Research & Reference

The Dedham Museum & Archive research library contains over 10,000 volumes including standard genealogical and historical reference materials. Other resources include:

• Town of Dedham records
• Dedham street directories
• Files on the history of Dedham buildings
• Local genealogies and genealogical files
• Dedham High School yearbooks
• Massachusetts history: state, county, cities and towns
• Vital records of cities and towns
• Dedham directories
• Norfolk County materials
  
  

The Archives includes extensive Dedham related materials:

• Church and civil records
• Newspapers from 1796
• 18th – 20th century maps
• Journals, diaries, scrapbooks, photographs, postcards, and ephemera
• Social organizations and business collections including banks and turnpikes
• Military collection, particularly strong material from the Civil War and World War II
• Genealogical and family papers