Anthony H. Coppola Collection
Series 5: Municipal
Sub-Series 1: Annual Reports
Box# | Folder# | Collection# | Description |
3 | 1 | 2018.01.05.01.01 | 1880 – Town of Douglas. Annual reports of the town officers of the town of Douglas for 13 months ending March 1, 1880. East Douglas, MA: Charles J. Batcheller, 1880. – Annual reports of the school committee of the town of Douglas for the year ending April 1, 1880. |
3 | 2 | 2018.01.05.01.02 | 1882 – Town of Douglas. Annual reports of the town officers of the town of Douglas for the year ending March 1, 1882. East Douglas, MA: Charles J. Batcheller, 1882. – Annual reports of the school committee of the town of Douglas for the year ending March 1, 1882. |
3 | 3 | 2018.01.05.01.03 | 1886 – Town of Douglas. Annual reports of the town officers of the town of Douglas for the year ending March 1, 1886. East Douglas, MA: Charles J. Batcheller, 1886. – Annual reports of the school committee of the town of Douglas for the year ending March 1, 1886. |
3 | 4 | 2018.01.05.01.04 | 1887 – Town of Douglas. Annual reports of the town officers of the town of Douglas for the year ending March 1, 1887. East Douglas, MA: Charles J. Batcheller, 1887. – Annual reports of the school committee of the town of Douglas for the year ending March 1, 1887. |
3 | 5 | 2018.01.05.01.05 | 1889 – Town of Douglas. Annual reports of the town officers of the town of Douglas for the year ending March 1, 1889. East Douglas, MA: Charles J. Batcheller, 1889. – Annual reports of the school committee of the town of Douglas for the year ending March 1, 1889. ~ 2 Copies |
3 | 6 | 2018.01.05.01.06 | 1891 – Town of Douglas. Annual reports of the town officers of the town of Douglas for the year ending March 1, 1891. East Douglas, MA: Charles J. Batcheller, 1891. – Annual reports of the school committee of the town of Douglas for the year ending March 1, 1891. ~ 2 Copies |
3 | 7 | 2018.01.05.01.07 | 1893 – Town of Douglas. Annual reports of the town officers of the town of Douglas for the year ending March 1, 1893. East Douglas, MA: Charles J. Batcheller, 1893. – Annual reports of the school committee of the town of Douglas for the year ending March 1, 1893. |
3 | 8 | 2018.01.05.01.08 | 1894 – Town of Douglas. Annual reports of the town officers of the town of Douglas for the year ending March 1, 1894. East Douglas, MA: Charles J. Batcheller, 1894. – Annual reports of the school committee of the town of Douglas for the year ending March 1, 1894. |
3 | 9 | 2018.01.05.01.09 | 1895 – Town of Douglas. Annual reports of the town officers of the town of Douglas for the year ending March 1, 1895. East Douglas, MA: Charles J. Batcheller, 1895. – Annual reports of the school committee of the town of Douglas for the year ending March 1, 1895. |
3 | 10 | 2018.01.05.01.10 | 1900 – Town of Douglas. Annual reports of the town officers of the town of Douglas for the year ending March 1, 1900. East Douglas, MA: Charles J. Batcheller, 1900. – Bylaws of the town of Douglas. – Annual reports of the school committee of the town of Douglas for the year ending March 1, 1900. |
3 | 11 | 2018.01.05.01.11 | 1905 – Town of Douglas. Annual reports of the town officers of the town of Douglas for the year ending March 1, 1905. Uxbridge, MA: L.H. Balcome, Printer, 1905. – Bylaws of the town of Douglas. – Annual reports of the school committee of the town of Douglas for the year ending March 1, 1905. ~ 2 Copies |
Anthony H. Coppola Collection
Series 5: Municipal
Sub-Series 2: Real Estate Valuations
Box# | Folder# | Collection# | Description |
4 | 1 | 2018.01.05.02.01 | 1891 – Town of Douglas. Valuation of the town of Douglas for the year 1891. East Douglas, MA: Charles J. Batcheller, 1891. |
4 | 2 | 2018.01.05.02.02 | 1935 – Town of Douglas. Tax book and valuation of property, 1935, town of Douglas. Central Massachusetts Printing Company. |
4 | 3 | 2018.01.05.02.03 | 1940 – Town of Douglas. Tax book and street list, 1940, town of Douglas. Millbury, MA: Millbury Journal Press, 1940. |
4 | 4 | 2018.01.05.02.04 | 1949 – Town of Douglas. Tax book and street list, 1949, town of Douglas. Millbury, MA: Millbury Journal Press, 1949. |
4 | 5 | 2018.01.05.02.05 | 1954 – Town of Douglas. Tax book and street list, 1954, town of Douglas. Webster, MA: Times Publishing Co., 1954. |
4 | 6 | 2018.01.05.02.06 | 1966 – Town of Douglas. Tax book and street list, 1966, town of Douglas. Webster, MA: Times Publishing Co., 1966. |
4 | 7 | 2018.01.05.02.07 | 1975 – Town of Douglas. Real estate and personal property list of the town of Douglas Massachusetts. |
Anthony H. Coppola Collection
Series 5: Municipal
Sub-Series 3: Street Lists
Box# | Folder# | Collection# | Description |
4 | 1 | 2018.01.05.03.01 | Town of Douglas. Street list, January 1, 1952, men – women, town of Douglas 1952. Webster, MA: Times Publishing Co., 1952. |
4 | 1 | 2018.01.05.03.02 | Town of Douglas. Street list, 1954, town of Douglas. Webster, MA: Times Publishing Co., 1954. |
4 | 2 | 2018.01.05.03.03 | Town of Douglas. Street List, 1966. Millbury, MA: Millbury Journal, 1966. |
4 | 2 | 2018.01.05.03.04 | Town of Douglas. Street List, 1968. Webster, MA: Times Publishing Co., 1968. |
4 | 3 | 2018.01.05.03.05 | Town of Douglas. Street List, 1977. Millbury, MA: Millbury Journal, 1977. |
4 | 4 | 2018.01.05.03.06 | Town of Douglas. Street List, 1980. Millbury, MA: Millbury Journal, 1980. |
4 | 4 | 2018.01.05.03.07 | Town of Douglas. Street List, 1982. Millbury, MA: Millbury Journal, 1982. |
4 | 4 | 2018.01.05.03.08 | Town of Douglas. Street List, 1985. Douglas, MA, 1985. |
Anthony H. Coppola Collection
Series 5: Municipal
Sub-Series 4: School Committee
Box# | Folder# | Collection# | Description |
4 | 1 | 2018.01.05.04.01 | 1865–6 – Douglas School Committee. Report of the school committee of Douglas, for the school year 1865–6. Worcester: Chas. Hamilton, Palladium Office, 1866. |
Anthony H. Coppola Collection
Series 5: Municipal
Sub-Series 5: The Moses Wallis Devise/Town Hall
Box# | Folder# | Collection# | Description |
4 | 1 | 2018.01.05.05.01 | Abramson, Brad. “Douglas seeks use ideas for 5 buildings.” Tribune. February 24, 1988. |
4 | 1 | 2018.01.05.05.02 | Coppola, Anthony H. Letter to the Douglas Board of Selectmen regarding The Moses Wallis Devise/Town Hall. February 26, 1988. |
4 | 2 | 2018.01.05.05.03 | Coppola, Anthony H. “Douglas, Massachusetts. The history of the MOSES WALLIS DEVISE with an account from its beginning to the present time, including observations in regard to certain findings.” March 1987. |
Anthony H. Coppola Collection
Series 5: Municipal
Sub-Series 6: Douglas Historic Committee
Box# | Folder# | Collection# | Description |
4 | 1 | 2018.01.05.06.01 | December 29, 1972 – Letter from the Douglas Board of Selectmen appointing Miss Jennie Holbrook as a member of the Douglas Historical Study Committee.Includes envelope |
4 | 1 | 2018.01.05.06.02 | February 1, 1973 – Historic District Study Committee Meeting MinutesIncomplete |
4 | 1 | 2018.01.05.06.03 | February 15, 1973 – Letter from Paul D. Manning, III (Central Massachusetts Regional Planning Commission, Principal Regional Planner) to Merritt D. Tetreault (Douglas Historic District Study Committee, Chairman) regarding the Preliminary Draft of Historic District By–Law for Consideration and Comment |
4 | 1 | 2018.01.05.06.04 | February 15, 1973 – Proposed Douglas Historic District |
4 | 1 | 2018.01.05.06.05 | February 19 & 26, 1973 – Correspondence between Leonard W. Rowley (resident of Douglas) and Jennie Holbrook (Douglas Historic Study Committee) regarding a home in the vicinity of the Jenckes Store. |
4 | 1 | 2018.01.05.06.06 | June 4, [1975] – Meeting notice for the Historic District Study Committee |
4 | 1 | 2018.01.05.06.07 | n.d. – Handwritten notes regarding the ByLaws of the Douglas Historic Study Committee |
4 | 1 | 2018.01.05.06.08 | n.d. – handwritten notes from the Douglas Historic Study Committee |
4 | 2 | 2018.01.05.06.09 | Massachusetts Historical Commission. Procedures manual for an inventory of the historical assets of the commonwealth, part I, sites and structures. June 1966, Boston MA: Massachusetts Historical Commission. |
4 | 2 | 2018.01.05.06.10 | Massachusetts Historical Commission. Guidelines for establishment of historic districts. April 1974 (Reprinted), Boston MA: Massachusetts Historical Commission. |
4 | 3 | 2018.01.05.06.11 | 1870 – Map of East Douglas, Town of Douglas and Uxbridge Centerville Wheelockville, Town of Uxbridge [Massachusetts]. |
4 | 3 | 2018.01.05.06.12 | 1870 – Map of Douglas, [Massachusetts]. |
4 | 3 | 2018.01.05.06.13 | Marsh, Lucius J. Historical facts about Douglas. ca. 1968, Douglas, MA: Douglas Historical Society. |
4 | 3 | 2018.01.05.06.14 | Handwritten and typed notes about multiple locations in East Douglas, MA. These notes are taken from Lucius J. Marsh’s History of Douglas, April 15, 1971 |
4 | 4 | 2018.01.05.06.15 | December 11, 1970 – Preliminary report of the Northborough Historic District Study Committee. |

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