2024.003

Created:
Author: Amita Kiley
Donor
Bill O'Brien
Received From
Rick Wetmore
Received As
Gift
Received By
Kiley, Amita
Received On
Accessioned By
Kiley, Amita
Accessioned On
  • Two Curran and Joyce glass soda/beer bottles with porcelain stoppers, circa 1895, excellent condition

2024.002

Created:
Author: Amita Kiley
Donor
Elizabeth L. Waites
Received As
Gift
Received By
Kiley, Amita
Received On
Accessioned By
Kiley, Amita
Accessioned On
  • A collection of papers mostly consisting of the history of the Central Methodist Church, later called the Christ United Methodist Church, located on Haverhill St., opposite the Common.  The papers have been in the care of the donor’s father, James DiLavore, a prominent member of the Church and on the Board of Trustees.  He passed away on September 13, 2000.
In Memory of
Mary and James DiLavore

2024.001

Created:
Author: Amita Kiley
CRM Contact ID
6606
Donor
Mark Svendsen
Received As
Gift
Received By
Grabski, Susan
Received On
Accessioned By
Kiley, Amita
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  • 6 Postcards
  • VHS Cassette of Merrimack Valley YMCA, Camp Lawrence, Bear Island Camps, Camp Nokomis

Knowles/Smith/Lawrence Family Collection (1844 – 1899)

Created:
Author: Amita Kiley

In addition to the documents, items and memorabilia listed in the below folders, the collection also includes photographs filed in the photo boxes: 

LM2 Military, Civil War and Spanish American War, LG1 Groups, and LH1 Housing

 

Folder:  Newspaper - Daily American Extra Edition

               Manchester NH newspaper extra edition dated July 16, 1855. Detailing disastrous mill fire that destroyed 32 buildings    

Folder:  Receipt – Furniture Purchase

               To Mr. C.  H. Smith from Woodburn, Gray & Co. for furniture and household items. Dated: April 13, 1868

Folder:   Army Discharge Papers, Pvt. Charles H. Smith

               Final orders and discharge from the Union Army. Dates: June 30, 1865 and July 18, 1865

Folder:  Furlough Passes – Pvt. C. H. Smith 

               Dated: January/February 1865

Folder:  Affidavit – Certifying C. H. Smith’s Military Service

               Circa 1890, may be associated with death benefits/pension.

Folder:  Diaries – C. H. Smith Personal Accounts of Civil War action 

               Three booklets, handwritten, chronicling day-to-day activities of C. H. Smith’s unit during actions around Virginia. Date ranges: September 1863, November 1863, and August/September 1864. Also includes a receipt for $75 cash sent from C. H. Smith to his father in Lawrence.

Folder:  Military Pension Documents

               Various documents related to pension applications by C. H. Smith’s widow, Clara. Dates: 1892-1893

Folder:  Diary – C. H. Smith Trip to Delrey Illinois

               Detailing the day-to-day activities while visiting Delrey Ill. Date: From October 1860 to January 1861.

Folder:  Marriage Certificate

              Charles H. Smith and Clara B. Knowles, dated: November 2, 1867

Folder:  Pamphlet – Death of Hon. George W. Patterson

                An obituary, biography and eulogy for the Honorable George W. Patterson, former U. S. Congressman from NY and at time of death, Lt. Governor of New York. Dated October 1874

Folder:  News Clippings

                 Various obituaries for Morris Knowles, Dated August 1899.

Folder:  Text Book – Eaton’s Arithmetic

               Primary school book owned by Cora B. Smith, 120 Haverhill St., Lawrence, Mass. Dated 1864

Folder:  Leather Billfold

              Monogrammed: C. H. Smith, 3 Pemberton St., Lawrence

Loose:  Vintage Woman’s Purse with Compact

Oversize:             
Removed       Political Newsletter
to Flat Files

The “Young Hickory”, Vol. 1, No. 7, Boston October 12, 1844. Democrat Party newsletter with articles and editorials about the 1844 Presidential campaign, James Polk (D), vs. Henry Clay (Whig).

 

2018.057

Location
2nd Floor Stacks - Shelving

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