Blackstone Valley and Worcester County Historical Resources

Beers, F.W. Atlas of Worcester County, Massachusetts: from actual surveys by and under the direction of F.W. Beers, assisted by Gea. P. Sanford and Others. Rutland, VT: Charles E. Tuttle Co., Inc., 1971

Baldwin, Thomas W. Vital records of Douglas, Massachusetts, to the end of the year 1849. Worcester, MA: Franklin P. Rice, 1906.

Baldwin, Thomas W. Vital records of Dudley, Massachusetts, to the end of the year 1849. Worcester, MA: Franklin P. Rice, 1908.

Baldwin, Thomas W. Vital records of Grafton, Massachusetts, to the end of the year 1849. Worcester, MA: Franklin P. Rice, 1906.

Baldwin, Thomas W. Vital records of Mendon Massachusetts, to the year 1850. Boston, MA: Wright & Potter Printing Company, 1920.

Baldwin, Thomas W. Vital records of Milford Massachusetts, to the year 1850. Boston, MA: Wright & Potter Printing Company, 1917.

Baldwin, Thomas W. Vital records of Millbury, Massachusetts, to the end of the year 1849. Worcester, MA: Franklin P. Rice, 1903.

Baldwin, Thomas W. Vital records of Northbridge Massachusetts, to the year 1850. Boston, MA: Wright & Potter Printing Company, 1916.

Baldwin, Thomas W. Vital records of Oxford, Massachusetts, to the end of the year 1849. Worcester, MA: Franklin P. Rice, 1905.

Baldwin, Thomas W. Vital records of Sutton, Massachusetts, to the end of the year 1849. Worcester, MA: Franklin P. Rice, 1907.

Baldwin, Thomas W. Vital records of Upton, Massachusetts, to the end of the year 1849. Worcester, MA: Franklin P. Rice, 1904.

Baldwin, Thomas W. Vital records of Uxbridge Massachusetts, to the year 1850. Boston, MA: Wright & Potter Printing Company, 1916.

Benedict, William A., and Hiram A. Tracy. History of the town of Sutton, Massachusetts, from 1704 to 1876; including Grafton until 1735; Millbury until 1813; and parts of Northbridge, Upton and Auburn. Worcester, MA: Pub. for the town by Sanford and Co, 18e78.

Biographical review. : Volume XXX containing life sketches of leading citizens of Worcester County, Massachusetts. Boston, MA: Biographical Review Publishing Company, 1899.

Blackstone Valley Heritage Homecoming. Blackstone Valley Heritage Homecoming Days – Theme: Libraries of the Blackstone Valley. 1994.

Blackstone Valley Heritage Homecoming. Celebrate the 150ths Anniversary of the Town of Blackstone, William Blackstone’s 400th Birthday, the 10th Anniversary of Heritage Homecoming: 1995 Souvenir Guide. 1995.
~ Book was originally published in 1870 by F.W. Beers & Co., New York.

Crane, Ellery Bicknell. Historic homes and institutions and genealogical and personal memoirs of Worcester County, Massachusetts : with a history of Worcester Society of Antiquity. 4 vols. New York, NY: The Lewis Publish Company, 1907.
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Daniels, George F. History of the town of Oxford, Massachusetts, with genealogies and notes on persons and estates. Oxford, MA: Pub. by the author with the cooperation of the town, 1892.

Donlin, Thomas M. Valley of the Nipmucks : tales retold regarding the Webster-Dudley-Oxford area of Worcester County, Massachusetts. Webster, MA: The Times Publishing Company, Inc., 1968.

Dudley, John C., and John Fred Humes. History of the town of Sutton, Massachusetts : vol. II, from 1876-1950. Worcester, MA: [publisher not identified], 1952.

Erskine, Margaret A. 1977. Mechanics Hall. Worcester, Mass: Worcester Bicentennial Commission.

Hurd, D. Hamilton. History of Worcester County, Massachusetts : with biographical sketches of many of its pioneers and prominent men. 2 Vols. Philadelphia, PA: J.W. Lewis & Co., 1889.
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John H. Chafee Blackstone River Valley National Heritage Corridor Commission. Cultural heritage and land management plan for the Blackstone River Valley National Heritage Corridor. Uxbridge, MA: Blackstone River Valley National Heritage Corridor Commission, 1989.

Lajoie, Raymond A. Make It In the Blackstone Valley. [1980].

Lord, Harry D. Lord’s Atlas of Worcester and vicinity. Framingham, MA: Harry D. Lord & Son, [ca. 1960s].

Mattson, Thomas. 2005. Honor the Past Celebrate the Future: a historical overview of the Blackstone River Valley, Massachusetts. Whitinsville, MA: Valley Communications.

Metcalf, John G. Annals of the town of Mendon from 1659 to 1880. Providence, RI: E.L. Freeman & Co., printers to the State, 1880.

One hundred years of history: Worcester Telegram, Sunday Telegram, 1884-1984. Worcester, MA: The Telegram, 1984.

Spear, Marilyn W. Worcester’s three-deckers. Worcester, MA: Worcester Bicentennial Commission, 1977.

Worcester Historical Museum, and John H. Chafee Blackstone River Valley National Heritage Corridor Commission. Landscape of industry: an industrial history of the Blackstone Valley. Lebanon, NH: University Press of New England, 2009.

Worcester Telegram & Gazette (Worcester, Mass.) The way we were: Worcester, Massachusetts 1939-1945. Verplank, N.Y.: Historical Briefs, 1992.