MOORLAND HOTEL COLLECTION

Creator: Moorland Hotel; various Dates: 1914-1976 Quantity: 10 document boxes Acquisition: Accession #: 2012.55 Identification: A75 ; Archive Collection #75 Citation: [Document Title]. The Moorland Hotel Collection, [Box #, Folder #, Item #], Ann Museum Library & Archives, Gloucester, MA. Copyright: Requests for permission to publish material from this collection should be addressed to the Librarian/Archivist. Language: English Finding Aid: Processed 2013 for Stephanie Buck, Librarian/Archivist. Updated by Karla Kaneb, June 2020.

Container List Box 1 Loose-leaf notebooks 1963 - 1972 1. Menus pay accounting letters, nature drawings, business correspondence, pool regulations, bylaws, pen and inks of Sturbridge, Maine, Vermont etc. Post cards, news clippings, various post cards of Nova Scotia and Cape Ann.

2. 1959-1960 Loose-leaf binder containing personal papers of Francis J. Mingace mgr i.e. Army service, postcards, church bulletins, cards, photos etc.

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3. Loose-leaf notebook 1940’s - 1960’s Old postcards , New Orleans, Newton and . Photos. Some papers for Luigi D. Mingace WW2 and family photos.

4. Loose-leaf containing Herald article on Italian fashion 1967. Group of various post cards of Gloucester and Rockport.

5. Loose-leaf Postcards Cape Ann and world. FF1 Business correspondence Aladdin Co. FF2 Sheet music FF3 Misc business correspondence

Box 2 Loose-leaf notebooks 1967 -1974 1. Linen inventories for the Moorland Inventory water glasses Maintenance of pool rules Liquor used for cocktail party 67/68 Recipe for rum punch Magazine “Vermont the Beckoning Country.”

2. Various ads for Christmas from Gloucester Companies. Article Christmas on Cape Ann, Snowstorm Dec 1966, Misc articles, Cape Ann postcards, and misc post cards. Copies of pen and ink sketches (possibly for use in post cards) by Jas Murray. Booklet on care of floors and carpets.

3. Loose-leaf 50’s and 60’s GDT newspaper 66/67, ads etc. Photo from the Boston Herald “Iced in at Gloucester”. Photos from the fire at the Moorland. Rates for hotel, Linen inventory.

4. Loose-leaf Pamphlet on the Moorland. Photos, Duties of the Bellboy, stationery, Misc. Correspondence. Letter from 1914 and misc motel brochures from the area.

5. Loose-leaf Misc. brochures Cape Ann motels, business cards, correspondence, newspaper clippings and Christmas cards.

6. Loose-leaf Contains personal papers of Francis J. Mingace Moorland Manager. Newspaper clippings, Business correspondence, employee applications, cash accounts and reservations.

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Box 3 Rolled map of Gloucester Harbor dated 1965.

Box 4 Linen marking stamp, copper plates, sheets, linens and towels stamped with Moorland name. Ink pad and brush. Gloucester Times dated 5/3/1975.

Box 5 Accounting and Business Repair bills, gas and electric bills, regulations, 1972 tax reports, Blank maids linen sheet, stock requisition forms, menu, pamphlet “Protecting woolens”, Misc room keys from the Moorland, small sign from the linen room, Account book listing private accounts ( says duplicate), Book Bass Rocks Editors Meeting 1970, Misc. correspondence i.e. reservations 1970’s, empty envelopes, account bills, Moorland City of Gloucester License, check register, envelope of leases, job applications, Misc. business cards, Misc. motel brochures, Maps Cape Ann, Cape Ann Artist map, misc. cards and post cards.

Box 6 Guest receipts 1974 Wage and Tax statements Record book 1972 Reservation confirmations, pool regulations Cash/credit, petty cash slips, paid out. Envelopes from Moorland 2 folders Cape Ann National Bank 1 with deposit slips Gloucester Co-Op Bank bus schedule Cape Ann National bank 1956 calendar Pad of paper with notes on Old South Meeting and a letter about the fire at the Moorland in 1958. Misc. vendor correspondence, booklets, bills and a sheet of paper with the Gloucester Licensing board hours.

Box 6A Moorland pamphlets, pamphlets entitled Gloucester USA. Sympathy cards on the death of his mother, Gloucester telephone books 1975, 2 1974, 1972 Cape Ann National Bank money bag Sheet of paper “What is a customer” Lawn like Co. mailing bag Hello my name is tags Cape Ann Statistical data

Box 7 Blank Christmas cards

Moorland Hotel Collection – A75 – page 4 Desk top pen holder from hotel Book “The Closed Garden” Photo framed of the Moorland ( glass broken) Boxed stationery of the Moorland bar soap from the Moorland 2 date stamps envelopes Box Moorland business cards

Box 8 Framed Bass Rocks Theatre poster “George Washington Slept Here”

Box 9 Moorland ephemera Moorland Bell Captains jacket 2 boxes of Moorland bar soap 1 box Moorland post cards 1967 Name plates for : Francis Mingace, Miss Gloria Oliver, Fay Datz. 2 place settings silver ware from the Moorland plus serving pieces Silver plate bowl “The Moorland” Date stamps Ice scraper C.H. Rich liquors Gloucester Ma Calendar from Deering Electric 1976

Box 9 A Box of misc. post cards mostly of the Moorland

Box 10 Photos Framed B/W photo of the old Moorland Sepia framed photo Moorland ocean view B/w framed photo (4) of the Moorland Envelope containing a negative of the Moorland in Color and a 11x10 color of the same