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Miscellaneous Manuscripts

1337-2003 6 boxes (5 linear ft.) Call no.: MS 719

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

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African American Agriculture Business and industry Education Family Jazz

Massachusetts Military New England Printed materials Women

Background SCUA regularly receives individual manuscripts and small groupings of materials that are historically valuable, but which do not stand on their own as collections. For administrative purposes, most of these are aggregated into an artificial grouping, the

Miscellaneous Manuscripts Collection.

Scope of collection

Truly miscellaneous in scope and containing a wide Whaling ship (New Bedford, Mass.) range of content and types of formats, the Miscellaneous Manuscripts Collection spans the full range of subjects, time periods, and regions consistent with SCUA's collecting policy, with a particularyw emphasis on Massachusetts history. Materials are added to the collection on a regular basis.

Inventory 77 Records and Folklore: Jazz, Blues and folk Recordings for 1976 Box 1: 1 the Connoisseur Adams, Abigail: Letter to John Quincy Adams 1751 May Box 5: 1 Adams, J. W.: Advertisement: Doolittle's Black Cap Raspberry ca. 1890 Box 1: 2 Advertisement: Bob Scobey & his Frisco Band ca. 1965 Box 1: 3 Advertisement for the Press of Robert Grabhorn and Andrew ca. 1972 Box 5: 2 Hoyem Agriculture: handbills and ribbon 1856-1871 Box 1: 4 Allen, Walter C.: Announcing the Publication of Jazz 1958 Box 1: 5 Monographs No. 2 Allen Walter C.: Discount Schedule of Quantity Orders of Books 1958 June Box 1: 6 and Publications on Jazz Alvord family (South Hadley, Mass.): Tax collector's account 1806-1832 Box 1: 7 book Amherst Community History Mural: Guide to the Amherst ca. 1990 Box 1: 8 Community History Mural Amherst Growth Policy Committee: Letters, clippings, memos ca. 1970 Box 1: 9 Annual Shakespeare Festival: Program: Taming of the Shrew 1913 Box 1: 10 Apple family photographs ca.1937-1940 Box 1: 11  Apple family posed outside of Apple's Meat Market : ca.1940 Sam Apple, Henry Apple, Joe Apple, unidentified friend, Lou Apple, and unidentified friend (l. to r.)  Sam Apple with children: written in pencil on verso: ca.1937 'Rosika mit Manelle bei 5 und 9 jahren' Arms Academy. Student Council: Scrapbook 1933 Box 1: 12 Arnold Arboretum: Bird's Eye View of Arnold Arboretumn and 1934 Box 1: 13 the Bussey Institutions Audio Book Company: Literature for Listening ca. 1960 Box 1: 14 Audiophile Records, Inc.: Audiophile Complete Listing, ca. 1970 Box 1: 15 Introduction and Some of Our Philosophies Audubon, Lucy: Letter to Mrs. Connally undated Box 5: 3 Bacon, Albert S.: Bay State Grocery Advertisement 1877 Feb 7 Box 1: 16 Baker, Luther B.: Lecture: pursuit of John Wilkes Booth undated Box 1: 17 Baldwin, Rachel: Estate inventory (Bloomfield, N.J.) 1812 May 8 Box 5: 4 Baring Woolen Manufacturing Company: Stock assessment 1864 Box 1: 18 Bartkett, Emory H.: Catalog and mating list: Trapnested, 1920 Box 1: 19 Pedigreed, S. C. W. Leghorns Baskin, Leonard: Letters to Leone 1969, 1982 Box 1: 20  Bede, the Venerable, Saint, 673-735: In Lucae ca.1180 Box 6 evangelium, ch. 9 [manuscript leaf] Bennington (Vt.) centennial souvenir napkin 1877 Box 6: 1 Berkeley, Roy: Correspondence: Watts, Theodore F. 1980 Box 1: 21 Black Panther Ski Center: Black Panther Ski Center pamphlet ca. 1945 Box 1: 22 Blouët, Paul: Receipt, Young Ladies of the Edwards Church 1891 Nov 18 Box 1: 23 Society (Northampton, Mass.) Boston Hoosac Tunnel and Albany Railroad: Report of the 1871 Box 1: 24 Corporators Boston Lyceum Concert Co.: Publicity materials 1889 Box 1: 25 Botanical Musuem (Harvard University): Glass Flowers in the 1963 Box 1: 26 Ware Collection Bourne, Richard Alden: Descendants of John Bourne 2006 Box 1: 27 Bramlage, 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 Workers 1973-1999 Box 1: 33 International Union, Plans, reports, and Newspaper Clippings Catalogue of Short-horn Cattle: From the herds of C. S. Barclay 1885 Box 5: 5 and Smith and Judd near West Liberty, Iowa

Catalogue des Livres qui se Trouvent chez Plassan, Imprimeur- ca. 1791 Box 5: 6 Libraire, rue du Cimetière St-André-des-Arc Catalogue of Trotting Stock at Highlawn belonging to Elizur 1884 Box 1: 34 Smith of Lee, Berkshire County, Mass. Celanse Corporation of America: How to Choose Your Fabrics ca. 1950 Box 1: 35 Wisely: booklet Center Peace (Northampton, Mass.) 1977 Box 1: 36 Central 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 for 1981-1983 Box 5: 7 Chamberlain Press Chapman, R. A.: Letter to Barnes, D. H. 1857 Dec 3 Box 1: 38 Checks: sample bank checks 1898-1899 Box 6: 2 Cheney, W. P.: Letter to Daniels, Charlotte 1847 May 11 Box 1: 39 Civil Defense emergency rations ca.1965 Art closet Contents: Tins of crackers (Civil Defense All Purpose Survival Biscuits), one tin (37 pounds) of hard candy, and a cardboard box that contained six of the crackers tins, rescued from dumpster near 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, 1972 Box 3: 43 Study, and Criticism Cobden-Sanderson, T. J.: The Closing of the Doves Press 1969 Box 5: 8 Coffin, Levi: advertising flier for Reminiscences of Levi Coffin 1880 Box 6: 3 [Underground Railroad memoir] Colorado State Agricultural Experiment Station 1895, 1907 Box 1: 41 Contents: Postcards addressed to the Experiment Station requesting publications. Commonwealth of Massachusetts: Order to Hampshire County 1802 Aug 23 Box 1: 42 Sheriff Contents: Order to attach the goods of Seth Draper of Belchertown. Conant, Joseph: Letter to Russell, E. A. 1846 Box 1: 43 Congregational Church (Greenwich, Mass.): Program ca. 1930 Box 1: 44 Cook Laboratories Inc.: Catalog of Spanish and Portuguese ca. 1970 Box 1: 45 Music Cooke, Mary W.: Letter to Mr. Dalton 1895 Box 1: 46 Corradino, Corrado: Il libro dell'anima undated Box 5: 9 Corradino, Corrado: Ricordo di un sogno d'estate. A Quirina 1901 Box 5: 10 fior di tutti i miei sogni Cortot, Alfred: Letter to Ami undated Box 5: 11 Croce, Benedetto: Letter to Signore (Naples, Italy) 1906 Feb 15 Box 5: 12 Croce, Benedetto: Prefazione alla "Letterature italiana del 1896 Box 5: 13 secolo XIX" di Francesco de Sanctis Court Square Theatre (Springfield, Mass.): Program 1924 Box 1: 47 Cox, Thomas: Bookplate ca. 1850 Box 1: 48 Croizier, Ralph C.: Traditional Medicine in Communist China: 1965 Box 4: 1 Science, Communism and Cultural Nationalism Cushman, Harriette: Letters to Dresser, Wealthy (Goshen, 1846-1849 Box 1: 49 Mass.) Contents: Written while Cushman was a student at Mount Holyoke Seminary. Dedication Exercises of the Methodist E. Church (Pittsfield, 1874 May 5 Box 1: 50 Mass.): program Deerfield Valley Art Association: Exhibition: Eleventh Annual 1942 Box 1: 51 Showing of Work Democratic City Committee (Springfield, Mass.): Inaugural 1950 Jan 3 Box 1: 52 Banquet and Ball Souvenir Program Dexter, George A.: correspondence 1924-1941 Box 1: 53 Dobek, Edward: Letters: Hanzel, Bette M. 1944-1945 Box 1: 54

Languages: Correspondence in Polish and English. Donaghue, Katherine: Letter to Dickinson, Wesley 1945 Box 1: 55 Dreyfus, John: The Personal Pleasures of a Private Press 1971 Box 5: 14 (Stanford, Calif.: Stanford University Press) Duckert family letters 1972 Box 5: 15 E. S. Hulbert & Co.: Fall River Works: price list 1886 Box 1: 56 Echo Hill Town Houses (Amherst, Mass.): brochure ca. 1965 Box 1: 57  Einstein, Albert: Letter to Walter Mayer 1932 Nov 28 Box 1: 58

Language: Letter in German. Contents: Includes transcription and correspondence concerning acquisition of letter. Endicott-Sears, Clara: Letters to Frederick Morse Cutter 1941 Box 5: 16 Estate of Chloe Fuller (Warren, Conn.) 1889 Box 1: 59 Everst Record Group: Catalog of Long-Playing Records and 1977 Box 1: 60 Cassette Tapes Farm Journal and Farmer's Wife 1940 May Box 5: 17 Fashion Plate Revue (Masonic Temple, Springfield): program 1935 Box 1: 61 Feinberg, Charles E.: Walt Whitman Collection 1888-1890 Box 1: 62 Film & Recordings Center. Public Library of Cincinnati & ca. 1975 Box 1: 63 Hamilton County: Jazz Festival: program of events First Church of Christ, Scientist (Boston, Mass.): Photographs: ca. 1980 Box 1: 64 Christian Science Center First Congregational Church (Hadley, Mass.): Program: 1976 Box 1: 65 Homecoming Sunday First Congregational Parish (Deerfield, Mass.): Program: 100th 1924 Oct 12 Box 3: 34 Anniversary of "The Old Brick Church" together with the Fall Meeting of the Connecticut Valley Conference Fisher, G. H.: Broadside: lecture (Town Hall, Orange, Mass.) ca. 1920 Box 1: 66  Fitz Elys, Robert: Grant to John de Thomele 1337 Box 5: 41 (Waterpyrie, Oxfordshire) Contents: Lower half of a chirograph granting land to John, son of John de Thomele from Robert Fitz Elys, son of Lord Robert Fitz Elys. Folk-Legacy Records, Inc. (Sharon, Conn.) 1977 Box 1: 67 Folkways Records: New releases 1977-1978 Box 1: 68 Fowler, 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 after returning home from apparent mistreatment and neglect received at the facility. Frankfurter, Felix: TLS to F.L. 1927 Box 6: 4 Contents: Plus carbon copies of correspondence to Frankfurter, all pertaining to case of Sacco and Vanzetti Fraser, 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 Commemorative 1988 Apr 27 Box 1: 73 Year, 1938-1988 Freeman, Watson: Deed to Fisk, Ebenezer, Jr. 1778 Feb 9 Box 1: 74 Contents: Transer of land in Shelburne, Massachusetts. Funk family: Wolf Mausoleum (Highland Cemetery, Ottawa, 1982 Box 3: 35 Kansas) Contents: Includes invoice for the cutting of names and dates from the Lamb-Roberts Funeral Home 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: 19 GHB Records: Numerical album order form ca. 1970 Box 1: 75 Gibbons, 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: 77 Good Time Jazz Record Co.: GTJ & CR News (v. 4, no, 2) 1959 Mar Box 1: 78 Goshen (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: 79 Granby (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: 81 Grandma Moses 1952 3 photographs Box 6: 5 Grant, Lucy E.: Letter to Grant, Luther 1844 Dec 6 Box 1: 82 Greenfield and Northampton Railroad Corporation: voting 1845 June 9 Box 1: 83 proxies to Dickinson, Gardner Greenfield Community College: Pioneer Valley Studies 1981-1987 Box 1: 84 Newsletter Greenhorn, James: Letter to unknown recipient 1840 Aug 10 Box 1: 85 Gutowska, Marie: Glimpses into the Story of Polish Americans: ca. 1968 Box 1: 86 An Introduction into Polish Studies Hampshire Agricultural Society: Certificate of Life 1860 Box 1: 87 Membership: Lathrop, Paoli, Mrs. Contents: Signed by William S. Clark. Hampsihre County (Mass.): Assessor's warrant to Deerfield 1784 Mar 8 Box 1: 88 (Mass.) Constable Hampshire Magazine: Holyoke's Spectacular 25th Annual St. 1976 Box 1: 89 Patrick's Day Parade Handbill: "Dramatic Entertainment" 1856 Box 1: 90 Contents: Featuring The Little Treasure and The Widow's Victim. Handbill: Three Musketeers ca. 1910 Box 1: 91 Hayes, Franklin J.: Letter to Charles 1841 July 16 Box 1: 92 Heath Telephone Company: Telephone directory 1906 Box 1: 93 Heiligmann, Carlos and Katherine: Favorite libraries in Franklin 1877 Calendar Box 6: 7 County, Massachusetts Hemenway, Ruby: Correspondence 1978, 1980 Box 1: 94 Hess, Selmar: Hints from a Famous Binder ca. 1900 Box 5: 20  Heiward, William: Grant to John Chastilon (Thornton, 1360 Sept. 21 Box 5: 41 Buckinghamshire) 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 he impression of a lion rampant. H.H. Brown Company, Inc.: brochures and newspaper clippings 1977-1983 Box 1: 95 Hick'ry Farm: program ca. 1850 Box 1: 96 High School of Commerce (Springfield, Mass.): Commerce: 1922 Box 1: 97 Maroon Issue Hilton-Simpson, Melville William 1929 Box 6: 8 Contents: Letters and snapshots laid into edition of Hill-folk of Algeria Hindsight Records: Catalog ca. 1970 Box 1: 98 Hoffman, Edwina A.: A Language Study of the Negro 1968 Box 5: 21 Community in Amherst, Massachusetts (B.A. Honors Thesis, UMass Amherst) Holden, Charles S.: License from U.S. Treasury for sugar 1893 Box 6: 9 producer Holyoke High School Monthly Report 1891 Box 1: 99 Holyoke (Mass.): 21st Annual St. Patrick's Day Parade 1972 Mar 19 Box 1: 100 Souvenir Program Holyoke (Mass.): 22nd Annual St. Patrick's Day Parade 1973 Mar 18 Box 1: 101 Souvenir Program Holyoke (Mass.): 23rd Annual St. Patrick's Day Parade 1974 Mar 17 Box 1: 102 Souvenir Program Holyoke (Mass.): 24th Annual St. Patrick's Day Parade 1975 Mar 23 Box 1: 103 Souvenir Program Holyoke (Mass.): Welcome to Holyoke, Massachusetts: A City ca. 1990 Box 1: 104 on the Move Holyoke (Mass.): Uncertainty of the Present, the Promise of the ca. 1970 Box 1: 105 Future Holyoke Chamber of Commerce (Holyoke, Mass.): Business 2009 Box 6: 24 Person of the Year award to Carol Katz (Loomis Communities) Hopman, Ellen Evert: Secrets of Life: An Interview Project with 1995 Box 1: 106 Elders of Some Pioneer Valley Towns Horner, Phyllis: "China's Revolution in Medicine: The Struggle 1970 Box 3: 42 Between Two Lines" Horticultural School for Women: Advertisement 1870 Box 1: 107 Hot Jazz Club of America: List of latest releases and order form 1950 Box 1: 108 Household Finance Corporation and Subsidaries: Better 1945 Box 1: 109 Buymanship Principles booklet Household Finance Corporation and Subsidaries: Better 1943 Jan Box : Buymanship Use and Care: Floor Coverings, booklet no. 10 Household Finance Corporation and Subsidaries: Better 1947 Mar Box 1: 110 Buymanship Use and Care: Furniture, booklet no. 26 Household Finance Corporation and Subsidaries: Better 1946 Jan Box 1: 111 Buymanship Use and Care: Furs, booklet no. 8 Household Finance Corporation and Subsidaries: Better 1946 Apr Box 1: 112 Buymanship Use and Care: Household Equipment, booklet no. 14 Household Finance Corporation and Subsidaries: Better 1945 Oct Box 1: 113 Buymanship Use and Care: Playthings, booklet no. 15 Household Finance Corporation and Subsidaries: Better 1946 June Box 1: 114 Buymanship Use and Care: Shoes, booklet no. 5 Household Finance Corporation and Subsidaries: Better 1942 Mar Box 1: 115 Buymanship Use and Care: Soap and Other Cleaning Agents, booklet no. 16 Household Finance Corporation and Subsidaries: Money 1939 Box 1: 116 Mangement: The Home Furnishing Dollar, booklet Household Finance Corporation and Subsidaries: Money 1946 Box 1: 117 Mangement: The Clothing Dollar, booklet Howe, Donald W.: Quabbin Stamp House 1937-1938 Box 2 Hubbard, Guy: Windsor Industrial History: Lamson Companies 1922 Box 2 (Chapter XI) International Jewish Peace Union (I. J. P. U.): Information 1983 Box 4: 3 packets International Piano Archives: printer material 1977 Box 2 Jackson, James E.: C.P. Position on Status and Prospects of the ca. 1956 Box 2 "Black Belt" Jazz Record Exchange: Jazz Report Benefit Auction 1963 Box 2 Jazzology Records: Numerical album order form 1980 Box 2 Jenkins, Paul: Letter to unidentified recipient 1840 Aug 3 Box 2 Jim Cullum's Happy Jazz Band: Music listing order form, ca. 1970 Box 2 brochure Keller, J. H.: Letter to Keller, Peter H. 1849 Aug 29 Box 2 Kennedy, John F.: memorial magazines 1963-1964 Box 6 Contents: Memorial editions of Life, Look, and Post magazines. Kermaire, Christine: Human microchip implant and biohacking 2017 Box 6: 10 [artist book], 119/500 King, John: Deed of sale to Scott, William 1749 Aug 8 Box 2 Contents: 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 2 Knight, James: Bearer's bond from State of Massachusetts Bay 1771 Dec 1 Box 5: 22 Kuwada, Gompei: Autobiography of Gompei Kuwada 1941 Box 2 Labor: pamphlets and brochures 1954 Box 2 La Brecque, Donald: Historical perspective on the lives of 2002 Box 6: 21 people labeled with an intellectual disability in Massachusetts Ladies Auxiliary, Our Lady of Czestochova (Turner's Falls, ca. 1950 Box 2 Mass.): Photograph Ladies Auxiliary (Turner's Falls, Mass.): Meeting of Central 1940-1942 Box 2 Committee for Good deeds minutebook La Franchise, Ed: Letter on Catholic Order of Foresters 1932 Box 6: 11 letterhead Lamson & Goodnow: Product catalog and price lists 1968 Box 2 Lamson & Goodnow: "A Brief History of Lamson & Goodnow ca. 1970 Box 2 Manufacturing Co." Landmarks Preservation Committee: Gillett-Tyler House report ca. 2000 Box 2 "Last Will and Testament of Oliver Smith, Esquire, late of 2000 Box 2 Hatfield, Mass. deceased Dec. 22, 1845" 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 and lozenges with IHS and bright blossoms, strawberries, a single bird, and gold bezants; two-line gold initial on colorful grounds with blossoms; rubricated. Texts: This is a section of the Sanctorale with Gospel lessons primarily from Luke (18 October). Lee, Gerald Stanley: Letters 1917-1919 Box 2 Lenox Academy: Exhibition program 1829 Aug Box 2 Lenox Academy: Exhibition program 1834 Aug Box 2 Letter from Lucretia to Thayer, Lucius F. 1834 Apr 23 Box 2 Letter 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 2 Letter from Nancy to Hubbard, Parker D. 1846 July 26 Box 2 Levenger, 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: 14 Levy, Lazare: Letter to M. Wilkowski undated Box 5: 23 Library of Congress: Music Division: Recording Laboratory 1955-1956 Box 2 order blanks Lindsey family: photographs 1880-1940 Box 2 Contents: 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 2 Lindsey, Joseph B., Jr.: "Amy Brown Lindsey, 1868-1941" ca. 1941 Box 2 Lindsey, Joseph B., Jr.: record of birth 1897 Box 2 Linguaphone Institute: printed material ca. 1955 Box 2 Literary Map of Amherst, Massachusetts ca. 1990 Box 2 LP Catalog, New Releases: order form 1980-1981 Box 2 Luckman, George E.: "Books on 'Jass,' 'Popular Music,' and ca. 1965 Box 2 'Show Business'" price list Lyman, E. H. R.: Letters to sister 1875-1895 Box 2 Macleish, Archibald: Ephemera from memorial tribute at 1982 Box 5: 24 Greenfield Community College Map of Berkshire County, Massachusetts, 1858: CD-ROM 2001 Box 5: 25 Massachusetts Baptist Convention: receipt to Nelson, Stephen 1841 Aug 21 Box 2 S. Massachusetts Committee on Public Safety, Protection ca. 1943 Box 2 Division: Bomb Instructions for Air Raid Wardens 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 2 Contents: Photocopies typescript. Mauger, Madame: Letter to Hartung, C. E. ca. 1868 Box 2 Contents: Concerning sale of hair/wigs. Mayon, Charles and Rivier, Theodore: Circular letter to de 1831 Box 2 Saussure, Maximilen

Language: Letter in French. Contents: Proposing to unify diverse religious societies by establishing a school for children. Mecuster, Inez, soprano: advertisement, brochure ca. 1890 Box 2 Merriam, Charles: Letter to Merriam, George 1834 Mar 29 Box 2 Merry Makers Record Company: Good Old Jazz ca. 1970 Box 2 Millican, C. Bowie: Letter to John M. Berdan 1934 Dec 7 Box 5: 28 Mills, E. H.: Letter to Bliss, George 1823 Apr 11 Box 2 Mississippi & Alabama Railroad Company: $100 note 1838 Box 2 "Mohawk Indian on the Mohawk Trail at Mohawk Hunting 1932 Box 2 Grounds of Charlemont in Massachusetts" Mohawk Birch Trail, by David Danielson 1920 Print Box 6: 15 Monitor Show Company (Holbrook, Mass.): Catalog ca. 1915 Box 5: 29 Monmouth Evergreen Records: catalogs and order forms 1973 Box 2 Munroe, Robert C.: calling card ca. 1890 Box 2 Nash, S. A. and M. A.: Letter to sister 1864 Jan 31 Box 2 Nash, Sibbel: Letters to sister 1848, 1850 Box 2 Natchez (Miss.): 25 cents note 1862 Box 2 National Defense Research Committee. Applied Mathematics ca.1945 Jul Box 4: 7 Panel: Supersonic Flow and Shock Waves: A Manual on the Mathematical Theory of Non-Linear Wave Motion, AMP Report 38.2R Contents: Report was the property of Marshall Harvey Stone, who did classified work for the United States government during World War II before joining the UMass Amherst Mathematics department in 1968. National Defense Research Committee. Applied Mathematics 1945 Jul Box 4: 7 Panel, Applied Mathematics Group, New York University: Remarks on the Mathematical Theory of Detonation and Deflagration Waves in Gases (Supplement to the Manual on Supersonic Flow and Shock Waves), AMP Report 38.3R, AMG- NYU No. 127. Contents: Report was the property of Marshall Harvey Stone, who did classified work for the United States government during World War II before joining the UMass Amherst Mathematics department in 1968. National Geographic Society and Palomar Observatory: Sky 1955 Cab. Atlas Contents: Photographic atlas produced with the 48-inch Schmidt telescope of the Palomar Observatory 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 to Amherst College in 1955. Negatives: house in Orange, Mass. ca. 1930 Box 2 New Salem (Mass.): brochures, flyers, and maps ca. 1950, 2000 Box 2 New Sunshine Jazz Band: flyer 1971 Box 2 Newburyport (Mass.): Invoice to Commonwealth of ca. 1810 Box 2 Massachusetts Contents: For "sundry supplies to Newport Higgins and family, an African." Noble, Mason: Centennial Discourse, Delivered in 1865 Nov 19 Box 2 Williamstown, Mass. Norfolk County Agricultural High School 1958-1959 Box 3: 36 Contents: Printed materials kept by Massachusetts state forester, F. Gilbert Hills, who served on the School's Advisory Committee. Norfolk County Agricultural High School 1962-1970 Box 3: 37 Contents: 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. ca. 1900 Box 2 Supplement to Enterprise and Journal" 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 the 1946 Box 2 Citizens" Page, Fanny H.: Letters to her family (Greenwood, Mo.) 1869-1870 13 letters Box 6: 26 Contents: 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 of Dartmouth (1861) and a minister, and she was daughter of Ephraim N. Hidden, also a minister. Fanny's son Curtis was born in April 1870. She died on Oct. 30, 1870. Paradox Industries, Inc.: order cards 1950 Box 2 Parsons, Albert R.: "Parsons Appeal to the Governor" 1887 Box 2 Contents: Concerning Haymarket Massacre. Parsons, E. A.: Herbarium 1892 May - Box 6 1892 June 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 6 Pennyroyal Press: Pennyroyal Prospectus & Retrospectus 1976 Box 5: 30 Perley, M. V. B.: Order form 1881 Aug 15 Box 2 Philbin, Philip J., Congressman: Telegrams 1943-1944 Box 2 Philbin, Philip J., Congressman: Telegrams 1945 Box 2 Philbin, Philip J., Congressman: Telegrams 1946 Box 2 Philbin, Philip J., Congressman: Telegrams 1947-1950 Box 2 Philbin, Philip J., Congressman: Telegrams undated Box 2 Philip Werlein, Ltd., Dixieland Record Dept.: Brochure, price ca. 1960 Box 2 list, and order form Phillipp, Adelaide: Miss Adelaide Phillipps' Concert handbill 1874 June 6 Box 2 (Easthampton, Mass.) Photograph: F. H. Brown and Co., Greenfield, Mass. ca. 1900 Box 5: 6 Contents: Marked in pencil on recto: C. A. Parsons Photograph: F. H. Brown and Co. (Greenfield, Mass.) ca. 1900 Box 5: 31 Pilgrim Tract Society: "The Most Dangerous Dope . . . Of Our ca. 1965 Box 2 Generation" Pioneer Valley Association of Academic Libraries (PVAAL) 1981-2009 Box 4: 8 Pioneer Valley Association of Academic Libraries (PVAAL) 1990-2007 Box 4: 9 Pioneer Valley Association of Academic Libraries (PVAAL) 1990-2000 Box 4: 10 Pittsfield (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 2 Pole, Reginald: Letter to Professor Phelps 1932 Jan 8 Box 5: 32 The Politics of Health Care: A Bibliography 1972 Box 4: 4 Pollack, Stanley B.: Poems 2007 Box 6: 16 Postcard: Mount Holyoke from Nonotuck, Northampton, Mass. ca. 1940 Box 2 Postcards: miscellaneous ca. 1970 Box 2 Poster: Cruzada Nacional de Alfabetizacion ca. 1980 Box 2 Poster: election, Honduras undated Box 2 Poster: 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 2 P.Q. R.S.T. (Easthampton, Mass.) broadside 1873 Apr 25 Box 2 Prescott Historical Society, Inc.: Forty-Sixth Annual Meeting 1978 Aug Box 2 handbill Prestige Records, Inc.: Complete Numerical Dealer order form 1963 Box 2 Program: Evening of English Glees, Easthampton Town Hall 1874 Box 2 Progressive Party of Massachusetts: "Proposed Platform for 1949 Box 2 Progressive Party of Massachusetts to be adopted at State Convention on June 5, 1949" All wet [flierProhibition ephemera 1931 Box 5 National Board of Prohibition Strategy: All wet [flier] ca.1931 National Board of Prohibition Strategy: The cost [flier] ca.1931 National Board of Prohibition Strategy: Important -- note ca.1931 carefully [coin card designed to send dime donations to support prohibition] National Board of Prohibition Strategy: Envelope ca.1931 Provincetown 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 of Boston. "Puerto Rico Fact Sheet: Independence or Annexation ca. 1980 Box 3: 41 Pynchon, G.: Leather wallet (Great Barrington, Mass.) ca. 1870 Box 2 Radio Center: Dixieland Jazz Records Catalog 1953 Box 2 Ramsey, A. B. Carpenter: Album: Sea Mosses, gathered along 1878 Sept 2 Box 2 the beach at Martha's Vineyard RCA Records: Vintage Series catalog 1972 Box 2 Receipt: hay scales, Northampton (Mass.) to Samuel Wright 1826 Box 2 Receipts: Munde, Charles to Mrs. Litchfield 1853 Mar Box 2 Record, Book and Film Series, Inc.: Order form ca. 1970 Box 2 Record Convergence: Flyer: "The Premier Record Convention: ca. 1970 Box 2 Regionalism and the Bay Area 1972 Box 3: 44 Reports of Congress: Springfield Manufacturing Company 1838-1840 Box 2 Reynolds, D.: Letter to Reynolds, James 1842 Box 2 Ribbon: founding convention of the New Party, Convention 1948 July 23- Box 2 Hall (Philadelphia, Penn.) 26 Ricketts, James H.: Empire State: the New Earl White Grape, ca. 1886 Box 2 brochure Rituel de la FraternitéUnie des Charpentiers Menuisiers 1947 Box 2 d'Amérique Riverside Records: Catalogs 1956-1957 Box 2 Robeson, Paul: "The Great Negro Singer," program cover 1940 Oct 6 Box 2 Robinson, Henry Crabbe: Letter to Edwin W. Field 1865 Jan 19 Box 5: 33 Roosevelt, Franklin D.: pro-Roosevelt pamphlets and fliers 1936 Box 5: 34 Root, 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: 35 Second River Skiffle and Brass Lovers Society: Allen's Poop 1958 June Box 2 Sheet, v.1, no. 1 Secretary of the Treasury: Letter, published: Importations in 1806 Box 5: 2 American and foreign vessels Secretary of the Treasury: published letter on importations in 1806 Box 5: 36 America and foreign vessels Sedgwick, T.: Letter to Mr. Edmonds 1829 July 17 Box 2 Sheldon, 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 Minnesota 1865, 1872 Box 6: 17 Cavalry and letter after move to Houston, Tex. Sherk, Kenneth: War Gases: Chemical Warfare Agents undated Box 2 "The Shifting Communist Party Line" ca. 1975 Box 3: 40 Shutesbury (Mass.) 250th Box 4 Contents: Includes materials documenting the history of the towm of Shutesbury. Skibicki, Roman: photo of Roman Skibicki and (from left) 1919 Box 6: 18 Sophie Shimko (a guest from New York), sons Michael, John, and Joseph, and Romon, at Sunderland Meadows onion farm Smith, Grace C.: correspondence 1890-1893 Box 2 Smith, Henry and Mattie: Envelopes and tax bills 1860-1865 Box 2 Solley, Sarah: Correspondence with Gale, George E. 1906 Box 2 Contents: Concerning a dyeing business. South Amherst Canning Kitchen: price list 1932 Box 2 South 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 2 Springfield High Schools graduation exercises programs 1903, 1922- Box 2 1930 Springfield Pomona Grange, No. 12: Patrons of Husbandry 1904 Box 2 program Springfield Street Railway Company: Stryco News 1929 May 15 Box 2 Springfield Symphony Orchestra: Musical Memories: 50th 1994 Box 2 Anniversary Commemorative Book Standard School Lectures--Civilian Protection: Fire Defense ca. 1942 Box 2 Standard School Lectures--Civilian Protection: General ca. 1942 Box 2 Subjects Star of the Valley Council, No. 136, Jr. O. U. A. M.: 1888 Apr 20 Box 2 Stewart's Band: program 1899 Jan 20 Box 2 Stockwell, John: Racing On? The New Handbook for the ca. 1988 Box 4: 5 Changing Arms Race Stockwell, John: The United States In Search of Enemies: A 1988 Box 4: 6 Selected "National Secutiry" Reading List Stoddard, Sol: Letters to Hubbard, Thomas H. 1811 Box 2 Storrowtown Theater: Storrowton Theater programs 1970-1975 Box 2 Storrowtown Theater: Storrowton Theater programs 1976 Box 2 Student Statesman 1960 Box 2 Sunbeam Records: "Benny Goodman Collector's Items" 1973 Box 2 Sutcliffe, 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 2 Contents: Includes some of her poems. Swift River Valley Historical Society, Inc.: Constitution and 1984 Box 2 Bylaws Swift River Valley Pomona Grange No. 21: Program 1926 Box 2 Tenney, Caleb J.: Letter to Townsend, E. 1845 Mar 31 Box 2 Theosophical Publishing Co.: Karma as a Cure for Trouble ca. 1935 Box 2 Theosophical Publishing Co.: Spirituality ca. 1935 Box 2 Thomas's Massachusetts Spy, or, Worcester Gazette 1797 Nov 1 Box 2 Thompson, Peggy: Letters from Dutchmaster 6 2000 Box 3: 1 Thompson, Silas: Letter to unknown recipient 1840 Aug 16 Box 3: 2 Todd, John, D.D.: Sermon on the Burial of Jason Clapp 1868 Oct 25 Box 3: 3 Tornado, central Massachusetts: newspaper clippings 1970 Aug Box 3: 4 Towne, Elizabeth: Advertisement: Prosperity Through Thought 1906 Box 3: 5 Force Towne, Elizabeth: Circular letter on The Nautilus letterhead ca. 1906 Box 3: 6 Townsend: Letter to Mr. Phelps undated Box 3: 7 Toynbee, Arnold J.: Communism and the West in Asian ca. 1975 Box 3: 39 Countries Trahan, Elizabeth: Letters from Jordan, May 17-June, 1999 ca. 1999 Box 3: 8 Tudor City Records: Price list ca. 1960 Box 3: 9 Tummino, Larry: We bear witness: a collection of stories 2002 Box 6: 22 dedicated to the people who lived at the Paul A. Dever State School Twasaki, Hikaru: Photographs: Kusudo family (Wrentham, 1944 Box 3: 10 Mass.) Contents: Photographs taken for War Relocation Authority. Ulysses S. Grant Letter to the Workmen of Lamson & Goodnow 1962 Box 3: 11 Manufacturing Company Unión Cívica Radical (UCR): Printed materials 1972 Box 3: 12 U.S. Department of Labor. Children's Bureau: Family Food 1933 Box 3: 13 Budgets for the use of Relief Agencies Contents: Co-produced with the Bureau of Home Economics, U.S. Department of Agriculture. U.S. State Dept.: United States Military Actions in Cambodia: 1970 Box 4: 2 Questions of International Law United States Military: Brochures and pamphlets 1942-1944 Box 3: 14 Unity Dramatic Club (Chicopee, Mass.): Handbills 1895-1897 Box 3: 15 Vander Pol, Marinus: Clematis ca. 1960 Box 3: 16 Wallack, Lester: Letter to Mrs. Baher, lead of orchestra 1880 Dec 6 Box 3: 17 Watkin, John: License, innholder 1785 Box 3: 18 Webber, Alan C.: Circular letter ca. 1965 Box 3: 19 Contents: For records collectors with record catalog. Webber, Bethiah L.: School compositions: female education 1820 Box 3: 20 and regulation of conduct Wedding photographs, unidentified ca. 1970 Box 3: 35 Western Massachusetts Academic and High School Teachers: 1882 Box 3: 21 Program Western Massachusetts Electric Company: "What to Do Before 1972 Box 3: 22 You Call an Appliance Man" Whaling ships (New Bedford, Mass.): photographs ca. 1890 Box 3: 23 Wheeler, Truman: Accounts with William Whiting 1773-1787 Box 4: 11 White, Thomas R. 1953 6 letters Box 6: 19 Whiting, Timothy: Diary 1794 Box 3: 24 Whittier, John Greenleaf: centennial celebration of birth 1907 Box 5: 38 (Haverhill, Mass.) Wilder, Marshall P.: Letters 1871-1880 Box 3: 25 Willard, Samuel: History of the Rise, Progress and 1858 Box 3: 26 Consumption of the Rupture, Which Now Divides the Congregational Clergy and Churches of Massachusetts Williams' Washing Machine: sale of patent 1860 July Box 3: 27 Williston, 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: 29 Williston Seminary: Order of Exerises, student society ca. 1870 Box 3: 30 Working Group on Human Subject Research: Thyroid studies: 1994 Box 6: 23 a follow-up report on the use of radioactive materials in human subject research that involved the residents of state- operated facilities within the Commonwealth of Massachusetts from 1943 through 1973 World Congress (Rome, Italy): "Work and Joy" program 1938 Box 3: 31 Young, 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 and four associates. Young Ladies Journal: advertisement ca. 1890 Box 3: 32 Zanella, Giacomo: Correspondence (Vicenze, Italy) 1885-1887 Box 5: 39 Administrative information

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