Books

The following books are available for purchase: 
  • Newly republished: Hollis Seventy Years Ago by Henry Gilman Little. $20
  • Early Settlers of West Dunstable, Monson, and Hollis, NH by Charles S. Spaulding. $35
  • Hollis Family Album 1730 – 1950 by Joan C. Tinklepaugh. A new history of Hollis told through the stories of the families who lived it. $50
  • History of Hollis, NH 1730 – 1879 by Samuel T. Worcester. $45
  • Where the Past Has Been Preserved, Hollis, NH 1879 – 1979, Irene West, editor. $30
  • Hollis Marriages & Births up to 1900 by Joan C. Tinklepaugh. $20
  • Peter Powers, Pioneer by Rudge Nichols and Caroline Poole (this book benefits the Hollis Social Library). $10
Books are available at the Wheeler House, Hollis Social Library, and the Hollis Town Clerk’s Office during their regular hours. Mail orders accepted when accompanied by a check in the amount of order plus $4.00 per book S&H, payable to the Hollis Historical Society, P.O. Box 754, Hollis, NH 03049. Call 603-465-3935 or go to www.hollishistoricalsociety.org.

Research materials

The following primary resource materials are available for research at the Wheeler House:

Bookcase 1:
  • North Cemetery and Pine Hill Volume IV
  • East Cemetery Volume III
  • South Cemetery and Lawrence Cemetery Volume II
  • Churchyard Cemetery Volume I
  • Hollis Churchyard Cemetery (Book 1) by Harold E. Hardy. Description from Hollis Cemeteries 1743 - 1941. Collected and compiled by Mrs. Charles M. Duren and Mrs. Harry Archambault. Compiled by Eleanor Gavazzi from records obtained at the New Hampshire Historical Society in Concord, NH.
  • List of Hollis Graves used by Florence Brown for the D.A.R.
  • A Look at Some of the Hollis Farmlands 1998
  • Hollis Births and Marriages 1730 - 1900 compiled by Joan Tinklepaugh $20.00
  • Project on farms of the 50's from Old Home Day 1998
  • Progression of Ownership of Hollis Farms
  • 1892 Hollis Farms
  • Photocopy of articles by Abbie C. Burge, Hollis, an Agricultural Town, which appeared in Granite Monthly Magazine May 1898
  • Collection of Kit Hardy's Newspaper articles published in the Nashua Telegraph during her years as a reporter 1959-1980
  • Book of the Hollis Historical Society Minutes 11/78 - 5/92 from Kit Hardy
  • Copy of Kit Hardy's obituary
  • Photos of Kit Hardy's Home

Bookcase 2:
  • Hollis Census 1790 - 1850
  • History of Hollis 1730 - 1879 By S.T. Worcester (2 volumes)
  • Where the Past has been Preserved 1879 - 1979
  • Hollis Family Album 1730 - 1950 by Joan Tinklepaugh
  • War of the Rebellion, Soldiers of Hollis
  • D.A.R. History of Hollis Homes, Volume 1 (Numbers 1-164) plus article, Along One of the Main Roads of Hollis
  • D.A.R. History of Hollis Homes, Volume 2 (Numbers 175-353) plus articles on The Old City by Bertha Hayden and Abby Flagg
  • D.A.R. Homes - 4 photo albums of Hollis homes (Numbers 1-353A) plus 1 photo album of unidentified Hollis homes
  • Index to the Worcester Town History of Hollis
  • Hollis, NH Today: Along the Line of the Proposed Electric Railroad
  • Folder of Maps of Monson and Hollis, NH 1858
  • Binder of records and historical information Town of Monson 1746-1770 compiled by Russ Dickerman
  • Booklet: History of the Congregational Meeting House
  • Booklet: Happy Hollis Homes
  • Early Settlers of West Dunstable, Monson, Hollis, NH, 1915 by Charles S. Spaulding
  • Peter Powers Pioneer; The Story of the First Settler in Hollis, New Hampshire, By Rudge Nichols and Caroline N. Poole, Puritan Press, First Printing 1930, on the occasion of the two hundredth anniversary of the settling of Hollis, Second Printing 1989-1990 one thousand copies printed.
  • D.A.R. Directory Homes of Hollis
  • Hollis Buildings - Moved or Lost
  • Historic Hollis Fireplaces Book 1 and Book 2
  • Eastman Postcard Collection
  • Postcard Album
  • Collection of Frank Watson photographs
  • Hollis Scenes (2 volumes)
  • Photograph album of people and places in Hollis (undated)
  • Hollis Schools 1750 to 1905 by Joan Tinklepaugh
  • Schools: Photograph Album of Class Pictures
  • Photocopy of the record of the Town of Monson, NH

George Manning Bookcase:
  • American Genealogical Research at the D.A.R. by Eric G. Grunset & Steven B. Rhodes
  • Wheeler House Activity Albums (Books 1-3)
  • History of the Hollis Fire Department (Books 1-3)
  • Photographic Documentation of the Town of Hollis 1979 Volumes 1-2 Photographed and presented by John P. Babcock
  • Scrapbook: Hollis News July 1904 to December 23, 1910
  • 2 Photo Albums by M.A. Eastman

Upstairs File:
  • History of the Hollis Women's Club 1906-1992 by Joan Tinklepaugh