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01 - Military Collections

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MSS-01-001: War Ration Books, c. 1940-1945 (Accession # 2015.012)

MSS-01-002: Franklin Veterans Scrapbooks

 

02 - Education Collections

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MSS-02-001: Franklin School Budgets

MSS-02-002: Franklin School Registers

MSS-02-003: Town of Franklin School Committee

• Series 1: Annual Reports, 1850-1961

• Series 2: Meeting Minutes, 1853-1954

• Series 3: Record of School Committee, 1850-1879, 1946-1956

• Series 4: Rules of the School Committee and Regulations for the Public

• Schools, 1895, undated

MSS-02-004: Franklin School Department Records, 1891-1981

• Series 1: Financial Records

Subseries 1: Banking Records

Subseries 2: Invoices and Bills, 1892-1914

Subseries 3: Time and Pay of School Teachers and Janitors, 1891-1914

• Series 2: Administrative Records

• Series 3: Professional Development

• Series 4: Photographs

MSS-02-005: Franklin Jr. High School Records

School Records - Collated Collections

• MSS-02-006: Arlington Street School Records

• MSS-02-007: Ben Franklin Charter School Records

• MSS-02-008: Franklin Vocational School Records

• MSS-02-009: Nason Street School Records

• MSS-02-010: Oak Street School Records

• MSS-02-011: Ray School Records

• MSS-02-012 : Remington Jefferson School Records

• MSS-02-013: Riverbend School District Records

• MSS-02-014 : St. Mary's Parochial School Records

• MSS-02-015 : Theron Metcalf School Records

• MSS-02-016 : Unionville School Records

MSS-02-017 : Dean College Records, 1870-2008

MSS-02-018 : Four Corners School Records, 1936, 1967-2009

MSS-02-019 : Franklin High School Records, 1871-2014

• Series 1: Administrative Records, 1871-2014

• Series 2: Oskey Yearbooks

• Series 3: Reunions, 1913-1961

• Series 4: Scrapbooks

MSS-02-020: Horace Mann High School Records, 1908-1924, 1983-1986

MSS-02-021 : Gerald M. Parmenter Elementary School Records, 1950-1989

MSS-02-022: Red Brick School Records, 1944-2007

• Series 1: School Records

• Series 2: Scrapbooks

MSS-02-023: Davis Thayer School Records, 1924-1932, 1972-1997

MSS-02-024: Union Sunday School Library Books

MSS-02-025: John F. Kennedy Memorial School Collection of Ladybug Legislation Papers

MSS-02-026: Annual Reports of the Board of Education, Together with the Annual Reports of the Secretary of the Board, 1838-1845

 

03 - Business & Industrial Collections

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MSS-03-001: Businesses, Farms, Industrial facilities - General

MSS-03-002: Benjamin Franklin Savings Bank Records

Bank Records - Collated Collections

• MSS-03-003: Dean Co-operative Bank Records

• MSS-03-004: Franklin National Bank Records

• MSS-03-005: Norfolk County Trust Company Records

Business Records - Collated Collections

• MSS-03-006 to MSS-03-053: Businesses, Company Name A-Z

MSS-03-054: The Daily Record Newspaper Volume, November 1931

MSS-03-055: C.L. Fales & Co. Ledgers

MSS-03-056: Franklin Imprinting Machines Manufacturing Company Records

MSS-03-057: Ficco's Bowladrome Collection

MSS-03-058: Jimmie's Package Store Collection

MSS-03-059: The Railway Times Newspaper Volume, 1866

MSS-03-060: Thomson National Press Collection

MSS-03-061 : The Country Gazette Newspaper, 1980-1999

MSS-03-062: Franklin Sentinel Newspaper, 1879-1978

• Series 1: Annual Volumes, 1879-1958

• Series 2: Microfilm, 1886-1978

MSS-03-063: Providence and Worcester Railroad Records

 

04 - Religion Collections

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Church Records - Collated Collections

• MSS-04-001: Cemeteries & Churches, General Records

• MSS-04-002: First Sabboth School Records

• MSS-04-003: First Universalist Church Records

• MSS-04-004: Grace Universalist Church Records

• MSS-04-005: Methodist Episcopal Church Records

• MSS-04-006: St. John's Episcopal Church Book, 1886

• MSS-04-007: South Franklin Church Records

• MSS-04-008: Unionville Chapel Records

• MSS-04-009: United Church of Christ Records

• MSS-04-010: United Methodist Church of Franklin

MSS-04-011: St. Mary's Parish Church Records

MSS-04-012 : Franklin Federated Church Records, 1820-2018

 

05 - Municipal & Government Collections

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MSS-05-001 Town of Franklin Advisory Committee Reports

MSS-05-002 Town of Franklin Annual Reports

MSS-05-003 Franklin Charter Commission Final Reports

MSS-05-004 Town of Franklin Lists of Residents

MSS-05-005 Town of Franklin Valuations of Taxes

MSS-05-006 Franklin Property Transfers and Land Court Volumes

MSS-05-007 Town of Franklin Office of the Assessor Personal Property

Mortgage Volumes

Public Building Records - Collated Collections

• MSS-05-008: Franklin Chlorinator Building Records

• MSS-05-009: Franklin Community Center Records

• MSS-05-010: Franklin Municipal Building Records

• MSS-05-011: Franklin Post Office Records

• MSS-05-012 : Franklin Recycling Center Records

• MSS-05-013 : Franklin Senior Center Records

• MSS-05-014 : Franklin Town Pool Records

MSS-05-016: Franklin Public Library Records

Monument & Memorial Records - Collated Collections 

• MSS-05-017 : Army & Navy Monument Records

• MSS-05-018 : Benjamin Franklin Monument Records

• MSS-05-019: Civil War Memorial Records

• MSS-05-020: Emmons Monument Records

• MSS-05-021 : Horace Mann Memorial Monument Records

• MSS-05-022: Indian Rock Records

• MSS-05-023: Revolutionary War Memorial Records

• MSS-05-024: Spanish American Monument Records

• MSS-05-025: Veterans' Memorial Mall Records

MSS-05-026: Franklin Fire Department Collection

• Series 1: Franklin Fire Department Records

• Series 2: Records of Fire District Volume, 1868-1917

MSS-05-027: Franklin Historical Museum Records

• Series 1: Horace Mann Museum, 1974-2007

• Series 2: Franklin Historical Museum

MSS-05-028: Franklin Property Assessments

MSS-05-029: Franklin Town Records

MSS-05-030: Municipal Anniversary Celebrations

MSS-05-031 : Franklin Independence Day Celebrations

MSS-05-032: Franklin Council on Aging Scrapbooks, 1975-1976

MSS-05-033: Franklin Interfaith Council Scrapbook (Accession #2014.004)

MSS-05-034: Franklin Land Surveys

MSS-05-035: Franklin Town Committee Meeting Recordings

• Series 1: Conservation Commission Meeting Recordings,

• Series 2: Finance Committee Meeting Recordings,

• Series 3: Planning Board Meeting Recordings,

• Series 4: School Committee Meeting Recordings

• Series 5: Town Council Meeting Recordings

MSS-05-036: Franklin Board of Selectmen Invoices, 1919

MSS-05-037: Office of the Overseers of the Poor Records

 

06 - Natural Disaster & Meteorological Collections

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MSS-06-001: Natural Disasters, General Records

 

07 - Individual & Family Collections

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MSS-07-001 : Stanley Chilson Photographs and Films, 1928-1963

• Series 1: Fire Photographs, 1928-1946

• Series 2: Drive Carefully Photographs, 1931-1937

• Series 3: Films, 1935-1963​

MSS-07-002: Walter A. Clark Diaries, 1892-1904

MSS-07-003: Dohn Cluff Drawings, undated

MSS-07-004: Cook Family Diaries and Papers, 1868-1919

MSS-07-005: Costello Family Photographs, 1885-1928, 1963

MSS-07-006: Frank G. DeGrazia Papers, 1940-1949, 1989-1999​

MSS-07-007: Richard Esterly Papers, 1941-1996

• Series 1: Personal Papers

• Series 2: Scrapbooks​

MSS-07-008: Davis Thayer Gallison Papers, 1900-1955, 2015

MSS-07-009: Francis Michael Grinley Papers, 1838-1979

MSS-07-010 : John Kell Letters, 1944-1945

MSS-07-011: Dick Holmes Letters, 1943-1945 (Accession # 2016.001)

MSS-07-012 : Ellen M. Newell Drawings and Photographs, 1978

MSS-07-013 : Clark Parker Letters, 1918-1919

MSS-07-014 : Nina C. Santoro Slides, 1978

MSS-07-015 : Barbara Smith Collection of Historical Research, 1944-2006

MSS-07-016 : Alden Stewart Papers, 1947-1992

MSS-07-017: Alice Wiggin Papers, 1884-1964

MSS-07-018 : May Willard Papers, 1880-1978

MSS-07-019 : Apalakian Family Papers, 1941-1983

MSS-07-020: Chelotti and Dalla Via Family Papers, 1937-2001

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Individual Papers - Collated Collections

• MSS-07-021 to MSS-07-044: Individual Papers, Last Name A - B

• MSS-07-045 to MSS-07-076: Individual Papers, Last Name C - E

• MSS-07-077 to MSS-07-107: Individual Papers, Last Name F-L

• MSS-07-108 to MSS-07-125: Individual Papers, Last Name M

• MSS-07-126 to MSS-07-149: Individual Papers, Last Name N - R

• MSS-07-150 to MSS-07-176: Individual Papers, Last Name S - Z

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MSS-07-177: Pizzi Family Papers (OS)

MSS-07-178: Palma DeBaggis Johnson Scrapbook (Accession # 2024.013)

MSS-07-179: Herman Duvall Papers (Accession # 2024.016, 2025.012)

MSS-07-180: Fales Family Bible (Accession # 2024.022)

MSS-07-181: Jack Chism Papers (Accession # 2023.007)

MSS-07-182: Richard Guardbascio "Lazario" Paintings (Accession # 2019.007)

MSS-07-183: Anne King Papers (Accession # 2022.006)

MSS-07-184: Donald Lloy Papers (Accession # 2016.002)

MSS-07-185: Robert M. Thornhill Papers (Accession # 2010.016)

MSS-07-186: Henry Baskell Collection of Medical Corps Records

MSS-07-187: Daniel F. Taft Papers

MSS-07-188: Paul Pisani Papers

MSS-07-189: William J. Stewart Journals and Papers, 1929-1949

 

08 - Social & Cultural Collections

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Club Records - Collated Collections

• MSS-08-001 to MSS-08-026: Club Records, Name A - Fr

• MSS-08-0327 to MSS-08-045: Club Records, Name Fr - Z

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MSS-08-052: Alden Club Records and Scrapbooks, 1966-2012 

  (Accession # 2018.003)

MSS-08-053: Brothers of the Brush Records, 1976-1979 

  (Accession # 2014.003, 2014.011)

MSS-08-054: Girl Scouts of the USA Records

MSS-08-055: Scouts BSA Records

MSS-08-056: Improved Order of the Red Men Records

• Series 1: Gerald Moothart Series (Accession # 2013.022)

• Series 2: Anthony Gromesky Series (Accession # 2013.023)

MSS-08-057: Independent Order of Odd Fellows Records

• Series 1: Lady Franklin Rebekah Lodge No. 66 Series

• Series 2: William F Ray Lodge No. 71 Series

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Park Records - Collated Collections

• MSS-08-058: Del Carte Recreation and Conservation Area Records

• MSS-08-059: Fletcher Field Records

• MSS-08-060: Sculpture Park Records

• MSS-08-061: Town Common Records

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MSS-08-062: Franklin Sports Records, collated

MSS-08-063: Franklin Scorebooks

• Series 1: Baseball, 1949-1977; 1959-1974

• Series 2: Basketball, 1934-1966

MSS-08-064: Sheet Music

MSS-08-065: Celebrations and Social Event Records, collated

MSS-08-066: Horace Mann Day and Stamp Day Celebrations, 1979-1980

• Series 2: Scrapbooks, 1980

MSS-08-067: Senior Citizen Fall Flings and Snowflake Balls, 1988-1999

MSS-08-068: Order Sons & Daughters of Italy in America, Quattro Eroi Lodge 1414 Records

 

09 - Health & Medical Collections

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MSS-09-001: Medicine and Hospitals - General

MSS-09-002: Franklin Nurses Association Scrapbooks, 1948-1966

 

10 - Miscellaneous Collections

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MSS-10-001: Blueprints

MSS-10-002: Franklin Calendars

MSS-10-003: Franklin Lithographs

MSS-10-004: Maps, Oversized

MSS-10-005: 35mm Microfilm

MSS-10-006: Franklin Polaroid Photographs 

MSS-10-007 : Historic Postcards 

MSS-10-008: Franklin Bicentennial Quilt Color Slides, 1978

MSS-10-009: Stamps

MSS-10-010: Franklin Stereo Cards

MSS-10-011: Vinyl Records

MSS-10-012: Photographs, collated

MSS-10-013: Franklin History Scrapbooks

MSS-10-014: Franklin Color Slides