Moultonborough History Resources with Synopsis
CD-ROM
CD-ROM (office) Carroll County Map 1860 Digital, printable copy of Carroll County wall map
of 1860, includes Moultonborough, shows location and names of residents.
CD-ROM (office) Castle in the Clouds Brook Path Slide Show. Digital slideshow of waterfalls
on Shannon Brook, Castle in the Clouds, created by David Roberts, LRCT trail adopter.
CD-ROM CAS (office) Castle in the Clouds Postcards/Moultonborough Library History Digital
copies of Moultonborough postcards collected by Richard Wakefield, and Moultonborough
Library historical photos.
CD-ROM (office) Castle in the Clouds Stereviews. Scanned copies of stereoview cards showing
Castle in the Clouds/Ossipee Mountain Park in the late 1800s.
CD-ROM (office) Moultonborough Central School Student Pictures (3 discs). Scanned images of
MCS students from the early 1960s from the collection of former teacher Fannie Whitehouse
(originals in locked shelves in NH Room).
CD-ROM (office) Moultonborough Historical Society 6th Grade Essay Contest 2003. Includes
complete text of all student essays from the 2003 school year contest.
CD-ROM (office) Moultonborough Historical Society 6th Grade Essay Contest 2004. Includes
complete text of all student essays from the 2004 school year contest.
CD-ROM (office) Moultonborough Historical Society 6th Grade Essay Contest 2005. Includes
complete text of all student essays from the 2005 school year contest.
CD-ROM (office) Moultonborough Historical Society 6th Grade Essay Contest 2006. Includes
complete text of all student essays from the 2006 school year contest.
CD-ROM (office) History of Moultonborough Public Library and Moultonborough War
Monuments 2005. Disc includes powerpoint presentation by Jane Rice, from Historical Society
presentation in March 2005, and photos of town war memorials as of March, 2005.
Moultonborough Books
NH 551 NH Lakes Lay Monitoring Program Reports 1982-2007
Water quality reports from Moultonborough Bay, compiled by UNH Freshwater Biology Group.
NH 631.4 Soil survey of Carroll County, N.H. Aerial photos of all Carroll County towns with
soil types mapped in. 1977.
NH 796.54 CLA Camp Tecumseh 1903-1993 History of boys summer camp located on
Moultonborough Neck Road, written by Fred Clark, former camper and town resident. Many
black and white illustrations. Index, 147 p.
NH 811 DAM The Moulton Tragedy. Book-length poem about town founder and Revolutionary
War veteran Jonathan Moulton 1726-1787, by Stuart Damon.
NH 811 GRE Uncle Bob’s Camp : poetry by Rev. Frank Greene, pertaining to one of the oldest
summer camps in Moultonborough.
NH 912.9742 Town and City Atlas of the State of New Hampshire, D.H. Hurd, 1892. Maps of
all towns in NH as of 1892 with names and locations of residents.
NH 917.42 TOW Town Register 1908. Lists town residents, businesses, and brief history.
Includes Moultonborough, also Ashland, Campton, Center Harbor, Holderness, Plymouth,
Sandwich.
NH 974.2 KNO Cemeteries Around Lake Winnipesaukee. Includes black and white photographs
and brief captions of gravestones and cemeteries of historical interest, including several pages on
Moultonborough, also other towns abutting Winnipesaukee.
NH 974.2 MOU A Century of Summer on Langdon Cove and Around Garnet Point. Author
Brigden is a descendant of one of the original families in the summer colony on Moultonborough
Neck. Includes old photos and brief descriptions of the early cottages and summer activities.
Indexed in red binder on town history shelf.
NH 974.2 MOU Geneva Point Center 1919-1989. Author Genne was a longtime summer staff
member at the Center, which has been a place for religious retreats, elderhostels, and other
conference programs. Indexed in red binder on town history shelf.
NH 974.2 MOU The Old Country Store. Author Holden is current owner of the 200-year old
Moultonborough landmark. Illustrated. Indexed in red binder on town history shelf.
NH 974.2 MOU Moultonboro to the 20th Century. Historical pamphlet compiled by members of
the Moultonborough Historical Society in the early 1960s, describing town history 1763-1900.
Illustrated. Indexed in red binder on town history shelf.
NH 974.2 MOU Moultonborough School District Reports 1980-1990; 1991-1995. Annual
financial reports of the school district, lists Moultonborough Academy staff, graduates.
NH 974.2 MOU Governor Wentworth Regional School District Reports 1964-1979. Annual
reports of school district to which Moultonborough belonged.
NH 974.2 MOU The Castle and the Club. History of Bald Peak Colony Club, and the connection
with Thomas Plant and Castle in the Clouds, written by a member of the Club.
NH 974.2 MOU The Mountain People of Moultonborough, 1790-1914. Pamphlet on the history
of families who lived on the slopes of the Ossipee Mountains in Moultonborough based on
recollections of Martha Oliver, last child born in the mountain settlement. Illustrated, indexed in
red binder on town history shelf.
NH 974.2 MOU A History of the Far Echoes Colony at Lake Winnipesaukee. Author Carvell is a
descendant of the families who first summered on Birch Island before moving to the westerly
side of Moultonborough Neck. Illustrated; indexed in red binder on town history shelf.
NH 974.2 MOU Kona Farm. Historical pamphlet on the history of the Dumaresq estate located
on Moultonborough Neck, compiled by retired school teacher resident of the area. Illustrated,
indexed in red binder on town history shelf.
NH 974.2 MOU People, Places, and Moultonborough. Brief town history and personal
recollections of Moultonborough by a summer resident.
NH 974.2 MOU Cemetery Records of Moultonborough, New Hampshire First Supplement
1988-2003. Update of 1988 Cemetery Records book including many corrections and additions
made possible by cleaning of stones, also records of burials since 1988.
NH 974.2 MOU Moultonborough, N.H. Fallen Heroes. Compilation of military records of town
residents who were killed while on active duty, and whose names appear on the Fallen Heroes
monument located near the town hall, compiled by Bruce Garry.
NH 974.2 MOU Moultonborough Historical Society Photo Albums (7 binders). Binders contain
original historic photos of Moultonborough people and places.
NH 974.2 MOU Moultonborough Central School Student Pictures (3 binders). Scanned images
of MCS students from the early 1960s from the collection of former teacher Fannie Whitehouse.
Scanned digital copies on CD-ROM in office).
NH 974.2 MOU Moultonborough Historical Society Original Historic Documents (2 volumes).
Two binders of original handwritten documents pertaining to Moultonborough.
NH 974.2 MOU Moultonborough Town Reports 1872, 1884-1899; photocopies for years up
through 1899 are in red binder (originals are in delicate condition); 1900-2003 are in blue bound
volumes; 2003-present not yet bound, in office.
NH 974.2 MOU America’s Bicentennial Celebration in Moultonborough. Pamphlet published
for 1976 U.S. Bicentennial. Brief town history, advertisements from 1976.
NH 974.2 MOU Moultonborough/Lakes Region Scrapbook 1972-1973. Clippings of news items
from local newspapers pertaining to Moultonborough and the Lakes Region.
NH 974.2 MOU Moultonborough Scrapbook. 90 volumes, clippings of local news items from
area newspapers, covers most years mid-1960s-present. Arranged chronologically, not indexed.
NH 974.23 Around Squam Lake. Images of America series, historic photos with brief captions,
includes some Moultonborough images, also Ashland, Holderness, Sandwich, and Center Harbor
as they pertain to Squam.
NH 974.242 HIS Places of Historic and Scenic Interest in Carroll County, N.H. Pamphlet
includes entries from all Carroll County towns, including in Moultonborough the Country Store,
Lamprey House, Old Town House, and Windermere estate.
NH 974.242 MER History of Carroll County, New Hampshire, compiled by Georgia Drew
Merrill, 1882. Includes history of Moultonborough from settlement until date of publication.
NH 974.242 Old Maps of Carroll County, N.H. Reprint of Town and City Atlas of New
Hampshire, 1892, showing property owners of all Carroll County towns. Smaller format than
original.
NH 974.2 STA State of New Hampshire: Township Grants of Lands in New Hampshire Included
in the Masonian Patent, Issued Subsequent to 1746 by the Masonian Proprietary. Volume XXVII
N.H. State Papers. Includes Moultonborough Town Charter (also photocopy in vertical file; this
volume in delicate condition).
NH BIO CAL The House Where the Hardest Things Happened. Memoir by Moultonborough
resident of her childhood in the 1960-1970s.
NH BIO LAM I Love to Tell the Story. Autobiography of Moultonborough resident Robert J.
Lamprey Jr. with local history and numerous illustrations.
NH REF MOU Moultonborough Academy Yearbooks, 1980-present. Annual yearbooks of town
high school begun in 1980.
REF 912.9742 Town & City Atlas of New Hampshire 1892. Includes town maps of all NH
towns and cities, including Moultonborough, with names of property owners. We have original
version on atlas stand and reprinted small format version in NH Room.
Moultonborough Maps (not in Vertical File)
Original map of town lots and ranges, 1763, copied from NH State Papers (flat file box on
windowsill)
1853 Town Map (in flat file box on windowsill in NH Room). Includes names of landowners,
schools, some businesses.
Moultonborough Videos
VHS 917.42 Castle in the Clouds. VHS tape on Moultonborough historic site, 14 min.
VHS 974.2 MOU Moultonborough Selectmen’s Meetings. VHS tapes of town selectmen’s
meetings.