Rhoda Cook seems to have corrected a typed 4 page manuscript about her father, Asahel Cook, as there are many handwritten notes above the typing. More Cook history.
A small (approximately 2"x2") colored tintype of a young union soldier, probably a member of the Cook family. Black, embossed wood case. In great condition.
4 postcards, some notes on back. One shows the old Cook house (1810-1910) and states "it is now 1923, being taken down."
A large manila envelope - part of the Rhoda A. Cook collection - containing numerous materials:
-Two newspapers and 2 newspaper articles - The Springfield Sunday Union December 23, 1894 containing a full page article on "Opinion of Local Thinkers on the Merits and Demerits of the American Protective Association"; The School World November 1894 (appears to be a classroom teacher aid); an article from the Enterprise and Journal August 17, 1906 on New Salem and Warwick Old Home Days; an article (paper unknown) Warwick Gets Grant for U.S. 200th Event
Item C 21: Several pages missing, 3 double sided pages starting with record of Joseph and George Cook arriving in 1635 to this country.
Family Register of Asahel Cook and Emeline M. Fields 15"x20". Gives dates of birth and marriages and birthdays of 10 children, marriage dates of first four children but too faint to read. Item C9
A small notebook titled "Warwick's Schools" by Rhoda Cook written 1895 and 1911. Appears to be speeches regarding the school system handwritten in 1895 and 1911
A small wooden lock-corner box made by the New England Box Co. The top of the box says Bicentennial - U.S.A. 1776-1976 Winchester, N.H.
A small white envelope addressed to Mr. Henry Harrison Cook containing two small cards for (or from) R.A.C, and card for Fred W. Cook on which is written:
"See Father, Mother see!
To my Brother and to me
Has our teacher given a card
To show that we have studied hard!
To you we think it must be pleasant
To see us both with such a present."
The Minute Man, a publication of Whitman Grocery Co., Orange Mass, by Wayne Whipple. A brief account of the battles of Lexington and Concord with some Recipes
