The J. V. Fletcher Library can help you discover local history or research your family’s roots. Due to our move to our temporary location at 515 Groton Road, much of our Local History collection is stored off site and so unavailable. We look forward to having all of our collection available at our newly renovated building!
- Westford street listings and city directories;
- Digitized copies of the Westford Eagle from 1970-1976 (scanned, searchable) and from 2005-2019 (text-only);
- Vertical file of Westford related materials: citizens, churches, schools, town departments, military, monuments, recreation, geology, industry, Wal-Mart, Revere Bells;
- Town meeting warrants, budgets and Westford By-laws;
- Digital copies of the Jubb Brothers Civil War letters;
- Digitized copies of The Rustic, a newspaper that included local news from Westford and surrounding towns for the year 1885;
- Civil War letters and manuscripts concerning the Sanitary Commission in Westford;
- Reminiscences and oral histories by local students and residents;
- Westford Knight collection of manuscripts, magazine and newspaper articles and books;
- Westford Writers collection, of books written by authors who live in town;
The following items are temporarily unavailable while at 515 Groton Road:
- Westford Eagle on microfilm;
- Microfilm of Westford Town reports, school records, tax records, vital records.;
- Map case containing historic and present day maps;
- Scrapbooks of Westford related articles from the Lowell Sun (1931-1962).
For assistance or to make an appointment with the Local History Librarian, Charles Rose-Schweppe, call the Reference Desk at 978-399-2304.