Gaylord Family

Folder 1

• William Gaylord’s will
• Betsy Gaylord genealogy
• Betsy Gaylord estate and death certificate
• Names and address of the Gaylord Family
• Biographical sketches of William and Betsy Gaylord.
• William Gaylord biography in the Biographical Review, “The Leading Citizens of Hampshire County.” Pg. 443. 1896.
• “Town of South Hadley.” Historical Review 1953.
• Correspondence about Gaylord Family
  • Elaine Smith to Mason about Gaylord Family history, 1996
  • John Bell to GML, 1985
  • Susan Gaylord Brasel to Gaylord Board of Trustees, 1993
  • Jean Gaylord Mason to Gaylord Trustees, 1995
  • Elaine Smith to Josiah Mason, 1995
  • Elaine Smith to Josiah Mason, 1996
  • Josiah Mason to Irene Cronen, 1996
  • Elaine Smith to Gwendolyn Rogers, 1996
  • Elaine Smith to Mason, 1996
• Arthur Gaylord Schoonmaker package
  • Vatican stamps
  • Baptism certificate
  • Estate papers of Edward Norman
  • Bessie Gaylord cemetery deed
  • Bessie Gaylord death certificate
  • Newspaper clipping: Arthur Gaylord chosen to electorial college
• William Gaylord stock certificate

Folder 2

• History of South Hadley and the Gaylord Family
• Arthur Gaylord deeds
• Memoir: “To Love and Cherish Forever my Memories.” Althea Frances Gaylors Stanfield.
• Songs of Winter
• Lincoln Smith obituary, 3/25/1977
• Davenport obituary, 3/25/1977
• “A Few Facts Concerning Dolly Woodbridge.”
• Picture of portrait of Rev. John Woodbridge

Misc.

• Francis Gaylord memorial plaque.

South Hadley

Articles/documents

• Historic preservation inventory, 9/1974.
  • Map: South Hadley Falls
  • Picture: Mount Holyoke Female Seminary
  • Letter to donators for the old South Hadley burial ground documentation, from Jessie Lie (2).
  • Photo negative: Methodist Church
  • South Hadley area students at Mount Holyoke Seminary years 1837-1849.
  • 1847 South Hadley business directory
  • Letter: to Lower Pioneer Valley Regional Planning Committee from Arnold M. Berke to Theodore Belsky.
  • Old houses of streets Silver, park, Mosier, Morgan, East, Granby, Ferry, College, Woodbridge, Alvord, Alpine, Brainard, Hadley, Pearl, Amherst, Bittersweet
• “A record of Revolutionary War patriots and their wives buried in South Hadley.” Sarah Rusk, 1980.
• “Bylaws relative to the construction, alteration, maintenance, and use of buildings in the town of South Hadley.” 1918.
• Map of South Hadley, 1873 (6).
• Master Plan Update for South Hadley, 1979.
• Old Firehouse Museum Pamphlets.
• History of the Odyssey bookstore. March 3, 1989, Publisher’s Weekly.
• South Hadley Bicentennial, July 1975. Calendar of Events.
• “South Hadley: A Study in Community Life.” By students in Economics/Sociology 117, 1946-7.
• Poem given at sesqui-centennial of South Hadley. 7/29/1903.
• “South Hadley, MA, During the American Revolution.” Alexia Dorszynski, 12/12/1975.
• Pamphlet, the South Hadley canal (3). 1981.
• “Anti-Slavery Record.” Nov. 1835.
• Children’s book about souls, 1833.
• Note of loan to Josiah Smith.
• End of WWI, front page of Daily Hampshire Gazette. 11/11/1918.
• Josiah Snow resignation from 1^st Regiment of Infantry, 1^st Brigade, and 4^th Division of Militia. 1810.
• Petition
• Notice of paid loan to Josiah Snow from Chauncy Hale, Ephream Bachelor, etc.. 1788-1833.
• Notice of paid loan to Ephream Bachelor from Mary Rollins/ 5/20/1802.
• A. Day’s apprenticeship to Josiah Snow.
• Deeds of Josiah Snow.
• Erasmus Nash financial document (7).
• Catalogue supplement of SS Library, South Hadley, 1895.
• William Leyman deed- mortgage.
• “The South Hadley Canal and industry along the Connecticut River.” David Taugher.
• Old Homes of South Hadley
  • List of houses in Old Homes of South Hadley
  • Annual report: Committee on Old Homes. Mrs. G.E. Hall, Chairwoman.
  • Letters to Marion Kohler: Thank you notes and requests for the “Old Homes of South Hadley” book
  • Receipt for OHOSH- bank/billing statement
• Know Your Town
  • Calendars
  • KYT 1976 list of month for house, historical note, and sponsor
  • News articles: Where the Know Your Town calendars are (5), South Hadley Beautification for ’76 (2).
  • Know Your Town press release draft
  • Calendar cost sheet
  • KYT sponsor forms
  • KYT permission forms
  • receipts
• “The Mystery of the South Hadley Monument.” Article, 10/7/1978 (2).
• “South Hadley’s Grand Dream.” Union-News Today. 9/29/87.
• “An astounding record.” Holyoke Daily Transcript. 3/25/1077.
• “Lincoln B. Smith dies, bank director.” Holyoke Transcript, 3/24/1977.
•  “Skinner Museum has fine display.” Springfield Daily Republican (6).
• “South Hadley Canal put area on the map.” Holyoke Transcript. April 2, 1988.
• South Hadley 250-year Daily Hampshire Gazette and Town Reminder supplement.
• 1940-1948 newspaper clippings from South Hadley, Granby, Hadley.
  • “It’s a bridge, that’s what it is,” “Here’s a close-up of the arch.”
  • “Sea planes take flood in stride.” 1/4/1949.
  • “73-house development going up in South Hadley.” 7/8/1949.
  • “New development on Granby Rd. christened University Heights.” 6/26/1948.
  • “Enlarged reservoir filled up by mid-winter rains.” 1/7/1949.
  • “Reservoir dam nears completion.”
  • “Titus sells milk business to LaRose.” 11/1/1948.
  • “Buildings on Titus and Bonneville farms in South Hadley gutted.” 10/13/1948.
  • “A season’s harvest of hay.” 10/14/1948. 2 pictures.
  • “Approve 7-room home for Mount Holyoke dean.” 7/21/1948.
  • “Holyoke 40 years ago.” 7/28/1948.
  • “Thompsons purchase Amherst Rd. home in South Hadley.” 10/8/1949.
  • “Officials are probing barn flare.” 10/16/1948 (2 pictures).
  • Two home-for-sale ads.

Mount Holyoke

• “A Chapter in the book of Providence.” From the Memorandum Society. About Mary Lyon. 1849.
• “Mount Holyoke summit mourns halcyon days.” (2)
• “Getting high on the rich allusvian valley.” Valley Advocate. 10/18/1978.
• “Mount Holyoke cable cars have colorful history.” Holyoke Transcript. 8/11/1979.
• Golf course transferred to Mount Holyoke. Holyoke Transcript. 1981.
• Photos: Pearsons.

Gaylord Library

Articles, books, and papers

• Book acquisition: 7/1/1993, 7/5/1993.
• “The Gaylord Memorial Library in South Hadley, MA.” Noreen Keleshian, Art 215 student at Mount Holyoke. 1972.
• “Before Gaylord, Center lacked public library.” May 28-19, 1994. “Weekend Gazette.”
• “The Gaylord Memorial Library.” Bob Clancy, Nineteenth Century Architecture student at Amherst College. December 1979.
• “The Story of the Gaylord Memorial Library Association.” William H. Gaylord. 1962.
• A short history after 1988.
• “Libraries of South Hadley, MA: 1800-2000.” Barbara T. Jones. 2000. (missing pages 34-7)
•  “Special Information for Gaylord Memorial Library.”
• Holyoke Transcript-Telegram. Death of Jeanette Adams. March 12, 1973.
• “Gaylord Library Event Slated.” 5/5/1980.

History

• 1904 Free Public Library Commission of MA, 14^th Report
• Historical note for tote bags.
• Short history of Gaylord Library on library cards.
• “The Story of the Gaylord Memorial Library Association as told to the “Know Your Town” group.” William H. Gaylord. October 2, 1962.
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• Library Documents
• Inventories: indices.
• Floor plans.
• Report of the Trustees of the Free Public Library. 1898.
• Constitution of the South Hadley Library Company. April 1847.
• 1800 Articles of Agreement.
• Constitution of the Agricultural Library Association.
• Catalogue supplement, SS Library, South Hadley. Children’s and Young Adults’ books. 1895.
• Case of missing Oriental rug solved. June 22, 1987.
• Gaylord Library burglar alarm proposals.
• Ideas for memorial plaque from Mrs. Reginald Carey.
• Appraisal of Gaylord Library
• South Hadley Library System policies. Gaylord Library trustees.
• On Gaylord Cemetery, May 1975.
• Tape: Marion Kohler by Ted Belsky. August 27, 1998.
• Draft for Gaylord Library sign.
• “Reading for the Grades.” 1976.
• Gaylord Library stamper.
• Description of Historian Room.
• Résumés for children’s librarian.
• Gaylord Library trees.
• Arbor Day flowering dogwood planting.
• Marion Kohler Auction
  • Proceeds sheet
  • Brochures
  • Final statement
  • Item list
  • Appraisals
  • Misc. documents

Letters

• From Janice Jensen of the Antique Traders Mall, May 10, 1991. Postcard of Gaylord Library and a return envelope for money
• To Betty Johnson concerning memorial tree. April 29, 1988.
• To South Hadley Historical Society from Deborah Harding. Correspondence. December 13, 2001.
• To Susan Tarpey (MHC museum registrar) and Mrs. Otto C. Kohler. Correspondence.
• To Gaylord Library from Julian Wolff. 1969.
• To All Saints Episcopal Church, thank you letter, June 13, 2003.
• To donators, thank you letter, December 31, 2002.
• Library postcards: University of Michigan; Winter Park, FL; Westport Point, MD; Erie, PA; Greenfield, MA; Amesbury, MA; Mills College, CA; Columbia University; City Library, Springfield, MA; Akron, OH; Branford, CT; Littleton, New Hampshire; Savannah, Georgia.
• Postcards, two, from 1911 and 1928? New Library Building, East Lansing, MI; Thousand Islands, NY.

Photos

• Gaylord Library. May 1973.
• Gaylord Library, two, undated.
• Gaylord Library steps construction, six. October 2, 1996.
• Historical Room.
• Dedication of children’s room.
• Used book sale.
• Farewell for Pam Kirk.
• Interior of Gaylord Library by Sunday Republican. June 15, 2000.
• Black and white photocopied pictures of Gaylord Library.

Donations

• Gwendolyn Gaylord Rogers donation for children’s books.
• In memory of Jeanette Adams
  • Mrs. Grossman
  • Emma Merola
  • Jeanette F. Hawes
  • Anne Carlton Atwood
  • Kathleen Rooney
  • Mrs. Richard C. Lonsdale
  • Ellen Adams
  • Betty Jean Morgan
• Contribution cards. 1998.
• Mailing list for donations.