Special Collections

Gleason Public Library Special Collections is located in the Hollis
Room.
For a century, what is now the Hollis Room was the home of the
collections of the Carlisle Historical Society and the Gleason Public
Library. When the library renovation was completed in the summer
of 2000, the collections were separated. The Carlisle
Historical Society now houses their object and
document collections in their new headquarters, the Heald Homestead.
In 2002 the materials in the Gleason Public Library's archives
were processed and arranged. A finding aid is available to assist
researchers in locating materials. The collection contains documents
and records unique to Carlisle that are of interest to researchers
and genealogists. The core of the collection are the 25 volumes
of the Wilkins' Notebooks, researched, written, and assembled by
Martha Fifield Wilkins during her tenure in Carlisle as the wife
of the minister of the Congregational Church. The result of over
a decade of research, the Notebooks contain local history and lore,
genealogies, photographs, poems and drawings, and a wealth of information
illustrating the history of Carlisle.
Collections:
Town Histories
Military Histories
Vital Records to 1850 for Carlisle and surrounding towns
The Wilkins Notebooks and the History of the First Parish Church
Photograph Collection
Lewis French Collection
Old Home Day Collection
Numerous small local history document collections
Carlisle Mosquito: print and microfilm
Carlisle Journal/Concord Journal Scrapbooks
Carlisle: Origins
"Creating Carlisle" originally ran in the Spring 2002 edition of The Concord
Magazine, an online webzine based in Concord, Massachusetts.
www.concordma.com/magazine/maraprmay02/carlislema.html
Local History Guide
This guide provides a list of print resources at the Gleason Public Library for researching Carlisle's history. The guide is in pdf format. Carlisle History Guide
Map Collection
A listing of maps housed in special collections.
In pdf format Map Collection
Oral Histories
| Subject |
Date |
Available Formats |
| Cal Adrian |
1987 |
audiocassette |
| Herb Bates |
1987 |
audiocassette |
| Father James Byrne |
1987 |
audiocassette, transcript |
| Guy Clark |
1995 |
videocassette, audiocassette, transcript |
| Cutter Home |
1998 |
videocassette |
| James (Jim) Davis |
2002 |
audiocassette, transcript |
| Rachel Page Elliott |
1997 |
videocassette, audiocassette |
| Garthe Family |
1985 |
audiocassette & genealogy |
| Great Brook Farm |
1998 |
audiocassette, transcript |
| Anna P. Johnson |
1996 |
videocassette, audiocassette, transcript |
| Inga MacRae |
1996 |
videocassette, audiocassette, transcript |
| Al Peckham |
1986 |
audiocassette |
| Beulah Swanson |
1996 |
videocassette, transcript |
| Helen L. Wilkie |
1996 |
videocassette, audiocassette |
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