Between 1945 and 1954, the Plymouth Cordage Company published a monthly company newsletter jam-packed with all sorts of information, ranging from updates on the rope industry to a wealth of employee related news, including announcements of hirings, retirements, births, engagements, weddings, and deaths (including many detailed obituaries). Working in collaboration with the Cordage Museum, the […]

In 2011, library volunteer Don Dewey was asked to find what information he could about the 48 Civil War veterans who are were laid to rest in the cemetery on Burial Hill. The history of the town written by Plymouth’s great nineteenth-century historian, William T. Davis, makes mention of these men, along with the local […]

Now online: our Plymouth Tercentenary Photograph Collection of 159 historical photographs from 1920 and 1921 commemorating the 300th anniversary of the arrival of the Pilgrims.  The photos, all taken by local photographer Edward P. McLaughlin,  include scenes from the height of the celebration on August 1, 1921, when numerous dignitaries including President Warren G. Harding and a crowd estimated […]