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Guide to the Enfield Fire Department Records, 1902-1938 (bulk 1911-1938)Finding AidFinding aid prepared by Linda Seidman.Encoding funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.2002
Administrative InformationAcquired from Donald Howe, 1960. Processed by Linda Seidman, September 1985. Preferred CitationCite as: Enfield Fire Department Records (MS 32). Special Collections and University Archives, W.E.B. Du Bois Library, University of Massachusetts Amherst. The collection is open for research. Return to the Table of Contents Scope and Contents of the CollectionThe Enfield Fire Department records consist mainly of a minutebook, kept irregularly between 1911 and 1938 by the Secretary. Matters discussed include the purchase and use of rubber clothing; the care and refurbishing of the engine house; the fires put out since the last meeting; the preparation of warrant articles for Town Meeting requesting, for example, funds for an addition to the engine house for ladder storage; the submission of names for membership and the vote taken on them; and very frequently over the years, the decision to hold the annual Firemen's Ball. The tradition of these balls culminated in a Farewell Ball, April 27, 1938, "commemorating the passing of the Town of Enfield and Swift River Valley". 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. Additional records include a 1902 booklet of the Rules and Regulations; the 1916 financial records for the Firemen's Ball; correspondence between the Chief, Dr. Willard B. Segur, and the members regarding his 1915 illness; and a list of names, mostly regional, date and purpose unknown. Return to the Table of Contents Search TermsReturn to the Table of Contents |
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