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
View related collections: Family, Mercantile, Quabbin : : No Comments
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
View related collections: Farming & rural life, Quabbin : : No Comments
Antislavery Collection, 1725-1911.
(7.5 linear feet).
The Antislavery Collection contains several hundred printed pamphlets and books pertaining to slavery and antislavery in New England, 1725-1911. The holdings include speeches, sermons, proceedings and other publications of organizations such as the American Anti-Slavery Society and the American Colonization Society, and a small number of pro-slavery tracts.
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Subjects- Abolitionists--Massachusetts
- Antislavery movements--United States
- Slavery--United States
Contributors- American Anti-Slavery Society
- American Colonization Society
Call no.: Rare Book Collections
View related collections: African American, Antiracism, Digital, Printed materials, Social change : : No Comments
Bethel Masonic Lodge Records, 1858-1938.
1 box (0.5 linear feet).
The Bethel Lodge of Masons, organized in 1825, is the oldest recorded social or fraternal group in Enfield, Massachusetts. Records include a membership list, financial records, by-laws, burial service manual, directories, insurance policies, meeting cards, and a one-hundredth anniversary booklet.
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Subjects- Enfield (Mass.)--History
- Freemasons--Massachusetts
- Men--Societies and clubs--Massachusetts
- Quabbin Reservoir Region (Mass.)--History
Contributors- Bethel Lodge, F. & A.M. (Enfield, Mass.)
Call no.: MS 012
View related collections: Civic organizations, Quabbin : : No Comments
Boarding House Register, 1850.
1 vol. (0.25 linear feet).
Twenty-four page register kept by unnamed person, possibly from a Quabbin town, listing boarders by name, payment received, and employee accounts. Payments noted in detail from February to October, 1850. Boarders included several doctors and L.S. Hills, possibly Leonard S. Hills of the Amherst, Massachusetts hat factory. Employee accounts list many women with Irish surnames, including Ellen O’Leary, Ellen Callahan, and Margaret Murphy.
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Subjects- Boardinghouses--Massachusetts--19th century
- Irish American women--History--19th century
Types of material
Call no.: MS 098
View related collections: Quabbin : : No Comments
Brown and Brothers Account Book, 1862-1873.
1 vol. (0.5 linear feet).
Freight haulers from Dana, Massachusetts. Includes information about products that were hauled (such as palm leaf hats, mats, lumber, railroad ties, and waste) and the companies for which they were carried. Also contains information about how Brown was paid (cash, barter, manure, chopped wood, stone) and the names of many people and places with whom Brown and Brothers conducted business.
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Subjects- Dana (Mass.)--Economic conditions--19th century
- Freight and freightage--Massachusetts
- Furniture industry and trade--Massachusetts
- Panama hat industry--Massachusetts
- Swift River Valley (Mass.)--Economic conditions--19th century
Contributors- Brown and Brothers
- Brown, Harry
Types of material
Call no.: ms 092
View related collections: Business & industry, Quabbin : : No Comments
Chickering Family Papers, 1813-1873.
2 folders (0.25 linear feet).
Nathaniel Chickering came to Enfield, Massachusetts, in 1800 with his son Otis and operated a grist mill for twenty years. One of Otis’ children, Bertrand, operated the Enfield telephone system in the Howe family store and lived with the Edwin H. Howe family.
Includes land and pew deeds of Nathaniel Chickering and Mrs. Otis Chickering’s account booklet with C.F. Wood and Co.
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Call no.: MS 095
View related collections: Business & industry, Massachusetts (West), Quabbin : : No Comments
Connecticut Valley Conference Program, 1924.
1 folder (0.1 linear feet).
Meeting of the Connecticut Valley Church Conference of Unitarian-Congregational and other churches held on the 100th anniversary of the building of the Old Brick Church in Deerfield, Massachusetts in 1924. Single program includes information about several addresses and a historical paper that were presented along with the devotional services.
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Subjects- Brick Church (Deerfield, Mass.)--Centennial celebrations, etc
- Connecticut Valley Church Conference
- Deerfield (Mass.)--Buildings, structures, etc
- Deerfield (Mass.)--Centennial celebrations, etc
Types of material
Call no.: MS 076
View related collections: Connecticut, Massachusetts (West), Religion : : No Comments
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
View related collections: Quabbin, World War I : : No Comments
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
View related collections: Quabbin : : No Comments
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