Special Collections & University Archives
Massachusetts Bay Colony
Massachusetts Bay Colony Warrants Collection, 1743-1767.
6 folders (0.15 linear feet).
Warrants issued by the Massachusetts Bay Colony authorizing the sale of the real and personal estate of the Town Constable for taxes owed by the town in which the Constable had not collected or paid. The Massachusetts towns represented in the collection include Brimfield, Greenwich, Sheffield, Somers, Suffield, and Westfield.
Subjects- Real property--Massachusetts--18th century
- Taxation--Massachusetts--18th century
Call no.: MS 089
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Greenwich Town Records, 1782-1916.
2 reels (0.25 linear feet).
Microfilm town records of Greenwich, Massachusetts consisting primarily of warrants for and minutes of town meetings as well as transcripts of meetings for state and national elections, militia lists, voter lists, and pew lists.
Subjects- Greenwich (Mass.)--History
Call no.: MS 337 mf
View related collections: Politics & governance, Quabbin : : No Comments
Greenwich Church Collection, 1895-1940.
1 folder (0.1 linear feet).
The churches of Greenwich, Massachusetts were both places of worship and centers of fellowship. With the congregations disbanded and the buildings razed during the construction of the Quabbin Reservoir, this collection of programs, circulars, and news clippings preserves a snapshot of the churches and the communities they fostered.
Subjects- Greenwich (Mass.)--Religious life and customs
- Quabbin Reservoir Region (Mass.)--Religious life and customs
Call no.: MS 079
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Greenwich and Enfield Hostelries Collection, ca.1930.
1 folder (0.1 linear feet).
Erected in 1832 in the business district of Enfield, Massachusetts, the Swift River Hotel began as a mealtime stopping place for travelers on stagecoaches running to and from Boston. The Quabbin Inn in Greenwich was built in 1900, and served as a vacation spot in summer, offering farm-fresh food and cool breezes off Quabbin Lake.
The collection consists of a menu from the Swift River Hotel proprietorship of William H. Galvin and two brochures depicting the bucolic setting and atmosphere of the Quabbin Inn in Greenwich.
Subjects- Enfield (Mass.)--History
- Greenwich (Mass.)--History
- Quabbin Inn (Grenwich, Mass.)
- Quabbin Reservoir Region (Mass.)--Social life and customs
- Swift River Hotel (Enfield, Mass.)
Types of material
Call no.: MS 073
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Greenwich School District No. 5 Records, 1873-1874.
1 item (0.25 linear feet).
Register for winter term 1873-1874 for School District No. 5 of Greenwich, Massachusetts. Includes list of students, attendance, headmarks, visitor records, and a few statistics all kept by teacher Ernest Howe Vaughan who later became a lawyer involved with handling claims associated with the taking of property for the Quabbin Reservoir.
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Subjects- Education--Massachusetts--Greenwich (Town)--History--19th century
- Greenwich (Mass. : Town)--History--19th century
- Greenwich (Mass. : Town). School District No. 5
- Public schools--Massachusetts--Greenwich (Town)--History--19th century
- School attendance--Massachusetts--Greenwich (Town)--History--19th century
- School records--Massachusetts
Contributors- Vaughan, Ernest Howe, 1858-1937
Call no.: MS 038
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American Friends Service Committee Records, 1975-2005.
24 boxes (36 linear feet).
Established in 1968 in response to the war in Vietnam, the AFSC office in western Massachusetts did not limit its focus to draft and military counseling, instead the organization broadened its focus over time to include educational and outreach programs for a variety of peace and socal justice issues. Today the chapter focuses on economic justice, campaigns against U.S. military intervention, and actions to combat racism and classism. With an emphasis on serving the community of western Massachusetts, the program is equally committed to calling attention to issues of both national and local importance. Recent campaigns range from ending the war in Iraq and supporting peace in Columbia to preventing the construction of a new jail in Chicopee.
The collection consists chiefly of subject files that together provide a picture of the various issues in which the western Massachusetts AFSC was involved. Topics range from the organization’s earliest focus, the Vietnam War, to the first Gulf War, landlord/tenant relations, immigration, and landmines. The collection also includes materials relating to public figures, some of whom traveled to the region to speak.
Subjects- Activists--Massachusetts
- Massachusetts--Economic conditions
- Peace movements--Massachusetts
- Social justice--Massachusetts
Contributors- American Friends Service Committee. Western Massachusetts
Call no.: MS 459
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Civil Liberties Union of Massachusetts Hampshire-Franklin County Chapter Records, 1947-1973.
2 boxes (1 linear feet).
Minutes and correspondence of the Executive Committee, correspondence and general files of chairmen Philip Eddy, David E. Matz, and Donn Kesselheim, as well as correspondence, briefs, and clippings related to legal cases and inquiries undertaken by the chapter.
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Subjects- Civil rights--Massachusetts
Contributors- Civil Liberties Union of Massachusetts. Hampshire-Franklin County Chapter
- Eddy, Philip
- Kesselheim, Donn
- Matz, David E
Call no.: MS 303
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Communist Party of Massachusetts Collection, 1942-1954.
1 box (0.25 linear feet).
Documenting Communist Party activities in Massachusetts during the 1940s-1950s, this small collection consists of pamphlets, broadsides, and election materials, which cover issues such as housing, freedom of speech, McCarthyism, and the war in Korea.
Subjects- Communism--United States--History
- Communists--Massachusetts
Contributors- Communist Party of Massachusetts
Call no.: MS 538
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Franco-American Oral History Collection, 1980-1984.
1 box (0.25 linear feet).
With a population of nearly a million French Americans, Massachusetts bears witness to the largest continental migration experienced in the Northeast. Under a grant from the Massachusetts Foundation for Humanities and Public Policy, 44 interviews of Franco Americans in the region were conducted from August 8, 1982 to January 18, 1983.
These interviews document the lives of those individuals, covering a period beginning in the late nineteenth century through 1984.
Subjects- French Americans--Massachusetts
Types of material
Call no.: MS 123
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Massachusetts Locales Collection, 1905-1989.
3 boxes (1.5 linear feet).
Materials, such as clippings, maps, and photographs, relating to Amherst, but also including items from other western Massachusetts towns. Topics covered include are Amherst writers such as Emily Dickinson and Robert Frost, town history, trees and birds of Amherst, and Connecticut River Valley history.
Subjects- Amherst (Mass.)--History
- Massachusetts--History
Types of material
Call no.: MS 300
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