The links here will take you documents that are in our collection. Some are scans of originals and some are transposed into print for ease of reading. Original spelling and punctuation was retained. Your membership makes it possible to provide access to these materials.
- Documents
- Histories
Prince Estabrook essay, 2025
Tila Willard
John Fitch
Dorothy Wilder
History of Ashby Academy (Grange Hall), research paper, 2023
History of the First Parish Church, history, 1967, Dorothy Wilder
History of the Ashby Band 1887 – 1967, history, Wilder, Bernhardt & Jacobson
History of Ashby Massachusetts, Sawtelle, covers 1767 to 1890
History of the Town of Ashby 1890 – 2000, Ashby Historical Society - Historic Documents
Ashby Town Pump newspaper for Ashby enlisted men and women, 1944 – 1945
Recruits for Continental Army, broadside, 1781, back
Edwin Chapman Autobiography, essay, Edwin Chapman, 1915
Orderly Book, Amos Wheeler, transcribed by Rebecca Anderson
Amos Wheeler, probate record
Ashby Meetinghouse, Articles of Agreement, c 1808, transcribed by Rebecca Anderson
Old Burial Ground, List of Names pre-1830 stones
Old Burial Ground, List of Veterans, by Randall May
Old Burial Ground, Map of Veteran’s Graves 1, by Randall May
Old Burial Ground, Map of Veteran’s Graves 2, by Randall May - Remembrances
Ashby 75 Years Ago, Mrs A. E. Hubbard, 1890
Ashby 55 Years Ago, W. O. Loveland, 1920
Ashby Thirty Five Years Ago, W. O. Loveland
History of the Farmers Club, unknown
Ashby 75 Years Ago, A. H. Wright 1890
Ashby As It Is, G. S. Shaw
A Little Taste of Ashby in the 1900’s, Irma Catalini
Town Improvements, C. H. Greene
Ashby’s Beginnings, Rev. Wood. 1867
Fort Hill in its Prosperity, unknown
White/Thatcher/Clapp Property (Wyman House)
Story of the Flag, Eliza Kendall
The Simonds or Old Parsonage Farm
Old Mills, Walter Davis
The Finnish Population of Ashby, Nancy (Sivula) Jakobowicz, 2000
Stores in Ashby, H A Lawrence
Sketches of Old Houses, Clara Ruth Brooks
Simonds Farm
Recollections of Northeast Ashby, Mrs. Willis Wright
Recollections of Ashby, J C Hayward
Old Houses of Ashby, Eliza Kendall
Lewis Gould, Dorothy Wilder
History of the Farmers Club
Finns of Greater Fitchburg Area
Electricity in Ashby, W. O. Loveland
Caton Hill, Betsy Dillbeck
Brick Oven Cooking
Ashby War Relief Workers
Story of a Piece of Gov’t Land Given to a Revolutionary Soldier, Melvin W. Jefts, 1919
Ashby Schools
Ashby Grange No. 172
A History of Musicians in Ashby - Related Websites
Ruth Henshaw Bascom
- Histories
Veteran Videos
Veteran Videos
Videos of veterans recorded in 2000.
Ashby Town Pump
The Ashby Town Pump was a newsletter published in Ashby during the last 2 years of WWII and documents what was going on in town and the activities of Ashby’s military personnel at home and abroad. Thank you to BJ Hill for making these available.
People & Places
The stories of people and places of Ashby.