Books About Maynard | Maynard Public Library

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"What if you received a knock on your door tonight and were told you had to leave? You had no more than a month to do so, and you could only take what was not nailed down? Eighty Massachusetts families faced that predicament on March 25, 1942. This book tells their story. At the breakout of World War II, 1942, the U.S. Government required four square miles to create an ammunition depot. Explosives would be staged in 50 bunkers before shipping via...

2) Assabet Mills: Maynard, Massachusetts

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The sleepy town of Assabet Village woke up very quickly when the Assabet Mills was built in 1847. Dams were constructed on the river, millponds were created, and large mills began producing yarn and carpets. Soon the village was turning into a town with stores, churches, schools, and government. As the mill grew, so did the town; the population grew to 7,000 people by 1905. During good times, the mill prospered, but during bad times, it faltered and...

3) A brief history of the town of Maynard, Massachusetts

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Gutteridge, William H

4) Concord, Maynard & Hudson Street Railway

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Cummings, O. R

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Transportation bulletin volume no. 74

5) DEC is dead, long live DEC: the lasting legacy of Digital Equipment Corporation

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Schein, Edgar H

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From an insider, the forty-year saga of the rise and fall of Digital Equipment Corporation, one of the pioneering companies of the computer age. Digital Equipment Corporation created the minicomputer, networking, the concept of distributed computing, speech recognition, and other major innovations. It was the number-two computer maker behind IBM. Yet it ultimately failed as a business and was sold to Compaq Corporation. What happened? Edgar Schein...

6) Digital at work: snapshots from the first thirty-five years

7) Digital Equipment Corporation

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Earls, Alan R

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Images of America

8) Hidden history of Maynard

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Mark, David A

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Hidden History

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"As Maynard grew from a scattering of small hill farms to abooming center of industry and immigration, much of its colorful history wasnearly forgotten. With a rollicking collection of his essays, newspaper columnist David A. Mark uncovers the hidden gems of the town's history. Learn why Babe Ruth shopped in Maynard during his Red Sox days and what they fed the animals at the Taylor mink ranch. Find out who is buried and who is not in the Maynard...

9) History of Maynard, Massachusetts: 1871-1971

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Maynard Historical Committee

10) Hometown soldiers: Civil War veterans of Assabet Village & Maynard, Massachusetts

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Brown, Peggy Jo

11) Maynard

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Boothroyd, Paul

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Postcard history

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Maynard was incorporated in 1871 as a manufacturing community. By 1880, it was one of the most influential towns in Massachusetts. As the population boomed from an expansion in business, postcards became the substantial method of communication. Local photographers took advantage of the events, pictorial venues, and influx of immigrants and visitors to create many unusual postcards of Maynard. Through vintage postcards, Maynard shows how this town,...