City of Methuen (Methuen Historical Commission)

The Methuen Historical Commission of Massachusetts will clean, stabilize, and rebind the 1893 “Methuen School Register,” better known locally as the “Frost Register.” This unique literary artifact is a 312-page volume filled with loose-leaf sheets used to keep attendance by Robert Frost’s mother, and it documents the famous poet’s own substitute teaching. Apparently, Frost left Dartmouth College after his first semester to help in his mother’s unruly classroom. As a result, this register is an important record of Frost’s early life. Digital copies of the volume will also be created and made available to the public.