Hartland Historical Society

Annual Historical Society Report 2023

The Society was pleased to reopen for visitors after the closure due to the Covid shutdown. Hopefully that is in our rear-view mirror. On a nearly weekly basis we have had people either dropping of Hartland related items or stopping in to inquire about family history or the lineage of a property.

We would like to acknowledge Rob Ray, the town’s maintenance person who has spruced up and painted the building. It looks great!

We have had a large map of Windsor County from 1856 framed and mounted in the main entryway.

The Monday ladies, Pip Parker, Julie Hazen and Suzanne Nothnagel have been re-organizing much of our archival materials. Pip and Julie have been scanning the Ruggles and English glass plates that we have and some of the images were used on our 2023 calendar which was well received. With hundreds of these plates, we will have a lot of material to share.

We were fortunate to receive a bequest from Marian Martin Kenyon’s will. She was the daughter of Alonzo (Red) & Nancy Martin and grew up in Martinsville. She also left a bequest to the Plainfield New Hampshire Historical Society where she lived. These funds will help us to do preservation work on some of our collections.

One of our long time friends and members passed away this last year. We will always be indebted to the work that Carol Mowry did for us.

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The Hartland Historical Society is located on Rt. 12 in the brick Martin Memorial building. The building is open most Mondays 1:00pm-4:00pm. It is recommended that you call to confirm hours before visiting: 436-1703. Please visit our website at https://hartlandhistory.org/