Historical Research Assets

Princeton Historical Society

The Princeton Historical Society maintains a collection of vintage photographs, documents, maps, and books in the Anita Woodward Local History Room in the Princeton Public Library. Some of the books and pamphlets listed on this page can be found there.

Books and Pamphlets

• “Princeton, Massachusetts, A History of Its Villages” 2009, Joyce Bailey Anderson, Shiela Dubman & Alex Fiandaca – Available for purchase at the Princeton Public Library.
• “Princeton and Wachusett Mountain” 2003  Available for purchase at many retailers.
• Princeton Reconnaissance Report, Freedom’s Way Landscape Inventory, 2006
• The History of Princeton, Worcester County, Mass from its First Settlement. Charles Russell 1838
• History of Princeton, Worcester County, Massachusetts, Civil and Ecclesiastical. Jeremiah Lyford Hanaford, 1852

National Park Service’s National Register of Historic Places

• The National Register of Historic Places is the official list of the Nation’s historic places worthy of preservation
• Individuals can nominate their own properties for inclusion in the National Register
• Fernside, formally known as Fernside-Vacation House for Working Girls, was placed on the National Register in May 2002 by its owners

Online Resources from the Internet Archive

• Vital Records(to the year 1850)
• History of the Town of Princeton, Volume 1, Francis Everett Blake 1915
• History of the Town of Princeton, Volume 2, Genealogies, Francis Everett Blake 1915
• Celebration of the One Hundredth Anniversary of the Incorporation of the Town of Princeton, Mass., 1859: including:

• • The address of Honorable Charles Theodore Russell
  • The poem of Professor Erstus Everett
  • Other exercises of the occasion (1860)

Other Online Resources

• Cultural and Historic Resources from the Town’s Master Plan
• Massachusetts Historical Commission
• American Antiquarian Society

Research Questions?

The Commission would be happy to assist you.