Local History Blog Posts

The Somerville Public Library contains an abundance of resources documenting the local history of our community. One of those resources is our Library Blog which showcases, among other things such as library updates and book reviews, local history articles. This page congregates all of the Local History blog posts in one place.

Local History blog posts by Date

Blog Post

Date Added

The Industrial School for Girls, 1911 06/23/2021
Historic Blazes in Somerville Schools, 1979 02/25/2021
The Blizzard of '78 01/28/2021
Somerville Theatre, 1914 12/31/2020
Pitching in During WWI: SHS Students to the Rescue 10/29/2020
Sam Walter Foss: SPL Librarian, Journalist, and Poet, 1858-1911 09/24/2020
Historic Somerville Meets "Hamilton" 08/27/2020
Lamps of Learning at the West Branch Library, 1909 05/15/2020
We Miss You!, 1976 03/26/2020
The SPL Traveling Library, 1901 01/09/2020
Somerville's Inspector General of Hops, 1806-1842 05/16/2019
Before there was a West Branch..., 1896 04/18/2019
Hurricane of 1938 09/20/2018
Somerville's First Park, 1870 08/23/2018
Ghosts at the West Branch?, Early 20th Century 08/02/2018
Rembering George Dilboy, WWI hero killed in action 100 years ago today 07/18/2018
SHS Radiator cover illustrations by Bill Hanley, Mid 1940s 06/21/2018
Mae D. Frazer, Somerville's first known female publisher, 1852-1919 03/24/2018
The Mid-Century Puzzle Craze at SPL 02/24/2018
New Biography of Somerville's Missy LeHand, 1896-1944 08/31/2016
The Somerville Round House of 36 Atherton Street, 1847 07/15/2016
American Journalism at its Finest, 1914 04/15/2016
Why Isn't Clarence Wearing Pants? 03/19/2016
The Boston Heat Wave of 1911 08/26/2015
Happy 100th, Central Branch, 1914 06/04/2014
The Parthenon Enigma, Ancient Greece 03/11/2014
Whitey Bulger - Book List 08/12/2013
Clarence and Damoxenus, Ancient Greece; 1907 06/24/2008