Town of Wellesley Archives
Additional Resources
List of Wellesley Veterans who attended Wellesley High School: Students at Wellesley High School completed a significant project in 2016 to document the veterans that attended Wellesley High School.
DD Form 214: Discharge papers for Wellesley Veterans are kept in the West Suburban Veterans’ District office at the Wellesley Town Hall. This collection dates back to WWI. Please note that some information may be restricted due to privacy issues.
Memorial Grove: WWI memorial.
The Wellesley Townsman: Access to the digitized, searchable Townsman (1906-2005) is available through the Wellesley Free Library and funded by the Wellesley Free Library Centennial Fund.
1856 Map of the Town of Needham, Norfolk County, Mass: Courtesy of the Boston Public Library, Norman B. Levanthal Map Center. See areas marked “West Needham” and “Grantville” for areas of Needham that were incorporated as the town of Wellesley in 1881.
1897 Atlas of the Town of Wellesley, Norfolk County, Mass: Courtesy of the State Library of Massachusetts, Real Estate Atlases Collection. Please note: this is a large file and may take several minutes to download.
Wellesley Historical Commission: The WHC is a separate organization from the Wellesley Historical Society. The Commission is a department of the Town government charged with advocating for the protection of the Town’s historic assets. The Historical Commission administers the historical house plaque program and their website provides information on historic properties and landscapes in the town of Wellesley.
Norfolk County Registry of Deeds: Access the registry of deed information on a property in Wellesley.
MACRIS: Inventories of historic homes in Wellesley and other cities in Massachusetts by the Massachusetts Historical Commission.
Italian Americans in Wellesley Subject Guide: The following document contains transcriptions from a variety of source materials. Where digital access to the original source material exists, links have been provided.