Northampton and Local History Collection, 1920-[ongoing]
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Northampton and Local History Collection
Scope and Contents of the Collection The collection was collected by the Smith College Archives over an extended period and included in the subject files are correspondence, manuscripts, photographs, programs and other primary source materials. The collection is arranged in alphabetical order by subject. The collection is not complete, and materials are added to it on a regular basis. For in-depth research pertaining to Northampton and other local history, researchers should contact Historic Northampton, Inc. and the Forbes Library, as they have a greater depth of local history collections. The College Archives also has books relating to Northampton and surrounding towns.
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Anniversaries 1904
Anniversaries 1954
Arcadia Wildlife Sanctuary 1944 - , n.d.
Banks 1904 -
Bart's Ice Cream 1986 -
Charity 1998
Churches - general 1882 -
Baptist Church 1902 -
Edwards Church 1965, n.d.
First Congregational Church n.d.
St. John's Episcopal Church 1895 - , n.d.
St. Mary's Catholic Church c1895 -
Unitarian Society 1982, n.d.
Cider Mill
City Hall 1888 - , n.d.
Clubs
Hampshire Choral Society 1983
Hampshire County Progressive Club 1928 -
Home Culture Club
Monday Afternoon Club 1941 - , n.d.
Musical Societies (misc.) 1873 - , n.d.
Northampton Choral Club 1898 - , n.d.
Northampton Women's Club 1968
Northampton Social and Literary Club 1925 -
Round Hill Club 1975
Travelers' Club 1996
Cooley Dickinson Hospital
Disasters
Blizzards 1888 -
Floods 1874
Floods 1936
Hurricanes 1938
Film Festivals 1999
Florence 1976 - , n.d.
Florence Sewing Machine Company 1864, n.d.
General
Clippings 1879 - , n.d.
Photographs 1882 - , n.d.
Hadley 1942 - , n.d.
Haydenville 1975 -
Historical Pageant 1911
Hockanum Ferry 1889 - , n.d.
Holyoke 1906 - , n.d.
Hospitals
Cooley Dickinson 1906 - , n.d.
State Hospital 1904 - , n.d.
Hotels - General 1893 - , n.d.
Hotel Northampton and Wiggins Tavern 1940 - , n.d.
Plymouth Inn 1990
Rose Tree Inn 1914 - , n.d.
Round Hill Hotel 1874 - , n.d.
Individuals -- General, A-Z 1959, n.d.
Burleigh, Charles C. 1962-
Clarke, Christopher 1975
Coolidge, Grace 1989 - , n.d.
Copeland n.d.
Dickinson, Emily 1976 -
Edwards, Jonathon 1937 - , n.d.
Graham, Dr. Sylvester P. 1976
Kneeland, Harriet J. 1902 - , n.d.
Mather, Rev. Eleazer 1898
Nute, May 1907
Parsons Family 1929 - , n.d.
Pratt, William F. 1996
Seymour n.d.
Stoddard, Rev. Solomon n.d.
Watson Family 1995
Leeds 1975 -
Libraries
Clarke Library
Forbes Library
History 1894 - , n.d.
Photographs 1896 - , n.d.
The Manse 1922 - , n.d.
Maps
Memorial Hall / Clarke Library n.d.
Mills 1936 - , n.d.
Mount Holyoke
Photographs c1890 - , n.d.
Prospect House 1863 - , n.d.
Mount Nonotuck 1890, n.d.
Mount Sugarloaf 1899
Mount Tom 1893 - , n.d.
Summit House 1898 - , n.d.
Ox Bow c1890 - , n.d.
Individual: George M. Roberts scrapbook 1878-1881
Reports 1-20 1895-1914
Forbes Library, The Half Century 1945
Annual Reports 1905; 1950-1966
A Guide to Fine Arts in the Forbes Library 1884-1994
Account Books 1906-1911
Organizations
Council of Social Agencies 1996
Historic Northampton 1940 - , n.d.
Calendar and Newsletter 1996 -
Home Culture Club 1887 - , n.d.
Northampton Social and Literary Club n.d.
People's Institute - General 1909 - , n.d.
Correspondence 1927 - , n.d.
Dramatics 1923 - , n.d.
Photographs 1931 - , n.d.
Individuals 1896 -
Smith College 1910 - , n.d.
James House (Girl's City Club) 1928, n.d.
United Way 1996, n.d.
Smith Charities n.d.
Parks
Child's Park 1989, n.d.
Look Park 1942-
Pulaski Park 1976
Parking, Smith College 1998
Pass at Thermopylae 1895, n.d.
Publications
Maps and Guides 1900, n.d.
Maps and Guides (Trolley) 1903 -
Newspapers 1936 -
The Northampton Book n.d.
Northampton Poets 1948
This is Northampton 1974-1975
River Gods 1941
Views of Northampton and Smith College 1904
Drives in Northampton and Vicinity 1888
Northampton Picturesque c.1893
Northampton and Smith College n.d.
College Shopper and Smacker Spring, 1926
Northampton, Mass. n.d.
Western New England Oct. 1911
Northampton c.1981
Mount Tom; an All Outdoors Magazine
Volumes 1-7 1905-1914
Volume 10, nos. 1and 2 1917
Railroad Stations 1886 - , n.d.
Restaurants 1976 - , n.d.
Rivers
Connecticut River 1901 -
Mill River 1897 - , n.d.
Salem, Ma. n.d.
Sanitary Wagon 1890 - , n.d.
Schools
General 1974 - , n.d.
Mary A. Burnham School 1877 - , n.d.
Photographs 1879 - , n.d.
Stoneleigh - Burnham School c1879 -
Capen School - general 1908 - , n.d.
Photographs 1889 - , n.d.
Photograph Albums 1913 - 1914, n.d.
Yearbooks 1898
Clarke School 1913 - , n.d.
Hill School 1991
Northampton Commercial College n.d.
Northampton High School 1996
Northampton Junior College 1946 -
Northampton School for Girls n.d.
Round Hill School 1891 - , n.d.
Smith Academy 1958
Smith Vocational School 1978
Auto-mechanics Course 1971
Sunnyside 1998 - , n.d.
Sheldon House 1998
Streets - general c1876 - , n.d.
Barrett Place 1997
College Lane c1891 - , n.d.
Elm Street 1993 -
Photographs c1876 - , n.d.
Green Street 1893 - , n.d.
Main Street - general 1975 - , n.d.
Engravings 1842 - , n.d.
Photographs 1860 - , n.d.
Paradise Road 1891 - , n.d.
Prospect Street 1887 - , n.d.
Round Hill Road 1820 - , n.d.
West Street 1995 - , n.d.
Taste of Northampton
Titan's Pier 1894 - , n.d.
Town Hall
Underground Railroad 1974
Water Cure 1848 - , n.d.
Whately Glen c1892
Williamsburg 1963
Winter Festival 1975
Theatres, A - Z
The Calvin 1996
Circle Players 1959
City Hall 1888
History 1891 - , n.d.
Little Theatre 1915 - , n.d.
Opera House 1881 -
Players - General 1913 - , n.d.
"The Darling of the Gods" n.d.
"The Vanguard" n.d.
"When Beauty Pulled the Strings" n.d.
Players--Personnel
Bunstelle, Judy [1912 - 1919]
Burbank, Edith n.d.
Campbell, Stella Patrick n.d.
Mayo, Martha n.d.
Murnane, Allan 1915
Rennie, James 1915 - , n.d.
Taylor, Julia n.d.
Plaza n.d.
Academy of Music
Deed 1892
General 1990 - , n.d.
Photographs 1891 - , n.d.
Productions 1891 - 1910
Productions 1911-1920
Productions 1921 -