little about the Butmans' personal lives. Professional materials include information about doctors Alfred Worcester and Dwight...