Special Collections & University Archives
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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Howes Brothers Photograph Collection, ca. 1882-1907
1 box (0.5 linear feet).
Alvah, Walter, and George Howes brothers traveled the Pioneer Valley of Massachusetts in the last two decades of the 19th century, taking photographs of the residents and documenting the customs, fashions, architecture, industry, technology, and economic conditions of rural New England.
The Howes collection includes 200 study prints selected from 20,000 negatives held by the Ashfield Historical Society.
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SubjectsContributors- Howes, Alvah
- Howes, George
- Howes, Walter
Types of material
Call no.: MS 313
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Jeanne Howes Papers, 1967-2006
2 boxes (0.75 linear feet).
Independent Melville scholar, Jeanne Howes proved that Herman Melville’s first book, Redburn, or, The Schoolmaster of Morning, was published anonymously in 1844. This collection contains her published articles and book about Melville, as well as a self-published work about Nathan and Seth Howes who were credited with creating the first American tented circus.
Also a poet, her papers include letters from Robert Francis, with whom she carried on a regular correspondence for nearly a decade, as well as unpublished typescripts of her own poems.
SubjectsContributors- Francis, Robert, 1901-1987
- Howes, Jeanne C., 1916-
Call no.: MS 471
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Ales Hrdlicka Collection, 1 box (2 linear feet).
Fourteen panels used in a public exhibition depicting the life and work of the Czech-born American anthropologist Ales Hrdlicka through photographs, documents, and narrative.
Subjects- Hrdlicka, Ales, 1869-1943
Call no.: MS 149
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Hubbard and Lyman Daybook, 1844-1847
1 vol. (0.1 linear feet).
Partners who manufactured harnesses, saddles, and trunks in Springfield, Massachusetts. Includes the prices paid for harnesses, whips, trunks, valises, and a variety of repair jobs such as splicing, coupling, and repairing of the hoses of the Springfield Fire Department. Also contains method and form of payment (principally cash, but also wood, leather, and leather thread in exchange) and twenty pages of clippings with the names of Lyman’s daughters, Mary and Frances, written on them.
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Subjects- Aaron P. Emerson Co. (Orland, Me.)
- Barter--Massachusetts--Springfield--History--19th century
- Harness making and trade--Massachusetts--Springfield--History--19th century
- Harnesses--Prices--History
- Springfield (Mass.)--Economic conditions--19th century
- Springfield (Mass.). Fire Dept
- Trunks (Luggage)--Prices--History
- Wages--Leatherworkers--Massachusetts--Springfield--History--19th century
- Whips--Prices--History
Contributors- Hubbard and Lyman
- Hubbard, Jason, b. 1815
- Lyman, Moses, b. 1815
Types of material
Call no.: MS 237 bd
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Hudson family Papers, 1780-1955 (Bulk: 1825-1848)
6 boxes (3 linear feet).
Correspondence (1825-1888) and journals (1830-1845) of Erasmus Darwin Hudson (1805-1880), anti-slavery organizer and orthopedic surgeon, relating chiefly to his activities for the Connecticut and American Anti-Slavery societies; his antislavery campaign map of New York state and surrounding areas (1841), with handwritten notes; account books (1831-1838) of Daniel C. Hudson and Erasmus Darwin Hudson; family records and writings of Erasmus Darwin Hudson, Jr. (1843-1887), thoracic physician, and other family members; notes on the branches of medicine and handwritten drafts of lectures; genealogies of the Hudson, Shaw, Clarke, Fowler, and Cooke families, and printed material, memorabilia, clipping and photographs. Includes correspondence from major antislavery figures, including Abby Kelley, Wendell Phillips, Frederick Douglass, William Lloyd Garrison, Isaac Hopper, and Samuel May.
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Subjects- Abolitionists
- African Americans--History
- American Anti-slavery Society
- Antislavery movements--Massachusetts
- Connecticut Anti-slavery Society
- Connecticut--History--19th century
- Massachusetts--History--19th century
- Physicians--New York
- United States--History--1783–1865
Contributors- Douglass, Frederick, 1818-1895
- Foster, Abby Kelley, 1810-1887
- Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879
- Gay, Sydney Howard, 1814-1888
- Hopper, Isaac T. (Isaac Tatem), 1771-1852
- Hudson Family
- Hudson, Daniel Coe, 1774–1840
- Hudson, Erasmus Darwin, 1806–1880
- Hudson, Erasmus Darwin, 1843–1887
- Phillips, Wendell, 1811-1884
- Smith, Gerrit, 1797-1874
- Stone, Lucy, 1818-1893
- Weld, Theodore Dwight, 1803-1895
- Wright, Henry Clarke, 1797-1870
Types of material- Diaries
- Letters (Correspondence)
Call no.: MS 332
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W. W. Hunt Account Book, 1886-1888.
1 vol. (0.25 linear feet).
The proprietor of a general store and postmaster in Wendell Depot, Mass., W. W. Hunt carried on a thriving business for a small Franklin County town during the 1880s and 1890s. Selling a range of dry goods, foodstuffs, and other goods, Hunt catered to residents in Wendell and neighboring communities up and down the Miller River.
An extensive ledger, marked No. 5, the W.W. Hunt account book contains records of sales of a surprising range of dry goods and foodstuffs, snaths and scythes, stamps and envelopes, and other goods useful to a rural community. Although most of Hunt’s customers were individuals seemingly purchasing for personal consumption, he also sold goods to the Farley and Goddard Wood Paper Companies, the Ladies Aid Society, and the town of Wendell, with some accounts marked “Town Farm.”
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Subjects- Merchants--Massachusetts--Wendell Depot
- Wendell Depot (Mass.)--Economic conditions--19th century
ContributorsTypes of material
Call no.: MS 621 bd
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S.H. Hutner Papers, 1971-1997
6 boxes (9 linear feet).
A pioneer in the chemistry of protists, Seymour H. Hunter (1911-2003) was among the founders of the Haskins Laboratories in 1935, helping to establish its programs in microbiology, genetics, and nutrition (now affiliated with Pace University). His diverse research interests centered on protist nutrition, and he is credited with significant advances in understanding the ecology of marine plankton and the development of culturing methods for algae and protists. Stemming from his work on nutrition in Euglena, he developed microbiological assays for the determination of vitamin B12 in human tissues, and other research was foundational for understanding of the role of chelation for metals in culture systems and clinical use. Sometimes called a “protozoology missionary,” Hutner was a founding member of the Society of Protozoologists And was noted for his ability to recruit and inspire students and colleagues.
The Hutner Papers contain a significant run of scientific correspondence concentrated in the 1970s and 1980s, relating to Hutner’s research, publications, and the Haskins Lab, along with a small amount of material relating to his position at Pace University and some personal correspondence.
Subjects- Haskins Laboratories
- Pace University
- Protozoans--Food
- Protozoans--Physiology
Contributors- Hutner, S. H. (Seymour Herbert), 1911-
Call no.: MS 549
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Dan Hyde Journal, 1837
1 vol. (0.1 linear feet).
The notebook of Dan Hyde of Farmington, Conn., includes a narrative concerning medical matters, an account of Matthew St. Clare’s claims against the estate of Charles Hyde, a list of David Hyde’s children’s names, and two religious exhortations and the “Genesee Song.”
Subjects- Farmington (Conn.)--History
ContributorsTypes of material
Call no.: MS 035
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