mums169 Massachusetts Agricultural Fairs Posters Collection, 1852-1860 Finding Aid 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
2002

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 Finding aid encoded using Perl scripts and edited in XMetal 2.0. Encoded by Eric Cartier. 2002-07-29 Finding aid written in English. 2005-09-23 mu104 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 Massachusetts Agricultural Fairs Posters Collection, 1852-1860 Finding Aid Manuscript Number 169 Compiled by Linda Seidman July 1987 Encoding funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.

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 Collection Overview Massachusetts Agricultural Fairs Posters Collection 1852-1860 MS 169 1 drawer in MS map case (3 linear ft.) Special Collections and University Archives, W.E.B. Du Bois Library, University of Massachusetts Amherst Nineteen oversized printed posters announcing agricultural fairs in Massachusetts and Providence, Rhode Island, in the years immediately prior to the Civil War. English. Scope and Contents of the Collection

Nineteen oversized printed posters announcing agricultural fairs in Massachusetts and Providence, Rhode Island, in the years immediately prior to the Civil War.

The collection is open for research.

 Preferred Citation

Cite as: Massachusetts Agricultural Fairs Posters Collection (MS 169). Special Collections and University Archives, W.E.B. Du Bois Library, University of Massachusetts Amherst.

Acquired from: Cambridge Bookbinding Co.

Processed by Linda Seidman, July 1987.

 Search Terms Agricultural exhibitions--Massachusetts--Posters. Agricultural exhibitions--Rhode Island--Providence--Posters. Agriculture--Social aspects--Massachusetts--History--Sources. Agriculture--Social aspects--Rhode Island--History--Sources. Posters, American--19th century. Massachusetts--Rural conditions--19th century--Sources. Rhode Island--Rural conditions--19th century--Sources. Posters. Amherst, MA 1852-1853, 1855-1857, 1859, 1860 Essex, MA 1854 Fitchburg, MA 1854 Great Barrington, MA 1854 (2), 1859 Greenfield, MA 1858-1859 New Bedford, MA 1854 Northampton, MA 1853, 1859 Pittsfield, MA 1858 Providence, RI 1854 Springfield, MA 1854, 1859