Special Collections & University Archives
Regional history
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 Congregational Church Records, 1800-1939.
1 box (0.75 linear feet).
Church that served as the social and cultural center of the town of Enfield, Massachusetts. Records include deeds, charters and other legal documents, along with the church’s articles of faith and covenant, a detailed record of parish meetings, the treasurer’s account book, the parish Trustee’s account book, the church manual, a manuscript sermon of Reverend S.G. Hitchcock, the sermons of Reverend Colton, an historical sermon celebrating the town’s centennial, and church bulletins.
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Subjects- Church bulletins--Massachusetts
- Congregational churches--Massachusetts--Enfield
- Congregational churches--Sermons
- Congregationalists--Massachusetts--Enfield
- Enfield (Mass.)--Centennial celebrations
- Enfield (Mass.)--Church history
- Enfield (Mass.)--Religious life and customs
- Sermons, American--Massachusetts--Enfield
Contributors- Enfield Congregational Church (Enfield, Mass.)
- Hitchcock, S. G.
- Richards, Frederick B.
Types of material- Account books
- Charters
- Deeds
Call no.: MS 011
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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
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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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Enfield School Account Books, 1816-1868.
2 vols. (0.25 linear feet).
Account books for school districts of Enfield, Massachusetts. The schools’ appropriations accounts kept by selectmen between 1816-1856 show the amount raised by the town annually for the support of the schools, and include how, when, and to whom money was disbursed. The account book for Enfield’s school district number 4, 1854-1868, includes records of the disbursement of money for teaching, boarding the teachers, supplying cord wood, making fires, and repairing the building. Also lists the names of teachers and members of the Prudential Committee (who kept the records and sometimes taught).
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Subjects- Enfield (Mass.)--Appropriations and expenditures
- Enfield (Mass.). Prudential Committee
- Enfield (Mass.). School District Number 5
- Public schools--Massachusetts--Enfield--Finance
- Schools--Massachusetts--Enfield--Finance
- Teachers--Massachusetts--Enfield
- Women teachers--Massachusetts--Enfield
Types of material
Call no.: MS 087
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Enfield Selectmen's Account Book, 1816-1846.
1 vol. (0.1 linear feet).
Account book of Selectmen of the town of Enfield, Massachusetts from when it was incorporated in 1816 to 1846. Includes expenses of the town and orders drawn for services such as ringing the bell, supporting paupers, building coffins, or providing a yard to serve as a pound. The recorded names of many townspeople represent the full spectrum of society-tradespeople, laborers, paupers, town officers, and wealthy townsmen.
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Subjects- Country life--Massachusetts--Enfield
- Enfield (Mass.)--Appropriations and expenditures
- Enfield (Mass.)--History--19th century
- Enfield (Mass.)--Politics and government--19th century
- Enfield (Mass.)--Social conditions--19th century
Types of material
Call no.: MS 086
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Joseph W. Estey Account Book, 1809-1827.
1 vol. (0.25 linear feet).
Joseph W. Estey was the owner of a farm in Greenwich, Massachusetts with a grist and sawmill. The account book (started in Springfield and Ludlow, Massachusetts with his business partner Abner Putnam) documents business dealings, hired male and female help, personal and farm expenses (hiring tanners and blacksmiths), and a deed.
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Subjects- Agricultural laborers--Massachusetts--Greenwich
- Domestics--Massachusetts--Greenwich
- Farmers--Massachusetts--Greenwich
- Greenwich (Mass.)--Economic condition--19th century
- Howe, Edward
- Howe, Gideon
- Lincoln, Benjamin
- Ludlow (Mass.)--Economic conditions--19th century
- Marcy, Laban
- Mills and mill-work--Massachusetts--Greenwich
- Oaks, John
- Parson Clapp Tavern
- Putnam, A. W.
- Putnam, Abner
- Springfield (Mass.)--Economic conditions--19th century
- Vaughan, Josiah
- Ware Manufacturing Co. (Ware, Mass.)
- Warner, John
ContributorsTypes of material
Call no.: MS 093
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Lynnette E. Foucher Cookbook Collection, 1902-2000.
429 items (8 linear feet).
1929 cookbook
Assembled by Lynnette E. Foucher, this collection consists chiefly of cookbooks produced by food companies between the 1920s-1970s. These cookbooks reflect the changing role of women in the home as well as new food trends and innovative technology. Taken together, the collection offers a glimpse into the way meal preparation changed in the U.S. during the second half of the twentieth century and how this change transformed the way we eat today.
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Subjects- Convenience foods--United States--History--20th century
- Cooking, American--History--20th century
- Cooking--Social aspects
- Diet--United States--History
- Food--Social aspects
- Women consumers--United States--History
- Women in advertising--United States--History
ContributorsTypes of material
Call no.: MS 684
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