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After more than a decade of effort, the Society was able to purchase the land it now owns surrounding the Still River Meetinghouse which includes a rental cottage and a small building housing the curator's workroom and archival storage. This additional space allows for research by various town organizations as well as by individuals doing genealogical studies. The Society's extensive collection of photographs, deeds and historical research have proved invaluable to organizations searching the origins and ownership of the many properties included in historical inventories and the town's Historic Districts. The largest portion of this research material was prepared by Elvira Scorgie in the decades she devoted to the Society in the study and research of town history. Upon her death she bequeathed the greater portion of her estate to the Society. In 1997, the year of its centennial, the Society published THE HARVARD ALBUM, and dedicated it to Miss Scorgie. The Harvard Historical Society is ever aware of the enormous contributions made to it by the generous people of this town and we endeavor to be worthy of their trust.
The Society continues to provide programs to the Harvard schools as well as to the general public. It also interfaces with local and national historical organizations in order to avail itself of resources necessary to better service the town of Harvard, Massachusetts. Our facility also serves to host some of these organizations in our mutual pursuit of historical knowledge.
