Our Digital Collection represents just a fraction of the items we have in our Archives. Our entire collection is available for pre-arranged supervised viewing with a Society member, in the Local History Room, of the Tewksbury Library.  In order to protect our collections, photography and writing materials are not allowed in the collections room.

• 1972 Gas Explosion
  • Video recording of the September 16, 2024 Tewksbury Historical Society presentation on then 1972 Propane Gas Explosion.
  • Scrapbook of letters, photos and other artifacts related to the 1972 Propane Gas Explosion.
  • Headlines from the 1972 Tewksbury Propane Gas Explosion.
  • More about the 1972 Tewksbury Propane Gas Explosion.
•  Artifacts
  • General Benjamin Butler Autograph
  • Tewksbury-Mac Airport Advertisement
  • Wamesit Drive-In Ticket
•  Books
  • ‘Anne Sullivan Macy — The Story Behind Helen Keller’, Nella Braddy, 1938.
  • ‘Ask Now of the Days That Are Past: A History of the Town of Tewksbury, 1734 — 1964’, Harold J. Patten, 1964.
  • ‘Carnation Capital’, Nancy Reed, Wilmington/Tewksbury Chamber of Commerce, 2022.
  • Excerpt from 1873 the Rev. Elias Nason book ‘Gazetteer of Massachusetts’.
    • This Five Hundred and Seventy Six page book contains descriptions of each Town and City in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
  • Excerpt from ‘History of Middlesex County’, Samuel Drake.
  • Excerpt from ‘History of Middlesex County Volume 2’, Lewis, JW
  • ‘Tewksbury: A Short History‘, Edward W. Pride, 1888.
• Chronological History of Tewksbury
• Images and Photographs.
• Letters and Other Documents
  • 125th Anniversary of the First Baptist Church of Tewksbury, 1968.
  • 1903 Riverside Park Explosion
  • 1949 Police Chief Commemoration.
  • ‘A Brief History of the Founding of the Town of Tewksbury’, 2024
  • Tew-Mac Airport.
  • Tewksbury Town Hall, Memorial to World War I, 2024.
  • ‘The Ice Storm of November, 1921: A Brief Story of its Causes and Effects in Lowell and Vicinity, Particularly with References to the Problem of Maintaining and Restore Electric Service’, The Lowell Electric Light Corporation, 1922.
  • ‘Ye Towne Book’ — 200th Anniversary of Tewksbury, 1934.
• Maps
  • Image of Tewksbury Center and North Tewksbury circa 1875.
  • Tewksbury — 1796.
  • Tewksbury — 1831.
  • Tewksbury — 1852.
  • Tewksbury Center — 1889.
  • Tewksbury — 1902.
•  Newspapers
  • 1972 Gas Explosion
    • Headlines from the 1972 Tewksbury Gas Explosion.
    • More about the 1972 Tewksbury Gas Explosion. 
  • George Gale — Letter and article from the Wilmington Crusader, April, 1960.
  • ‘Puck’, Vol XIII — No. 334, 1883.
    • An editorial on the conditions at Tewksbury Hospital and the related investigation.
• Official Reports
  • • Fifth Annual Report of the State Board of Health, Lunacy and Charity of Massachusetts. 1883.
    • Tewksbury Vital Records to 1850.
    •  Presentations
      • ‘Outline of the History of the Tewksbury Congregational Church’, Presented by Doug Sears at TCC’s Celebration of its Building’s 100 Year Anniversary, October 18, 2022.
• Tewksbury Gazette (Newsletters)
• • January, 2024
• Tewksbury Hospital
  • Clara Leonard’s 1883 Letter on the Condition of the Tewksbury Hospital.
  • Except from ‘The Record of Benjamin Butler — Since his Election of Governor of Massachusetts’ concerning the Tewksbury Almshouse.
  • Governor Butler’s Remarks Regarding an Investigation of an Incident at Tewksbury Hospital, 1883.
  • Letter to the Editors of ‘The Republican’ Challenging Governor Butler’s Insult to Women, 1883.
  • ‘Massachusetts State Board of Charity Institutions’, circa: 1906
  • National Registry of Historic Places — Tewksbury Hospital, 1994.
  • Observance of the 100th Anniversary of Tewksbury State Hospital and Infirmary, 1954.
• Town Charter
  • Charter — Front.
  • Charter — Back.