March, 2009

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Maynard Historical Society Podcast #11

Sunday, March 15th, 2009

This is one from our audio archives.  In December 1980 Forrest Bradshaw, of Sudbury, visited the Maynard Historical Society and spoke about ballooning.  Mr. Bradshaw served in the United States Army’s Balloon Corps in the latter half of World War I and a fair portion of his talk relays his experiences in training for and operation of “lighter than air” craft that watched over the American coastline (only a handful of balloon companies were deployed overseas).

This is a long program (just under 1 hour) including questions and answers.  The Q&A section may not be as clear as his talk so you may need to turn up the volume here and there.

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Mapping Maynard Presentation Slides

Sunday, March 8th, 2009

Peg Brown has kindly supplied the slides she used for her January 2009 presentation on maps of Maynard.  We had a number of people ask for them at our February meeting, so here they are!

Download a PDF version of the Mapping Maynard Slides (16MB)

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Boxborough Historical Society – Preserving Family Treasures

Sunday, March 8th, 2009

The Boxborough Historical Society is hosting a program by Donia Conn “Preserving Your Family Treasures” on March 22 at 7pm.  Donia Conn is a Field Tech Representative from the Northeast Document Conservation Center and is a trained conservator.  She will discuss how you can best preserve documents, photos, and other family treasures for future generations.

The program will be held in the Morse & Hilberg Rooms of Boxborough Town Hall.

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