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WALPOLE'S
ANTHRAX EPIDEMIC, 1867-72
by Guy J. Ciannavei -
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| The home of the Walpole Historical Society - Then and Now...
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| OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
NEW! Saturdays, 2 PM to 4 PM
33 West Street, Walpole, Massachusetts
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| History . Purpose . Activities
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 HISTORY OF THE SOCIETY
Founded in 1898, became inactive in the 1930s, reactivated in 1963. In the early 1970s the
Society leased its present quarters from the Town. The Lewis House, built in 1826, is
Walpole's only home on the National Register of Historic Sites.
PURPOSE
The Society's objectives are to collect, preserve and disseminate Walpole's history.
To this end, the Society gathers books, documents, pamphlets, memorabilia, memoirs, and
artifacts which it displays and makes accessible for public viewing and study.
ACTIVITIES
The Society provides for publication of writings on Walpole history. It recently
published "Once told tales of Walpole" and produced "Images of
America: Walpole". In progress is the publication of an enhanced and clarified
reprint of the rare "A History of Walpole, Mass.", by Isaac Newton Lewis,
original published in 1905 by the First Walpole Historical Society.
The Society presents, four times per year, public 'Programs' featuring subjects concerning
a facet of Town history or a process pertinent to the Society's functions. The Lewis
house, in addition to being open for informal visits, is host to a more formal 'Open
House' at least twice per year. Members are provided with a Newsletter which details
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