Middleborough (Images of America) - Softcover

Maddigan, Michael J.; Middleborough Historical Association

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0738565598 ISBN 13: 9780738565590

Publisher: Arcadia Publishing, 2009

Synopsis

The history of Middleborough is a history of its numerous villages. Like other geographically large towns, Middleborough developed a number of small communities that provided their earliest residents with needed services, such as mills, schools, churches, and cemeteries. These villages ranged in size from Middleborough Four Corners, which by the 1850s had emerged as the municipal, commercial, industrial, and social center of the town, to smaller village centers like Titicut, Eddyville, Rock, and South Middleborough. Using historical images from the extensive collections of the Middleborough Historical Association, as well as from town residents, Middleborough explores the town's evolution from its earliest foundation through its mid-19th-century transition from one of southeastern Massachusetts's largest agricultural communities to one of its most industrially productive.

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About the Author

Michael J. Maddigan is currently the curator of the Middleborough Historical Museum and vice chairman of the Middleborough Historical Commission. Since 1997, he has authored the local history column Recollecting Nemasket in the Middleboro Gazette.

Review

Title: Maddigan to speak, sign books Sunday at Robbins Museum

Author: Staff Writer

Publisher: South Coast Today

Date: 12/3/09
Local author Michael J. Maddigan will be signing copies of his new pictorial history book, "Middleborough," Sunday at 2 p.m. at the Robbins Museum of Archaeology.
The book has been published by Arcadia Publishing and is included in the "Images of America" series. The book uses more than 200 vintage photographs to "provide residents with an understanding of how our community grew and developed over the course of three centuries," Mr. Maddigan said.
A portion of the profits from the sale of the books benefits the educational activities of the historical museum.
During Sunday's program, Mr. Maddigan will also be giving a brief talk. Since he is speaking at the Robbins Museum of Archaeology, Mr. Maddigan will discuss "Archaeology of Photography," how over the past few years historians have begun to adopt the methodology of archaeology when looking at historic photographs.
The concept of the "archaeology of photography" is a "relatively new inter-disciplinary concept that is being explored by historians, as well as others including archaeologists and photographers," Mr. Maddigan said.
The museum will open at 1 p.m. for an open house, including opportunities to view a new exhibit entitled "How Do We Know What This Tool Was Used For?" featuring artifacts found on the Fields of Dreams site off Rte. 28 in Middleboro. Mr. Maddigan will speak at 2 p.m. and will be present to sign books until 3:30. Light refreshments will be available.

Title: OLD MIDDLEBORO

Author: Staff Writer

Publisher: The Enterprise

Date: 11/9/09
The “Images of America” series ― those paperback books named after specific towns with sepia-toned photos on the front ― has come out with a new book of historic photographs for Middleboro. “Middleborough” ― Arcadia Publishing apparently prefers the old-fashioned spelling of the town with the “ugh” on the end ― sells for $21.99 at local retailers, online bookstores or through the company’s Web site, www.arcadiapublishing.com.
In all, Arcadia Publishing has come out with books in the “Images of America” series devoted to 15 towns within a 10-mile radius of Brockton, including “The Swedes of Greater Brockton,” “West Bridgewater,” “Stoughton,” “Abington,” “Holbrook,” “Whitman,” “Rockland,” “Bridgewater,” “Hanson,” and “Pembroke.”
If you would like to get our copy of the book, please send a postcard to “Middleboro book,” c/o Page 2, The Enterprise, 1324 Belmont Ave., Brockton, MA 02301. We’ll pick a winner in a couple of weeks.

Edition details

• Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 0738565598
• ISBN 13: 9780738565590
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 128