Howe Family Papers, 1730-1955 (Bulk: 1820-1940)
7 boxes (4.5 linear ft.)
Collection number: MS 19
Howe Family Papers
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> Collection Overview | Howe Family Papers, 1730-1955 (Bulk: 1820-1940) 7 boxes (4.5 linear ft.) Collection number: MS 19 Abstract: Personal, business and legal papers of the Howe family of Enfield and Dana, Massachusetts including correspondence between family members, genealogies, account books and printed materials. Account books record transactions of various family members whose occupations included general storekeeper, minister, printer, postmaster, telephone exchange and gas-station owner, and document the transactions of community businesses and individuals, some of whom were women involved in the beginnings of the local palm leaf hat and mat
industry. Terms of Access and Use: The collection is open for research. Special Collections and University Archives, University of Massachusetts Amherst Libraries |