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Daughters of the American Revolution, Captain Joseph Hooker Chapter Records, 1916, 1922Finding aid prepared by Linda Seidman.Encoding funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.2003
Administrative InformationAcquired from Donald Howe, 1960. Processed by Linda Seidman, 1985. Preferred CitationCite 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. The collection is open for research. Return to the Table of Contents Historical NoteEnfield 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. Return to the Table of Contents Scope and Contents of the CollectionThe 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. Return to the Table of Contents Search TermsReturn to the Table of Contents |