The Nevins Library has a collection of newspapers dating back to Methuen’s early 1800’s. The microfilms include Methuen Weekly News, The Methuen Transcript, and the Lawrence Eagle Tribune (from 1890–present). To access these items, visit us at the Reference Department. We’re happy to show you the reels and assist you with using the microfilm reader machine. Printing is available at 15 cents/page.
View and search our growing collection of digital scans of historic papers such as The Methuen Transcript, Methuen Life, Methuen Falls Gazette, Methuen News, and The Lawrence Evening Tribune (1930-1932), as well as Methuen High School and Searles High School yearbooks, and others. Images scanned and hosted via a partnership between Advantage Archives and Nevins Library.
See the Methuen Transcript & Essex Farmer
See Methuen Life (2001-Present)
See the Evening Tribune (1890-1959)
The Methuen High School’s Yearbooks are available in online versions. Peruse for free and enjoy high school history and memories from 1928 through the present. These yearbooks were digitized in partnership with the Boston Public Library and the Digital Commonwealth.
See the Methuen High School Yearbooks
Or Check out the Yearbooks on Archive.org
Massachusetts Vital Records to 1850— including most cities and towns in Massachusetts—are available for review in the Reference Department of the Nevins Library. Please ask a Reference Librarian for assistance with these materials.
The Nevins Library owns many city directories and other vital records. Materials may be reviewed in the Reference Department. Our Reference Librarians are happy to assist with these items.
