Appendix A: 2018.01.01.02
Anthony H. Coppola Collection
Series 1 : Anthony H. Coppola
Sub-Series 2 : Anthony H. Coppola’s Volumes
Volume 1 | |
History of Places and Homes in the Town of Douglas – 1959 – Lucius J. Marsh Jr. | |
Volume 2 | |
Deed – Dr. William Douglass to the District of Douglass – May 8, 1750 | |
Obituary of Dr. Douglass – reverse of above page for particulars | |
1. A Particular Account of Douglass – 1793 – Peter Whitney | |
2. Douglas – 1860 – Correspondent for the New England Farmer | |
3. Douglas Historical Notes – 1873 – William A. Emerson | |
4. Douglas, a Brief History – 1873 – The Gazetteer of Massachusetts | |
5. Douglas, a Comprehensive History – 1879 – William A. Emerson | |
6. Historical Sketch of Douglas – 1890 – Booklet “Leading Business Men of East Douglas” | |
7. Historical Sketch of Douglas – 1913 – Charles J. Batcheller | |
8. Douglas, Yesterday and Today – 1946 – T. Eaton | |
9. Douglas, 200 Years of History – 1946 – Ivan Sandorf | |
10. Famous Axeheads Cut Douglas – 1964 – Clarence A. Gagne | |
11. Douglas, a Description of Old Areas – 1970 – Anthony H. Coppola | |
12. Douglas Looks to 225th Year – 1970 – Charlotte E. Coppola | |
Volume 3 | |
1. Historical Notes on the Town of Douglas – 1976 – Charlotte E. Coppola | |
2. History of the Mumford River Lodge A.F. and A.M. Building – 1977 – Anthony H. Coppola | |
3. Fiftieth Anniversary of Alumni Association – 1959 – Lucius J. Marsh Jr. | |
4. History of the Douglas School System – 1957 – William A. Perkins Jr. | |
Volume 4 | |
1. Washington Passes Through Douglas – November 7, 1789 | |
2. The Hanging of the Three Thayers – June 17, 1825 | |
3. Centennial Fourth of July Celebration – 1876 | |
4. The Lee and Murdock Mill Fire – July 17, 1880 | |
5. Old Home Week – July 28, 29, 1903. Three accounts. | |
6. Dedication of the Simon Fairfield Public Library – Jan. 28, 1904 | |
7. The Central Block and Methodist Church Fire – Mar. 13, 1904. Two accounts. | |
8. Dedication of the Schuster Mill – Dec. 20, 1904. Two accounts. | |
9. Axe Shop Fire at the Howe Works – Oct. 17, 1906. Two accounts. | |
10. Parade of the Horribles – July 4, 1907. | |
11. Dedication of the Two Soldiers’ Monuments – Sept. 19, 1908 | |
12. The Thayer Block Fire – Feb. 21, 1909 | |
13. Hayward and Schuster Mills Baseball Game – July 10, 1909 | |
14. East Douglas’ First Christmas Tree – 1868 | |
15. 200th Anniversary of the First Congregational Church – Oct. 4, 1947 | |
16. The Hiram Walker Story – July 1, 1964 | |
17. Douglas Rails and the Ghost Train – Dec. 17, 1969 | |
18. The E.N. Jenckes Country Store – Aug. 30, 1972 | |
19. The 100th Anniversary of the Douglas Camp Meeting Association – July 23, 1975 | |
20. History of the Hayward Woolen Company – Dec. 12, 1956 | |
Volume 5 | |
1. Attempt to Collect Payment – 1794 | |
2. Demand Notes – 1794, 1795 Demand Notes – 1799, 1804 | |
3. Cases before the Justice of the Peace – 1802 Journey by Oxen – 1795; Delivery of Flax – 1799 | |
4. Contract to Build House – 1804; Request for Road – 1806 Fees for Court Case – 1807 | |
5. Notice from the Selectmen – 1859 Notice to the Highway Surveyor for District No. 5 – 1859 | |
6. Purchase of the Pew Ground in the Meeting House – 1805 Congregational Society Taxes – 1806 – 1806 – 1807 | |
7. Highway Taxes – 1797 – 1805 – 1804 School House Tax – 1805; Library Tax – 1808 | |
8. Town Taxes – 1803 Town Taxes – 1803 – 1804 | |
9. Town Taxes – 1842 – 1849 Town Taxes – 1853 – 1867 | |
10. Town and Related Taxes – 1877 – 1886 Letter by Courier – 1807 | |
11. Monies Expended – 1809 | |
12. Monies Expended – 1810 Book of Accounts – 1830 | |
13. Book of Credit – 1848 Book of Credit – 1851; Account Book – 1855 | |
14. Snow Removal – 1861 Post Office Box Rents – 1871 – 1872 | |
15. Post Office Box Rents – 1873 – 1875 Post Office Box Rents – 1872 – 1879 | |
16. Doctor Visits – 1884 – 1910 Doctor’s Visit & Medicine – 1807; S. Russell’s Drugstore Recp’t – 1875 | |
17. Dog Licenses – 1896 – 1911 Dog Licenses – 1913 – 1928 | |
18. The Advertiser Publication – Feb. 1, 1874 | |
19. The Advertiser Publication – April 1, 1874 | |
20. Our Home Journal Publication – May, 1877 | |
21. Our Home Journal Publication – July, 1877 | |
Volume 6 | |
1. Decoration Day Programme – May 30, 1876 | |
2. Miss Helen Potter, Impersonator – Feb. 21, 1883 | |
3. The Old Homestead, Street Sprinkler Fund Benefit – Feb. 11, 1892 | |
3a. Highway Surveyor, Taxes – 1869; Lot at Evergreen Cemetery – 1885 | |
4. Public Library Benefit – Nov. 24, 1892 | |
5. Public Library Benefit – Thanksgiving Night – 189 Public Library Benefit – Nov. 26, 1896 | |
6. McKinley and Hobert, Political Rally – Nov. 10, 1896 | |
6a. The Stolen Will, Drama – 1913; The Lady Minstrels – 1895 Christmas Bells Publication, Methodist Church – Dec. 1901 | |
7. Old Home Week Programme – July 28, 29, 1903 | |
8. Dedication Ball, Schuster Woolen Company – Dec. 20, 1904 | |
8a. Voting Ballots – 1900 – 1909; Also 1900 to 1909; Also 1880 | |
9. Dedication of the Soldiers’ Civil War Monument – Sept. 19, 1908 | |
10. School of Good Behavior Awards – 1867; Appointment of Teacher – April 12, 1880 | |
11. School Art Exhibit Tickets – Oct. 22, 1904; Promotion Card – June, 1902 High School Graduation Programmes – 1882 – 1892 | |
12. High School Graduation Programmes – 1893 (1894 Memorial Day) High School Graduation Programmes – 1903 – 1904 | |
13. High School Graduation Programmes – 1906 – 1909 Parent and Teachers Field Day Program – July 4, 1922 | |
14. New Town Hall Dedication – Feb. 24, 1923 Douglas Schools, Musical Festival Program – May 25, 1911 | |
15. Memorial Concert, Hon. Winfield S. Schuster – Mar. 17, 1923 Deed of Trust, Second Congregational Church – 1864 | |
16. Tickets for Various Affairs – 1880 to 1910 | |
17. Christian Endeavor Meeting – Dec. 18, 1893, Epworth League – 1909 Greeting Cards – 1890 to 1920 | |
18. Greeting Cards – 1890 to 1920 Greeting Cards – 1890 to 1920 | |
19. Greeting Cards – 1890 to 1920 Greeting Cards – 1890 to 1920 | |
Volume 7 | |
1. Douglas Businesses listed in the State Records – 1852 | |
2. Chas. J. Batcheller, Emerson’s Perpetual Arch Calendar – 1874 | |
3. Smith & Heath Account Book – 1875 | |
4. Leading Business Men of East Douglas – 1890 | |
5. Various Business Letterheads – 1887 to 1925 | |
6. Various Business Letterheads – 1887 to 1925 | |
7. Various Business Letterheads – 1887 to 1925 | |
8. Various Business Letterheads – 1887 to 1925 | |
9. Various Business Letterheads – 1887 to 1925 | |
10. Various Business Letterheads – 1887 to 1925 | |
11. Various Business Letterheads – 1887 to 1925 | |
12. Swamp Root Almanac, H.C. Holden, Druggist – 1916 | |
Volume 8 | |
1. The Douglas Herald Newspaper | |
2. The Advertiser Publication | |
3. The Woonsocket Patriot Newspaper | |
4. Our Home Journal Publication | |
5. The Uxbridge Compendium Newspaper | |
** Above are from 1868 to 1905 | |
Volume 9 | |
1. Town of Douglas, 200th Anniversary – 1746 to 1946 – H.T. Eaton | |
2. Worcester South Chronicles – 1670 to 1876, published in 1877; History of the First Congregational Church, Rev. W.W. Dow History of the Second Congregational Church, from Church Manual | |
3. 175th Anniversary of the First Congregational Church – Dec. 5, 1922 | |
4. Bi–Centennial of the First Congregational Church, 1747 – 1947 | |
5. Brief History of the Second Congregational Church – 1976 | |
6. Dedication of St. Denis Church – Nov. 6, 1955. History – Clarence A. Gagne. | |
7. 100th Anniversary of St. Denis Parish, 1870 – 1970. History C.A. Gagne | |
East Douglas Evergreen Cemetery Company Deed of Land – Charles Potter – Nov. 18, 1885 | |
Volume 10 | |
1. Douglas Historical Society – 1968 – History of Douglas by Lucius J. Marsh Jr. | |
2. Pictorial History of Douglas – 1934 – by Thomas B. Frank | |
3. Douglas Salutes America’s 200 Years of Independence, 1776 – 1976, by Charlotte S. Coppola | |
4. 100th Anniversary of Mumford River Lodge A. F. and A.M., 1877 – 1977; by Donald W. Nelson | |
5. 50th Anniversary of the Simon Fairfield Public Library, June 7, 1954; by Lucius J. Marsh Jr. | |
6. 75th Anniversary of the Simon Fairfield Public Library, Oct. 16 – 21, 1979; Histories by Charlotte E. Coppola and Dr. Raymond H. Spooner | |
7. Big Gene and the “Ghost Train”, Yankee Magazine, Feb. 1968 | |
Volume 11 | |
Main Street, East Douglas | |
1. Bird’s Eye View of Main Street – 1878 | |
2. The Whiting Tavern | |
3. Main Street – 1895 | |
4. Central Block, Methodist Church, Balcome Block – 1895 | |
5. The People’s Store in Central Block – 1895 | |
6. Roller Skating Rink in Central Block – 1884 | |
7. Central Block Fire – 1904 | |
8. Central Block Fire – 1904 | |
9. Central Block Fire – 1904 | |
10. Present Methodist Church, Balcome Block – 1908 | |
11. Main Street – 1895 | |
12. Main Street – 1895 | |
13. Thayer’s Block – 1877 | |
14. Thayer’s Block, Mercier’s Building, Chase Building, Paine Block – 1908 | |
15. Thayer’s Block Fire – 1909 | |
16. Thayer’s Block Fire – 1909 | |
17. Thayer’s Block Fire – 1909 | |
18. Thayer’s Block Fire – 1909 | |
19. Thayer’s Block Fire – 1909 | |
Volume 12 | |
Main Street, East Douglas | |
1. The Knapp Building, Arcade – 1873 | |
Picture of Beer Bottle from T.J. Derham, East Douglas Hotel – picture by Peter Coppola | |
2. The Knapp Building, East Douglas Hotel – 1875 | |
3. The Knapp Building, Livery Stable – 1900 | |
4. Horrible’s Parade – July 4, 1912 | |
5. Amos Goodness Tobacco and Cigar Store – 1906 | |
6. The Knapp Building, Goodness Tobacco Store, Hopkin’s Block – 1912 | |
7. Stillman Russell’s Drugstrore – 1875 | |
8. The East Douglas Pharmacy, Burt Plow Factory, Thayer Block, Chase Building, Paine Block, Central Block – 1897 | |
9. The Starrett House (also known as the Joseph Lee House) – 1900 | |
10. The Warren Hunt House, Francis Hunt House, Starrett House, Rogerson Building – 1900 | |
11. The Starrett House, Francis Hunt House – 1900 | |
12. The Rogerson Building, East Douglas Hotel, Knowlton Block, Hopkin’s Block – 1909 | |
13. The Francis Hunt House, Simon Fairfield Public Library, Rogerson Building, E.N. Jencke’s Store – 1909 | |
14. The E.N. Jencke’s General Store – 1890 | |
14a. The E.N. Jencke’s General Store – 1900 | |
15. The Warren Hunt House – 1910 | |
15a. The Otis Hunt House – 1910 (side view) | |
15b. The Oliver Hunt House – 1900 | |
16. The Walter E. Jones Hardware Store – 1920 | |
17. The Fire King Engine Company – 1900 | |
18. The Caleb Hill Tavern – 1895 | |
19. The Logee Carriage Shop – 1910 | |
20. The Douglas Washer | |
21. Patent Model of the Douglas Washer | |
Volume 13 | |
The Douglas Axe Manufacturing Company | |
1. A Brief History of the Company | |
2. Exhibit at the International Exposition, Paris – 1878 | |
3. The Old Red Shop – 1878 | |
4. Farm Buildings of the Axe Works – 1878 | |
5. American Axe and Tool Company Office – 1898 | |
6. American Axe and Tool Company Office – 1899 | |
7. The Upper Works – 1878 | |
8. The Upper Works – 1878 | |
9. The Upper Works – 1910 | |
10. The Upper Works – 1910 | |
11. The Upper Works – 1910 | |
12. The Lovett Shop – 1878 | |
13. The Lovett Shop – 1885 | |
14. The Lovett Shop – 1910 | |
15. The Lovett Shop – 1920 | |
16. Bridge, Dam and Sluiceway, Lovett Shop – 1923 | |
17. The Howe Works – 1878 | |
18. The Howe Works – 1885 | |
19. The Howe Works – 1900 | |
20. The Howe Works Fire – 1906 | |
21. The Howe Works Fire – 1906 | |
22. The Howe Works Fire – 1906 | |
23. The Howe Works – 1910 | |
24. The Howe Works – 1923 | |
25. The Howe Works – 1923 | |
26. Lower Village Pond and Howe Works – 1923 | |
27. The Gilboa Works – 1878 | |
28. The Gilboa Works – 1898 | |
29. The Gilboa Works – 1898 | |
Volume 14 | |
1. The South Douglas Reformed Methodist Church – 1894 | |
2. Interior of above Church – 1878 | |
3. The Reformed Methodist Church – 1878 | |
4. The Methodist Church – 1878 | |
5. The Present Methodist Church, Balcome Block, Mechanic’s Building – 1909 | |
6. The Present Methodist Church – 1934 | |
7. The Second Congregational Church – 1875 | |
8. The Second Congregational Church – 1878 | |
9. The St. Denis Catholic Church – 1878 | |
10. The St. Denis Catholic Church – 1920 | |
11. The St. Denis Catholic Church – 1934 | |
12. The St. Denis Rectory – 1909 | |
13. The Tasseltop School House, South Douglas – 1915 | |
14. The Citizen’s Hall School House – 1875 | |
15. Students at Citizen’s Hall – 1892 | |
16. Program of First Graduating Class of High School – 1879 | |
17. Program of First Graduating Class of High School – 1879 | |
18. Grade Students at the Old Town Hall – 1924 | |
19. Central Hall Stage, Cast of Players – 1900 | |
20. Central Hall Stage, Ribbon Drill Performers – 1900 | |
21. The Long School House – 1898 | |
22. Students at the Long School House – 1898 | |
23. The Grammar (Elementary) School – 1909 | |
24. The Wixtead Building Stage, Cast of Players – 1910 | |
25. The Hayward – Schuster Memorial High School – 1926 – Wallum Pond Schoolhouse | |
Volume 15 | |
1. Old Home Week – 1903 | |
2. Masonic Hall – 1903 | |
3. Masonic Hall – 1909 | |
4. G.A.R. Hall, Samuel Sibley Post – 1909 | |
5. Interior of G.A.R. Hall | |
6. Slovak Sokol Society Hall – 1934 | |
7. Simon Fairfield Public Library – 1905 | |
8. Miss Luther, Librarian – 1904 | |
9. Town Hall – 1923 | |
10. Soldiers’ Monument – 1909 | |
11. Dedication of Soldiers’ Monument – 1908 | |
12. Civil War Veterans | |
13. Welcome Home Day Parade – 1919 | |
14. Welcome Home Day Parade – 1919 | |
15. World War 1 Veterans – 1919 | |
16. World War 1 Memorial – 1934 | |
17. Memorial Day Parade – 1923 | |
18. Memorial Day Exercises – 1923 | |
19. World War 2 Honor Roll – 1946 | |
20. Old Town Hall – 1984 | |
21. Old Town Hall – 1984 | |
Volume 16 | |
1. East Douglas Railroad Station – 1920 | |
2. East Douglas Railroad Station – 1912 | |
3. Passenger Train of the NY, NH and Hartford R.R. – 1923 | |
4. Freight Train and Passenger Train – 1920 | |
5. Stone Arch Bridge – 1884 | |
6. Stone Arch Bridge – 1945 | |
7. Stone Arch Bridge – 1958 | |
8. East Douglas Railroad Depot – 1950s | |
9. Construction of the Grand Trunk Line – 1912 | |
9a. Construction of the Grand Trunk Line – 1912 | |
10. The Stage – 1905 | |
11. One of the Old Stages – 1946 | |
12. The Hayward Woolen Mill – 1909 | |
13. The Hayward Woolen Mill – Date Unknown | |
14. The Hayward Woolen Mill – 1920 | |
15. The Hayward Woolen Mill – 1920 | |
16. Designing Office of the Hayward Woolen Mill – 1935 | |
17. The New Schuster Mill – 1904 | |
18. The Wallis Lumber Company – 1934 | |
19. The Ice Company at Wallum Pond – 1908 | |
20. The Ice Company at Wallum Pond – 1908 | |
21. The Ice Company at Wallum Pond – 1908 | |
22. The Ice Company at Wallum Pond – 1908 | |
23. The Ice Company at Wallum Pond – 1908 | |
Volume 17 | |
1. Mrs. Brown’s Boarding House – 1898 | |
2. East Douglas Telephone Directory – 1907 | |
3. J.W. Wixtead Delivery Wagon – 1910 | |
4. Dudley’s Grove at Badluck Pond – 1890 | |
4a. Badluck Pond Beach – 1900 | |
5. The Whitin Reservoir – 1913 | |
6. The Douglas Baseball Team – 1905 | |
7. The Schuster Ball Club – 1928 | |
8. The Brass Band – 1930s | |
9. Minstrel Show Cast – 1927 | |
10. Minstrel Show End Men – 1930 | |
11. Main Street – 1934 | |
12. Main Street – 1946 | |
13. Main Street – 1946 | |
14. Map – Route of Douglas to Oxford Pike | |
15. Part of the Oxford Pike under the Whitin Reservoir – 1979 | |
16. Part of the Oxford Pike under the Whitin Reservoir – 1979 | |
17. Part of the Oxford Pike under the Whitin Reservoir – 1979 | |
18. 1938 Hurricane – Second Congregational Church | |
19. 1938 Hurricane – Second Congregational Church | |
20. 1938 Hurricane – Monument Square | |
21. 1938 Hurricane – Main Street and School Court | |
22. 1938 Hurricane – Rear of Second Congregational Church | |
23. 1938 Hurricane – Main Street | |
24. 1938 Hurricane – Main Street | |
25. 1938 Hurricane – Depot Street | |
26. 1938 Hurricane – Railroad Freight House | |
27. 1938 Hurricane – Baseball Field Grandstand | |
Volume 18 | |
Old Douglas | |
1. Bird’s Eye View of Douglas Center – 1878 | |
2. The Old School House – 1916 | |
3. The Common – 1912 | |
4. Memorial Day – 1906 | |
4a. Memorial Day – 1906 | |
5. The First Congregational Church – 1878 | |
6. The Blanchard House – 1913 | |
7. The Manahan House – 1913 | |
8. The Dudley Hotel – 1915 | |
9. Dinner Ticket at Paul Dudley’s Inn – 1823 | |
10. Dinner Ticket at Paul Dudley’s Inn – 1835 | |
11. The John Dudley Homestead – 1900 | |
12. The Guilford Dudley House – 1885 | |
13. Part of Douglas Center – 1916 | |
14. The Dudley Barns – 1900 | |
15. The Dudley Pond – 1890s | |
16. South Street – 1916 | |
17. Thompson Road – 1916 | |
18. Webster Road – 1914 | |
19. Douglas Camp Ground – 1915 | |
20. Douglas Camp Ground – 1912 | |
21. Douglas Camp Ground – 1913 | |
22. Douglas Camp Ground – 1913 | |
23. Douglas Camp Ground – 1915 | |
24. Douglas Camp Ground – 1915 | |
25. Douglas Camp Ground – 1915 | |
Volume 19 | |
Old Douglas | |
1. The Meeting House – 1878 | |
2. The First Congregational Church – 1890 | |
3. Interior of the First Congregational Church – 1890 | |
3a. The First Congregational Church – 1905 | |
4. The First Congregational Church – 1913 | |
5. Old Douglas Center – 1894 | |
6. Dedication of the Soldiers’ Monument – 1908 | |
7 . The Soldiers’ Monument of Douglas – 1910 | |
8. The Common – 1913 | |
9. The Douglas Center School – 1826 | |
10. Students at the Center School – 1926 | |
11. The Douglas Center Post Office – 1906 | |
12. Weighing the Load at Manning’s Store – 1916 | |
13. Delivery Wagons at Manning’s Store – 1916 | |
14. Woman’s Suffrage Campaign – 1915 | |
15. Woman’s Suffrage Campaign – 1915 | |
16. The Douglas Center Post Office – 1913 | |
17. Mr. James Daley, Postman – 1915 | |
18. Everett Brown and James Daley at Depot – 1915 | |
19. The Douglas Center Railroad Station – 1913 | |
20. The Douglas Center Railroad Station – 1913 | |
21. The Douglas Center Railroad Station – 1895 | |
22. The Pastime Club – 1909 | |
23. Building a Crushed Rock Road – 1905 | |
24. The Stone Crusher – 1905. | |
25. Summer Camps built of Logs – 1880s | |
Volume 20 | |
Old Douglas | |
1. The Douglas Elms – 1916 | |
2. The Douglas Elms – 1913 | |
3. The Great Ice Storm – 1921 | |
4. The Great Ice Storm – 1921 | |
5. The Great Ice Storm – 1921 | |
6. The Great Ice Storm – 1921 | |
7. The Great Ice Storm – 1921 | |
8. The Great Ice Storm – 1921 | |
The Dudley Farms | |
9. The Dudley Homestead – 1894 | |
10. Sunday Afternoon Dinner – 1913 | |
11. Neighborhood Gathering – 1913 | |
12. The Wedding Party – 1918 | |
13. A Hot Day – 1914 | |
14. A Hot Day – 1914 | |
15. Sledding – 1913 | |
16. Buggy Ride – 1910 | |
17. The Guilford Dudley House – 1900 | |
18. The Dudley Barns – 1900 | |
19. Interior of the Dudley Barns – 1901 | |
20. Haying – 1898 | |
21. Mare and Colt – 1908 | |
22. Hay Mound and Sheep – 1916 | |
23. Saw Mill – 1900 | |
24. Saw Mill – 1900 | |
25. Saw Mill – 1900 | |
26. Saw Mill – 1900 | |
Volume 21 | |
Newspaper Items – By Categories | |
A to E | |
Volume 22 | |
Newspaper Items – By Categories | |
F to P | |
Volume 23 | |
Newspaper Items – By Categories | |
P to W | |
Volume 24 | |
Various Articles and Items | |
Volume 25 | |
Various Articles and Items | |
Volume 26 | |
Various Articles and Items | |
Volume 27 | |
Newspaper Items compiled by Ms. Etta H. Johnson | |
(Donated by Edward F. Murphy) | |
Volume 28 | |
W.A. Emerson’s History of Douglas – 1879 | |
Key to reading certain passages | |
A.F. Brown’s History of Douglas – 1889 Key to reading most passages | |
Contents of Collection |