History of the Middlesex Fells

Middlesex Canal

Mystic River History

The Prehistory of Winchester.  The Squaw Sachem and Her Red Men

Libraries and Archives

Winchester Public Library
The Public Library contains resources for the study of local history, including Winchester, and is a good place to start exploring Winchester's history.

Reference Collection on Winchester History and Current Town Reports and Documents
Located in the Reference Room (Near the Tiffany Window) this collection contains a number of documents, books, and pamphlets on local history together with current documents from the Board of Selectmen, the School Committee, Town Manager, and various Town departments and committees.

Winchester Public Library, Local History Room
Located on the second floor of the Library, this collection contains a broad range of documents and published materials on the history of Winchester, surrounding towns, and Massachusetts.  A card index of the Winchester Star from 1881 to 1986 is housed here.  Access to these materials can be arranged through the Reference Desk. 

The Winchester Archival Center  
The Winchester Archival Center, located in the lower level of Town Hall, is maintained by the town as a research center for historical collections of the town and the Winchester Historical Society. It is staffed by volunteers from the Winchester Historical Society.  Its resources are much broader and deeper than those of the Winchester Public Library and should be consulted for any extensive research on Winchester

The Archival Center collects and preserves materials that document all aspects of Winchester history and the lives of its residents; assists research into Winchester history by facilitating public access to the information contained within the collection; provides historical information to other municipal departments and town officials; and collaborates with the Public Library, Town Clerk, the Winchester Historical Society, and Historical Commission in promoting community awareness and participation in documenting local history.

The collections include primary and secondary documents (manuscripts, typescripts, print materials, photographs, maps, research reports, artworks, misc. newspapers, published histories, oral histories) on such subjects as town government, schools, waterways, public events, biography and family history, architecture, military service, churches, clubs and organizations, industry and business, and more  Other collections available include business and personal papers relating to the Whitney Machine Shop, the Vinson-Owen Collection (in conjunction with the National Skaters Hall of Fame), the Winchester Historical Commission's Inventory of Historic Buildings, Winchester Directories of Residents and Tax Lists, genealogical source materials and town public records prior to 1900..

Finding People

Blue book and house guide of Winchester:  containing lists of the residents, societies, churches, etc., street directory and map of Winchester.Title and content varies.  1895, 1905, 1912, 1914, 1816, 1918, 1919, 1922, 1924.  The Winchester Archival Center has more complete holdings of Blue Books and other people and business directories. Available: WPL, Winchester Archival Center

List of Residents over Twenty Years of Age. 1925-1970. Published by the Board of Registrars. Lists residents 20 and older, organized by precinct and within precinct by street and alphabetically by name. Available: WPL, Local History Room

List of Residents Seventeen Years of Age and Older. 1971-present.  Published by the Board of Registrars. Lists residents 17 and older, organized by precinct and within precinct by street and alphabetically by name. Available:  WPL, Local History, Reference.  Current year on sale at the Office of the Town Clerk for $15 and online for $20 with credit card only.

Woburn records of births, deaths, marriages, and marriage intentions, from 1640 to 1900.  Alphabetically and chronologically arranged by Edward F. Johnson.  Woburn, Mass.: Andrews, Cutler, & Co., 1890-1919. 10 v. Available:  WPL:  Local History, 312 Woburn

See also Obituaries and section on Genealogical Research.

General Documents

Annual report of the Town of Winchester, 1850—present.  Reports for 2001-2005 are available on the Town web site. Available:  WPL, Local History 

Lainhart, Ann S.  1855 and 1865 Massachusetts state censuses for Winchester. Boston: [Ann S. Lainhart, 1989]. 105p. For other census materials consult HeritageQuest or Ancestry® Library Edition. Available:  WPL, Local History, 317.44W Lainh

Wright-Locke Farm
Purchased by the town in 2007, the former Wright-Locke-Hamilton Farm is the last working farm in Winchester. Its current and sole crop is organic raspberries.  Located off Ridge Street and Edward Drive, the farm abuts conservation parcels in Winchester and Lexington and contains about 20 acres.  The town had planned to sell part of the farm to Abbott Real Estate Development for residential development, but that arrangement fell through in 2010.  However, a portion will remain in town ownership and is under the care of the Wright-Locke Farm Conservancy, whose first board of directors was appointed in 2008.  A history of the Wright-Locke farm and its historic structures can be found on the Conservancy’s web site. 

For related documents consult the Town’s web site.

Housing and Streets

Winchester Historical Commission.  Survey of pre-1917 buildings.  1979.  12 volumes. Documents more than 2,000 houses and buildings standing in 1979 through photographs and data sheets completed in the field.  Researchers recorded ownership history, construction dates, architectural style, architect or builder when known, and historical or architectural significance where applicable. Available:  WPL, Reference. 974.44 Winchester

Historical Commission Winchester Properties Subject to Demolition Delay Bylaw. Prepared by: Winchester Historical Commission. A list of 779 properties considered to be of historical and/or architectural significance and therefore subject to the town’s demolition delay bylaw. This document and the related bylaw are available on the web site of the Historical Commission.

See also House-Views under Photographs.

A report of the inventory of public and private properties in the town of Winchester, Massachusetts / Winchester Engineering Department, John H. Ciarcia, Town Engineer. Winchester (Mass.). Engineering Dept., 1985. 45p. Available:  WPL, Local History, 974.44W Winchester

Street Directory  An alphabetical list of Winchester streets.

Zoning By-Law of the Town of Winchester, Massachusetts.  A Zoning by-law adopted by the Town October 29, 1973, approved by the Attorney General, and which became effective on June 28, 1974. Included all amendments up to June 4, 2007.  100p., 6 maps, appendices. Available:  WPL, Reference, 974.44 W Zoning.  Online on the Town web site.   

Resources in Town Departments

Board of Assessors

Plat maps. A map representing a piece of land subdivided into lots with streets, boundaries, easements, property dimensions and placement, and parcel ID.  Property ownership is usually recorded on the plat maps and made part of the public record.  The Board of Assessors has the responsibility to maintain the plat maps of the Town. Available:  WPL:  Reference Room, data up to 1999.  Assessor's Office, Current data.

See also Online Mapping

Assessors Current Property Database
The Board of Assessors contracts with Patriot Properties, Inc  to provide an online comprehensive current property listing service as a public service to the Town.  Properties can be searched by street name, owner name, or parcel ID.  Updated annually with current values and assessments. 

Current records and plat maps are in the Assessors' office in Town Hall.  For real estate transactions and deeds see also the Middlesex South District Registry of Deeds described in the next entry. Available:  Online at http://winchester.patriotproperties.com/default.asp

Middlesex South District Registry of Deeds. 208 Cambridge Street, Cambridge, MA.
The Middlesex South Registry of Deeds is the recording office for documents affecting title to real estate located in the southern district of Middlesex County. Documents that are in compliance with Massachusetts law are accepted for recording at the Registry and become permanent public records. The recording of documents, such as deeds and mortgages, allows the public, including prospective purchasers of real estate, a method to determine the status of the title to that property.

The South Middlesex Registry District includes the following cities and towns:   Acton, Arlington, Ashby, Ashland, Ayer, Bedford, Belmont, Boxborough, Burlington, Cambridge, Concord, Everett, Framingham, Groton, Holliston, Hopkinton, Hudson, Lexington, Lincoln, Littleton, Malden, Marlborough, Maynard, Medford, Melrose, Natick, Newton, North Reading, Pepperell, Reading, Sherborn, Shirley, Somerville, Stoneham, Stow, Sudbury, Townsend, Wakefield, Waltham, Watertown, Wayland, Weston, Winchester, Woburn. Available:  Search Online, Index 1974 to present, Images of Documents, 1986 to present. 

Building Department
The primary function of the Building Department is to assist the general public and to ensure their health and safety, enforcement of the State building code and the Town's zoning by law, as well as plumbing, gas, electrical, housing, sign, and other codes and by-laws pertaining to properties and structures.

This department maintains records, organized by street, that record construction, demolition, and work permits.  Permits often identify architects for new construction and additions.  For more information consult the Building Department. Available:  Building Department, Town Hall

Engineering Department
The Engineering Department maintains plans of subdivisions, street layouts, and utility hookups.  These are often labeled with additional information, especially helpful for documenting the architectural history of the town. The department also maintains a card file that records water hook-up dates, often the best way to date a building and to identify the original owner.  The department can also provide copies upon request for a small fee. For more information consult the Engineering Department. Available:  Engineering Department, Town Hall.

Office of the Town Clerk
A primary provider of information and services to the community, the Town Clerk serves as chief election official, official recording officer, public records officer, licensing official, clerk of Town Meeting, Town Hall records administrator, registrar of vital statistics, and registrar of voters. The Town Clerk maintains records of amendments to the Code of By-Laws, Zoning By-Laws, and the Home Rule Charter.  For information on obtaining vital records of marriages, births, and deaths consult the Town Clerk's web site.

The current List of Residents Seventeen Years of Age and Older can be purchased at the Office of the Town Clerk in Town Hall for $15 and online for $20 with credit card only.

Winchester Home Rule Charter.  [Winchester, Mass.: Town of Winchester], 1982. 49p. "Originally adopted by the Voters of the Town of Winchester at the Town Election March 3, 1975; reprinted with the language of all amendments inserted." Available:  WPL, Local History, 974.44W Home, Online at the Town Clerk’s web site.

Code of By Laws Enacted at Town Meeting March 4, 1976, reprinted with the language of all amendments through 2006 Spring Town Meeting, September 2006. Available:  Online at the Town Clerk’s web site.

Printed and Online Maps

General current maps of Winchester can be found at: http://www.winchestermass.org/maps.html

Available at WPL  
The earliest known hand drawn original map of Winchester Center is on display on the wall outside the Local History Room (2d floor), this large, original map (47" x 75" are on display) was restored by the Winchester Historical Society in 2003.   The map dates from the 1870s and depicts downtown Winchester and the location of houses and buildings extant at the time.

Copies of the following maps are in the Reference Room.

1875.  Winchester from F.W. Beers, County Atlas of Middlesex County, Massachusetts, 1875.   Size 17" x 11".

1886.  Map of Winchester, Middlesex County.  Bird's eye view of Winchester showing churches, schools, Published by A.F. Poole Co., Brockton, MA.  28 ½" x 22" (Print), 26" x 19 ¼" (Image).

1898.  Map of Winchester, Massachusetts. Published by Robbins & Enrich, 1898.  29 ½" x 19 ¼" (Print), 26" x 17" (Image).

Online at the Library of Congress in American Memory

1941/1964.  The Town of Winchester drawn in 1941 and brought up to date in 1964 by Ernest Dudley Chase. Distributed with the compliments of Winchester Savings Bank.  Street map of Winchester depicting railroad, schools, churches, factories, town buildings, businesses, lakes, rivers, hospital and historic houses.  Alphabetical listing of streets.  33 vignette sketches of Winchester landmarks.
25" x 19" (Print), 22 ¾" x 17" (Image).  

Online at Harvard University Library together with Chase’s maps for 1929  1952  1957 

Several of these maps have been reproduced by the Winchester Historical Society and are available for purchase at Winchester Art & Frame (755 Main Street) or through the Society's web site.

Mystic River Watershed Association

2005 (?) Mystic River Greenways.  Published by the Mystic River Watershed Association, with assistance from the National Park Service, Rivers & Trails Program. This map illustrates the community greenways and trails of the Mystic River watershed, an area of 76 square miles.  17 x 15 ¾.   Available: WPL Reference Room.

The Mystic River Watershed covers 76 square miles or roughly 1% of the land area of Massachusetts. Its headwaters begin in Reading, MA and form the Aberjona River, then flow into the Upper Mystic Lake in Winchester. From the Lower Mystic Lake, the Mystic River flows through Arlington, Somerville, Medford, Everett, Chelsea, Charlestown, and East Boston before emptying into Boston Harbor. Explore the Mystic River Watershed with an interactive Environmental Atlas!

United States Geological Survey, Topographic Maps.
The United States Geological Survey began its topographic atlas of the United States in 1882. The University of New Hampshire's Library's Government Information Department holds a working collection of over 55,000 paper USGS maps. This online collection of over 1500 USGS topographic maps includes complete geographical coverage of New England and New York from the 1890s to 1950s. Available:  Online Winchester

The Winchester Archival Center also has a collection of maps, atlases, and Sanborn fire insurance maps.  An index of the cataloged maps can be consulted at the Reference Desk in the Library (PastPerfect database).

Online Mapping - Geographic Information System - Winchester

Over the past decade, the Town of Winchester has invested significant resources in the development of a Geographic Information System (GIS) to convert the Town’s paper mapping into an electronic format.  GIS represents the merging of mapping software and database technology into one program that allows users to store, manage, visualize, and present geographically referenced data.  This on-line tool presents a simplified version of the GIS that allows the public to access, view, and create maps from the Town’s GIS data. Available:  Town web site.

Newspapers

Winchester Record. Winchester, Mass.: Printed for the members of the Winchester Historical and Genealogical Society. V. 1-2. 1885-1885. 54 articles in the October 1885 and January 1886 issues are online in Heritage Quest Online.

Newspapers on Microfilm

Daily Times Chronicle. Woburn, MA.: Woburn Daily Times, 1971- present. Winchester edition

Winchester Star, 1881-present.  Note:  The Library's Local History room has a card index to the Winchester Star covering the period 1881-1986.

Winchester Press, October 1900-December 1902

Woburn and Middlesex Journal, October 1851-November 1906.

Available:  WPL, Reference.

Newspapers Online

Winchester Star Online 9/08/05 to the present. Available:  Online in the Library or from home.

Obituaries

Obituaries can be found in the card index to the Winchester Star from 1881 to 1986 located in the Local History Room.  An electronic database of obituaries published in the Winchester Star from 1985-2000 can be consulted at the Reference Desk. Available:  WPL, Reference Desk.

Photographs

PHOTOGRAPHS AND IMAGES FROM THE WINCHESTER ARCHIVAL CENTER

The Winchester Archival Center houses the largest collection of historical images of people and places in Winchester, collected over the years by the Winchester Historical Society.  Photographs and postcards are arranged by collection and divided by location or subject.  Postcards from the John Cleary Collection have been photographed to expand the photographic historical record.  A copy of the image database can be consulted at the Reference Desk in the Library.

•Photographs of Winchester
The originals of all images are in the Winchester Archival Center at Town Hall.

•Portrait Photographs 19th and Early 20th Century
Many of the town's leading citizens had studio portraits taken that then appeared in the Pictorial History of Winchester published in 1914. Other sources of photographs are included in this collection.  

•Post Cards
The postcard collection is valuable for its old views of the town of Winchester. There are many views of the Town Common, the Town Hall, churches, schools, street views, waterways, the railroad that bisected the town, commercial buildings and government buildings.  

PHOTOGRAPHS AND IMAGES FROM THE WINCHESTER HISTORICAL SOCIETY

•Houses-Views
The Winchester Historical Society has an extensive collection of views of houses, many built in the Victorian style of architecture. The Winchester Historical Commission 1979 survey identified some 2,000 houses and buildings built before 1917.  

•Winchester Then and Now  
Created by Peter G. Engeldrum in 2002, the goal of the "Winchester Then and Now" project is to show the changes in the Winchester landscape through photography. 

Photographs can also be found in many of the books and pamphlets listed in the bibliographies.

Select Bibliography of Published Resources for the History of Winchester

July 4th, 1890: 250th anniversary of the first white settlement within the territory of Winchester: Charlestown, 1633, Waterfield 1638, Charlestown Village, 1640, Woburn, 1642, Winchester 1850.  [Boston: Barta Press, 1890]. 32p. Available:  WPL, Local History, Reference 974.4 Winches Online at Harvard University Library.  Also available in Heritage Quest Online.  (Click Search Books, then Places, then enter LH20285 as keyword to go directly to the volume).

Allison, Mildred. A Children's History of Winchester, Massachusetts.  Based on Chapman's The History of Winchester. Revised and updated by Ellen Knight.  Winchester, MA.  Winchester Historical Society, 2004.  44p. Designed to be used to teach a unit on Winchester history at the third grade level.  This basic history of Winchester includes many historic photos, maps, drawings and even an explanation of the town seal.  Available:  WPL: Adult, Children's, Reference, 974.44 Allison. (In print) On Sale at BookEnds.

Anthony’s standard business directory and reference book of Woburn, Winchester, Arlington, Lexington, Belmont, Watertown, Waltham, Newton, Massachusetts. [Washington, D.C.], Anthony Publishing Co. 1898/99. Winchester directory is on page 29-35. Available:  Online at the Harvard University Library.

Chapman, Henry Smith.  A History of Winchester. 2 vols.  Winchester, MA.:  Town of Winchester, 1975. Volume 1, 0riginally published in 1936 and reprinted in 1975 covers Winchester's history up to the early 20th century.  Volume 2, by Bruce Winchester Stone continues Winchester's history up to the early 1960s. Available: WPL, Local History, Reference.  (In Print) On Sale at the Winchester Public Library and BookEnds. Volume 1 is online at Heritage Quest Online (Click Search Books, then Places, then enter LH8771 as the keyword to go directly to the volume). Available: Heritage Quest Online database at WPL in the library or from home. (Winchester resident library card required).

Clarke, Mary Stetson.  The Old Middlesex Canal.  Melrose, MA.: The Hilltop Press, 1974.  191p. Available:  WPL, Adult, Local History, Reference, 974.44 CLA

Converse, Parker Lindall, 1822-1899.  1642-1892: legends of Woburn, now first written and preserved in collected form to which is added a chrono-indexical history of Woburn.  Woburn, Mass., Printed for subscribers only, 1892-96. 2v. NOTE Title of v. 2: 1642-1892.  Legends of Woburn, 2d series now first written and preserved in collected form from old traditions, legends and history to which is added a table of local weather indications. Available:  WPL, Local History, 975.45 Woburn

History of Middlesex County, Massachusetts, Volume 1 (A-H), Volume 2 (L-W) compiled by Samuel Adams Drake, published 1879-1880. 572 and 505 pages. Available:  Online at Harvard University Library and in Google Books. An Winchester article by Edwin A. Wadleigh in volume 2, pages 506-525. Article on Woburn by George M. Champney, p.526-554.

Jones, Rupert F.  A short history of the Winchester Public Library.  [1959?]. [19p.] Available:  WPL, Local History, Reference 974.44W Jon

Breaking ninety 1897-1987. [Winchester, Mass.] : Winchester Country Club, c1987. Available:  WPL, Local History, 974.44W Winchester

Kellaway, Herbert J.  Report upon the improvement of the waterways in Winchester, Massachusetts and related matters from the Mill Pond along the Aberjona River to the town line also along Horn Pond Brook and Wedge Pond.  Boston, MA.:  Herbert J. Kellaway, 1928.  88p.
Note:  Contains many interesting photographs on ponds and waterways. Available:  WPL, Local History, 974.44W

Knight, Ellen.  Artists of Winchester, 1850-1950.   Winchester, MA.: Winchester Historical Society, 2004. This illustrated history of the artists who lived and practiced in Winchester contains information about the town's artists and presents them in an attractive booklet that focuses on their career and activities in town.  Included are nationally known landscape painter J. Foxcroft Cole and etcher W.H.W. Bicknell.  Locally Edward Brackett was as famous for his octagon house as his sculpture, and Ernest Dudley Chase's sketches of Winchester appeared on town calendars for many years.  Women such as Adelaide Cole Chase, Eva Cowdery, and Annie Nowell were prominent for their portrait and still life paintings.  What emerges is a picture of Winchester as a center of artistic activity, a place that valued its beautiful landscapes and promoted its culture. Available:  WPL, Adult, Local History, Reference, 709.2 Knight. (In Print) On sale at BookEnds.

Knight, Ellen. Winchester High School, Winchester Junior High School, McCall Junior High School, Lincoln Elementary School : a centennial history 1904-2004. Winchester,  Mass. 2003.  [20] p. Produced in association with the Winchester Historical Society and Lincoln School 100 Year Committee's Lincoln School Centennial Celebration. Available:  WPL, Local History, 974.44W

Knight, Ellen. Winchester Hospital : our first century. Winchester Hospital, 2011. 167 p. Available:  Winchester Ref. 974.44 Knight  

Knight, Ellen. Winchester Public Library: an illustrated history. 2006. 27 p.Available:  WPL, Adult, Children's, Local History, Reference, 974.44W Knight

Knight, Ellen.  Winchester's homes of the stars.  Winchester, 2008. 12 p. Available:  WPL, Local History, Reference, 974.44 Knight

Knight, Ellen.  Wright-Locke Farm:  A history in pictures. Winchester, MA.: Winchester Archival Center, 2008. 16 p. The lavish illustrations cover the Wright-Locke farm and the greater Ridge Street area from different time periods and various angles, including aerial shots. There are also sections on the original farm owners, the Wright's and the Locke's. Available:  WPL, Local History, Reference, 974.44 Knight. On sale at BookEnds and from the Winchester Historical Society.  $10.

Kromer, W. Todd.  History of the Winchester Fire Department: a collection of vintage memorabilia. Boston, Mass.: Boston Publishing Co., c1975. 70 p. Available:  WPL, Local History, 974.44W

Larrabee, Gary S.  Winchester Country Club, 1902-2002.  Gary Larrabee. Beverly, Mass.: Memoirs Unlimited, c2002. 276 p. Available:  WPL, Local History, 974.44W Winchester

List of persons reported for the assessment of a poll tax as of April 1st, 1919. Winchester, MA.: Winchester Star Print, 1919. Available:  WPL, Local History, 974.44W Winchester and Winchester (Mass.) Publication Info. Winchester Star Print, 1919

Pictorial history of Winchester, containing pictures of early residents, views of houses, ministers, town officers, fire department, some leading citizens etc. Wilson, 1914. Available:  WPL, Reference, Local History, 974.44W Winchester

Remember when.  [Winchester, Mass., 19--]. 84 p  Clippings from column "Remember when" in Winchester Star weekly newspaper. Column published from 1960-1962, covering material ca. 1902-1940. Available: WPL, Local History 974.44W Winch

Seaburg, Carl.  The Incredible ditch:  a bicentennial of the Middlesex Canal.  Cambridge, MA.: Ann Miniver Press for the Medford Historical Society, 1997.  138p. Available:  WPL, Adult, Reference, 974.44 Seaburg

Sewall, Samuel, 1785-1868.  The history of Woburn, Middlesex County, Mass. from the grant of its territory to Charlestown, in 1640, to the year 1860.  Boston:  Wiggin and Lunt, 1868. 657 p. Available:  WPL, Local History, 974.45 Woburn

Sileo, Thomas P.  The great spirit of Horn Pond: its history, traditions, and natural beauty. Chelmsford, MA.:  Shagbark Publishing Co., c1996. 170 p. Available, WPL: Adult, Local History, 974.44 Sileo

Simonds, Henry E.  Winchester Then and Now.  Woburn, MA.:  Woburn Daily times and Chronicle, 1982. Available:  WPL, Local History, Reference, 974.44W Sim

VerPlanck, Burt.  Middlesex canal guide and maps.  Billerica, Mass.: Middlesex Canal Association, 1996.  Atlas and maps.  Middlesex Canal, a 27 mile canal running from Charlestown to the Merrimack River in Lowell, through Charlestown, Somerville, Medford, Winchester, Woburn, Wilmington, Billerica, Chelmsford and Lowell. In operation from 1803 to 1853, the canal had 20 locks and 8 aqueducts. Available:  WPL, Local History, Circulating Collection, 974.44 VerPlanck

Washburn, Robert M.  History of the town of Winchester, Massachusetts Fire Department, as edited by Robert M. Washburn. [Mass.]: The Editor, 1996. 103 p. Available:  WPL, Local History, 974.4 4W

Wilson, Theodore P.  Pictorial History of Winchester.  Theo P. Wilson, 1914.  Contains pictures of early residents, views of houses, ministers, town officers, fire  department, some leading citizens etc.  Includes a list of names. Available:  WPL, Local History, Reference, 977.4W Pictorial

Wilson, Theodore P.  Winchester, fifty years a town, published to commemorate the fiftieth anniversary of the town of Winchester, Massachusetts.  [Winchester, Mass.] : The Winchester Star, [1900]. 80 p. Available:  WPL, Reference Available also: Heritage Quest Online database at WPL in the library or from home. (Winchester resident library card required).

Winchester the Beautiful.  [Winchester Mass.: Winchester National Bank, 194- .] 22 p.  "This booklet issued with the compliments of The Winchester National Bank, Winchester, Massachusetts." Available: WPL, Local History 974.44W

Winchester, Members of the Winchester High School Class of 1945 including Frank H. Sleeper. Dover, N.H.: Arcadia, 1995. 127 p. (Images of America).  A pictorial reminiscence of their experiences in Winchester by the High School class of 1945. "This book does not claim to be a complete photographic history of Winchester, but it certainly updates (to 1960) the last pictorial history of the town, published in 1914.  It is a series of vignettes seen through the camera's eye." Available:  WPL, Adult; Reference, Local History, 974.44W Winchester