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mums581 Nash-Scott Family Papers Finding Aid Finding aid prepared by Ashley Purvis. Special Collections and University Archives, UMass Amherst Libraries

Amherst, Mass.

2012

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Finding aid encoded in NoteTab Pro2012-04-25 Finding aid written in English Nash family Nash-Scott Family Papers 1781-1987 MS 581 15 boxes Special Collections and University Archives, UMass Amherst Libraries Long-time residents of Hadley, Massachusetts, the Nash and Scott families were united in 1881 when John Nash, a farmer, married Lizzie Scott. Of their seven children, Herman B. Nash, graduated from the Massachusetts Agricultural College in 1917, and immediately enlisted in the army, serving in France at the close of World War I. His youngest sister, Helen, kept the family connected during these years by writing and distributing a family newsletter, the Plainville News. The Nash-Scott Family Papers contain a number of photographs, including an album capturing a trip to the west coast in 1915 and a canoe trip to Labrador in 1920. Herman B. Nash’s scrapbook documents not only his time as a student at M.A.C., but also his service in France, featuring candid photographs taken by Nash during and after the war as well as identification cards, company rosters, and a German propaganda leaflet picked up near the front. Pamphlets, genealogical notes and postcards complete the collection. English

Nash family

John Nash was the son of Samuel Nash and was raised on the family homestead in Hadley, Massachusetts. He was born in January 1847 and became a farmer. John met Lizzie Scott at the North Hadley Church. Lizzie was born in North Hadley in July 1858. Her mother died when she was fifteen and she was therefore left to care for her younger siblings. The two were married in May 1881 and went on to have seven children, George, Alice, Ethel, Luella, Ruth, Herman, and Helen. Lizzie died in July 1927 and John died two years later in 1929.

Not all of the Nash children survived into childhood. Alice died when she was only nine years old after being bitten by a dog. George had several health issues growing up and died when he was 37. Ethel became a teacher in Connecticut after going to Smith College and Northampton Commercial College. Ruth went to New York City for a time after graduating. She helped keep up the family farm along with operating a poultry farm.

Luella worked at the Amherst Library after graduating from Mount Holyoke College. During World War I, she helped in the war effort by taking a job as a secretary in the Department of Agriculture in Washington D.C. After the war in August of 1920 she married Walter Buchanan, a high school math teacher. The two lived in several towns in Massachusetts and Connecticut. Luella died in 1971.

The youngest Nash sibling, Helen, never lived far from home. Like Ethel, Helen became a teacher after studying at Northampton Commercial College in 1920. She taught in Brooklyn for a while but returned home to help her mother who was ill. She became in Elementary school in Hadley for almost forty years before become the librarian at Hopkins Academy for two years before retiring. Helen lived to be 86 years old when she died in June 1987.

Herman Nash, the second of John and Lizzie's two boys was born in 1895. He graduated from Massachusetts Agricultural College in 1917 and immediately joined the Army. During World War I, Herman served in France from 1918-1919. He ended up teaching agriculture in Allerey, France at the American Expeditionary Forces University.

Upon returning home Herman met Grace Leonard; she taughter at Hopkins Academy while he served on the school committee board. Herman taught school in Connecticut and Massachusetts before the family settled in Springfield where he worked for the Post Office until he retired in 1961. Until 1955 he served in the Army Reserves and served in a training post during World War II. Herman was 82 when he died in 1977.

Before marrying Herman, Grace taught at various schools in Massachusetts. She was originally from Marshfield, Massachusetts and went to Boston University to study teaching. The couple had three children, Howard, Herman Jr. and John. Grace spent the rest of her life raising her children. In 1973 Grace died at the age of 77.

Joined togther by the marriage of John and Lizzie in 1881, the Nash and Scott familes were both long-time Hadley residents. This collection of family papers features the history of individual family members as well as of the area of western Masachusetts in which the lived and worked. Highlights include scrapbooks from the Massachusetts Agricultural College, World War I era letters, genealogical materials, a family newsletter, and numberous photographs and photo albums.

The collection is open for research.

Cite as: Nash-Scott Family Papers (MS 581). Special Collections and University Archives, UMass Amherst Libraries.

Acquired from Alice Nash, 2008.

Processed by Ashley Purvis, August 2009.

Massachusetts Agricultural College Nash family Scott family World War, 1914-1918--France Hadley (Mass.)--History Hadley (Mass.)--Social life and customs Photograph albums Photographs Series 1. Correspondence 1831-1987

A significant amount of the collection includes the correspondence of Herman Nash. While serving in World War I, Herman wrote almost daily to his family and friends back home. In his letters he discussed daily routines and where he was. The letters his family wrote to him, mainly from his mother are also in the collection. After the war and throughout their marriage Grace kept a lengthy correspondence with her friends from college and other Nash family members.

Series 2. Family History and Materials 1781-1981

The Nash-Scott papers includes a wide variety of family materials from diaries and school papers to genealogies and scrapbooks. An extensive amount of area history to be found in the collection along with family history and genealogy. Postcards from family travels are included in the collection from New York to California to Texas. Several family members assembled scrapbooks to commemorate special events or local news. Information about daily life in the Nash family during the 1930s and 1940s can also be found. Issues of the newsletter Plainville News, created by Helen Nash, kept her older siblings apprised of the happenings at home.

Series 3. Photographs 1853-1975

The collection contains a significant number of Nash family photos from John and Lizzie to Herman and Grace. Along with Nash photos there are also a variety of photographs from the Scott and Leonard families. The series includes several photo albums, one of the albums is from John and Lizzie's trip to Labrador and another from Helen Nash's time as a school teacher in the early 1920s.

Series 1. Correspondence 1831-1987 1 1 Correspondence 1831-1915 1 2 Correspondence 1916 1 3 Correspondence 1917 1 4 Correspondence 1918 Jan-Mar 1 5 Correspondence 1918 Apr-Aug 1 6 Correspondence 1918 Sept-Dec 1 7 Correspondence 1919 Jan-Feb 1 8 Correspondence 1919 Mar-Apr 1 9 Correspondence 1919 May-Aug 1 10 Correspondence 1919 Sept-Dec 1 11 Correspondence 1920-1921 1 12 Correspondence 1922 1 13 Correspondence 1923 1 14 Correspondence 1924 Feb-May 1 15 Correspondence 1924 June-Nov 1 16 Correspondence 1925-1927 1 17 Correspondence 1928 1 18 Correspondence 1930-1932 1 19 Correspondence 1933-1934 1 20 Correspondence 1935-1936 1 21 Correspondence 1937-1939 1 22 Correspondence 1940 1 23 Correspondence 1941 1 24 Correspondence 1942 Feb-Mar 1 25 Correspondence 1942 Apr-May 1 26 Correspondence 1942 June-July 1 27 Correspondence 1942 Aug-Sept 1 28 Correspondence 1942 Oct-Dec 1 29 Correspondence 1943 Jan 1 30 Correspondence 1943 Feb 1 31 Correspondence 1943 May-June 1 32 Correspondence 1943 July-Aug 1 33 Correspondence 1943 Sept-Oct 1 34 Correspondence 1943 Nov-Dec 2 35 Correspondence 1944 2 36 Correspondence 1945-1946 2 37 Correspondence 1947-1949 2 38 Correspondence 1950 2 39 Correspondence 1951-1952 2 40 Correspondence 1953-1955 2 41 Correspondence 1956-1957 2 42 Correspondence 1958-1959 2 43 Correspondence 1960 Jan-July 2 44 Correspondence 1960 Aug-Dec 2 45 Correspondence 1961 2 46 Correspondence 1962 2 47 Correspondence 1963 Jan-June 2 48 Correspondence 1963 July 2 49 Correspondence 1963 Aug-Dec 2 50 Correspondence 1964 2 51 Correspondence 1965 Jan-Aug 2 52 Correspondence 1965 Sept-Dec 2 53 Correspondence 1966 2 54 Correspondence 1967 2 55 Correspondence 1968 2 56 Correspondence 1969 2 57 Correspondence 1970 2 58 Correspondence 1971 2 59 Correspondence 1972-1973 2 60 Correspondence 1974-1975 2 61 Correspondence 1984-1987 2 62 Correspondence undated 2 63-64 Correspondence: cards 1900-1980 2 folders 2 65-66 Correspondence: cards, Christmas 1900-1980 2 folders Series 2. Family History and Materials 1781-1981 8 170 American Education 1968 Feb 4 1 Amherst-Hadley church anniversaries 1859-1981 4 2 Anniversaries and weddings 1923-1973 4 3 Ashland High School 1918 2 67 Austin, Samuel Sermon, Preached at the Dedication of the New Meetinghouse in Hadley 1808 4 4 Better Say: grammar book undated 4 5 Bills and accounts 1838-1944 4 6 Birth certificates 1895-1896 8 171 Boston University Centennial 1939 Sept 7 161 Bostonia 1917, 1944-1946 2 68 Breckenridge, William E. Polyphase Duplex Slide Rule 1924

Walter Buchanan's copy.

3 69 Buchanan, Walter and Luella Address book 1963-1975 4 7 Buchanan, Walter Gray: naval service undated 4 8 By Mead and Stream: Flower Poems 1939

Illustrated by Charles G. Noakes.

4 9 Calling cards, business cards 1930-1945 7 162 Charters: Junior Extension Service of the Massachusetts Agricultural College 1928-1939

Presented to two clubs, Real Good Sewers Club and Silver Wing Handicraft Club, led by Helen E. Nash.

4 10 Currency, European 1914-1922 3 70 Currency, souvenir undated 3 71 Descendents of William Scott of Hatfield, Mass., 1668-1906 undated 4 11-12 East Springfield book reports 1930-1960 4 13 Essay on constitutionality of judicial salaries in Massachusetts 1843 3 72 Family history 1929-1986 3 73 Grand jurors list 1922

Herman B. Nash listed.

4 14 Funerals and deaths 1973-1985 4 15 Hadley anniversary 1959 4 16 Hadley Historical Society 1975-1989 4 17 Hampshire County Pomona Grange, No. 8 1923 4 18 Hampshire Gazette 1827 3 74 Hankerchief 1923

Sent from France by Madame Remy about 1923; a wedding gift.

3 75 Historical Society of Plainville Record book, transcript 1835 3 76 Hopkins Arms 1969

Helen Nash's copy of the Hopkins Academy yearbook; the students dedicated the yearbook to Nash for her years of service to the school.

3 77 Howell, Clarence V. They Eat Their Cake and Keep It 1947 3 78 Hurricane: publications 1938 3 79 Invitation: Nash, Herman B. 1949 4 19 Jones Library: Nash papers 1994 7 163 Leonard family genealogy 1960 7 164 Leonard family genealogy 1988 4 20 Leonard, George: diary, typed exerpts 1821-1881 3 80 Leonard, George Marshfield Sixty Years Ago: A Lecture 1872 4 21 Leonard, J." Division of Fisheries and Game receipt 1922 3 81 Leonard, Mabel Recipe book 1936 8 172 Life 1945 Nov 12

Includes photograph of Herman Nash, page 46.

3 82 Map: Hadley 1958 4 22 Marshifield High School 1893-1920 10 Memorabilia undated

Various family memorabilia including spectacles, leather baby shoes, fans, leather wallet, and medals.

3 83 Metropolitan Life Insurance Company Information for Expectant Mothers 1924 8 173 Musical scores: Boston University 1911 4 23 Nash, Alice "East Meets East: Japanese in Boston, 1868-1941" 1989 3 84 Nash, Alice History From the Attic: A Compilation of Primary Source Materials Relating to What a New England Farm Family was Doing During 1919 1985 4 24-26 Nash, Alice Research: Nash, Grace 1986-1987 4 27 Nash, Enos 1781-1791 8 174-175 Nash family: art work 1970

Miscellaneous printed paintings and photographs collected by Nash family.

4 28 Nash family: history, transcripts 1805-1860 4 29 Nash family: letters, transcripts 1810,1823 7 165 Nash family military documents 1917-1923 7 166 Nash family military documents 1940-1945 4 30 Nash family: poems, essays 1923-1960 4 31 Nash family: recollections 1901-1980 4 32 Nash, Grace: Boston University 1917 4 33 Nash, Grace: Boston University, Class of 1917 1957-1966 4 34-35 Nash, Grace: Boston University, coursework 1917 4 36-37 Nash, Grace: Boston University, notebooks 1916-1918 4 38 Nash, Grace: cookbook 1930 4 39 Nash, Grace: Hopkins Academy 1919-1923 4 40 Nash, Grace: Marshfield High School 1913 4 41 Nash, Grace: Marshfield public schools 1904-1908 4 42 Nash, Grace: Sanderson Academy 1925 15 Nash, Grace Scrapbook 1909-1971 5 Nash, Grace Scrapbook: Boston University 1911-1914, 1938 4 43-44 Nash, Grace: "We Have a Goodly Heritage" 1972 4 45 Nash, Helen: "pet" rock 1976 5 Nash, Helen Scrapbook: Hadley area 1961 3 85 Nash, Herman: biographical information 1971 3 86 Nash, Herman: calendar 1974 4 46-47 Nash, Herman: diaries 1918-1921 4 48-49 Nash, Herman: diaries, Massachusetts Agricultural College 1914-1917 3 87 Nash, Herman: drawing 1944 3 88 Nash, Herman: finances 1906, 1961-1962 3 89 Nash, Herman: hair 1899

Cut at age four.

3 90 Nash, Herman: map, First Army Maneuver Area, Clinton County, N.Y. 1939 4 50 Nash, Herman: Massachusetts Agricultural College 1914-1917 3 91 Nash, Herman: military service, France 1917-1919 3 92 Nash, Herman: military service, scrapbook 1942-1944 3 93 Nash, Herman: notebooks 1938-1971 3 94 Nash, Herman: receipt, Underwood Arms Co. 1974 3 95 Nash, Herman: school work 1907-1914 15 Nash, Herman B. Scrapbook 1908-1920

Includes content for Nash's days as a student at Smith's Agricultural High School, Northampton and the Massachusetts Agricultural College (MAC) as well as his service during World War I. Approximately 125 photographs from the front lines in France (purchsed there during his service), approximately 75 candid photographs taken by Nash during the war, and ephemera such as identfication cards, arm patch, company rosters, German propoganda leaflet picked up near front, programs, tickets all relating to his service. MAC materials include dance cards, tickets, baseball programs, and miscellaneous ephemera relating to the College.

3 96 Nash, J.A. Mount Pleasant Boarding School for Boys, Amherst, Mass. 1846 3 97 Nash, John: probate court 1929

Appraisal of his estate and effects.

3 98 Nash, John: school work 1940 3 99 Nash, Lizzie Diary 1919 3 100 Nash, Ruth Sewing sample book 1923 3 101 Nash, Samuel: documents, justice of the peace 1844-1852 3 102 Nash, Samuel Journals 1835-1836 3 103 Nash, Samuel Log book 1837-1841 3 104 Newspaper clippings 1840 3 105 Newspaper clippings 1907, 1969 4 51 Newspaper clippings 1926-1986 3 106 Newspaper clippings: Leonard Bell 1998 4 52 Notebook: funeral arrangements undated 4 53 Pamphlets 1917-1921 3 107 Pamphlets and tickets, souvenirs 1917-1971 3 108 Plainville News 1918-1927 3 109 Postcards: California 1930-1960 3 110 Postcards: Canada 1930-1960 3 111 Postcards: England 1919-1980 3 112 Postcards: France 1919 3 113 Postcards: France, World War I 1917-1919 3 114 Postcards: Luxembourg 1919 3 115 Postcards: New England 1921-ca. 1960 3 116 Postcards: New York 1919 3 117-120 Postcards: United States, miscellaneous 1930-1960 3 121 Reconciliation Trips: flyers 1948 June 3 122 Resolution: Industrical Division Delegates, New York State Convention 1956 3 123 Scott family reunion 1916 7 167 Scott-Nash genealogy 1986 3 124 Scott, Nellie Diary 1885 3 125 Scott, Nellie Diary 1887 5 Scrapbook: covered bridges 1907-1970

Contains newspaper clippings, notes, photographs (18), postcards (30), and real photo postcards (12) of covered bridges in New England.

5 Scrapbook: history of Springfield 1952-1953 5 Scrapbook: "Stories in Stamps" 1938 4 54 Smith, M.H. "The End of the World: A Lecture Sermon, Delivered Before the First Universalist Society in Hartford..." 1832 6 126 Stamps, postage 1959 6 127 Strong Talk Newsletter 1942 7 168 Trees of Amherst 1959

Copy belonged to Helen E. Nash.

6 128 Van Sickle Junior High School Van Lore 1942 Mar 6 129 Vet's Voice for Peace 1954 6 130 Wellspring for Young People 1906 7 169 Western New England 1912 Oct

Issue featuring "Attractive Amherst."

4 55 Wills 1851-1960 6 131 World's Fair: medal 1939

Belonged to John Nash.

Series 3. Photographs 1853-1975 6 132 Buchanan, Walter and Luella 1920-1975 12 8 Dickinson, Abigail: daguerreotype undated 12 7 Dickinson, Homer: daguerreotype undated 13 15 Dickinson, Martha: ambrotype 1857

Daughter of Ebenezer Dickinson and grandmother of Lizzie Scott Nash. She taught at Mount Holyoke; her three daughters (Martha, Hannah, and Emily) all graduated from Mount Holyoke.

13 6 Dodge, Laura B. and husband 1853

Daguerreotype of husband and wife; Laura B. Dodge granddaughter of Israel Scott.

9 Labrador canoe trip: photograph album 1920

Includes images of St. Lawrence River, Montreal, slums of Sous le Cap, Quebec City, Ste Anne de Beaupre, "Half breed spinning," "Indian squaw, San Prin," Labrador, Maine coast.

12 12 Lamson, Andrew and Hannah Scott: daguerreotype undated 6 133 Leonard family 1896-1910 6 134 Leonard family 1913-1922 6 135 Leonard family 1923-1945 6 136 Leonard family 1946-1995 6 137 Leonard, Grace: Boston University classmates 1917-1919 6 138 Nash family: cartes de visite 1870-1900 6 139 Nash family 1900-1920 6 140 Nash family 1921-1995 9 Nash family: photograph album 1917-1935 6 141 Nash, Helen 1920-1984 6 142 Nash, Helen: photograph album 1920-1930 6 143 Nash, Helen: photograph album 1931-1933 6 144 Nash, Helen: photograph album 1934-1939 6 145 Nash, Herman and Grace 1922-1925 6 146 Nash, Herman and Grace 1926-1945 6 147 Nash, Herman and Grace 1946-1975 6 148 Nash, John and Lizzie 1894-1910 6 149 Nash, John and Lizzie 1913-1917 6 150 Nash, John and Lizzie 1918-1921 6 151-154 Nash, John and Lizzie: photograph albums 1910-1924

Four family photo albums dating from the same time period.

12 5 Nash, Laura and John: daguerreotype 1853 13 1 Nash, Lurintha Ball 1880 12 11 Nash, Samuel and daughter Jennie: daguerreotype undated 10 Nash-Scott family: photograph albums undated 11 Photograph album: unidentified undated 14 2 Scott, Aaron with sisters: ambrotype 1858

Aaron Scott and sisters, Cornelia and Emily, children of Rufus Porter Scott.

12 3 Scott, Cornelia and Hannah: daguerreotype undated 13 10 Scott, Elvira C. 1855

Cased ambrotype of Elvira C. Scott, wife of R. Porter Scott.

14 1 Scott, Emily: daguerreotype 1853

Daughter of Rufus Scott.

14 3 Scott, Emily: daguerreotype 1853

J. D. Wells, photographer.

13 9 Scott, Emily A.: daguerreotype 1855

Cased daguerreotype of Emily A. Scott, daughter of Rufus Scott, with early albumen print of her husband Charles Cleveland.

12 13 Scott, Emily and Hannah: daguerreotype 1855 13 7 Scott, Emily, Cornelia, and Hannah 1855

Cased ambrotype of Emily, Cornelia, and Hannah Scott, daughters of Rufus Scott.

13 8 Scott family 1855

Cased ambrotype of Cornelia Scott Dickinson, Rufus Porter Scott (back row); Aaron Scott, Hannah Scott Clarke (front row).

6 155 Scott family 1870-1900 6 156 Scott family 1901-1920 6 157 Scott family 1921-1950 6 158-160 Scott family: cartes de visite 1840-1900 9 Scott family: photograph album 1924-1940 11 Scott family: photograph album undated 12 9 Scott, Frank: Daguerreotype undated 12 4 Scott, Rufus: daguerreotype undated 12 6 Scott, Rufus: daguerreotype undated 13 12 Unidentified elderly woman: daguerreotype 1853 12 10 Unidentified infant: daguerreotype undated 12 1 Unidentified man: daguerreotype undated 14 4 Unidentified man: tintype 1870

Man wearing top hat.

13 4 Unidentified man and boy: daguerreotype 1853 12 2 Unidentified man and woman: daguerreotype undated 13 2 Unidentified, miscellaneous: tintype 1865

Four gem tintypes; three unidentified women, one unidentified man.

13 13 Unidentified subject: ambrotype 1858

Ruby ambrotype; image indiscernible.

13 3 Unidentified woman: ambrotype 1855

Tintype of two unidentified women enclosed with cased ambrotype.

13 14 Unidentified woman: silver gelatin print 1900 13 11 Unidentified woman: daguerreotype 1853

J.D. Wells, photographer.

13 5 Unidentified young man: daguerreotype 1850 9 West coast: photograph album 1915

Images of trip to West coast including Portland, Oregon, Yellowstone, San Francisco World's Fair, Los Angeles and Pasadena, San Diego Fair, Yosemite, Grand Canyon, Hopi and "Apache" adobe houses; all image identified.