Miscellaneous Manuscripts
1717-2003
10 boxes 8 linear feet
Call no.: MS 719
Miscellaneous Manuscripts is an artificial collection that brings together single items and small groups of related materials. Although the collection reflects the general collecting emphases in SCUA, particularly the history of New England, the content ranges widely in theme and format.
Background
Miscellaneous manuscripts is an artificial collection created to bring together various single items or small groups of related materials..
Contents of Collection
This collection is truly miscellaneous in terms of the range of content and types of formats represented. It is not focused on a particular subject, time period, or region, although there is a heavy emphasis on Massachusetts history. Materials are added to the collection on a regular basis.
Collection inventory
77 Records and Folklore, Jazz, Blues and folk Recordings for the Connoisseur
Adams, J. W., Advertisement: Doolittle’s Black Cap Raspberry
Advertisement: Bob Scobey & his Frisco Band
Agriculture: handbills and ribbon
Allen, Walter C., Announcing the Publication of Jazz Monographs No. 2
Allen Walter C., Discount Schedule of Quantity Orders of Books and Publications on Jazz
Alvord family (South Hadley, Mass.), Tax collector’s account book
Amherst Community History Mural, Guide to the Amherst Community History Mural
Amherst Growth Policy Committee, Letters, clippings, memos
Annual Shakespeare Festival, Program: Taming of the Shrew
Arms Academy. Student Council, Scrapbook
Arnold Arboretum, Bird’s Eye View of Arnold Arboretumn and the Bussey Institutions
Audio Book Company, Literature for Listening
Audiophile Records, Inc., Audiophile Complete Listing, Introduction and Some of Our Philosophies
Bacon, Albert S., Bay State Grocery Advertisement
Baker, Luther B., Lecture: pursuit of John Wilkes Booth
Baring Woolen Manufacturing Company, Stock assessment
Bartkett, Emory H., Catalog and mating list: Trapnested, Pedigreed, S. C. W. Leghorns
Baskin, Leonard, Letters to Leone
Berkeley, Roy, Correspondence: Watts, Theodore F.
Black Panther Ski Center, Black Panther Ski Center pamphlet
Blouët, Paul, Receipt, Young Ladies of the Edwards Church Society (Northampton, Mass.)
Boston Hoosac Tunnel and Albany Railroad, Report of the Corporators
Boston Lyceum Concert Co., Publicity materials
Botanical Musuem (Harvard University), Glass Flowers in the Ware Collection
Bourne, Richard Alden, Descendants of John Bourne
Bramlage, Georgene, Leverett 200: Leverett the Community
Co-authored by Georgene and William Bramlage.
Broadside: “America’s Dilemma” (Chicago, Ill.)
Speakers include Michael Harrington, Bayard Rustin, and Norman Thomas.
Broadside: children’s rhyme
Subject of rhyme is racist.
Broadside: “Where is Hitler Heading?”
Advertising a meeting held in Boston to discuss the latest events in Germany.
Butler, Leona A., Massachusetts: Home of Famous Jerseys
Capmakers Local 4, United hatters, Cap, and Millinery Workers International Union, Plans, reports, and Newspaper Clippings
Catalogue of Trotting Stock at Highlawn belonging to Elizur Smith of Lee, Berkshire County, Mass.
Celanse Corporation of America, How to Choose Your Fabrics Wisely: booklet
Center Peace (Northampton, Mass.)
Central Labor Union Entertainment and Ball: souvenir program
Held at the Town Hall in Leominster, Massachusetts.
Chapman, R. A., Letter to Barnes, D. H.
Cheney, W. P., Letter to Daniels, Charlotte
Clark, J. Enoch, Deed: Sheldon, Isaac
Coloraddo State Agricultural Experiment Station
Postcards addressed to the Experiment Station requesting publications.
Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Order to Hampshire County Sheriff
Order to attach the goods of Seth Draper of Belchertown.
Conant, Joseph, Letter to Russell, E. A.
Congregational Church (Greenwich, Mass.), Program
Cook Laboratories Inc., Catalog of Spanish and Portuguese Music
Cooke, Mary W., Letter to Mr. Dalton
Court Square Theatre (Springfield, Mass.), Program
Cushman, Harriette, Letters to Dresser, Wealthy (Goshen, Mass.)
Written while Cushman was a student at Mount Holyoke Seminary.
Dedication Exercises of the Methodist E. Church (Pitsfield, Mass.): program
Deerfield Valley Art Association, Exhibition: Eleventh Annual Showing of Work
Democratic City Committee (Springfield, Mass.), Inaugural Banquet and Ball Souvenir Program
Dexter, George A.: correspondence
Dobek, Edward, Letters: Hanzel, Bette M.
Languages: Polish, English
Donaghue, Katherine, Letter to Dickinson, Wesley
E. S. Hulbert & Co., Fall River Works: price list
Echo Hill Town Houses (Amherst, Mass.): brochure
Einstein, Albert, Letter to Mayer, Walter
Language: German
Includes transcription and correspondence concerning acquisition of letter.
Estate of Chloe Fuller (Warren, Conn.)
Everst Record Group, Catalog of Long-Playing Records and Cassette Tapes
Fashion Plate Revue (Masonic Temple, Springfield): program
Feinberg, Charles E., Walt Whitman Collection
Film & Recordings Center. Public Library of Cincinnati & Hamilton County, Jazz Festival: program of events
First Church of Christ, Scientist (Boston, Mass.), Photographs: Christian Science Center
First Congregational Church (Hadley, Mass.), Program: Homecoming Sunday
First Congregational Parish (Deerfield, Mass.), Program: 100th Anniversary of “The Old Brich Church” together with the Fall Meeting of the Connecticut Valley Conference
Fisher, G. H., Broadside: lecture (Town Hall, Orange, Mass.)
, Folk-Legacy Records, Inc. (Sharon, Conn.)
Folkways Records, New releases
Fowler, J. S., Letter to Governor of Massachusetts
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.
Fraser, Duncan H., Autobiographical writings
Recounting his service as a Timberwolf in the U.S. Army during world War II.
Fraser, Duncan H., Letter to father
Concerning attack on Merken.
Fraser, Duncan H.: newspaper clippings and printed material
Includes an issue of Timberwolf Howl.
Friends of Quabbin, The Memory Lives: 50th Commemorative Year, 1938-1988
Freeman, Watson, Deed to Fisk, Ebenezer, Jr.
Transer of land in Shelburne, Massachusetts.
Funk family: Wolf Mausoleum (Highland Cemetery, Ottawa, Kansas)
Includes invoice for the cutting of names and dates from the Lamb-Roberts Funeral Home and a photograph of the work.
GHB Records, Numerical album order form
Gibbons, Peter, Short Narrative of My Life
Typescript narrative written by Peter Gibbons covering his life from 1730 to 1822.
GNP Crescendo Records, Inventory Control & Order Form
Good Time Jazz Record Co., GTJ & CR News (v. 4, no, 2)
Gotham Book Mart, Recording list
Granby (Mass.), Petition to Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Petition from Town Selectman concerning boundaries with South Hadley.
Grand Festival Concert (Springfield, Mass.), Program
Grant, Lucy E., Letter to Grant, Luther
Greenfield and Northampton Railroad Corporation: voting proxies to Dickinson, Gardner
Greenfield Community College, Pioneer Valley Studies Newsletter
Greenhorn, James, Letter to unknown recipient
Gutowska, Marie, Glimpses into the Story of Polish Americans: An Introduction into Polish Studies
Hampshire Agricultural Society, Certificate of Life Membership: Lathrop, Paoli, Mrs.
Signed by William S. Clark.
Hampsihre County (Mass.), Assessor’s warrant to Deerfield (Mass.) Constable
Hampshire Magazine, Holyoke’s Spectacular 25th Annual St. Patrick’s Day Parade
Handbill: “Dramatic Entertainment”
Featuring The Little Treasure and The Widow’s Victim.
Handbill: Three Musketeers
Hayes, Franklin J., Letter to Charles
Heath Telephone Company, Telephone directory
Hemenway, Ruby, Correspondence
H.H. Brown Company, Inc.: brochures and newspaper clippings
High School of Commerce (Springfield, Mass.), Commerce: Maroon Issue
Hindsight Records, Catalog
Holyoke High School Monthly Report
Holyoke (Mass.), 21st Annual St. Patrick’s Day Parade Souvenir Program
Holyoke (Mass.), 22nd Annual St. Patrick’s Day Parade Souvenir Program
Holyoke (Mass.), 23rd Annual St. Patrick’s Day Parade Souvenir Program
Holyoke (Mass.), 24th Annual St. Patrick’s Day Parade Souvenir Program
Holyoke (Mass.), Welcome to Holyoke, Massachusetts: A City on the Move
Holyoke (Mass.), Uncertainty of the Present, the Promise of the Future
Hopman, Ellen Evert, Secrets of Life: An Interview Project with Elders of Some Pioneer Valley Towns
Horticultural School for Women, Advertisement
Hot Jazz Club of America, List of latest releases and order form
Household Finance Corporation and Subsidaries, Better Buymanship Principles booklet
Household Finance Corporation and Subsidaries, Better Buymanship Use and Care: Floor Coverings, booklet no. 10
Household Finance Corporation and Subsidaries, Better Buymanship Use and Care: Furniture, booklet no. 26
Household Finance Corporation and Subsidaries, Better Buymanship Use and Care: Furs, booklet no. 8
Household Finance Corporation and Subsidaries, Better Buymanship Use and Care: Household Equipment, booklet no. 14
Household Finance Corporation and Subsidaries, Better Buymanship Use and Care: Playthings, booklet no. 15
Household Finance Corporation and Subsidaries, Better Buymanship Use and Care: Shoes, booklet no. 5
Household Finance Corporation and Subsidaries, Better Buymanship Use and Care: Soap and Other Cleaning Agents, booklet no. 16
Household Finance Corporation and Subsidaries, Money Mangement: The Home Furnishing Dollar, booklet
Household Finance Corporation and Subsidaries, Money Mangement: The Clothing Dollar, booklet
Howe, Donald W., Quabbin Stmap House
Hubbard, Guy, Windsor Industrial History: Lamson Companies (Chapter XI)
International Piano Archives: printer material
Kackson, James E., C.P. Position on Status and Prospects of the “Black Belt”
Jazz Record Exchange, Jazz Report Benefit Auction
Jazzology Records, Numerical album order form
Jenkins, Paul, Letter to unidentified recipient
Jim Cullum’s Happy Jazz Band, Music listing order form, brochure
Keller, J. H., Letter to Keller, Peter H.
King, John, Deed of sale to Scott, William
For property in the “Elbows” in Hampshire County.
King Persifer’s Crown: A Comedietta in Four Acts program
KM Records, Kicking Mule catalog
Kuwada, Gompei, Autobiography of Gompei Kuwada
Labor: pamphlets and brochures
Ladies Auxiliary, Our Lady of Czestochova (Turner’s Falls, Mass.), Photograph
Ladies Auxiliary (Turner’s Falls, Mass.), Meeting of Central Committee for Good deeds minutebook
Lamson & Goodnow, Product catalog and price lists
Lamson & Goodnow: “A Brief History of Lamson & Goodnow Manufacturing Co.”
Landmarks Preservation Committee, Gillett-Tyler House report
“Last Will and Testament of Oliver Smith, Esquire, late of Hatfield, Mass. deceased Dec. 22, 1845”
Lee, Gerald Stanley, Letters
Lenox Academy, Exhibition program
Lenox Academy, Exhibition program
Letter from Lucretia to Thayer, Lucius F.
Letter from Marjorie L. to Charles
Written on Berkshire Summer School of Art letterhead.
Letter from Mazie to Corley, T. S.
Letter from Nancy to Hubbard, Parker D.
Library of Congress, Music Division: Recording Laboratory order blanks
Lindsey family: photographs
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
Lindsey, Joseph B., Jr., “Amy Brown Lindsey, 1868-1941”
Lindsey, Joseph B., Jr.: record of birth
Linguaphone Institute: printed material
Literary Map of Amherst, Massachusetts
LP Catalog, New Releases: order form
Luckman, George E., “Books on ‘Jass,’ ‘Popular Music,’ and ‘Show Business'” price list
Lyman, E. H. R., Letters to sister
Massachusetts Baptist Convention: receipt to Nelson, Stephen S.
Massachusetts Committee on Public Safety, Protection Division, Bomb Instructions for Air Raid Wardens
Matthews, Maryka, The Death of Malcom X: Eyewitness Report
Mauger, Madame, Letter to Hartung, C. E.
Concerning sale of hair/wigs.
Mayon, Charles and Rivier, Theodore, Circular letter to de Saussure, Maximilen
Language: French
Proposing to unify diverse religious societies by establishing a school for children.
Mecuster, Inez, soprano: advertisement, brochure
Merriam, Charles, Letter to Merriam, George
Merry Makers Record Company, Good Old Jazz
Mills, E. H., Letter to Bliss, George
Mississippi & Alabama Railroad Company, $100 note
“Mohawk Indian on the Mohawk Trail at Mohawk Hunting Grounds of Charlemont in Massachusetts”
Monmouth Evergreen Records: catalogs and order forms
Munroe, Robert C.: calling card
Nash, S. A. and M. A., Letter to sister
Nash, Sibbel, Letters to sister
Natchez (Miss.), 25 cents note
Negatives: house in Orange, Mass.
New Salem (Mass.): brochures, flyers, and maps
New Sunshine Jazz Band: flyer
Newburyport (Mass.), Invoice to Commonwealth of Massachusetts
For “sundry supplies to Newport Higgins and family, an African.”
Noble, Mason, Centennial Discourse, Delivered in Williamstown, Mass.
“Orange, Mass., An Ideal Manufacturing and Residential Town. Supplement to Enterprise and Journal”
Featuring ads from local businesses, including New Home Sweing Machine.
Orange Women’s Club (Orange, Mass.), Booklet
“Our Home Town, Springfield, Massachusetts: A Report to the Citizens”
Paradox Industries, Inc.: order cards
Parsons, Albert R., “Parsons Appeal to the Governor”
Concerning Haymarket Massacre.
Peacemeal: New England Vietnam Summer News
Volume 1, no. 1; contains article by Ray Mungo.
Peirce family accounts (New Salem, Mass.)
Possibly related to estate settlement.
Perley, M. V. B., Order form
Philbin, Philip J., Congressman, Telegrams
Philbin, Philip J., Congressman, Telegrams
Philbin, Philip J., Congressman, Telegrams
Philbin, Philip J., Congressman, Telegrams
Philbin, Philip J., Congressman, Telegrams
Philip Werlein, Ltd., Dixieland Record Dept., Brochure, price list, and order form
Phillipp, Adelaide, Miss Adelaide Phillipps’ Concert handbill (Easthampton, Mass.)
Pilgrim Tract Society, “The Most Dangerous Dope . . . Of Our Generation”
Pittsfield (Mass.), account of evangelical meeting
Commencing on May 12th and lasting 24 days.
Pittsfield (Mass.), Votes for Governor and Lieutenant Governor
Postcard: Mount Holyoke from Nonotuck, Northampton, Mass.
Poster: Cruzada Nacional de Alfabetizacion
Poster: election, Honduras
Poster: Reforma Agraria con el Decreto 207, El Salvador
Potomac River Jazz Club, Tailgate Ramblings, v. 7, no. 4
P.Q. R.S.T. (Easthampton, Mass.) broadside
Prescott Historical Society, Inc., Forty-Sixth Annual Meeting handbill
Prestige Records, Inc., Complete Numerical Dealer order form
Program: Evening of English Glees, Easthampton Town Hall
Progressive Party of Massachusetts, “Proposed Platform for Progressive Party of Massachusetts to be adopted at State Convention on June 5, 1949”
Pynchon, G., Leather wallet (Great Barrington, Mass.)
Radio Center, Dixieland Jazz Records Catalog
Ramsey, A. B. Carpenter, Album: Sea Mosses, gathered along the beach at Martha’s Vineyard
RCA Records, Vintage Series catalog
Receipt: hay scales, Northampton (Mass.) to Samuel Wright
Rec
eipts: Munde, Charles to Mrs. Litchfield
Record, Book and Film Series, Inc., Order form
Record Convergence, Flyer: “The Premier Record Convention:
Reports of Congress: Springfield Manufacturing Company
Reynolds, D., Letter to Reynolds, James
Ribbon: founding convention of the New Party, Convention Hall (Philadelphia, Penn.)
Ricketts, James H., Empire State: the New Earl White Grape, brochure
Rituel de la FraternitéUnie des Charpentiers Menuisiers d’Amérique
Riverside Records, Catalogs
Robeson, Paul: “The Great Negro Singer,” program cover
Root, Hezekiah, Deed to Kentfield, Salmon
Relating to land in Belchertown.
Royce, Josiah, Letter to unidentified receipient
Inserted in The Spirit of Modern Philosophy.
Schmidt, Jakob, Letter to unknown recipient
In German, includes transcription.
Second River Skiffle and Brass Lovers Society, Allen’s Poop Sheet, v.1, no. 1
Sedgwick, T., Letter to Mr. Edmonds
Sheldon, Charles, Correspondence concerning Pike, Warburton
Shepherd, Cynthia, Letter to brother and sister
Sherk, Kenneth, War Gases: Chemical Warfare Agents
Smith, Grace C.: correspondence
Smith, Henry and Mattie, Envelopes and tax bills
Solley, Sarah, Correspondence with Gale, George E.
Concerning a dyeing business.
South Amherst Canning Kitchen: price list
South Deerfield Elementary School, Farming in Deerfield
VHS tape; produced by 6th grade class.
Spoken Arts, Inc., Order form
Springfield High Schools graduation exercises programs
Springfield Pomona Grange, No. 12, Patrons of Husbandry program
Springfield Street Railway Company, Stryco News
Springfield Symphony Orchestra, Musical Memories: 50th Anniversary Commemorative Book
Standard School Lectures–Civilian Protection: Fire Defense
Standard School Lectures–Civilian Protection: General Subjects
Star of the Valley Council, No. 136, Jr. O. U. A. M.:
Stoddard, Sol, Letters to Hubbard, Thomas H.
Storrowtown Theater, Storrowton Theater programs
Storrowtown Theater, Storrowton Theater programs
Sunbeam Records, “Benny Goodman Collector’s Items”
Sweeney, Gayle, Bird Sightings: A Local Study
Includes some of her poems.
Swift River Valley Historical Society, Inc., Constitution and Bylaws
Swift River Valley Pomona Grange No. 21, Program
Tenney, Caleb J., Letter to Townsend, E.
Theosophical Publishing Co., Karma as a Cure for Trouble
Theosophical Publishing Co., Spirituality
Thomas’s Massachusetts Spy, or, Worcester Gazette
Thompson, Peggy, Letters from Dutchmaster 6
Thompson, Silas, Letter to unknown recipient
Todd, John, D.D., Sermon on the Burial of Jason Clapp
Tornado, central Massachusetts: newspaper clippings
Towne, Elizabeth, Advertisement: Prosperity Through Thought Force
Towne, Elizabeth, Circular letter on The Nautilus letterhead
Townsend, Letter to Mr. Phelps
Trahan, Elizabeth, Letters from Jordan, May 17-June, 1999
Tudor City Records, Price list
Twasaki, Hikaru, Photographs: Kusudo family (Wrentham, Mass.)
Photographs taken for War Relocation Authority.
Ulysses S. Grant Letter to the Workmen of Lamson & Goodnow Manufacturing Company
Unión CÃvica Radical (UCR), Printed materials
U.S. Department of Labor. Children’s Bureau, Family Food Budgets for the use of Relief Agencies
Co-produced with the Bureau of Home Economics, U.S. Department of Agriculture.
United States Military, Brochures and pamphlets
Unity Dramatic Club (Chicopee, Mass.), Handbills
Vander Pol, Marinus, Clematis
Wallack, Lester, Letter to Mrs. Baher, lead of orchestra
Watkin, John, License, innholder
Webber, Alan C., Circular letter
For records collectors with record catalog.
Webber, Bethiah L., School compositions: female education and regulation of conduct
Wedding photographs, unidentified
Western Massachusetts Academic and High School Teachers, Program
Western Massachusetts Electric Company, “What to Do Before You Call an Appliance Man”
Whaling ships (New Bedford, Mass.): photographs
Wilder, Marshall P., Letters
Willard, Samuel, History of the Rise, Progress and Consumption of the Rupture, Which Now Divides the Congregational Clergy and Churches of Massachusetts
Williams’ Washing Machine: sale of patent
Williston, Samuel, Letter to “H” and to his parents
“H” is probably Horatio G. Knight.
Williston Seminary, Concert programs
Williston Seminary, Order of Exerises, student society
World Congress (Rome, Italy): “Work and Joy” program
Young Ladies Journal: advertisement
Administrative information
Provenance
Acquired from various sources.
Processing Information
Processed by Ellie Gass, December 2011.
Cite as: Miscellaneous Manuscripts (MS 719). Special Collections and University Archives, University of Massachusetts Amherst Libraries.
Subjects
Massachusetts--Economic conditions--18th centuryMassachusetts--Economic conditions--19th centuryMassachusetts--HistoryMassachusetts--Politics and governmentMassachusetts--Social conditions--18th centuryMassachusetts--Social conditions--19th centuryMassachusetts--Social conditions--20th centuryTypes of material
Account booksCorrespondencePhotographs
Related collections:
African American,
Agriculture,
Business & industry,
Education,
Family,
Jazz,
Massachusetts,
Military,
New England,
Printed materials,
Women