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The Mohawk Trail Region in Primary Sources

Album Description

Primary source collection highlighting

  • The Mohawk Trail region of Western Massachusetts
    (Franklin & Berkshire Counties)
  • Hampden & Hampshire Counties as neighbors in the region

Subtopics

  • Environment/agriculture
  • Community/civic life
  • Industry/Transportation/Technology
  • Events of historical significance

AUDIENCE & PURPOSE: This album is for use in my K-12 district as part of a TPS grant project to use local history in interdisciplinary work. I'll be sharing it in early March in a PD session and we'll use several of the sources in our introductory work together.

FEEDBACK SOUGHT: I'd like to identify the sources that seem most compelling for an activity like the CONNECTING WITH PRIMARY SOURCES one we did in our first meeting. The album is a work in progress generally and I'd be happy to accept other  feedback and source ideas from network members. 

A map showing the Congressional districts of Massachusetts as established by the Act of Sept. 16, 1842

Reference link: http://www.loc.gov/resource/g3761f.ct002131/?r=-0.226,0,1.451,0.627,0

Reference note

Created / Published

  • [S.l. : s.n., ca. 1842?]

Notes

  • -  Includes table showing district populations and cities and towns.
  • -  Lacks upper left hand, lower left hand, and lower right hand corners.
  • -  Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.

Repository

  • Library of Congress Geography and Map Division Washington, D.C. 20540-4650 USA dcu

Digital Id

Buckland centennial, September 10, 1879 : addresses, poems, songs, &c.

Reference link: http://www.loc.gov/item/01011264/

Reference note

Created / Published

  • [Massachusetts : s.n., 1879]

Notes

  • -  Caption title.
  • -  Also available in digital form.

The Negro as a soldier in the War of the Rebellion

Reference link: http://www.loc.gov/item/22002319/

Reference note

Summary

  • Hallowell reviews the record of African Americans in Union armies during the Civil War, using two Massachusetts regiments of black troops as examples. Includes information on place of birth and occupation, unequal pay, service evaluations, etc.

Created / Published

  • Boston : Little, Brown, and Company, 1897.

Genre

  • Addresses--Massachusetts--Boston--1892

Notes

  • -  "Read before the Military Historical Society of Massachusetts, January 5, 1892."
  • -  Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site, and on microfilm.
  • -  LC copy has inscription in pencil on verso of t.p.: Medford, Mass.

Digital Id

A Book for Massachusetts Children, 1857

Teaching Notes

Civic education for Massachusetts children with a census of children by municipality, 1857

A Book for Massachusetts Children, 1857

Album of photos of Mary Lyon House, Buckland

Album of photos of Mary Lyon House, Buckland

Ashfield Album - Historic American Buildings Survey

Ashfield Album - Historic American Buildings Survey

Shelburne Album - Historic American Buildings Survey

Shelburne Album - Historic American Buildings Survey

Greenfield Album - Historic American Buildings Survey

Teaching Notes

Photos and building plans

Greenfield Album - Historic American Buildings Survey

Free-soil members of the Legislature. [1849?].

Reference link: http://www.loc.gov/resource/rbpe.05902100/?st=text

Reference note

Created / Published

  • 1849.

Genre

  • Broadsides--Massachusetts

Notes

  • -  Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML.
  • -  Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 59, Folder 21.

Digital Id

A new and accurate map of the colony of Massachusets [i.e. Massachusetts] Bay, in North America, from a late survey.

Reference link: http://www.loc.gov/item/2001620337/

Reference note

Created / Published

  • [London : J. Hinton, 1780]

Notes

  • -  Covers eastern Massachusetts, Rhode Island, eastern Connecticut, and small portions of New Hampshire and Vermont.
  • -  Relief shown pictorially.
  • -  From Universal magazine of knowledge and pleasure, vol. 66, Dec. 1780, opposite p. 281.
  • -  Prime meridian: Ferro.
  • -  Phillips. Maps of America.
  • -  LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 881
  • -  Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.

Repository

  • Library of Congress Geography and Map Division Washington, D.C. 20540-4650 USA dcu

Digital Id

General view of span from downstream, looking NW - French King Bridge, Spanning Connecticut River on State Highway 2, Erving, Franklin County, MA

Reference link: http://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/ma1418.photos.079171p/

Reference note

Creator(s): Stupich, Martin, creator
Date Created/Published: 1990
Call Number: HAER MASS,6-ERV,1--7
Repository: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print

Oblique view from northeast abutment, looking west - Schell Memorial Bridge, Spanning Connecticut River on East Northfield Road, Northfield, Franklin County, MA

Reference link: http://www.loc.gov/resource/hhh.ma1429.photos/?sp=1

Reference note

Created / Published

  • Documentation compiled after 1968

Notes

  • -  Significance: The Schell Memorial Bridge is the third oldest of five known Pennsylvania truss bridges identified in the Massachusetts Department of Public Works database. It is a unique variation at least in Massachusetts of a Pennsylvania truss, in that it was designed to function as a three-span continuous truss under live load, and as a simple truss span with cantilevered ends under dead load. The bridge also has some unusual Gothic Revival decorative elements. The bridge is a significant artifact of Northfield's social history, in that it was built for the town by one of its most prominent citizens, Francis R. Schell.
  • -  Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-27
  • -  Survey number: HAER MA-111
  • -  Building/structure dates: 1903 Initial Construction

Repository

TURBINE IN POWER PLANT RUINS AT DAM ON FALL RIVER - Bernardston Grain Mill, River Street, Bernardston, Franklin County, MA

Reference link: http://www.loc.gov/resource/hhh.ma1339.photos

Reference note

Created / Published

  • Documentation compiled after 1968

Notes

  • -  Survey number: HAER MA-73

Repository

Bardwell's Ferry Bridge, Spanning Deerfield River on Bardwell's Ferry Road, Shelburne, Franklin County, MA

Reference link: http://www.loc.gov/item/ma1416/

Reference note

Created / Published

  • Documentation compiled after 1968

Notes

  • -  Significance: The Bardwell's Ferry Bridge is an excellent, virtually unaltered, example of William Douglas's 1878 patent for a wrought-rion lenticular truss bridge. It is one of approximately fifty lenticular truss bridges to survive nationally, and one of only ten known surviving lenticular truss bridges in Massachusetts (eight of which are under Massachusetts Department of Public Works purview). It is thought to be the longest single lenticluar span in the state. The bridge is nationally significant as one of the longest and oldest surviving lenticular truss spans in the United States. The bridge's fabricator, the Corrugated Metal Company, became the Berlin Iron Bridge Company in 1883, and went on to become one of the leading bridge-building companies in New England in the late-nineteenth century.
  • -  Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-17
  • -  Survey number: HAER MA-98
  • -  Building/structure dates: 1882 Initial Construction

Repository

Historical data relating to counties, cities and towns in Massachusetts

Historical data relating to counties, cities and towns in Massachusetts

Road map of Massachusetts.

Reference link: http://www.loc.gov/item/76692306/

Reference note

Created / Published

  • [Boston] 1922.

Notes

  • -  Scale ca. 1:250,000.
  • -  "Posted to September 15th, 1922."
  • -  In lower right corner: W. W. Marrs del.
  • -  Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.
  • -  AACR2

Repository

  • Library of Congress Geography and Map Division Washington, D.C. 20540-4650 USA dcu

Digital Id

Rail road & township map of Massachusetts, published at the Boston Map Store, 1879.

Reference link: http://www.loc.gov/item/98688495

Reference note

Summary

  • County and township map showing drainage, cities and towns, distances between post stations, post routes, and the railroad network with named lines.

Created / Published

  • Boston, 1879.

Notes

  • -  Scale ca. 1:1,400,000.
  • -  LC Railroad maps, 235
  • -  Description derived from published bibliography.
  • -  Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.

Repository

  • Library of Congress Geography and Map Division Washington, D.C. 20540-4650 USA dcu

Digital Id

The state of Massachusetts : from the best information

Reference link: http://www.loc.gov/resource/g3760.ct005534r/?r=-0.459,0,1.918,0.828,0

Reference note

Created / Published

  • New-York : Published by J. Low, 1799.

Genre

  • Early maps

Notes

  • -  Relief shown pictorially.
  • -  Prime meridians: London and Philadelphia.
  • -  Variation of Wheat & Brun 222.
  • -  LC copy mounted on cloth backed paper. Accompanied by pages 263-266 of the American encyclopædia. The text does not relate to Massachusetts.
  • -  Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.

Repository

  • Library of Congress Geography and Map Division Washington, D.C. 20540-4650 USA dcu

Digital Id

Franklin County, Massachusetts

Reference link: http://www.loc.gov/item/81690024/

Reference note

Created / Published

  • Lanham, MD : USDA-SCS, 1980.

Notes

  • -  Title in lower margin: Franklin Co., Mass : N4218-W7213.5/26.5x48, 1972.
  • -  "Compiled in 1975 from USGS 1:24,000-scale topographic maps dated 1960-1971.
  • -  "Planimetry revised from aerial photographs taken 1972."
  • -  Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.

Repository

  • Library of Congress Geography and Map Division W ashington, D.C. 20540-4650 USA dcu

Digital Id

'The History and Significance of the Mohawk Trail | Connecting Point | June 10, 2020'

Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2557Zq5h44s&ab_channel=NewEnglandPublicMedia

Reference note

'The world-famous Mohawk Trail, which runs from the Berkshires to Boston along historic Route 2, was recently submitted for inclusion in “America’s Byways.” This designation is awarded by the U.S. Department of Transportation to some of the nation’s most scenic roads.

Just what makes this western Mass highway worthy of the designation? Berkshires environmentalist and writer Lauren Stevens explains the creation and history of this iconic touring road to Executive Producer Tony Dunne.'

'History Bites: Geology in the Pioneer Valley'

Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AhCaZm5AVe0&ab_channel=AmherstMedia

Reference note

'In this episode of History Bites, learn about the rich history of Geology in the Pioneer Valley.'

'Early History of the Shelburne Falls District'

Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0XrziQSkPhY&ab_channel=VCAM

Reference note

'Over the past year, Brian Knight researched the early history of the Shelburne Falls neighborhood in preparation of a nomination of the district to the National Register of Historic Places. On Monday, February 11, 2019 at 7 PM, Mr. Knight presented his research findings at a Shelburne-Historical-Society–sponsored lecture.

Please join us as we learn about the mills and stores that were the commercial heart of the agricultural life of 19th-century Shelburne.'

From the Hub to the Hudson: with sketches of nature, history and industry in north-western Massachusetts.

Reference link: http://www.loc.gov/item/01012123/

Reference note

Created / Published

  • Boston, New England News Co., 1869.

Notes

  • -  Also available in digital form.

Line basket ball; or, Basket ball for women, as adopted by the Conference on Physical Training, held in June, 1899, at Springfield, Mass., also articles on the game by Dr. Luther Gulick, Dr. Theordore Hough, Dr. A. Bertha Foster, and Miss Senda Berenson.

Reference link: http://www.loc.gov/item/03011986/

Reference note

Created / Published

  • New York, American Sports Publishing Company, c1901.

Notes

  • -  Also available in digital form.

Pond-side view of the New England Peace Pagoda, a Buddhist stupa or monument to inspire peace in the deep woods near Leverett, Massachusetts

Reference link: http://www.loc.gov/item/2019690353/

Reference note

Created / Published

  • 2019-05-21.

Genre

  • Digital photographs--Color--2010-2020

Notes

  • -  Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer.
  • -  One of more than 80 such peace shrines worldwide, the facility is designed to unite the search for peace of people of all races and creeds. Most (though not all) peace pagodas built since World War II have been built under the guidance of Nichidatsu Fujiii, a Japanese Buddhist monk and founder of the Nipponzan-Myohoji Buddhist Order.
  • -  Purchase; Carol M. Highsmith Photography, Inc.; 2019; (DLC/PP-2019:017)
  • -  Forms part of Carol M. Highsmith's America Project in the Carol M. Highsmith Archive.

Repository

Digital Id

Whale fishery of New England; an account, with illustrations and some interesting and amusing anecdotes, of the rise and fall of an industry which has made New England famous throughout the world.

Reference link: http://www.loc.gov/item/15003975/

Reference note

Created / Published

  • Boston, Mass., Printed for the State Street Trust Company [c1915]

Notes

  • -  Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site.
  • -  Compiled, arranged and printed under the direction of the Walton Advertising and Printing Company, Boston, Mass.
  • -  images not viewed; td12 2010-10-19

Digital Id

From a New England woman's diary in Dixie in 1865,

Reference link: http://www.loc.gov/item/06031407/

Reference note

Created / Published

  • Springfield [Mass., The Plimpton Press, Norwood, Mass.] 1906.

Notes

  • -  "This book is made and sold to benefit the scholarship founded by the Springfield Hampton Club in memory of Elizabeth Mitchell Ames."
  • -  Introduction signed: E.L.C.

Lucy Saunders hitching the team to the horse rake. See Hine Report, Rural Child Labor, August 1915. Location: [Western Massachusetts?, Massachusetts?].

Reference link: http://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/2018677441/

Reference note

Creator(s): Hine, Lewis Wickes, 1874-1940, photographer
Date Created/Published: 1915 August.
Call Number: LOT 7475, v. 2, no. 3978 [P&P]
Repository: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
Notes: Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Agriculture. Hine no. 3978. No location recorded on caption card; possibly Western Massachusetts based on cards for photos with neighboring numbers and similar content. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. General information about the National Child Labor Committee collection is available at: https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.nclc Forms part of: National Child Labor Committee collection.
Subjects: Girls. Agricultural laborers. Mowing machines. United States--Massachusetts.

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Shelburne Falls, Franklin County, Massachusetts.

Reference link: http://www.loc.gov/item/sanborn03845_004/

Reference note

Created / Published

  • Sanborn Map Company, Jan 1910

Notes

  • -  Jan 1910.
  • -  7 sheet(s).

Repository

  • Library of Congress Geography and Map Division Washington, D.C. 20540-4650 USA

Digital Id

Shelburne Falls Bridge, Spanning Deerfield River on Bridge Street, Shelburne, Franklin County, MA

Reference link: http://www.loc.gov/item/ma1414/

Reference note

Created / Published

  • Documentation compiled after 1968

Notes

  • -  Significance: The Shelburne Falls Bridge is the second oldest of seven double-intersection Warren through trusses identified in the Massachusetts Department of Public Works database. The bridge was designed by Edward S. Shaw, an important late-nineteenth and early-twentieth century Massachusetts engineer: it was built by the Vermont Construction Company, a significant late-nineteenth century bridge-manufacturing company. The bridge is notable for its three-span length of 320', and its detailing, including the latticed railing, webbed portal bracing, and ornamental builder's plates. The bridge is an integral part, both visually and historically, of the historic village of Shelburne Falls.
  • -  Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-15
  • -  Survey number: HAER MA-96
  • -  Building/structure dates: 1890 Initial Construction

Repository

Big Indian Shop, Mohawk Trail, Route 2, Shelburne Falls, Massachusetts

Reference link: http://www.loc.gov/item/2017708974/

Reference note

Created / Published

  • 1995.

Genre

  • Slides--1990-2000.--Color

Notes

  • -  Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer.
  • -  Margolies category: Attractions.
  • -  Purchase; John Margolies 2015 (DLC/PP-2015:142).
  • -  Credit line: John Margolies Roadside America photograph archive (1972-2008), Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division.
  • -  General information about the John Margolies Roadside America photograph archive is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.mrg
  • -  Forms part of: John Margolies Roadside America photograph archive (1972-2008).

Repository

Digital Id

Big Indian Shop, Mohawk Trail, Route 2, Shelburne Falls, Massachusetts

Reference link: http://www.loc.gov/item/2017705758/

Reference note

Created / Published

  • 1997.

Genre

  • Slides--1990-2000.--Color

Notes

  • -  Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer.
  • -  Purchase; John Margolies 2010 (DLC/PP-2010:191).
  • -  Credit line: John Margolies Roadside America photograph archive (1972-2008), Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division.
  • -  General information about the John Margolies Roadside America photograph archive is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.mrg
  • -  Forms part of: John Margolies Roadside America photograph archive (1972-2008).

Repository

Digital Id

Panorama from Hairpin Turn, Mohawk Trail

Reference link: http://www.loc.gov/resource/pan.6a06504/

Reference note

Created / Published

  • c1921.

Genre

  • Landscape photographs--Reproductions
  • Halftone photomechanical prints--Color
  • Panoramic photographs--Reproductions

Notes

  • -  K152598 U.S. Copyright Office
  • -  Copyright deposit; C. R. Canedy; May 2, 1921; DLC/PP-1921:46321.
  • -  Copyright claimant's address: North Adams, Mass.
  • -  Landmarks labeled on image.

Repository

  • Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA

Digital Id

  • pan 6a06504 //hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pan.6a06504

New Englanders do a thriving business off the view. Greenfield, Massachusetts

Reference link: http://www.loc.gov/item/2017820655/

Reference note

Created / Published

  • 1941 Oct.

Genre

  • Safety film negatives

Notes

  • -  Title and other information from caption card.
  • -  Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944.
  • -  More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.fsaowi
  • -  Temp. note: usf34batch8
  • -  Film copy on SIS roll 13, frame 148.

Repository

Digital Id

  • fsa 8c25846 //hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/fsa.8c25846

Sales attention at a wayside harvest market near Greenfield, Massachusetts

Reference link: http://www.loc.gov/resource/fsa.8c25849/

Reference note

Created / Published

  • 1941 Oct.

Genre

  • Safety film negatives

Notes

  • -  Title and other information from caption card.
  • -  Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944.
  • -  More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.fsaowi
  • -  Temp. note: usf34batch8
  • -  Film copy on SIS roll 13, frame 151.

Repository

Digital Id

  • fsa 8c25849 //hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/fsa.8c25849

Sales attention at a wayside harvest market near Greenfield, Massachusetts

Reference link: http://www.loc.gov/resource/fsa.8c25847/

Reference note

Created / Published

  • 1941 Oct.

Genre

  • Safety film negatives

Notes

  • -  Title and other information from caption card.
  • -  Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944.
  • -  More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.fsaowi
  • -  Temp. note: usf34batch8
  • -  Film copy on SIS roll 13, frame 149.

Repository

Digital Id

  • fsa 8c25847 //hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/fsa.8c25847

The North-Western Massachusetts Gazette, Shelburne Falls, 1886

The North-Western Massachusetts Gazette, Shelburne Falls, 1886

The Springfield Union, 1896-1976

The Springfield Union, 1896-1976

The Catholic Observer magazine, Diocese of Springfield, MA 1954-current

The Catholic Observer magazine, Diocese of Springfield, MA 1954-current

Jewish Weekly News Springfield MA 1945-199?

Jewish Weekly News Springfield MA 1945-199?

Turners Falls Power & Electric Company Photo Gallery

Teaching Notes

The first part of this document is a history of hydropower manufacturing in the valley. Illustrations include maps of the CT River Valley, descriptions of technology, plans of buildings and machines. 

Turners Falls Power & Electric Company Photo Gallery

[Eight-year old Jack milking the cows. See Hine Report, Rural Child Labor, August 1915.] Location: [Western Massachusetts, Massachusetts]

Reference link: http://www.loc.gov/item/2018677884/

Reference note

Created / Published

  • [1913 August]

Genre

  • Photographic prints

Notes

  • -  Attribution to Hine based on provenance.
  • -  In album: Agriculture.
  • -  Title from NCLC caption card for Hine no. 3966.
  • -  Hine no. 3967.
  • -  Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division.
  • -  General information about the National Child Labor Committee collection is available at: https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.nclc
  • -  Forms part of: National Child Labor Committee collection.

Repository

Digital Id

Town Hall, Main Street, Ashfield, Franklin County, MA

Reference link: http://www.loc.gov/item/ma0173/

Reference note

Created / Published

  • Documentation compiled after 1933

Notes

  • -  Significance: A representative 19th century meeting house (church), later town hall.
  • -  Survey number: HABS MA-436
  • -  Building/structure dates: 1814 Initial Construction
  • -  Building/structure dates: 1856

Repository

Mary Lyon House, Upper Street, Buckland, Franklin County, MA

Reference link: http://www.loc.gov/item/ma0711/

Reference note

Created / Published

  • Documentation compiled after 1933

Notes

  • -  Survey number: HABS MA-108
  • -  Building/structure dates: 1818 Initial Construction

Repository

Arms House, Shelburne-Colrain Road, Shelburne, Franklin County, MA

Reference link: http://www.loc.gov/item/ma0719/

Reference note

Created / Published

  • Documentation compiled after 1933

Notes

  • -  Survey number: HABS MA-493

Repository

Map of Franklin County, Massachusetts : based on the trigonometrical survey of the state : details from original surveys

Reference link: http://www.loc.gov/item/2012592411/

Reference note

Created / Published

  • Boston and New York : Smith & Ingraham, 1858.

Genre

  • Cadastral maps

Notes

  • -  Relief shown by hachures.
  • -  Shows landowners.
  • -  LC Land ownership maps, 311
  • -  Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.
  • -  Includes 46 insets, business directories, statistical charts, distance chart, and illustrations.
  • -  LC copy sectioned in six and mounted on two pieces of cloth.

Repository

  • Library of Congress Geography and Map Division Washington, D.C. 20540-4650 USA dcu

Digital Id

Covered Bridge, Spanning Connecticut River, Montague City, Franklin County, MA

Reference link: http://www.loc.gov/item/ma0718/

Reference note

Created / Published

  • Documentation compiled after 1933

Notes

  • -  Significance: Built 1870 over the Connecticut River and destroyed by flood on March 18, 1936.
  • -  Survey number: HABS MA-101
  • -  Building/structure dates: 1870 Initial Construction
  • -  Building/structure dates: 1936 Demolished

Repository

History of the town of Ashfield, Franklin County, Massachusetts, from its settlement in 1742-1910,

Reference link: http://www.loc.gov/item/13009659/

Reference note

Created / Published

  • [Ashfield, Mass.] Published by the town [1910?]-65.

Notes

  • -  On cover v. 1, History of Ashfield, Massachusetts; v. 2, History of Ashfield, 1910-1960.
  • -  Vol. 2, 1910-1960, illustrated by Elice D. Pieropan, was written by the citizens of Ashfield.
  • -  Also available in digital form.

Franklin County Times 1872-1878

Teaching Notes

@ American Antiquarian Society in Worcester

Franklin County Times 1872-1878

3. Exterior - Lamsom-Goodnow Manufacturing Company, 45 Conway Street, Shelburne Falls, Franklin County, MA

Reference link: http://www.loc.gov/resource/hhh.ma1341.photos/?sp=3

Reference note

Created / Published

  • Documentation compiled after 1968

Notes

  • -  Significance: In 1851 the new cutlery factory of Lamson & Goodnow introduced the "American system" of interchangeable parts. By the mid-1850s, with 340 workers they became the nation's largest cutlery manufacturer.
  • -  Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N1425
  • -  Survey number: HAER MA-75
  • -  Building/structure dates: ca. 1833 Initial Construction
  • -  Building/structure dates: 1844 Subsequent Work
  • -  Building/structure dates: 1850 Subsequent Work
  • -  Building/structure dates: 1851 Subsequent Work

Repository

Massachusetts Tenth Regiment Volunteer Infantry Civil War

Reference link: http://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcmassbookdig.tenthregimentmas01roea/?sp=8

Reference note

Created / Published

  • Springfield, Mass., Tenth regiment veteran association, 1909.

Notes

  • -  Also available in digital form.

The early settlers of Colrain, Mass.; or, Some account of ye early settlement of "Boston township no. 2, alias Codrain."

Reference link: http://www.loc.gov/item/01011304/

Reference note

Created / Published

  • Greenfield, Mass., W. S. Carson, printer, 1885.

Notes

  • -  Also available in digital form.

Marker on Catamount Mountain near Colrain, Massachusetts. Marker commemorating spot where American flag was first raised over a school

Reference link: http://www.loc.gov/item/2019674006/

Reference note

Created / Published

  • ca. 1920-ca. 1950.

Genre

  • Acetate negatives

Notes

  • -  Horydzcak erroneously stated in his records that the marker marked the District of Columbia-Maryland boundary line.
  • -  Logbook annotation: D.C.-Maryland corner stone.
  • -  Title devised by cataloger based on an e-mail that correctly identified the location of the marker.
  • -  Title and date from photographer's notebooks or subject index cards.
  • -  Credit line: Theodor Horydczak Collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division.
  • -  General information about the Theodor Horydczak Collection is available at: https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.horyd
  • -  Forms part of: Horydczak photograph collection (Library of Congress)
  • -  Temp. note: Batch one.

Repository

  • Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA

Digital Id

Thompson Maxwell's Narrative, 1760-1763

Teaching Notes

Maxwell was a soldier in French & Indian War, participant in Boston Tea Party and Revolution, Shays' Rebellion, and representative to state Constitutional Convention as a representative of Buckland, and participated in the War of 1812 before dying at 88 years old. 

Thompson Maxwell's Narrative, 1760-1763