Winchester History Links & Guides

Help With Research

• Archival Center
• Winchester History Research Guide PDF  PDF  PDF  PDF  PDF  PDF  PDF  PDF  PDF  PDF  PDF 
• Winchester Public Library

Online History

Winchester History Online offers 

• A quick summary of key events
• Overview histories of broad subject areas, with links to focus articles, and 
• A variety of in-depth articles about specific topics, linked to the themes and also accessible through the subject index.

Publications in Print

• Architects of Winchester (available as pdfs)
• Artists of Winchester, 1850-1950
• Children’s History of Winchester
• 500 Sheets: Lt. Col. John Hanlon’s Debt of Honor
• Winchester, Massachusetts, The Architectural Heritage of a Victorian Town
• Wright-Locke Farm: A History in Pictures (also available at the Archival Center)
• History of Winchester by Chapman and Stone 
  This 2-volume set contains (vol. 1) the history of the town up to 1936, written by Henry Smith Chapman, and (vol. 2) the town’s history from the end of World War I up to 1975 by Bruce Winchester Stone. It is still in print and under copyright by the town. Copies may be purchased from the Winchester Public Library or from Book Ends. Permission to reproduce the work or sections thereof must be obtained by writing to the Board of Selectmen.

Maps

• Reproductions of several historic maps are available for purchase from the Winchester Historical Society.
• The Archival Center’s map collection has been indexed in its online catalog.
• The Winchester Public Library also has a map collection.

Legacy Winchester

The Legacy Winchester Project seeks both to preserve and to make readily available the electronically/digitally recorded history of Winchester. At the moment the focus is on video/film only. The posted collection to date (June 2020) includes 26 videos of various elements of Winchester culture and history from 1984 to the present. More should be added as time goes on.

Historic Houses / Sites

• Sanborn House Cultural Center
• Wright-Locke Farm

Organizations

• Massachusetts Archives
• Massachusetts Historical Commission
• Middlesex Canal Association
• Winchester Historical Commission
• Winchester Historical Society
• Winchester Town Clerk
• Woburn Historical Society
• Wright-Locke Farm Conservancy