Special Collections & University Archives
Enfield (Mass.). Selectmen
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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First Universalist Church (North Dana, Mass.) Vesper Service Programs, 1934-1936.
1 folder (0.1 linear feet).
Programs for the Monson-Hale Memorial Vespers, musical services held at the First Universalist Church in North Dana, Massachusetts since 1929. Included also is a news clipping indicating the history of the North Dana Vespers.
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Subjects- North Dana (Mass.)--Religious life and customs
- Quabbin Reservoir Region (Mass.)--Religious life and customs
Contributors- First Universalist Church (North Dana, Mass.)
Types of material
Call no.: MS 075
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Woman's Missionary Society of the Enfield Congregational Church Records, 1885-1927.
1 box (0.5 linear feet).
In 1885, women of the Enfield Congregational Church formed a woman’s missionary society to disseminate information on, increase interest in and raise funds for missionary work. The Society sponsored lectures with missionary workers and distributed funds to women’s missions associations and smaller, local charities. In 1927, the Society merged with similar groups in Hatfield and Northampton, Mass., forming the Hampshire County Branch of the Women’s Board of Missions.
The records of the Woman’s Missionary Society of the Enfield Congregational Church consist principally of minutes of meetings and one account book.
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Subjects- Congregational Church (Enfield, Mass.). Woman's Missionary Society--Archives
- Congregational churches--Massachusetts--Enfield--History
- Enfield (Mass.)--History
- Missions--Societies, etc.--History
- Women in missionary work--Massachusetts--Enfield--History
- Women--Massachusetts--Enfield--History
- Women--Societies and clubs--History
Types of material- Account books
- Minute books
Call no.: MS 010
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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
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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
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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 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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