Miscellaneous ManuscriptsMiscellaneous Manuscripts

African American Agriculture Business and industry Education Family Jazz

Massachusetts Military New England Printed materials Women

Collection overviewCollection overview

Miscellaneous Manuscripts is an artificial collection that brings together various singleitems or small groups of related materials. A wide range of topics and formats isrepresented, although there is an emphasis on Massachusetts history.

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Whaling ship (New Bedford, Mass.)

1337-20036 boxes (5 linear ft.)Call no.Call no.: MS 719

BackgroundBackgroundSCUA regularly receives individual manuscripts andsmall groupings of materials that are historicallyvaluable, but which do not stand on their own ascollections. For administrative purposes, most of theseare aggregated into an artificial grouping, theMiscellaneous Manuscripts Collection.

Scope of collectionScope of collectionTruly miscellaneous in scope and containing a widerange of content and types of formats, theMiscellaneous Manuscripts Collection spans the full range of subjects, time periods, and regions consistent withSCUA's collecting policy, with a particularyw emphasis on Massachusetts history. Materials are added to thecollection on a regular basis.

InventoryInventory77 Records and Folklore: Jazz, Blues and folk Recordings forthe Connoisseur

1976 Box 1: 1

Special Collections and University Archives : University Libraries

Adams, Abigail: Letter to John Quincy Adams 1751 May Box 5: 1Adams, J. W.: Advertisement: Doolittle's Black Cap Raspberry ca. 1890 Box 1: 2Advertisement: Bob Scobey & his Frisco Band ca. 1965 Box 1: 3Advertisement for the Press of Robert Grabhorn and AndrewHoyem

ca. 1972 Box 5: 2

Agriculture: handbills and ribbon 1856-1871 Box 1: 4Allen, Walter C.: Announcing the Publication of JazzMonographs No. 2

1958 Box 1: 5

Allen Walter C.: Discount Schedule of Quantity Orders of Booksand Publications on Jazz

1958 June Box 1: 6

Alvord family (South Hadley, Mass.): Tax collector's accountbook

1806-1832 Box 1: 7

Amherst Community History Mural: Guide to the AmherstCommunity History Mural

ca. 1990 Box 1: 8

Amherst Growth Policy Committee: Letters, clippings, memos ca. 1970 Box 1: 9Annual Shakespeare Festival: Program: Taming of the Shrew 1913 Box 1: 10Apple family photographs ca.1937-1940 Box 1: 11 Apple family posed outside of Apple's Meat Market :

Sam Apple, Henry Apple, Joe Apple, unidentified friend,Lou Apple, and unidentified friend (l. to r.)

ca.1940

Sam Apple with children: written in pencil on verso:'Rosika mit Manelle bei 5 und 9 jahren'

ca.1937

Arms Academy. Student Council: Scrapbook 1933 Box 1: 12Arnold Arboretum: Bird's Eye View of Arnold Arboretumn andthe Bussey Institutions

1934 Box 1: 13

Audio Book Company: Literature for Listening ca. 1960 Box 1: 14Audiophile Records, Inc.: Audiophile Complete Listing,Introduction and Some of Our Philosophies

ca. 1970 Box 1: 15

Audubon, Lucy: Letter to Mrs. Connally undated Box 5: 3Bacon, Albert S.: Bay State Grocery Advertisement 1877 Feb 7 Box 1: 16Baker, Luther B.: Lecture: pursuit of John Wilkes Booth undated Box 1: 17Baldwin, Rachel: Estate inventory (Bloomfield, N.J.) 1812 May 8 Box 5: 4Baring Woolen Manufacturing Company: Stock assessment 1864 Box 1: 18Bartkett, Emory H.: Catalog and mating list: Trapnested,Pedigreed, S. C. W. Leghorns

1920 Box 1: 19

Baskin, Leonard: Letters to Leone 1969, 1982 Box 1: 20 Bede, the Venerable, Saint, 673-735: In Lucaeevangelium, ch. 9 [manuscript leaf]

ca.1180 Box 6

Bennington (Vt.) centennial souvenir napkin 1877 Box 6: 1Berkeley, Roy: Correspondence: Watts, Theodore F. 1980 Box 1: 21Black Panther Ski Center: Black Panther Ski Center pamphlet ca. 1945 Box 1: 22Blouët, Paul: Receipt, Young Ladies of the Edwards ChurchSociety (Northampton, Mass.)

1891 Nov 18 Box 1: 23

Boston Hoosac Tunnel and Albany Railroad: Report of theCorporators

1871 Box 1: 24

Boston Lyceum Concert Co.: Publicity materials 1889 Box 1: 25Botanical Musuem (Harvard University): Glass Flowers in theWare Collection

1963 Box 1: 26

Bourne, Richard Alden: Descendants of John Bourne 2006 Box 1: 27Bramlage, Georgene: Leverett 200: Leverett the Community 1974 Box 1: 28

Contents: Co-authored by Georgene and William Bramlage.Broadside: "America's Dilemma" (Chicago, Ill.) 1964 May 29 Box 1: 29

Contents: Speakers include Michael Harrington, Bayard Rustin, and Norman Thomas.Broadside: children's rhyme ca. 1900 Box 1: 30

Contents: Subject of rhyme is racist.Broadside: "Where is Hitler Heading?" 1934 July 12 Box 1: 31

Contents: Advertising a meeting held in Boston to discuss the latest events in Germany.Butler, Leona A.: Massachusetts: Home of Famous Jerseys 1995 Box 1: 32

Capmakers Local 4: United hatters, Cap, and Millinery WorkersInternational Union, Plans, reports, and Newspaper Clippings

1973-1999 Box 1: 33

Catalogue of Short-horn Cattle: From the herds of C. S. Barclayand Smith and Judd near West Liberty, Iowa

1885 Box 5: 5

Catalogue des Livres qui se Trouvent chez Plassan, Imprimeur-Libraire, rue du Cimetière St-André-des-Arc

ca. 1791 Box 5: 6

Catalogue of Trotting Stock at Highlawn belonging to ElizurSmith of Lee, Berkshire County, Mass.

1884 Box 1: 34

Celanse Corporation of America: How to Choose Your FabricsWisely: booklet

ca. 1950 Box 1: 35

Center Peace (Northampton, Mass.) 1977 Box 1: 36Central Labor Union Entertainment and Ball: souvenir program 1904 Jan 21 Box 1: 37

Contents: Held at the Town Hall in Leominster, Massachusetts.Chamberlain, Sarah: Broadside advertisement forChamberlain Press

1981-1983 Box 5: 7

Chapman, R. A.: Letter to Barnes, D. H. 1857 Dec 3 Box 1: 38Checks: sample bank checks 1898-1899 Box 6: 2Cheney, W. P.: Letter to Daniels, Charlotte 1847 May 11 Box 1: 39Civil Defense emergency rations ca.1965 Art closet

Contents: Tins of crackers (Civil Defense All Purpose Survival Biscuits), one tin (37 pounds) of hardcandy, and a cardboard box that contained six of the crackers tins, rescued from dumpsternear Whately Public Library, a former civil defense shelter.

Clark, J. Enoch: Deed: Sheldon, Isaac 1779 Box 1: 40"Class Structure of America 1970: A Paper for Discussion,Study, and Criticism

1972 Box 3: 43

Cobden-Sanderson, T. J.: The Closing of the Doves Press 1969 Box 5: 8Coffin, Levi: advertising flier for Reminiscences of Levi Coffin[Underground Railroad memoir]

1880 Box 6: 3

Colorado State Agricultural Experiment Station 1895, 1907 Box 1: 41Contents: Postcards addressed to the Experiment Station requesting publications.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts: Order to Hampshire CountySheriff

1802 Aug 23 Box 1: 42

Contents: Order to attach the goods of Seth Draper of Belchertown.Conant, Joseph: Letter to Russell, E. A. 1846 Box 1: 43Congregational Church (Greenwich, Mass.): Program ca. 1930 Box 1: 44Cook Laboratories Inc.: Catalog of Spanish and PortugueseMusic

ca. 1970 Box 1: 45

Cooke, Mary W.: Letter to Mr. Dalton 1895 Box 1: 46Corradino, Corrado: Il libro dell'anima undated Box 5: 9Corradino, Corrado: Ricordo di un sogno d'estate. A Quirinafior di tutti i miei sogni

1901 Box 5: 10

Cortot, Alfred: Letter to Ami undated Box 5: 11Croce, Benedetto: Letter to Signore (Naples, Italy) 1906 Feb 15 Box 5: 12Croce, Benedetto: Prefazione alla "Letterature italiana delsecolo XIX" di Francesco de Sanctis

1896 Box 5: 13

Court Square Theatre (Springfield, Mass.): Program 1924 Box 1: 47Cox, Thomas: Bookplate ca. 1850 Box 1: 48Croizier, Ralph C.: Traditional Medicine in Communist China:Science, Communism and Cultural Nationalism

1965 Box 4: 1

Cushman, Harriette: Letters to Dresser, Wealthy (Goshen,Mass.)

1846-1849 Box 1: 49

Contents: Written while Cushman was a student at Mount Holyoke Seminary.Dedication Exercises of the Methodist E. Church (Pittsfield,Mass.): program

1874 May 5 Box 1: 50

Deerfield Valley Art Association: Exhibition: Eleventh AnnualShowing of Work

1942 Box 1: 51

Democratic City Committee (Springfield, Mass.): InauguralBanquet and Ball Souvenir Program

1950 Jan 3 Box 1: 52

Dexter, George A.: correspondence 1924-1941 Box 1: 53

Dobek, Edward: Letters: Hanzel, Bette M.

Languages: Correspondence in Polish and English.

1944-1945 Box 1: 54

Donaghue, Katherine: Letter to Dickinson, Wesley 1945 Box 1: 55Dreyfus, John: The Personal Pleasures of a Private Press(Stanford, Calif.: Stanford University Press)

1971 Box 5: 14

Duckert family letters 1972 Box 5: 15E. S. Hulbert & Co.: Fall River Works: price list 1886 Box 1: 56Echo Hill Town Houses (Amherst, Mass.): brochure ca. 1965 Box 1: 57 Einstein, Albert: Letter to Walter Mayer

Language: Letter in German.

1932 Nov 28 Box 1: 58

Contents: Includes transcription and correspondence concerning acquisition of letter.Endicott-Sears, Clara: Letters to Frederick Morse Cutter 1941 Box 5: 16Estate of Chloe Fuller (Warren, Conn.) 1889 Box 1: 59Everst Record Group: Catalog of Long-Playing Records andCassette Tapes

1977 Box 1: 60

Farm Journal and Farmer's Wife 1940 May Box 5: 17Fashion Plate Revue (Masonic Temple, Springfield): program 1935 Box 1: 61Feinberg, Charles E.: Walt Whitman Collection 1888-1890 Box 1: 62Film & Recordings Center. Public Library of Cincinnati &Hamilton County: Jazz Festival: program of events

ca. 1975 Box 1: 63

First Church of Christ, Scientist (Boston, Mass.): Photographs:Christian Science Center

ca. 1980 Box 1: 64

First Congregational Church (Hadley, Mass.): Program:Homecoming Sunday

1976 Box 1: 65

First Congregational Parish (Deerfield, Mass.): Program: 100thAnniversary of "The Old Brick Church" together with the FallMeeting of the Connecticut Valley Conference

1924 Oct 12 Box 3: 34

Fisher, G. H.: Broadside: lecture (Town Hall, Orange, Mass.) ca. 1920 Box 1: 66 Fitz Elys, Robert: Grant to John de Thomele(Waterpyrie, Oxfordshire)

1337 Box 5: 41

Contents: Lower half of a chirograph granting land to John, son of John de Thomele from RobertFitz Elys, son of Lord Robert Fitz Elys.

Folk-Legacy Records, Inc. (Sharon, Conn.) 1977 Box 1: 67Folkways Records: New releases 1977-1978 Box 1: 68Fowler, J. S.: Letter to Governor of Massachusetts 1896 May 5 Box 1: 69

Contents: Asking the Governor to investigate a private institution, Berkshire Hills Sanatorium,treating cancer patients. Fowler's sister underwent treatment there and died a few days afterreturning home from apparent mistreatment and neglect received at the facility.

Frankfurter, Felix: TLS to F.L. 1927 Box 6: 4Contents: Plus carbon copies of correspondence to Frankfurter, all pertaining to case of Sacco and

VanzettiFraser, Duncan H.: Autobiographical writings 2003 Box 1: 70

Contents: Recounting his service as a Timberwolf in the U.S. Army during world War II.Fraser, Duncan H.: Letter to father 1945 Feb 4 Box 1: 71

Contents: Concerning attack on Merken.Fraser, Duncan H.: newspaper clippings and printed material 1985-2010 Box 1: 72

Contents: Includes an issue of Timberwolf Howl.Friends of Quabbin: The Memory Lives: 50th CommemorativeYear, 1938-1988

1988 Apr 27 Box 1: 73

Freeman, Watson: Deed to Fisk, Ebenezer, Jr. 1778 Feb 9 Box 1: 74Contents: Transer of land in Shelburne, Massachusetts.

Funk family: Wolf Mausoleum (Highland Cemetery, Ottawa,Kansas)

1982 Box 3: 35

Contents: Includes invoice for the cutting of names and dates from the Lamb-Roberts FuneralHome and a photograph of the work.

Garstane, Daisy: Letters to Mrs. Henry Ferguson 1905 Box 5:Contents: Concerning Egypt.

Gehenna Press: Ephemera and advertisements 1964-1975 Box 5: 19GHB Records: Numerical album order form ca. 1970 Box 1: 75Gibbons, Peter: Short Narrative of My Life undated Box 1: 76

Contents: Typescript narrative written by Peter Gibbons covering his life from 1730 to 1822.GNP Crescendo Records: Inventory Control & Order Form 1977 Box 1: 77Good Time Jazz Record Co.: GTJ & CR News (v. 4, no, 2) 1959 Mar Box 1: 78Goshen (Mass.): miscellaneous documents 1815-1900 Box 6: 5

Contents: Includes order to muster the militia (1838), deeds, indentures, receipts, etc.Gotham Book Mart: Recording list ca. 1965 Box 1: 79Granby (Mass.): Petition to Commonwealth of Massachusetts 1808 Box 1: 80

Contents: Petition from Town Selectman concerning boundaries with South Hadley.Grand Festival Concert (Springfield, Mass.): Program 1922 Feb 23 Box 1: 81Grandma Moses 1952 3 photographs Box 6: 5Grant, Lucy E.: Letter to Grant, Luther 1844 Dec 6 Box 1: 82Greenfield and Northampton Railroad Corporation: votingproxies to Dickinson, Gardner

1845 June 9 Box 1: 83

Greenfield Community College: Pioneer Valley StudiesNewsletter

1981-1987 Box 1: 84

Greenhorn, James: Letter to unknown recipient 1840 Aug 10 Box 1: 85Gutowska, Marie: Glimpses into the Story of Polish Americans:An Introduction into Polish Studies

ca. 1968 Box 1: 86

Hampshire Agricultural Society: Certificate of LifeMembership: Lathrop, Paoli, Mrs.

1860 Box 1: 87

Contents: Signed by William S. Clark.Hampsihre County (Mass.): Assessor's warrant to Deerfield(Mass.) Constable

1784 Mar 8 Box 1: 88

Hampshire Magazine: Holyoke's Spectacular 25th Annual St.Patrick's Day Parade

1976 Box 1: 89

Handbill: "Dramatic Entertainment" 1856 Box 1: 90Contents: Featuring The Little Treasure and The Widow's Victim.

Handbill: Three Musketeers ca. 1910 Box 1: 91Hayes, Franklin J.: Letter to Charles 1841 July 16 Box 1: 92Heath Telephone Company: Telephone directory 1906 Box 1: 93Heiligmann, Carlos and Katherine: Favorite libraries in FranklinCounty, Massachusetts

1877 Calendar Box 6: 7

Hemenway, Ruby: Correspondence 1978, 1980 Box 1: 94Hess, Selmar: Hints from a Famous Binder ca. 1900 Box 5: 20 Heiward, William: Grant to John Chastilon (Thornton,Buckinghamshire)

1360 Sept. 21 Box 5: 41

Contents: Grant of two acres from William Heiward (Heyward), Lord of Thornton, to John Chastilon,priest of the church of Thornton. In Anglicana script on vellum with red seal intact bearing heimpression of a lion rampant.

H.H. Brown Company, Inc.: brochures and newspaper clippings 1977-1983 Box 1: 95Hick'ry Farm: program ca. 1850 Box 1: 96High School of Commerce (Springfield, Mass.): Commerce:Maroon Issue

1922 Box 1: 97

Hilton-Simpson, Melville William 1929 Box 6: 8Contents: Letters and snapshots laid into edition of Hill-folk of Algeria

Hindsight Records: Catalog ca. 1970 Box 1: 98Hoffman, Edwina A.: A Language Study of the NegroCommunity in Amherst, Massachusetts (B.A. Honors Thesis,UMass Amherst)

1968 Box 5: 21

Holden, Charles S.: License from U.S. Treasury for sugarproducer

1893 Box 6: 9

Holyoke High School Monthly Report 1891 Box 1: 99Holyoke (Mass.): 21st Annual St. Patrick's Day ParadeSouvenir Program

1972 Mar 19 Box 1: 100

Holyoke (Mass.): 22nd Annual St. Patrick's Day ParadeSouvenir Program

1973 Mar 18 Box 1: 101

Holyoke (Mass.): 23rd Annual St. Patrick's Day ParadeSouvenir Program

1974 Mar 17 Box 1: 102

Holyoke (Mass.): 24th Annual St. Patrick's Day ParadeSouvenir Program

1975 Mar 23 Box 1: 103

Holyoke (Mass.): Welcome to Holyoke, Massachusetts: A Cityon the Move

ca. 1990 Box 1: 104

Holyoke (Mass.): Uncertainty of the Present, the Promise of theFuture

ca. 1970 Box 1: 105

Holyoke Chamber of Commerce (Holyoke, Mass.): BusinessPerson of the Year award to Carol Katz (Loomis Communities)

2009 Box 6: 24

Hopman, Ellen Evert: Secrets of Life: An Interview Project withElders of Some Pioneer Valley Towns

1995 Box 1: 106

Horner, Phyllis: "China's Revolution in Medicine: The StruggleBetween Two Lines"

1970 Box 3: 42

Horticultural School for Women: Advertisement 1870 Box 1: 107Hot Jazz Club of America: List of latest releases and order form 1950 Box 1: 108Household Finance Corporation and Subsidaries: BetterBuymanship Principles booklet

1945 Box 1: 109

Household Finance Corporation and Subsidaries: BetterBuymanship Use and Care: Floor Coverings, booklet no. 10

1943 Jan Box :

Household Finance Corporation and Subsidaries: BetterBuymanship Use and Care: Furniture, booklet no. 26

1947 Mar Box 1: 110

Household Finance Corporation and Subsidaries: BetterBuymanship Use and Care: Furs, booklet no. 8

1946 Jan Box 1: 111

Household Finance Corporation and Subsidaries: BetterBuymanship Use and Care: Household Equipment, bookletno. 14

1946 Apr Box 1: 112

Household Finance Corporation and Subsidaries: BetterBuymanship Use and Care: Playthings, booklet no. 15

1945 Oct Box 1: 113

Household Finance Corporation and Subsidaries: BetterBuymanship Use and Care: Shoes, booklet no. 5

1946 June Box 1: 114

Household Finance Corporation and Subsidaries: BetterBuymanship Use and Care: Soap and Other Cleaning Agents,booklet no. 16

1942 Mar Box 1: 115

Household Finance Corporation and Subsidaries: MoneyMangement: The Home Furnishing Dollar, booklet

1939 Box 1: 116

Household Finance Corporation and Subsidaries: MoneyMangement: The Clothing Dollar, booklet

1946 Box 1: 117

Howe, Donald W.: Quabbin Stamp House 1937-1938 Box 2Hubbard, Guy: Windsor Industrial History: Lamson Companies(Chapter XI)

1922 Box 2

International Jewish Peace Union (I. J. P. U.): Informationpackets

1983 Box 4: 3

International Piano Archives: printer material 1977 Box 2Jackson, James E.: C.P. Position on Status and Prospects of the"Black Belt"

ca. 1956 Box 2

Jazz Record Exchange: Jazz Report Benefit Auction 1963 Box 2Jazzology Records: Numerical album order form 1980 Box 2Jenkins, Paul: Letter to unidentified recipient 1840 Aug 3 Box 2Jim Cullum's Happy Jazz Band: Music listing order form,brochure

ca. 1970 Box 2

Keller, J. H.: Letter to Keller, Peter H. 1849 Aug 29 Box 2Kennedy, John F.: memorial magazines 1963-1964 Box 6

Contents: Memorial editions of Life, Look, and Post magazines.Kermaire, Christine: Human microchip implant and biohacking[artist book], 119/500

2017 Box 6: 10

King, John: Deed of sale to Scott, William 1749 Aug 8 Box 2Contents: For property in the "Elbows" in Hampshire County.

King Persifer's Crown: A Comedietta in Four Acts program 1891 Dec 25 Box 2

KM Records: Kicking Mule catalog 1977 Box 2Knight, James: Bearer's bond from State of Massachusetts Bay 1771 Dec 1 Box 5: 22Kuwada, Gompei: Autobiography of Gompei Kuwada 1941 Box 2Labor: pamphlets and brochures 1954 Box 2La Brecque, Donald: Historical perspective on the lives ofpeople labeled with an intellectual disability in Massachusetts

2002 Box 6: 21

Ladies Auxiliary, Our Lady of Czestochova (Turner's Falls,Mass.): Photograph

ca. 1950 Box 2

Ladies Auxiliary (Turner's Falls, Mass.): Meeting of CentralCommittee for Good deeds minutebook

1940-1942 Box 2

La Franchise, Ed: Letter on Catholic Order of Forestersletterhead

1932 Box 6: 11

Lamson & Goodnow: Product catalog and price lists 1968 Box 2Lamson & Goodnow: "A Brief History of Lamson & GoodnowManufacturing Co."

ca. 1970 Box 2

Landmarks Preservation Committee: Gillett-Tyler House report ca. 2000 Box 2"Last Will and Testament of Oliver Smith, Esquire, late ofHatfield, Mass. deceased Dec. 22, 1845"

2000 Box 2

Latimer, Catherine A.: two letters from W.E.B. Du Bois 1936, 1947 Box 6: 12 Lectionary [manuscript leaf] ca.1500 Box 6

Contents: With passage from Luke 19:15 ff.: four-sided borders edged in gold infilled with (recto)magenta twigs and foliage, colorful birds, peacock, and gold bezants; (verso) triangles andlozenges with IHS and bright blossoms, strawberries, a single bird, and gold bezants; two-linegold initial on colorful grounds with blossoms; rubricated. Texts: This is a section of theSanctorale with Gospel lessons primarily from Luke (18 October).

Lee, Gerald Stanley: Letters 1917-1919 Box 2Lenox Academy: Exhibition program 1829 Aug Box 2Lenox Academy: Exhibition program 1834 Aug Box 2Letter from Lucretia to Thayer, Lucius F. 1834 Apr 23 Box 2Letter from Marjorie L. to Charles 1920 July 21 Box 2

Contents: Written on Berkshire Summer School of Art letterhead.Letter from Mazie to Corley, T. S. undated Box 2Letter from Nancy to Hubbard, Parker D. 1846 July 26 Box 2Levenger, George: Japan and I 2008 Box 6: 13

Contents: Memoir of time in post-war military occupation of Japan.Levine, Eric: French intellectual and the Algerian War 1962 Box 6: 14Levy, Lazare: Letter to M. Wilkowski undated Box 5: 23Library of Congress: Music Division: Recording Laboratoryorder blanks

1955-1956 Box 2

Lindsey family: photographs 1880-1940 Box 2Contents: Includes photographs of Emily Blaney Lindsey,Amy Brown Lindsey, Jospeh B. Lindsey

(Sr. and Jr.)and Joseph W. Lindsey.Lindsey, Joseph B.: obituary and funeral remarks 1939 Box 2Lindsey, Joseph B., Jr.: "Amy Brown Lindsey, 1868-1941" ca. 1941 Box 2Lindsey, Joseph B., Jr.: record of birth 1897 Box 2Linguaphone Institute: printed material ca. 1955 Box 2Literary Map of Amherst, Massachusetts ca. 1990 Box 2LP Catalog, New Releases: order form 1980-1981 Box 2Luckman, George E.: "Books on 'Jass,' 'Popular Music,' and'Show Business'" price list

ca. 1965 Box 2

Lyman, E. H. R.: Letters to sister 1875-1895 Box 2Macleish, Archibald: Ephemera from memorial tribute atGreenfield Community College

1982 Box 5: 24

Map of Berkshire County, Massachusetts, 1858: CD-ROM 2001 Box 5: 25Massachusetts Baptist Convention: receipt to Nelson, StephenS.

1841 Aug 21 Box 2

Massachusetts Committee on Public Safety, ProtectionDivision: Bomb Instructions for Air Raid Wardens

ca. 1943 Box 2

Massachusetts government documents: tax and other acts 1806-1852 Box 5: 26

Matthews, Brander: Correspondence with Edgar White Burill 1918-1921 Box 5: 27

Matthews, Maryka: The Death of Malcom X: Eyewitness Report ca. 1965 Box 2Contents: Photocopies typescript.

Mauger, Madame: Letter to Hartung, C. E. ca. 1868 Box 2Contents: Concerning sale of hair/wigs.

Mayon, Charles and Rivier, Theodore: Circular letter to deSaussure, Maximilen

Language: Letter in French.

1831 Box 2

Contents: Proposing to unify diverse religious societies by establishing a school for children.Mecuster, Inez, soprano: advertisement, brochure ca. 1890 Box 2Merriam, Charles: Letter to Merriam, George 1834 Mar 29 Box 2Merry Makers Record Company: Good Old Jazz ca. 1970 Box 2Millican, C. Bowie: Letter to John M. Berdan 1934 Dec 7 Box 5: 28Mills, E. H.: Letter to Bliss, George 1823 Apr 11 Box 2Mississippi & Alabama Railroad Company: $100 note 1838 Box 2"Mohawk Indian on the Mohawk Trail at Mohawk HuntingGrounds of Charlemont in Massachusetts"

1932 Box 2

Mohawk Birch Trail, by David Danielson 1920 Print Box 6: 15Monitor Show Company (Holbrook, Mass.): Catalog ca. 1915 Box 5: 29Monmouth Evergreen Records: catalogs and order forms 1973 Box 2Munroe, Robert C.: calling card ca. 1890 Box 2Nash, S. A. and M. A.: Letter to sister 1864 Jan 31 Box 2Nash, Sibbel: Letters to sister 1848, 1850 Box 2Natchez (Miss.): 25 cents note 1862 Box 2National Defense Research Committee. Applied MathematicsPanel: Supersonic Flow and Shock Waves: A Manual on theMathematical Theory of Non-Linear Wave Motion, AMP Report38.2R

ca.1945 Jul Box 4: 7

Contents: Report was the property of Marshall Harvey Stone, who did classified work for theUnited States government during World War II before joining the UMass Amherst Mathematicsdepartment in 1968.

National Defense Research Committee. Applied MathematicsPanel, Applied Mathematics Group, New York University:Remarks on the Mathematical Theory of Detonation andDeflagration Waves in Gases (Supplement to the Manual onSupersonic Flow and Shock Waves), AMP Report 38.3R, AMG-NYU No. 127.

1945 Jul Box 4: 7

Contents: Report was the property of Marshall Harvey Stone, who did classified work for theUnited States government during World War II before joining the UMass Amherst Mathematicsdepartment in 1968.

National Geographic Society and Palomar Observatory: SkyAtlas

1955 Cab.

Contents: Photographic atlas produced with the 48-inch Schmidt telescope of the PalomarObservatory covering the sky north of -27 declination in photographic reproduction of red-and blue-sensitive range. The survey was funded by the National Geographic Society.Copyright for the images has been retained by the National Geographic.

Custodial history: This copy of the Sky Atlas was presented by the National Geographic Society toAmherst College in 1955.

Negatives: house in Orange, Mass. ca. 1930 Box 2New Salem (Mass.): brochures, flyers, and maps ca. 1950, 2000 Box 2New Sunshine Jazz Band: flyer 1971 Box 2Newburyport (Mass.): Invoice to Commonwealth ofMassachusetts

ca. 1810 Box 2

Contents: For "sundry supplies to Newport Higgins and family, an African."Noble, Mason: Centennial Discourse, Delivered inWilliamstown, Mass.

1865 Nov 19 Box 2

Norfolk County Agricultural High School 1958-1959 Box 3: 36

Contents: Printed materials kept by Massachusetts state forester, F. Gilbert Hills, who served onthe School's Advisory Committee.

Norfolk County Agricultural High School 1962-1970 Box 3: 37Contents: Printed materials kept by Massachusetts state forester, F. Gilbert Hills, who served on

the School's Advisory Committee.Northfield (Mass.). Agricultural Commission: Northfield Farms ca.2017 Map Box 6: 20"Orange, Mass., An Ideal Manufacturing and Residential Town.Supplement to Enterprise and Journal"

ca. 1900 Box 2

Contents: Featuring ads from local businesses, including New Home Sweing Machine.Orange Women's Club (Orange, Mass.): Booklet 1951-1952 Box 2"Our Home Town, Springfield, Massachusetts: A Report to theCitizens"

1946 Box 2

Page, Fanny H.: Letters to her family (Greenwood, Mo.) 1869-1870 13 letters Box 6: 26Contents: Letters from a young emigrant to Reconstruction-era western Missouri, including news

of a local murder, daily life, raising a young son. Fanny (Hidden) Page was born in Deerfield,N.H., on Dec. 20, 1841, and was wife of Benjamin Greeley Page (1835-1878), a graduate ofDartmouth (1861) and a minister, and she was daughter of Ephraim N. Hidden, also aminister. Fanny's son Curtis was born in April 1870. She died on Oct. 30, 1870.

Paradox Industries, Inc.: order cards 1950 Box 2Parsons, Albert R.: "Parsons Appeal to the Governor" 1887 Box 2

Contents: Concerning Haymarket Massacre.Parsons, E. A.: Herbarium 1892 May -

1892 JuneBox 6

Contents: 48 sheets. Collected in Wilbraham and North Amherst, Mass.Peacemeal: New England Vietnam Summer News 1967 July 5 Box 2

Contents: Volume 1, no. 1; contains article by Ray Mungo.Peirce family accounts (New Salem, Mass.) 1803-1918 Box 2

Contents: Possibly related to estate settlement.Pennant: Fair (Greenfield, Mass.) 1921 Box 6Pennyroyal Press: Pennyroyal Prospectus & Retrospectus 1976 Box 5: 30Perley, M. V. B.: Order form 1881 Aug 15 Box 2Philbin, Philip J., Congressman: Telegrams 1943-1944 Box 2Philbin, Philip J., Congressman: Telegrams 1945 Box 2Philbin, Philip J., Congressman: Telegrams 1946 Box 2Philbin, Philip J., Congressman: Telegrams 1947-1950 Box 2Philbin, Philip J., Congressman: Telegrams undated Box 2Philip Werlein, Ltd., Dixieland Record Dept.: Brochure, pricelist, and order form

ca. 1960 Box 2

Phillipp, Adelaide: Miss Adelaide Phillipps' Concert handbill(Easthampton, Mass.)

1874 June 6 Box 2

Photograph: F. H. Brown and Co., Greenfield, Mass. ca. 1900 Box 5: 6Contents: Marked in pencil on recto: C. A. Parsons

Photograph: F. H. Brown and Co. (Greenfield, Mass.) ca. 1900 Box 5: 31Pilgrim Tract Society: "The Most Dangerous Dope . . . Of OurGeneration"

ca. 1965 Box 2

Pioneer Valley Association of Academic Libraries (PVAAL) 1981-2009 Box 4: 8Pioneer Valley Association of Academic Libraries (PVAAL) 1990-2007 Box 4: 9Pioneer Valley Association of Academic Libraries (PVAAL) 1990-2000 Box 4: 10Pittsfield (Mass.): account of evangelical meeting undated Box 2

Contents: Commencing on May 12th and lasting 24 days.Pittsfield (Mass.): Votes for Governor and Lieutenant Governor 1812 Apr 6 Box 2Pole, Reginald: Letter to Professor Phelps 1932 Jan 8 Box 5: 32The Politics of Health Care: A Bibliography 1972 Box 4: 4Pollack, Stanley B.: Poems 2007 Box 6: 16Postcard: Mount Holyoke from Nonotuck, Northampton, Mass. ca. 1940 Box 2Postcards: miscellaneous ca. 1970 Box 2Poster: Cruzada Nacional de Alfabetizacion ca. 1980 Box 2Poster: election, Honduras undated Box 2Poster: Reforma Agraria con el Decreto 207, El Salvador ca. 1980 Box 2

Potomac River Jazz Club: Tailgate Ramblings, v. 7, no. 4 1977 Apr Box 2P.Q. R.S.T. (Easthampton, Mass.) broadside 1873 Apr 25 Box 2Prescott Historical Society, Inc.: Forty-Sixth Annual Meetinghandbill

1978 Aug Box 2

Prestige Records, Inc.: Complete Numerical Dealer order form 1963 Box 2Program: Evening of English Glees, Easthampton Town Hall 1874 Box 2Progressive Party of Massachusetts: "Proposed Platform forProgressive Party of Massachusetts to be adopted at StateConvention on June 5, 1949"

1949 Box 2

All wet [flierProhibition ephemera 1931 Box 5National Board of Prohibition Strategy: All wet [flier] ca.1931National Board of Prohibition Strategy: The cost [flier] ca.1931National Board of Prohibition Strategy: Important -- note

carefully [coin card designed to send dime donations tosupport prohibition]

ca.1931

National Board of Prohibition Strategy: Envelope ca.1931Provincetown AIDS Support Group: AIDS Information: brochure 1983 Box 3: 38

Contents: Written by William Harding during earliest days of AIDS epidemic in Provincetown;printed in cooperation with Provincetown AIDS Support Group and AIDS Action Committee ofBoston.

"Puerto Rico Fact Sheet: Independence or Annexation ca. 1980 Box 3: 41Pynchon, G.: Leather wallet (Great Barrington, Mass.) ca. 1870 Box 2Radio Center: Dixieland Jazz Records Catalog 1953 Box 2Ramsey, A. B. Carpenter: Album: Sea Mosses, gathered alongthe beach at Martha's Vineyard

1878 Sept 2 Box 2

RCA Records: Vintage Series catalog 1972 Box 2Receipt: hay scales, Northampton (Mass.) to Samuel Wright 1826 Box 2Receipts: Munde, Charles to Mrs. Litchfield 1853 Mar Box 2Record, Book and Film Series, Inc.: Order form ca. 1970 Box 2Record Convergence: Flyer: "The Premier Record Convention: ca. 1970 Box 2Regionalism and the Bay Area 1972 Box 3: 44Reports of Congress: Springfield Manufacturing Company 1838-1840 Box 2Reynolds, D.: Letter to Reynolds, James 1842 Box 2Ribbon: founding convention of the New Party, ConventionHall (Philadelphia, Penn.)

1948 July 23-26

Box 2

Ricketts, James H.: Empire State: the New Earl White Grape,brochure

ca. 1886 Box 2

Rituel de la FraternitéUnie des Charpentiers Menuisiersd'Amérique

1947 Box 2

Riverside Records: Catalogs 1956-1957 Box 2Robeson, Paul: "The Great Negro Singer," program cover 1940 Oct 6 Box 2Robinson, Henry Crabbe: Letter to Edwin W. Field 1865 Jan 19 Box 5: 33Roosevelt, Franklin D.: pro-Roosevelt pamphlets and fliers 1936 Box 5: 34Root, Hezekiah: Deed to Kentfield, Salmon 1780 Dec Box 2

Contents: Relating to land in Belchertown.Royce, Josiah: Letter to unidentified receipient 1892 Dec 2 Box 2

Contents: Inserted in The Spirit of Modern Philosophy.Schmidt, Jakob: Letter to unknown recipient 1881 Box 2

Contents: In German, includes transcription.Schonberg, Arnold: Letter to Herr Gettmann 1912 Jan 30 Box 5: 35Second River Skiffle and Brass Lovers Society: Allen's PoopSheet, v.1, no. 1

1958 June Box 2

Secretary of the Treasury: Letter, published: Importations inAmerican and foreign vessels

1806 Box 5: 2

Secretary of the Treasury: published letter on importations inAmerica and foreign vessels

1806 Box 5: 36

Sedgwick, T.: Letter to Mr. Edmonds 1829 July 17 Box 2Sheldon, Charles: Correspondence concerning Pike, Warburton 1920-1922 Box 2

Contents: With Marshall Bond.

Shepherd, Cynthia: Letter to brother and sister 1717 Box 2

Sherman, Nathan E.: Civil War discharge from 2nd MinnesotaCavalry and letter after move to Houston, Tex.

1865, 1872 Box 6: 17

Sherk, Kenneth: War Gases: Chemical Warfare Agents undated Box 2"The Shifting Communist Party Line" ca. 1975 Box 3: 40Shutesbury (Mass.) 250th Box 4

Contents: Includes materials documenting the history of the towm of Shutesbury.Skibicki, Roman: photo of Roman Skibicki and (from left)Sophie Shimko (a guest from New York), sons Michael, John,and Joseph, and Romon, at Sunderland Meadows onion farm

1919 Box 6: 18

Smith, Grace C.: correspondence 1890-1893 Box 2Smith, Henry and Mattie: Envelopes and tax bills 1860-1865 Box 2Solley, Sarah: Correspondence with Gale, George E. 1906 Box 2

Contents: Concerning a dyeing business.South Amherst Canning Kitchen: price list 1932 Box 2South Deerfield Elementary School: Farming in Deerfield 1991 Box 2

Contents: VHS tape; produced by 6th grade class.Spoken Arts, Inc.: Order form ca. 1965 Box 2Springfield High Schools graduation exercises programs 1903, 1922-

1930Box 2

Springfield Pomona Grange, No. 12: Patrons of Husbandryprogram

1904 Box 2

Springfield Street Railway Company: Stryco News 1929 May 15 Box 2Springfield Symphony Orchestra: Musical Memories: 50thAnniversary Commemorative Book

1994 Box 2

Standard School Lectures--Civilian Protection: Fire Defense ca. 1942 Box 2Standard School Lectures--Civilian Protection: GeneralSubjects

ca. 1942 Box 2

Star of the Valley Council, No. 136, Jr. O. U. A. M.: 1888 Apr 20 Box 2Stewart's Band: program 1899 Jan 20 Box 2Stockwell, John: Racing On? The New Handbook for theChanging Arms Race

ca. 1988 Box 4: 5

Stockwell, John: The United States In Search of Enemies: ASelected "National Secutiry" Reading List

1988 Box 4: 6

Stoddard, Sol: Letters to Hubbard, Thomas H. 1811 Box 2Storrowtown Theater: Storrowton Theater programs 1970-1975 Box 2Storrowtown Theater: Storrowton Theater programs 1976 Box 2Student Statesman 1960 Box 2Sunbeam Records: "Benny Goodman Collector's Items" 1973 Box 2Sutcliffe, John B.: Letter to Cecil C. Rice ca. 1893, 1939 Box 5: 37 Sutcliffe, John B.: Letter to Cecil C. Rice 1939 Dec. 19 Naismith, James, 1861-1939: Basket Ball rules ca.1893

Sweeney, Gayle: Bird Sightings: A Local Study ca. 1990 Box 2Contents: Includes some of her poems.

Swift River Valley Historical Society, Inc.: Constitution andBylaws

1984 Box 2

Swift River Valley Pomona Grange No. 21: Program 1926 Box 2Tenney, Caleb J.: Letter to Townsend, E. 1845 Mar 31 Box 2Theosophical Publishing Co.: Karma as a Cure for Trouble ca. 1935 Box 2Theosophical Publishing Co.: Spirituality ca. 1935 Box 2Thomas's Massachusetts Spy, or, Worcester Gazette 1797 Nov 1 Box 2Thompson, Peggy: Letters from Dutchmaster 6 2000 Box 3: 1Thompson, Silas: Letter to unknown recipient 1840 Aug 16 Box 3: 2Todd, John, D.D.: Sermon on the Burial of Jason Clapp 1868 Oct 25 Box 3: 3Tornado, central Massachusetts: newspaper clippings 1970 Aug Box 3: 4Towne, Elizabeth: Advertisement: Prosperity Through ThoughtForce

1906 Box 3: 5

Towne, Elizabeth: Circular letter on The Nautilus letterhead ca. 1906 Box 3: 6

Townsend: Letter to Mr. Phelps undated Box 3: 7Toynbee, Arnold J.: Communism and the West in AsianCountries

ca. 1975 Box 3: 39

Trahan, Elizabeth: Letters from Jordan, May 17-June, 1999 ca. 1999 Box 3: 8Tudor City Records: Price list ca. 1960 Box 3: 9Tummino, Larry: We bear witness: a collection of storiesdedicated to the people who lived at the Paul A. Dever StateSchool

2002 Box 6: 22

Twasaki, Hikaru: Photographs: Kusudo family (Wrentham,Mass.)

1944 Box 3: 10

Contents: Photographs taken for War Relocation Authority.Ulysses S. Grant Letter to the Workmen of Lamson & GoodnowManufacturing Company

1962 Box 3: 11

Unión Cívica Radical (UCR): Printed materials 1972 Box 3: 12U.S. Department of Labor. Children's Bureau: Family FoodBudgets for the use of Relief Agencies

1933 Box 3: 13

Contents: Co-produced with the Bureau of Home Economics, U.S. Department of Agriculture.U.S. State Dept.: United States Military Actions in Cambodia:Questions of International Law

1970 Box 4: 2

United States Military: Brochures and pamphlets 1942-1944 Box 3: 14Unity Dramatic Club (Chicopee, Mass.): Handbills 1895-1897 Box 3: 15Vander Pol, Marinus: Clematis ca. 1960 Box 3: 16Wallack, Lester: Letter to Mrs. Baher, lead of orchestra 1880 Dec 6 Box 3: 17Watkin, John: License, innholder 1785 Box 3: 18Webber, Alan C.: Circular letter ca. 1965 Box 3: 19

Contents: For records collectors with record catalog.Webber, Bethiah L.: School compositions: female educationand regulation of conduct

1820 Box 3: 20

Wedding photographs, unidentified ca. 1970 Box 3: 35Western Massachusetts Academic and High School Teachers:Program

1882 Box 3: 21

Western Massachusetts Electric Company: "What to Do BeforeYou Call an Appliance Man"

1972 Box 3: 22

Whaling ships (New Bedford, Mass.): photographs ca. 1890 Box 3: 23Wheeler, Truman: Accounts with William Whiting 1773-1787 Box 4: 11White, Thomas R. 1953 6 letters Box 6: 19Whiting, Timothy: Diary 1794 Box 3: 24Whittier, John Greenleaf: centennial celebration of birth(Haverhill, Mass.)

1907 Box 5: 38

Wilder, Marshall P.: Letters 1871-1880 Box 3: 25Willard, Samuel: History of the Rise, Progress andConsumption of the Rupture, Which Now Divides theCongregational Clergy and Churches of Massachusetts

1858 Box 3: 26

Williams' Washing Machine: sale of patent 1860 July Box 3: 27Williston, Samuel: Letter to "H" and to his parents 1843 June 18 Box 3: 28

Contents: "H" is probably Horatio G. Knight.Williston Seminary: Concert programs 1870 Box 3: 29Williston Seminary: Order of Exerises, student society ca. 1870 Box 3: 30Working Group on Human Subject Research: Thyroid studies:a follow-up report on the use of radioactive materials inhuman subject research that involved the residents of state-operated facilities within the Commonwealth ofMassachusetts from 1943 through 1973

1994 Box 6: 23

World Congress (Rome, Italy): "Work and Joy" program 1938 Box 3: 31Young, Allen: Short history of Butterworth Farm 2010 Box 6: 25

Contents: History of a gay men's commune founded in Royalston, Mass., in 1974, by Young andfour associates.

Young Ladies Journal: advertisement ca. 1890 Box 3: 32Zanella, Giacomo: Correspondence (Vicenze, Italy) 1885-1887 Box 5: 39

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