The following newsletters are available online:
September 03, 2023
- Stow's Hale Family
- Rediscover Mapledale
| April 28, 2022
- Stow’s Patriotism through the Centuries
. Part Two
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March 7, 2022
- Stow TV and the SHS wrote and produced a documentary, paying tribute to Stow’s Women of 1920.
youtu.be/0gfaaz6Ttb4
Many thanks to Jonathan Daisy, Executive Producer Stow TV, and the narrators,
Linda Hathaway, Bruce Fletcher, Dorothy Sonnichsen, Ellen Sturgis, and Marilyn Zavorski.
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February 4, 2022
- Black History Month: Robert H. Hawkins & the Creation of Mapledale C. C. in 1926
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January 20, 2022
- Viewing Stow through the Annual Town Reports 1846-1930
- Celebrating Stow’s Women, published by the SHS in April of 2021
- SHS is seeking individuals to help facilitate planning, programming, and writing.
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December 04, 2021
- 1883: Honoring Stow’s fallen soldiers during the Civil War
- 1895: seven Stow women registered to vote in the 1895 Massachusetts Referendum to allow women to vote in municipal elections.
- Stow in the 1950’s
- 1976: The formation of the Stow Unit of the League of Women Voters
- Remembering Stow’s Alan Hearsey Ferguson
- SHS is seeking individuals to help facilitate planning, programming, and writing.
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August 30, 2021,
Lake Boon Water Carnival
New Books:
- Celebrating Stow’s Women, published by the SHS
- A History of Lake Boon, 100th Anniversary of the Lake Boon Association
Donations and research inquiries to the SHS
Stow’s Whitney siblings and their 1920’s bequests to the Town of Stow |
April 29, 2021,
Celebrating Stow’s Women book signing, May 1st
An 1832 Stow letter written by Stow’s Rufus Hosmer, Esq. to his son, Rufus Hosmer, Jr. |
April 11, 2021,
Celebrating Stow’s Women, 1920 and the 19th Amendment Book Signing Saturday May 1, 2021, Pompo Community Center Parking Lot
Seeking volunteers and new SHS Board members
Patriots Day, Monday April 19, 2021
Civil War video by Drew Abrutyn
Boundary markets at Delaney
Wareham-Stow connection |
February 28, 2021,
Stow Town Hall survey on renovations; Assabet River National Wildlife Refuge April 21, 2021 (Zoom); Spindle Hill,
Stow's Women and the 19th amendment book |
August 28, 2020,
100th Anniversary of the 19th Amendment Newsletter #7 |
August 21, 2020,
100th Anniversary of the 19th Amendment Newsletter #6 |
August 14, 2020,
100th Anniversary of the 19th Amendment Newsletter #5 |
August 07, 2020,
100th Anniversary of the 19th Amendment Newsletter #4 |
July 31, 2020,
100th Anniversary of the 19th Amendment Newsletter #3 |
July 24, 2020,
100th Anniversary of the 19th Amendment Newsletter #2 |
July 17, 2020,
100th Anniversary of the 19th Amendment Newsletter #1 |
May 2020, Memorial Day 2020 |
April 2020,
Request for Reflections |
March 2020,
Women's Suffrage Program postponed |
January 2020,
Women's Suffrage Program |
September 2019,
Alexander Hamilton and Stow |
March 2019,
Preparations for WWII |
February 2019,
Stow in WWII |
October 2018,
Historical Clothing |
September 2018,
Amelia Earhart |
July 2018,
West School Open House |
May 2018,
Springfest |
March 2018,
King Philip's War |
February 2018,
State House, Book Store |
October, 2017,
Women's History Through Folk Music |
September, 2017,
Heroines on the Home Front |
June, 2017,
Freedom's Way National Heritage Area |
May, 2017,
Carver Hill Orchard |
March, 2017,
Barnet, VT and Stow, MA |
November, 2016,
The First Presidential Election |
October, 2016,
Stow and World War II |
September, 2016,
Native American’s Web of Life |
May, 2016,
Spring Programs |
April, 2016,
The Randall Documents |
March, 2016,
The Randall Legacy |
January, 2016,
Intrigues at the Cemetery |
October, 2015,
Annie Sullivan Program, Annual Meeting Dinner |
May, 2015,
Springfest Programs |
April, 2015,
Bells across the Land, 150th Anniversary of the end of the Civil War |
October, 2014,
Hartacks Civil War Music and History, Stow Town Hall, November 15, 2014 |
October, 2014,
Gleasondale Walking Tour part II poster |
September, 2014,
Stow West School New England Storyteller, October 5, 2014 |
July, 2014,
SHS Email Notice from July 9, 2014 |
June, 2014,
Stow West School Oral History Program, June 29, 2014 |
March, 2014,
Minutemen Potluck Dinner April 4, 2014 |
October, 2013,
Graveyard Graphics Program, Stow Town Hall, October 19, 2013 |
September, 2013,
Mary Rowlandson Program, West School, September, 2013 |
July, 2013,
Stow Skills Program, West School, July 7, 2013 |
June, 2013,
Oral History, West School, June, 2013 |
May, 2013,
Springfest, May, 2013 |
March, 2013,
Changes in the Land, March, 2013 |
February, 2013,
Historical Weather Program, Randall Library, February 7, 2013 |
December, 2012,
Historical Book Suggestions |
November, 2012,
Meetinghouse Program, Stow Town Hall |
October, 2012, Annual Meeting Announcement |
September 2012,
Mark Twain at West School, Cemetery Tour with Skip Warren |
August, 2012,
Civil War Sesquicentennial |
July, 2012,
Native American Culture at West School |
June, 2012,
Oral History Project |
May 28, 2012,
Hillside Cemetery Tour |
May, 2012,
History Bus Tour |
April, 2012,
History Bus Tour Announcement |
March, 2012,
Stow -- Historical Society and Historical Commission |
February, 2012,
War of 1812 Bicentennial |
January, 2012,
Time Capsule Edition |
December, 2011,
2011 Annual Meeting Edition |
October 30, 2011, Lower Village Cemetery tour |
October 18, 2011, 50th Anniversary |
March, 2010, Stow Things Book |
March, 2007,
Heritage Landscape Art Show |
April, 2006,
Memories of a Mill |
March, 2004,
Stow Grange Pie Party |
April, 2003,
Red Acre Farm Centenary |
March, 2002,
Town Quilt Dedication |
February, 2001,
Poster Display, Minute Man Air Field |
February, 2000,
Images of America Book, Shaker History Program |
April, 1998,
National Heritage Area, Fogg Museum Randall Collection |
February, 1997,
Great Events Series |
March, 1995,
Pot Luck Supper Meeting |
February, 1994,
Randall Library Centennial |
February, 1993,
Morse Payne Presentation |
February, 1992,
Historical Landscape Series -- Minuteman Air Field |
November, 1991,
Holiday Tea |
July, 1991,
Pot Luck Picnic |
February, 1991,
Acquisition Night |
December, 1990,
Frannie Warren's Book, “Recollections of Stow” |
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