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Bethel Masonic Lodge (Enfield, Mass.)

Bethel Masonic Lodge (Enfield, Mass.)

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.

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
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Daughters of the American Revolution. Captain Joseph Hooker Chapter (Enfield, Mass.)

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.

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 (Mass.)

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.

Subjects
  • Enfield (Mass.)--Registers
  • Landowners--Massachusetts--Enfield--Registers
Contributors
  • Massachusetts. Metropolitan District Commission. Water Division
Call no.: MS 039
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Enfield (Mass.) Centennial Celebration

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.

Subjects
  • Enfield (Mass.)--History
Call no.: MS 063
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Enfield (Mass.) Congregational Church

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.

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 (Mass.) Real Estate Survey

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.

Subjects
  • Enfield (Mass.)--Surveys
  • Landowners--Massachusetts--Enfield
  • Real property--Massachusetts--Enfield
Contributors
  • Massachusetts. Metropolitan District Commission. Water Division
Types of material
  • Blueprints
  • Land surveys
Call no.: MS 077
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Enfield (Mass.) Servicemen

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.

Subjects
  • Dance cards--Massachusetts--Enfield
  • Enfield (Mass.)--Social life and customs
  • World War, 1914-1918--Veterans
Types of material
  • Dance cards
  • Ephemera
Call no.: MS 072
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Enfield (Mass.). Fire Department

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
  • Minute books
Call no.: MS 032

Enfield (Mass.). Grammar School

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.

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
  • Souvenir programs
Call no.: MS 074
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Enfield (Mass.). School

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).

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
  • Account books
Call no.: MS 087
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