May 1, 2025 Over the last couple of years, Society volunteers had heard about a Dale Street School file jam-packed with interesting information. Despite searches through multiple filing cabinets, no one could find it. That changed a few weeks ago, when interim co-president Yumi Jones discovered it tucked inside an unrelated folder. A look inside […]
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April 1, 2025 What’s a soda fountain? If you were to ask a member of Generation X, Y, or Z, you’d probably get a blank stare. But if you asked someone born in, say, the 1920s, 30s, or 40s, you’d probably hear, “That’s where the teens hang out, aspiring to be hep cats.” Medfield had
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Mar 01, 2025 The Boston Globe archives contain a treasure trove of interesting articles published by the daily newspaper over more than 100 years. A recent search of “Medfield women” uncovered a variety of stories, summarized below under each headline as it was written when first published. In the spirit of Women’s History Month, each
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Oct 1, 2024 This article was inspired by former Medfield resident Agnes Hungerford, who was also a Medfield music supporter and friend of the Allan family. Hungerford recently visited the Dwight-Derby House to unveil a new DDH display panel donated by her family, and spent some time talking about the Allan musical legacy. Future issues
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Oct 1, 2024 It was the 1970s, at the height of the women’s liberation movement, with Gloria Steinem at the forefront fighting for passage of the Equal Rights Amendment. With two children in high school, and having recently earned her master’s in public administration, 39-year-old Medfield resident Sandra “Sandy” Munsey ran for selectwoman in the
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Sep 1, 2024 Another Medfield school year is now underway marking nearly 370 years since the first schoolhouse was built on North Street in 1655 – evidenced by a historical marker where the new 21 North restaurant is now located. And while much has changed with education over time, some aspects of it have stayed
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June 1, 2024 While searching for a way to tie in two related stories – Claire Shaw’s history of Medfield’s animal shelter and Tim Flaherty’s remembrances of the some of its former denizens – we learned that June is National Cat Adoption Month, June 4 is National Hug Your Cat Day, and June 2-8 is
May 1, 2024 One doesn’t need to be famous to write a memoir, or to engage readers through a journal or diary. In fact, volunteers at the Medfield Historical Society Museum have spent countless hours cataloguing numerous journals found in storage recently – all from average citizens, and with plenty of interesting stories to tell.
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May 1, 2024 I was contacted by the Photo Angel through Ancestry.com. If you’re not familiar with her, she reunites long lost photos with families. She found me on a family tree that I created to work on Medfield families, and inquired if I was a relative of Amy Hewins. I am not, but suggested
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Apr 1, 2024 Editor’s note: This story is excerpted from Richard DeSorgher’s “This Old Town: On the Banks of the Charles” (to order book see bottom of page) From 1868 when Oliver and Elizabeth Clifford moved their family to Medfield until the death of their daughter Ellen in 1919, the Clifford name was a well-known
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