Special Collections & University Archives
Howe Family
Howe Family Papers, 1730-1955.
7 boxes (4.5 linear feet).
Personal, business, and legal papers of the Howe family of Enfield and Dana, Massachusetts, including correspondence between family members, genealogies, account books and printed materials. Account books record transactions of various family members whose occupations included general storekeeper, minister, printer, postmaster, telephone exchange and gas-station owner, and document the transactions of community businesses and individuals, some of whom were women involved in the beginnings of the local palm leaf hat and mat industry.
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Subjects- Bookkeeping--History--Sources
- Enfield (Mass.)--Biography
- Enfield (Mass.)--Economic conditions--19th century
- Enfield (Mass.)--History
- Enfield (Mass.)--Social life and customs
- Howe family--Genealogy
- Moneylenders--Massachusetts--Enfield--History
- Quabbin Reservoir Region (Mass.)--History
- Swift River Valley (Mass.)--History
- Swift River Valley (Mass.)--Social life and customs
Contributors- Howe, Donald W. (Donald Wiliam), 1982-1977
- Howe, Edwin H., 1859-1943
- Howe, Henry Clay Milton, b. 1823
- Howe, John M.
- Howe, John, 1783-1845
- Howe, Theodocia Johnson, 1824-1898
Types of material- Account books
- Business records
- Deeds
- Genealogies
- Scrapbooks
- Wills
Call no.: MS 019
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John Wright Account Books, 1818-1859.
9 vols. (3 linear feet).
Farmer, freight hauler, laborer, cider-maker, landlord, and town official who was a seventh-generation descendant of Samuel Wright, one of the first English settlers of Northampton, Massachusetts. Nine bound volumes and four folders of loose material include accounts of his businesses with his brother Samuel and son Edwin and activities, as well as letters, and miscellaneous papers and figurings.
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Subjects- Farmers--Massachusetts--Northampton
- Freight and freightage--Massachusetts
- Northampton (Mass.)--Economic conditions--19th century
Types of material
Call no.: MS 162
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DAR Captain Joseph Hooker Chapter Records, 1916-1922.
1 vol. (0.25 linear feet).
Captain Joseph Hooker Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution of Enfield, Massachusetts. The single volume consists of five entries, which include two obituaries of members, two notices of prizes given or received during the Enfield Centennial Celebration, and a record of the Chapter’s services during World War I.
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Subjects- Enfield (Mass.)--Centennial celebrations
- World War, 1914-1918--War work--Massachusetts--Enfield
- World War, 1914-1918--Women--Massachusetts--Enfield
Contributors- Daughters of the American Revolution. Captain Joseph Hooker Chapter (Enfield, Mass.)
- Kimball, Frances Woods
- Sibley, Prudence Goodsell
Call no.: MS 033
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Enfield Photograph Collection, ca.1916-1936.
1 box (0.5 linear feet).
The collection consists of photographs of the town of Enfield and its inhabitants from ca. 1916 until the late 1930s, just before the town was flooded in the making of the Quabbin Reservoir.
Subjects- Enfield (Mass.)--Photographs
Types of material
Call no.: MS 021
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Enfield Property Owners List, 1933.
1 folder (0.1 linear feet).
Property owners of Enfield, Massachusetts. Includes a four-page blueprint list of names of property owners in Enfield, 1933, prepared on Metropolitan District Water Supply Commission form.
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Subjects- Enfield (Mass.)--Registers
- Landowners--Massachusetts--Enfield--Registers
Contributors- Massachusetts. Metropolitan District Commission. Water Division
Call no.: MS 039
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Enfield Centennial Celebration Collection, 1916.
1 box (0.25 linear feet).
The town of Enfield, Massachusetts sent invitations across the country to former residents and natives to come celebrate its centennial July 2, 3, and 4, in 1916. The collection consists of minutes of some of the public and committee meetings held to plan the celebration; letters received by committee members, chiefly from vendors of services for such celebrations; historical sketches prepared for distribution at the event; programs of the entire celebration and sports events; the official invitation; a committee member’s badge; and news clippings.
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Call no.: MS 063
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Enfield Village Real Estate Survey, 1930.
1 folder (0.1 linear feet).
Town of Enfield, Massachusetts, which was among the Western Massachusetts towns abolished in 1938 to allow the Swift River Valley to be flooded, thereby creating the Quabbin Reservoir to provide Boston with water. A graphic blueprint depiction prepared by the Metropolitan District Water Supply Commission of the lots of landholders in Enfield Village in 1930.
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Subjects- Enfield (Mass.)--Surveys
- Landowners--Massachusetts--Enfield
- Real property--Massachusetts--Enfield
Contributors- Massachusetts. Metropolitan District Commission. Water Division
Types of material
Call no.: MS 077
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Enfield Servicemen Dance Cards Collection, 1919.
2 items (0.1 linear feet).
Fifty-one men from Enfield served in World War I. This collection consists of two dance cards from an event welcoming the soldiers back, each filled out chiefly with initials. The back cover identifies W.H. Young as Floor Director, along with five aides.
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Subjects- Dance cards--Massachusetts--Enfield
- Enfield (Mass.)--Social life and customs
- World War, 1914-1918--Veterans
Types of material
Call no.: MS 072
View related collections: Quabbin, World War I : : No Comments
Enfield Fire Department Records, 1902-1938.
1 vol. (0.1 linear feet).
Fire Department of Enfield, Massachusetts. Includes a minutebook (1911-1938) that discusses the purchase and use of rubber clothing, the care and refurbishing of the engine house, fires put out, preparation of warrant articles for Town Meetings, submission of names for membership and the vote taken on them, and the annual Firemen’s Ball. Also contains 1902 booklet of Rules and Regulations, some financial records, and correspondence.
Subjects- Balls (Parties)--Massachusetts--Enfield--History
- Enfield (Mass.). Fire Department
- Fire departments--Massachusetts--Enfield
- Fire fighters--Massachusetts--Enfield
Types of material
Call no.: MS 032
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Enfield Grammar School Graduation Programs Collection, 1902-1914.
1 folder (0.1 linear feet).
Grammar school in Enfield, Massachusetts, a town abolished in 1938 to allow the Swift River Valley to be flooded, thereby creating the Quabbin Reservoir to provide Boston with water. Includes programs of the graduation exercises held at the Town Hall in 1902, 1906, 1913, and 1914. Also contains lists of graduates, speakers, and performers.
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Subjects- Commencement ceremonies--Massachusetts--Enfield--History--Sources
- Elementary schools--Alumni and alumnae--Massachusetts --Enfield
- Enfield (Mass.)--Registers
- Enfield Grammar School (Enfield, Mass.)
- Public schools--Massachusetts--Enfield--History--Sources
Types of material
Call no.: MS 074
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