Deed dated December 24, 1816 from Timothy Meech to Jonathan Brewster, Treasurer of Worthington; $100 for 5 acres; Northampton Registry of Deeds, Book 40, page 110; witnessed by Ezra Starkweather and Charles Clapp.
Map of Berkshire County, Massachusetts, 1858. 'A complete copy of the old wall map. All 31 towns in 1858. Every house and business identified by name. All the old roads' Towns include: Adams, Alford, Becket, Cheshire, Clarksburg, Dalton, Egremont,…
Vital records to about 1850 for the towns of Adams, Alford, Becket, Dalton, Great Barrington, Hinsdale, Lanesboro, Lee, Lenox, New Marlboro, North Adams, Otis, Peru, Pittsfield, Richmond, Sandisfield, Sheffield, Stockbridge, Tyringham, West…
Scrapbook from 1950 through 1962 containing newspaper articles, reports, letters, photos and other memorabilia detailing the opening of the Worthington Health Center. Some names include Clarence Pease, Harold Stone, Florence Bates, Judith Magargal,…
U.S.M.C. A Complete History,'Colonel Jon T. Hoffman edit. Marine Corps Association. 2002, 656 pages with idnex. Lavishly illustrated and detailed. A gift to Don Dorrington, 'Marine Warrior' on Nov 6, 2004. Inscribed by many thankful colleagues.
North Adams Massachusetts, Old Home Week, September 5-11, 1909, Reprinted from the Original,' Diane Wohl, March 1987. Numerous black and white photos and period advertisements.
A Bicentennial History of Becket, Berkshire County, Massachusetts (incorporated June 21, 1765)' by Cathaline Alford Archer and Mitchell J. Mulholland and others, Becket Historical Society. Eagle Publishing, Pittsfield, 1965, hardcover with…
Two Hundredth Anniversary of the Incorporation of Chesterfield, Mass., 1762-1962,' anniversary program, 1962, softcover, 72 pp. with black and white photos
A History of Leverett Massachusetts, 1774-1974,' Leverett Bicentennial Committee, 1974, hardcover with quilt on front, Gazette Printing Company, 1974, 126 pp. with numerous black and white photos and one color photo.
The History of Pittsfield, Massachusetts, 1916-1955,' by George F. Willison, hardback, City of Pittsfield, 1957, 519 pages with index, foldout map showing Pittsfield in 1955, with black and white photo section.
Middlefield History, A sequal to 'A History of the Town of Middlefield, Massachusetts' published in 1924 by Edward Church Smith and Philip Mack Smith,' by Mary E. Sternagle and Henry S.C. Cummings, Jr., privately printed, hardcover, 1985. 565 pages…
A Gift from the Past, Nellie E. Haskell's History of Otis, Massachusetts,' edited by Lynn Humason Wood, softcover, First edition, K & R Rpinters, Ellington, Conn, 1974. 104 pp, brown on cream, with photographs, map of Otis in 1849. Includes newspaper…
History of the Town of Plainfield, Hampshire County, Mass., From its Settlement to 1891, including a genealogical history of twenty-three of the original settlers and their descendents, with anecdotes and sketches,' by Charles N. Dyer, Press of…
Becket Sons in a Massachusetts Settlement of New Connecticut,' by Cathaline Alford Archer, New Haven, original draft, 1943, this printing, October 1953. 58 pp with notes, no images.