Welcome to our Digital Heritage collection!
The Lucius Beebe Memorial Librarys Digital Heritage collection presents historical photographs, books, and other printed materials relating the history of our community.
The town of Wakefield, Massachusetts is a community of 24,664 residents approximately 10 miles north of Boston. Wakefield was settled as Lynn Village in 1638 and was incorporated as Wakefield in 1868. Wakefield covers 7.9 square miles and has two bodies of water: Lake Quannapowitt and Crystal Lake. Wakefield has an open town meeting and is governed by an elected Board of Selectmen.
Featured Exhibit
Wakefield's First Baptist Church
Wakefield's beautiful Italianate First Baptist Church, with its 180 foot spire, stood on the common for almost 150 years until it was destroyed by a tragic fire in 2018.
Featured Collection
Wakefield High School Yearbooks
The Beebe Memorial Library has digitized all volumes of the Wakefield High School yearbook, The Oracle, with the exception of the 1937 issue.
The library has also digitized the following volumes of the The Oracle's predecessor, The Debater: 1907, 1912 (Christmas Issue), 1914, 1915, 1915 (Christmas issue), 1916, 1918-1925, 1927, 1928, 1930, and 1931.
All of these volumes are available online via the Internet Archive site.
Featured Items
