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Books, maps, and DVDs we recommend

The Puritan Village Evolves: A History of Wayland MassachusettsThe Puritan Village Evolves: A History of Wayland Massachusetts First Edition
by Helen F. Emery (1981)
A chronological history of the town from 1638 to 1980, written by a local historian and scholar.
$ 20.00
Available: Wayland Historical Society, Wayland Depot

 

 

Wayland Historical Tours (1976); revised 2013WAYLAND HISTORICAL TOURS BOOK
Edited by Barbara Robinson (Paperback)
The story of Wayland’s first three centuries told through three historical tours.
$ 10.00
Available: Wayland Historical Society, Wayland Depot
Click here for a free PDF version.

 

 

Wayland A-Z

Wayland A to Z (2004)
by Evelyn Wolfson, Dick Hoyt (Paperback)
THE book to own if you can have only one Wayland history – full of meticulously researched stories and details about the town of Wayland, MA
$ 10.00
Available:  Wayland Historical Society, Wayland Depot

Legendary LocalsLegendary Locals of Wayland (2015)
by Evelyn Wolfson (Paperback)
A multitude of photos accompanies visionaries who have influenced both Wayland and the country, along with current town folks who continue in their footsteps.
$18.67
Available: Amazon, Arcadia Publishing, Wayland Depot.

 

Growing up in Wayland: Life in a Massachusetts town during the Depression Growing up in Wayland: Life in a Massachusetts town during the Depression (1997)
by George K Lewis (Paperback)
Beautifully written memoir of a very active and observant boy who grew up to be a professor of geography at Boston University and local historian.
$ 10.00
Available: Wayland Historical Society, Wayland Depot

 

Wayland’s 375 Cookbook (2014)
This is Wayland 375th anniversary year’s celebratory recipe book, written for town residents (including those from centuries past). Linking the 17th to 21st centuries with popular foods, drinks, and “this and that” (i.e. boiled hot soap or teething cookies), this book contains more than 250 recipes.
$ 15.00
Available: Wayland Historical Society, Wayland Depot

Map: 1881 Copy of James Sumner Draper’s 1776 Map of Wayland
Unframed 18 x 24” copy of map made by James Sumner Draper (1811-1896) of what he thought Wayland was like in 1775/6.  The original is owned by the Wayland Historical Society. There was no Boston Post Road, (Route 20), west of the First Parish Church in Wayland Center, nor did Commonwealth Avenue, (Route 30), go west of the School Street intersection in Cochituate.
$ 10.00
Available:  Wayland Historical Society, Wayland Depot

FIVE MILES ASTRIDE THE RIVER (2014)
DVD: by Zander Cowen and Jacob Sussman
Our most ambitious work, Five Miles Astride the River is a 20-minute film exploring the development of our hometown, Wayland, Massachusetts. Showcasing the village’s evolution over 375 years of history, the film explores three distinct eras of American life and illustrates how the town’s past has shaped its present.
$15.00
Available:  Pelham Island Pictures, Wayland Depot

Wayland: Images of America (2002)              
by George Lewis (Paperback)
More than 200 photographs, selected primarily from the extensive collection of the Wayland Historical Society, of farmers, factory workers, trolleys, and schools help to tell the unique and fascinating history of Wayland’s two separate neighborhoods, Wayland Center and Cochituate Village.
$21.89
Available:  Amazon, Arcadia Publishing, Wayland Depot

 

Puritan Village: The Formation of a New England Town (1963)
by Sumner Chilton Powell
A detailed account of the early government and social organization of the town of Sudbury, Massachusetts, present- day Wayland.
$ 20.84
Available: Amazon.com

Lydia Maria Child: The Quest for Racial Justice (Oxford Portraits) (2002)
by Lori Kenschaft (Hardcover)
This dynamic nineteenth-century writer who, through her pen and at great personal cost to her literary career, spoke out for those silenced in society — slaves, Native Americans, women, and the poor—lived in Wayland for much of her life.
$32.95
Available: Amazon.com

 

Dollhouses

In many ways, dollhouses embody-in miniature-the lives and the aspirations of their owners. For generations, dollhouses have facilitated imaginative play and have helped kids develop life skills and make sense of the world. These dollhouses will delight you with their...

WHS Director Honored for Leadership

Neil Gordon, WHS Director and Grout-Heard House Museum Long Range Plan Committee member, was recently selected winner of the 2023 Nonprofit Excellence Award in Leadership for his work as CEO of the Discovery Museum in Acton. The award, presented in June, recognizes a...

New Wayland Street Named for Draper Family Member

There is a new street in Wayland. Emmeline Path was created when the property at 105 Plain Road was sub-divided subject to a Conservation Cluster permit. The road is named after Emeline (correct spelling) Draper. The development consists of 4 detached homes and is...

Open House 2022

Holiday Open House 2022 – Grout-Heard House Decorations and Treats. About 12 to 15 members of the Wayland Garden Club provided the lovely arrangements, organized and led by Patrice Barton and Susan Coppock.  And once again the Girl Scout Tree was a hit with many Girl...

Veterans Day Observance

Wayland’s Public Ceremonies Committee holds a Veterans Day Observance at the Town Building annually. Wayland’s history of residents responding to the call to serve goes back centuries. This year’s ceremony recognized 2021 Wayland High School graduate, Jason Haims, who...

King Philips War

The Public History of King Philips War The October program, “Public History of King Philip’s War: A Panel Discussion” was offered jointly by the Wayland Free Public Library, the First Parish in Wayland and the Historical Society. If you missed this fascinating...

So Much To Learn In a Cemetery

Recap of September Program -- So Much To Learn In a Cemetery The September program, “Afternoon Picnic in North Cemetery”, drew a large crowd from Wayland and surrounding communities. The weather was perfect—warm and sunny—and our speaker Susan Tyler, a former Sherborn...

Dog Licenses

DOG LICENSES Jacob Signorovitch For at least two hundred years, dog licensing has been used as a way to keep track of the dogs of New England. It is hard to date when the first dog licenses were issued, but they have appeared in the Wayland town records since the...

Memorial Day 2021

Memorial Day Address at Lakeview Cemetery On Monday May 31, 2021 residents of Wayland gathered at Lakeview Cemetery to commemorate Memorial Day in a ceremony planned by Wayland’s Public Ceremonies Committee (PCC). The Ceremony, witnessed by hundreds of Wayland’s...

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