mums033 Daughters of the American Revolution, Captain Joseph Hooker Chapter Records, 1916, 1922 Finding aid prepared by Linda Seidman. Encoding funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. Special Collections and University Archives, W.E.B. Du Bois Library, University of Massachusetts Amherst

Amherst, MA

2003

Finding aid encoded using Perl scripts and edited in XMetal 2.0. Encoded by Eric Cartier. 2003-07-21 Finding aid written in English. 2005-09-23 mu49 converted from EAD 1.0 to 2002 by v1to02-5c.xsl (sy2003-10-15). Special Collections and University Archives, W.E.B. Du Bois Library, University of Massachusetts Amherst Daughters of the American Revolution, Captain Joseph Hooker Chapter Records, 1916-1922 Manuscript Number 33 Compiled by Linda Seidman 1985 Encoding funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.

Collection Overview Daughters of the American Revolution. Captain Joseph Hooker Chapter (Enfield, Mass.) Daughters of the American Revolution, Captain Joseph Hooker Chapter Records 1916-1922 MS 33 1 volume (0.25 linear ft.) Special Collections and University Archives, W.E.B. Du Bois Library, University of Massachusetts Amherst Captain Joseph Hooker Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution of Enfield, Massachusetts. The single volume consists of five entries, which include two obituaries of members, two notices of prizes given or received during the Enfield Centennial Celebration, and a record of the Chapter's services during World War I. English. Historical Note

Enfield was among the Western Massachusetts towns abolished in 1938 to allow the Swift River Valley to be flooded, thereby creating the Quabbin Reservoir to provide Boston with water.

Scope and Contents of the Collection

The records of the Captain Joseph Hooker Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution, of Enfield, Massachusetts, consist of a single book (first six pages missing) with five entries, 1916 and 1922. Two entries are obituaries of members Frances (Fanny) Woods Kimball and Prudence Goodsell Sibley; the longest entry records the Chapter's services rendered in World War I; and two concern prizes given or received during the Enfield Centennial celebration, 1916.

The collection is open for research.

Preferred Citation

Cite as: D.A.R., Captain Joseph Hooker Chapter Records (MS 33). Special Collections and University Archives, W.E.B. Du Bois Library, University of Massachusetts Amherst.

Acquired from Donald Howe, 1960.

Processed by Linda Seidman, 1985.

Search Terms Kimball, Frances Woods. Sibley, Prudence Goodsell. Daughters of the American Revolution. Captain Joseph Hooker Chapter (Enfield, Mass.) World War, 1914-1918--War work--Massachusetts--Enfield. World War, 1914-1918--Women--Massachusetts--Enfield. Enfield (Mass.)--Centennial celebrations, etc. Quabbin Reservoir Region (Mass.)--History.