Bound scrapbook by Elsie Venner Bartlett of the 1925 Lafayette celebration and some photographs of library groundbreaking in 1914. Scrapbook entries are on black paper with notations in white ink. Most entries are black and white photographs of townspeople celebrating the 100th anniversary of Lafayette's visit. There are newspaper articles concerning the celebration and family stories of the original event. Most individuals photographed are identified.
Lafayette Celebration 1925 and Frederick Sargent Huntington Library groundbreaking in 1914
Red Chess Board design scrap book. Elsie Bartlett 1959-1960 #18 This scrapbook contains newspaper clippings of local and regional interest.
Black Chess Board design scrap book. Elsie Bartlett 1958-1959. #17 This scrapbook consists of newspaper clippings of local and national interest. Topics include local social news, article on north polar crossing (1958), maple syrup production, an ice breakup in the Westfield River in Chesterfield, history of the schools and a memorial to Arthur Capen for continuing service to the town. (Capen died many years later in the 1980's.)
Yellow scrap book. Elsie Bartlett 1949-1951. #14 newspaper clippings (Weddings, Obituaries, Church, Theater, Health Center, News)
Yellow scrap book. Elsie Bartlett 1944-1946. Vol #13 newspaper clippings concerning local townspeople who are well known to this day (2021) and other items of local and regional interest.
Elsie Bartlett 1943 of national Interest rather than of local'. This is a dark brown book with embossed cover with 'Scrap Book' in bas relief. (missing as of this date - not found in Box 13)
Elsie Bartlett 1942-1949 #11'. This has dark reddish brown embossed cover with 'Scrap Book' in gold. Contains articles concerning local townspeople who are well known to this day (2021) and other items of local and regional interest. First article is about Cummington Fair with lovely newspaper photograph.
Elsie Bartlett 1938-1942 No. 10'. This is a light brown book with a speckled hard cover. Refers to 50 year anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Bates, March 1940 snowstorm, business at West Chesterfield Basket Shop among other newspaper clippings and photographs. Most of the work contains clippings from 1938-1941. There are stray clippings from 1911, 1913 and 1934.
Scrapbook - Elsie Bartlett scrapbook, 1939-1944, No. 9
Elsie Venner Bartlett (1878-1968) scrapbook. Covers 1939-1944 This is a dark brown publication with embossed hard covers. Contains newspaper clippings recounting the winter drought of 1941 and marriages of Helen Bartlett/Ray Magargal, Harriett Andras/Franklin Burr, Phyliss Packard/Charles Eddy.
Scrapbook - Elsie Bartlett scrapbook, 1936-1940 No. 8
Elsie Venner Bartlett (1878-1968) scrapbook. 'Elsie Bartlett 1936 - 1940'. This is a brown book with hard covers. Newspaper clippings of accounts of people and historical events in and around Worthington.
Scrapbook - Elsie Bartlett, 1936-1940 No. 7
Elsie Venner Bartlett (1878-1968) scrapbook' in gold. 'Elsie Bartlett, 1936 - 1940'. This is a brown book with hard covers. Frontispiece is two pictures of the 'Jonathan Edwards' church (1737-1812) and 'The Old Church (1812-1876). Contains newspaper clippings on a variety of subjects including but not limited to Albany, NY, Springfield, MA, Northampton, MA and surrounding towns. Includes an account of an unusual weather phenomenon that occurred '40 years ago today' in September 1881. In includes a recent (June 18, 1874) recollection of the Williamsburg Flood of 1874. Includes accounts for the release of the movie 'Gone with the Wind' and the fire at the Murrayfield School in Huntington. Also includes accounts and historical events involving people from Worthington.
Scrapbook - Elsie Bartlett, 1929-1940, No. 6
Elsie Venner Bartlett (1878-1968) scrapbook, 1929-1940 No. 6' 'Scrap Book' in gold. This is a blue book with hard covers. Also has a color picture 'The Doctor Came and Felt Around More Scared than Sick is all he found'. The document includes newspaper clippings with an emphasis on obituaries from the period 1929-1940. No logical arrangement of the materials was immediately evident after scanning and review. (E.L. 12/8/2021)
Scrapbook - Elsie Bartlett, 1931-1937, No. 5
Elsie Venner Bartlett (1878-1968) scrapbook, 1931-1937, No.5. This is a speckled black and white book. Contains newspaper clippings from January through July 1931 providing a historical record of events in Worthington with numerous references to town residents and organizations. The scrapbook contains additional materials with an emphasis on obituaries from 1932 through 1937. The material has been processed through optical character recognition so it is text-searchable and has an interactive table of contents.
Elsie Venner Bartlett (1878-1968) scrapbook, 1930 No. 4 Bright red scrapbook with flexible report covers. 'Compositions' in gold. Contains newspaper clippings for a comprehensive history of events for the year 1930. The attached file is optically character recognized and has bookmarks for each month of the year.
Elsie Venner Bartlett (1878-1968) scrapbook, 1929, No. 3. Dark grey scrapbook with flexible report covers. 'Clippings' in gold. Contains newspaper clippings from July through December 1929 providing a historical record of events in Worthington with numerous references to town residents and organizations. The material has been processed through optical character recognition so it is text-searchable and has an interactive table of contents.
Elsie Venner Bartlett (1878-1968) scrapbook, 1929 No. 2 Light grey scrapbook with flexible report covers. 'Clippings' in gold. Contains newspaper clippings from January through June 1929 providing a historical record of events in Worthington with numerous references to town residents and organizations. The material has been processed through optical character recognition so it is text-searchable and has an interactive table of contents.
Scrapbook - Elsie Bartlett, 1927-1928, No. 1
Elsie Venner Bartlett (1878-1968) scrapbook, 1927-1928 No. 1. Dark grey scrapbook with flexible report covers. 'Clippings' in gold. Contains newspaper clippings from August 1927 through the end of 1928 providing a historical record of events in Worthington with numerous references to town residents and organizations. The material has been processed through optical character recognition so it is text-searchable and has an interactive table of contents.