Exhibit Resources

Wayland Center– Plantings and Other Improvements Proposed by Landscape Architect John Nolen, 1911

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Planting Diagrams & Lists of Plants from John Nolen’s Map

Archival Maps & Plans

• View the Library’s extensive collection online at Digital Commonwealth or the original maps – ask in person at the Reference Desk or call 508-358-2311 to arrange.

Archival Photographs

• View the Library collection online at Digital Commonwealth or original photographs – ask in person at the Reference Desk or call 508-358-2311 to arrange.
• Wayland Museum & Historical Society – view online or see originals in person by appointment, call (508) 358-7959 or email info@waylandmuseum.org.

Books & AV Materials

• Annals of Sudbury, Wayland and Maynard, Middlesex County, Mass. by Alfred Sereno Hudson, 1891.
• Five Miles Astride the River – 20 min. DVD by Zander Cowen and Jacob Sussman, 2014.
• Frederick Law Olmsted: Designing America – 60 min documentary by PBS, 2015. Available online.
• New Towns for Old: Achievements in Civic Improvement in Some American Small Towns and Neighborhoods by John Nolen, 1927.
• Old-Time Wayland by Alfred Wayland Cutting, 1926.
• Report upon the Town of Wayland Mass by John Nolen, with cover letter by the Wayland Village Improvement Society, 1911.
• The Birth of an American Town, Part 1 – 40-min You Tube documentary by Atun-Shei Films, 2023.
• The Living Landscape: Designing for Beauty and Biodiversity in the Home Garden by R. Darke, 2016.
• The Puritan Village Evolves: A History of Wayland Massachusetts by Helen F. Emery, 1981.
• The Puritan Village: The Formation of a New England Town by Sumner Chilton Powell, 1963, 1970.
• Wayland A to Z: a Dictionary of Then and Now by Evelyn Wolfson and Dick Hoyt, 2004.
• Wayland Historical Tours by Barbara Robinson (Ed), 1976, revised 2013.
• Wayland: Images of America by George Lewis and the Wayland Historical Society, 2002.