Carol Johnson Boulris, Editor; with Henry F. Hicks, Pauline M. Attridge, and Elizabeth L. Rich (Arcadia Press, 1997). Needham's entry in the popular Arcadia Press Images of America series. Over 250 historic photos of the...

by Leslie G. Crumbaker (Revised edition, 1999). In the 1860s, William Emerson Baker retired from his sewing machine business with a vast fortune and purchased nearly 800 acres in Needham - the famous Ridge Hill...

by Chaim M. Rosenberg and the Needham Historical Society (Arcadia Press, 2012). In the mid-19th century, Knitters from the Midlands of England brought their craft to America. Many settled in Highlandville (Needham Heights), giving the...

by Gloria Polizzotti Greis (Peabody Museum Press, Harvard University, 2006). In 1905, to the consternation of her family and in defiance of convention, the 48-year-old Duchess Paul Friedrich of Mecklenburg took up the practice of...

By Janet M. Drake (Needham author!) In 1862, George W. Harwood of North Brookfield enlisted for three years with the 36th Regiment of Massachusetts Volunteers. This book is the collection of letters he wrote home. His...

by Gloria Polizzotti Greis (Needham History Center & Museum, 2025). Local history is everyone’s history! Big historic events start off as small events in towns like Needham. All Roads Lead to Needham is a collection of...