Room 1A

A box of papers, photos from the Wheelock Collection

The Wheelock collection is located left unit, wooden cabinet, rm 1a

A box containing Warwick deeds from 1788 - 1960

Deeds are located in right unit, wooden cabinet, room 1a

A box of various papers, photos and other memorabilia from the collection of Rhoda Cook (1844 - 1935).

For a list of items in the Rhoda Cook Collection enter "cook collection" in the search box to the right.

4 documents are contained in a frame: Charles Morse has copied deed for the new township of Warwick, "Several methods of making salt - petre" , from 1775,extracts from the records of the late provincial congress held at Cambridge and extracts from the minutes of the proceedings of the congress, Feb. 1775

The three original documents listed have been individually preserved and are located in the display case on the west wall of room 1a

History of North Orange including leading events, 1781 - 1924
written by the North Orange Reunion Association

Book is located left unit, wooden cabinet, room 1a

Fifteen original deeds dating from 1765 to 1832
Aspinwall, Heath, Ball, Warren, Dana, Cheney, Mayo, Gail, Pomeroy, Kidder, Prentice,Wheelock

Greenfield Recorder Leisure magazine with article by Anne Loring concerning gravestone rubbings, with directions on procedure to use when making rubbings. Includes some local examples (though none from Warwick).
June 5, 1980

A printed booklet of letters written by Joseph Stoddard Lathrop ( 1815-1877) and Abigail Alexander Pomeroy (1815 - 1861) during 1837 and 1838. The couple was married October 16, 1838. Abigail's grandfather, Dr. Medad Pomeroy, was a physician who practiced in Northfield and Warwick. Her father, also named Medad was a farmer in Warwick.
A note from the donor, Louise Rexford Wilson, from Amherst, is enclosed as is a note of thanks, dated Feb 17, 1960

This book, compiled and edited by Wendy Sibbison in 1983 is intended as a reference tool for people engaged in research on the area known as the Pioneer Valley (Franklin, Hampshire & Hampden Counties) It consists of 3 sections: a Special Collections section, an Experts section, and an Index.
Page 52 lists some of the contents of our Warwick Historical Society Building (as of 1983)

Located in notebook containing two other booklets (Town Democracy in Warwick, Massachusetts 1736-1820 and Historical Data relating to Counties, Cities and Towns in Massachusetts)

A small booklet, "Footprints of Calvin Coolidge" by Mary Sumner Brown, copyright 1938. Photos of Calvin Coolidge at various ages, his birthplace, other family members and some biographical information.

Booklet is located in left unit, wooden cabinet, room 1a