mums1027 Kenneth G. Skinner Collection Finding Aid Finding aid prepared by I. Eliot Wentworth. Special Collections and University Archives, University Libraries, UMass Amherst 2018

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 Finding aid encoded in MSWord 2018-05-23 Finding aid written in English Skinner, Kenneth G. Kenneth G. Skinner Collection 1908-1928 PH 080 1 box (0.25 linear foot) Special Collections and University Archives, UMass Amherst Libraries Granted in 1737 and incorporated in 1754, Greenwich, Mass., was the first town in the Swift River Valley settled by Europeans. Sitting astride the East and Middle branches of the Swift River and forming the eastern boundary of Hampshire County, Greenwich was primarily an agricultural town with light manufacturing and, beginning in the later nineteenth century, an active tourist trade. The town's population peaked at over 1,100 early in the nineteenth century, declining slowly thereafter.The photographic postcards in this collection all relate to the Quabbin town of Greenwich and were originally housed in an album of uncertain provenance. Primarily "real photo" postcards and dating between approximately 1908 and 1928, they were labeled by a knowledgeable, but unknown person at a later date to identify the houses, roads, stores, and views. Unlike many of the commercial postcards of the day, they present a very down-to-earth view of the town, its rocky fields, mills, houses and stores, and its summer hotels. English

Grist mill, Greenwich Village, Mass.

Granted in 1737 and incorporated in 1754, Greenwich, Mass., was the first town in the Swift River Valley settled by Europeans. Sitting astride the East and Middle branches of the Swift River and forming the eastern boundary of Hampshire County, Greenwich was primarily an agricultural town with light manufacturing and, beginning in the later nineteenth century, an active tourist trade. The town's population peaked at over 1,100 early in the nineteenth century, declining slowly thereafter.

The photographic postcards in this collection all relate to the Quabbin town of Greenwich and were originally housed in an album of uncertain provenance. Primarily "real photo" postcards and dating between approximately 1908 and 1928, they were labeled by a knowledgeable, but unknown person at a later date to identify the houses, roads, stores, and views. Unlike many of the commercial postcards of the day, they present a very down-to-earth view of the town, its rocky fields, mills, houses and stores, and its summer hotels.

Although the name of the person who assembled the album is not known, it is possible that he or she was a member of the Walker family. Two of the postcards are addressed to Freeman Walker and the handwritten caption on one image makes reference to "Uncle Will" Walker's corn crib.

The collection is open for research.

Cite as: Kenneth G. Skinner Collection (MS 1027). Special Collections and University Archives, University of Massachusetts Amherst Libraries.

Gift of Kenneth G. Skinner, May 2018.

 Quabbin

Processed by I. Eliot Wentworth, Feb. 2018.

 Montague Farm Community (Mass.) Employers' associations--Massachusetts Massachusetts--Economic conditions--20th century Newsletters Schoolhouse and library, Greenwich Village, Mass.1908Real photo Schoolhouse and library, Greenwich Village, Mass.; published by Frank P. Hall1921Halftone

Use: letter to Freeman Walker, Hanover, Mass.

 Back of grist mill and saw mill, school house1910Real photo Hill up back of village1910Real photo Greenwich village from hill by schoolhouse1910Real photo Schoolhouse Hill [in snow]1910Real photo Greenwich village from hill by schoolhouse1910Real photo Greenwich Village: Nevins house1910Real photo Greenwich Village: Nevins house1908Real photo Greenwich Village: W.P. Sloan store (later Walker's)1908Real photo Store of W. P. Sloan, Greenwich Village, Mass., Later Walker's1915 Greenwich Village, Mass.: Walker's store, Farmers' Hall, Will Walkers, Road to Greenwich1908Real photo Swift River, back of Farmers' Hall1910Real photo Box shop and saw mill1910Real photo Mill Pond back of mills1910Real photo Mill Pond and dam1910Real photo Mill Pond1910Real photo Mill Pond1910Real photo Mill Pond and ice house1910Real photo Bridge over Swift River: Box shop and grist mill, Greenwich Village, Mass.1908Real photo Grist mill, Greenwich Village, Mass.1908Real photo Swift River under bridge1910Real photo Swift River below dam and bridge, uncle Will's corn crib1910Real photo Bridge over Swift River1910Real photo George Walker's house1928Real photo George Walker's house1928Real photo Walter's turkeys1910Real photo Claussen house1910Real photo Burt Brooks house1910Real photo Myron Caswell's house1910Real photo Hardwick Road: Caswell's, Giffin's house1910Real photo Road to Hardwick: Frank Parkers, Lowell and Doris1910Real photo Hill back of Ed King's farm1908Real photo Crane?1908Real photo Reeds, Browns1910Real photo Will King's, Moores1910Real photo Jesse Vaughn's house1915Real photo Mrs. Mary Towne's house1910Real photo

Possibly Carrie Towne (per census), wife of Edmund Towne

 Moore's House (Barney)1915Real photo Webster Parker's house, Greenwich Village1915Real photo

Webster M. Parker and Wife Daisy H., per census

 Dr. Fuller's house1910Real photo

Possibly George H, Fuller, listed as preacher at the Liberal Church in 1910 census

 Near H. D. Johnson's1915Real photo

Henry D. Johnston, poultry farmer

 Lucy Parker's House, Spiritualist Church1910Real photo Spiritualist Church, Lucy Parker's House, Greenwich Village, Mass.1908Real photo Spiritualist Church1908Real photo Station Road1910Real photo Dana Road1928Real photo Dana Road1910Real photo Town work team: John James, Cap Miller, Allie Moore, Web Parker1910Real photo

Webster M. Parker, per 1910 census

 Old toll gate house, Greenwich Village, Mass.1908Real photo Blacksmith Shop1910Real photo Quabbin Inn, Greenwich, Mass.1920Collotype Quabbin Inn, Greenwich, Mass.1921Collotype

Addressed to Freeman Walker, 1921

 Post Office in winter, Greenwich Village, Mass.1915Real photo Greenwich Plains from Hardwick Hill1910Real photo Outskirts of Greenwich Plains from Mt. Liza, Mt. Pomeroy1910Real photo Greenwich, From Mt. Pomeroy1928Real photo Quabbin Lake, Greenwich: evening1915Real photo Quabbin Lake, Greenwich1910Real photo Back road to Quabbin Lake and War (in winter)1915Real photo Road to back of lake: Mt. Liza, Quabbin Lake1910Real photo Road to back of lake: Mt. Liza, Quabbin Lake1910Real photo Curtis Pond, Greenwich Village1910Real photo Ellery's Hotel, Greenwich Village, Swift River1910Real photo Ellerly's Hotel, Greenwich Village, Mills1910Real photo Ruins of hotel, Greenwich Village1910Real photo Ruins of old hotel, Ellery's1910Real photo The Centre, Greenwich, Mass.: Congregational Church, Hotel, Dickinson's store1909Lithograph

Addressed to Lillian S. F. Browne

 The hotel, Greenwich, Mass.1908Real photo In Greenwich, Mass.1908Real photo