Friends of Quabbin, Inc.
Friends of Quabbin, Inc. Records
ca. 1920s-1990s
MS 1245
8 boxes
(13.5 linear feet)
Special Collections and University Archives, UMass Amherst
Libraries
The Friends of Quabbin, Inc. was formed in 1984 as a non-profit volunteer organization dedicated to increasing public
awareness and appreciation of the unique natural and historical resources of the Quabbin Reservoir and Reservation.
Through educational, recreational and interpretive programs they help to protect and preserve the pristine natural
beauty and the water and environmental quality of Quabbin for future generations.
The record of the Friends of Quabbin, Inc., include oral histories, printed materials,
correspondence, and photographs. The organization's oral history project captured
several hundred audio and videotaped interviews with former Swift River Valley
residents and people who worked on the construction of Quabbin Reservoir. Their
quarterly newsletter, Quabbin Voices, is full of news, information, poetry, photos and stories
from Quabbin’s past and present, as well as events that may well shape its future.
English
The Friends of Quabbin, Inc. was formed in 1984 as a non-profit volunteer organization dedicated to increasing public
awareness and appreciation of the unique natural and historical resources of the Quabbin Reservoir and Reservation.
Through educational, recreational and interpretive programs they help to protect and preserve the pristine natural
beauty and the water and environmental quality of Quabbin for future generations.
The organization’s mission is: - To promote, through a variety of
interpretive, educational, social, scientific, and entertainment programs public awareness, understanding, appreciation,
and concern for the Quabbin Reservation and Watershed; a complex ecosystem which provides a valuable and irreplaceable
resource for the entire state;
- To develop a regional sense of stewardship of the Quabbin Reservation by
providing a forum for public expression and involvement in decisions that may affect the use and preservation
of the natural and historical characteristics that make the area both unique and irreplaceable;
- To act as a support group for implementing those aspects of plans and
policies for Quabbin consistent with the goals and purposes of Friends of Quabbin;
- To work in cooperation with other organizations both public and private which share mutual goals for the
care, monitoring, protection and wise use of the Quabbin Reservation, a vital water supply resource rich in
natural, historical, and recreational values supplying over two million people with drinking water.
The record of the Friends of Quabbin, Inc., include oral histories, printed materials,
correspondence, and photographs. The organization's oral history project captured
several hundred audio and videotaped interviews with former Swift River Valley
residents and people who worked on the construction of Quabbin Reservoir. Their
quarterly newsletter, Quabbin Voices, is full of news, information, poetry, photos and stories
from Quabbin’s past and present, as well as events that may well shape its future.
The collection is open for research.
Cite as: Friends of Quabbin, Inc. Records (MS 1245). Robert S. Cox Special
Collections and University Archives Research Center, University of Massachusetts Amherst
Libraries.
Gift of Friends of the Quabbin, Inc., 2024.
Processed by SCUA staff, November, 2024.
Quabbin Reservoir Region (Mass.)--History
Dana (Mass.)--History
Enfield (Mass.)--History
Greenwich (Mass.)--History
Prescott (Mass.)--History
Newsletters
Correspondence
Photographs
Oral histories
6
Correspondence
ca. 1980s
5
Oral history project: background information
ca. 1984-1996
1-4
Oral histories
Avery, Gladys Webster
undated
Enfield
Barbier, Ellis
undated
Barbour, Charles
1987 Aug 19
Greenwich; Greenwich Hillside School
Barbour, Charles
1987 Aug 19
Greenwich; Greenwich Hillside School
Barbour, Charles
undated
Greenwich; Greenwich Hillside School
Barbour, Charles
undated
Barnes, Lois
1993 Apr 12
Barnes, Lois
1993 Apr 6
Barnes, Lois Doubleday
1987 July 31
Prescott; Mother’s work
Barnes, Lois Doubleday
1987 July 31
Prescott; Mother’s work
Barnes, Lois Doubleday
1987 June 25
Prescott; Greenwich
Barnes, Lois Doubleday
1987 June 25
Prescott; Greenwich
Barnes, Lois Doubleday
1987 Aug 17
Prescott
Barnes, Lois Doubleday
1994 Mar 5
Barnes, Lois Doubleday
1994 Mar 5
Barnes, Lois Doubleday
1990 Mar 15
Games, pastimes. Religion, Henry Smith & The Spiritualist Church
Barrett, Warren
undated
Belchertown; North Prescott
Barrows, Ralph
1984 Mar 19
Quabbin Reminiscence
Barrows, Ralph
1984 Mar 23
Quabbin
Barth, Ralph
1986 Oct 9
Springfield; Visiting Uncle Clinton Powell’s farm in Enfield
Betz, Anna Almquist
1988 June 19
Dana; Dana Homesite
Billings, A(lma?)
undated
Greenwich Village; School, Miss Hudson
Bishop, Red
1994 Oct 7
Working on tunnel and dam
Bishop, Red
1994 Oct 7
Working on tunnel and dam
Bostock, Gordon
1986 May 19
1912 Enfield
Bostock, Gordon
1986 May 19
1912 Enfield; Farm at Gate 8
Bousquet, Don
1986 Oct 28
Enfield 1930-1934; Grandson of Bill Peaso (sp?)
Boyko, Stanley
1987 Mar 4
Enfield
Boyko, Stanley
1987 Mar 4
Enfield
Bresnahan, Shaun
1994 June 24
Britt, Gladys Cadrett
undated
Pelham; Bobbin Hollow
Brown, Elizabeth Rand
1996 Sept 6
Brown, Elizabeth Rand
1996 Sept 6
Enfield, Smith’s Village
Brown, Joe
1987 Aug 4
Ossining, NY; Visiting grandparents in Dana
Brown, Joe
1987 Aug 4
Ossining, NY; Visiting grandparents in Dana
Campbell, Les
undated
Walter King joins at 24:40 about Soapstone
Campbell, Paul
1986 Oct 14
North Dana and Dana
Campbell, Paul
1986 Oct 14
North Dana and Dana
Carey, Evelyn Groves
undated
North Dana; Hager’s store & Doubleday’s store and other businesses, father worked in Box Shop, neighbors
Cargill, Doris Anderson
undated
Cargill, James
1986 July 30
Cargill, Jim
undated
Moved to Enfield 1931; Moving from Springfield
Cargill, Jim
undated
Moved to Enfield 1931; School, kids leaving, Mr. Chiconi (sp?), Miss Newman, May baskets
Carrington, Elmer
1991
Dana; 11 Hymns recorded by Faith Music Mission
Carrington, Elmer
1987
Dana; Elmer Carrington Sings Fanny Crosby Songs. Faith Music Missions.
Carrington, Lois
1994 June 21
Dana
Chase, Fred
undated
Hardwick; Valley businesses
Cleverdon, Gertrude
1987 Nov 16
Townsend, MA; Moved to Belchertown in 1926, father school superintendent in B’town and Enfield, Mother Edna Doubleday from N. Dana
Cleverdon, Gertrude
1987 Nov 16
Townsend, MA; Spiritualism
Coit
1988 Nov 10
Greenwich
Coit, Everett
1988 Dec 2
Greenwich
Conn, John
1984 July 19
Enfield
Conuel, Tom
1990 June 16
Conuel, Tom
1990 June 16
Conuel, Tom
1990 June 16
Crawquel, Raymond [surname spelling?]
1987 Oct 17
Visit to homesites in Prescott Peninsula
Cross, Ken
1989 Mar 2
Working on reservoir project; Ken on caissons
Damon, Ken
1988 Jan 13
Dinifrio, Ralph
1987 Aug 20
Tewksbury, MA; Greenwich w/ Billings family at 3-1/2 years old
Doubleday, Earl
1984 Apr 16
Quabbin
Doubleday, Earl
1984 Apr 16
Quabbin
Doubleday, Edna
1987 June 11
Doubleday Village
Doubleday, Edna
undated
Doubleday, Edna Lyman
1987 June 11
Greenwich Plains; Meeting over croquet, married in Dana (took afternoon off)
Doubleday, Elwyn
undated
Prescott; Place names
Doubleday, Elwyn
1994 May 1
Prescott; The Environment
Doubleday, Fred
undated
Prescott
Doubleday, Fred
1994 Aug 1
Atkinson Hollow
Doubleday, Roger
1987 Oct 17
Prescott; Visit to homesites in Prescott Peninsula
Doubleday, Sigrid
1986 Aug 27
North Dana
Duckert, Audrey
1989 Sept 16
Duckert, Audrey
1989 Sept 16
Eaton, Adelaide Hickland
1987 July 9
Enfield
Emerson, Lois King
undated
Hill Climb
Emerson, Lois King
undated
Greenwich
Emerson, Lois King
undated
Emerson, Lois King
undated
Fielding, William
1988 Mar 12
Enfield
Fielding, William
1988 Aug 7
Follow-Up from Inverview on 3/12/1988
Flye, Mildred
1987 May 1
Belchertown, moved to Packardville
Flye, N.
1987 May 1
Mr. Flye spent summers in New Salem, she lived on Salem Hill, lived in Puppyville after marriage in ’32
Goodnow, Clarence
1987 Apr 16
Griffith, Rachel
1987 May 5
West Brookfield. Married Everett Thresher in 1948; he was born upstairs from Frank Hall’s store in Greenwich; Visiting Thresher family homesteads.
Griswold, Edward
1987 Sept 9
Prescott; Grandparents would drive 30-40 dairy cows from Agawam to Prescott to pasture May-Oct. c. 1890
Griswold, Edward
1987 Sept 9
Boy causes Reverend Smith’s car accident on Prescott Hill; schoolmates, State wards, teacher Marion Kelly; Home of the Friendless (Northampton based charity)
Groves, Ethel Chalifoux
undated
North Dana; Mother born in England, father in Canada, uncle came to Greenwich, sent for her parents who bought Lucien William’s farm
Hanks, Chester (Chet)
1989 Nov 13
Hanks Homestead; Enfield
Hanks, Chester (Chet)
1989 Nov 13
Hanks Homestead; Enfield
Hanks, Chester
1988 Feb 21
Hanks, Gladys Webster
1988 June 6
Hanks, R.
1988 Feb 28
Hanks, R.
1988 Feb 28
Hanney, Stella Eaton
1994 Sept 23
Puppyville
Hassett, Helen
undated
Holyoke; Attended YWCA Camp at Greenwich Lake for 8-10 yrs.
Heidel, Norman
1987 Sept 15
Enfield
Hill, Dorothy
1991 Apr 2
Enfield
Howard, Wayne
1987 Oct 1
Soapstone-area (Prescott)Charcoal Kilns
Howe
1990 June 13
Howe, M.
1990 June 10
Howe, Marty
1990 Oct 28
Dana, Soapstone Mt.
Howe, Marty
1990 Oct 28
Dana, Soapstone Mt.
Hunter, Austin
1988 May 3
Greenwich
Jamrog, Katherine
1987 Aug 6
West Warren; Spent summers at grandparents Billings farm in Greenwich, train ran through property; building of Maher’s golf course near Curtis Lake; 4th of July greased pole, Motorcycle Hill Climb in Enfield; about grandfather; farm chores, State Boys - Ralph Donofrio stayed.
Jasnocha, Joe Jelski
1987 Sept 20
Enfield
Johnson, Ohnie
1989 Sept 28
Johnston, Robert P.
1986 Nov 25
Enfield
Johnston, Robert P.
1986 Nov 25
Enfield
Johnston, Roger
1984 May 31
Quabbin
Johnston, Roger
1984 May 31
Quabbin
Jones, Orrin
1992 June 13
Prescott Hollow and Enfield
Jones, Orrin
1992 Aug
Prescott Hollow
Keeler, Winifred Blackmer
1987 Aug 11
Hardwick; Father grew up in Dana, mother in Prescott. Blackmer geneology
Kelleher, Lawerence
1989 July 7
Northampton/Turners Falls. Stayed with grandparents in Enfield; Grandparents Galvin ran Swift River Inn in Enfield, grandfather ran Dugmar Golf Course in Greenwich
Kendrew, Roy [surname spelling?]
1987 July 9
N. Dana Boy Scout Camp
Kennedy, Tom
undated
Holyoke; Spent summers in Pelham Hollow (Whipple Farm), sawmill
Keyes, Bob
1991 Oct
Pelham Hollow Trip
Keyes, Bob
1991 Oct
Pelham Hollow Trip
King, Asa
1989 Dec 12
Greenwich Village
King, Asa
1988 Mar 27
Greenwich Village; Father was jack-of-all-trades, 100-acre farm, farm animals, grew and sold produce in valley, peaches from Wilbraham
King, Asa
1988 Mar 27
Greenwich Village
King, Charles
1990 May 29
Greenwich
King, Chester
1991 Sept 27
Greenwich Village
King, Chester
1991 Sept 27
Greenwich Village
King, Chester
1991 Nov 15
Greenwich Village
King, Chester
1991 Nov 15
Greenwich Village
King, Chester
1991 Nov 14
Greenwich Village
King, Walter
undated
Ken counselor at girl’s camp
King, Walter
1989 Aug
Greenwich Village; Motorcycle Hill Climb on Little Quabbin Mt. (Fulton Hill)
King, Walter
1986 Aug 19
Greenwich Village; Greenwich churches
King, Walter
1990 Mar 22
Quabbin Park Cemetery
King, Walter
undated
Quabbin Park Cemetery
King, Walter
undated
Cider mills
King, Walter
undated
King, Walter
1988 Feb 14
Greenwich Village
King, Walter
1988 Feb 14
Greenwich Village
King, Walter
1988 Feb 14
Greenwich Village
King, Walter
1988 Feb 14
Greenwich Village
King, Walter
undated
Cemetery work
King, Walter
1987 May 19
6th Mass Turnpike-Hardwick, Dana, Greenwich
King, Walter
1987 May 19
6th Mass Turnpike-Hardwick, Dana, Greenwich
King, Walter
1990 May
Greenwich
King, Walter
1990 May
Greenwich
King, Walter
1990 July
Greenwich Village-Hillside School Area
King, Walter
undated
Monson Turnpike-Enfield to Greenwich
King, Walter
undated
Monson Turnpike-Enfield to Greenwich
King, Walter
undated
Turnpike from Rt 9 North
King, Walter
undated
Turnpike from Rt 9 North
King, Walter
1989 Nov 4
Monson Tpk from Rt 9 North to Greenwich
King, Walter
1989 Nov 4
Monson Tpk from Rt 9 North to Greenwich
King, Walter
Quabbin Reservoir
King, Walter
Quabbin Reservoir
King, Walter
1990 Apr 26
Reservoir Area
King, Walter
1990 Apr 26
Reservoir Area
King, Walter
1989 May 24
King, Walter
1989 May 24
King, Walter
1988 Oct 17
Reservoir Area
King, Walter
1990 Sept 15
King, Walter
1990 Mar 4
King, Walter
1990 Mar 4
Ledford, Rick
undated
Swift River Lullaby and The Quarterdeck songs
Lego, Raymond
1988 Aug 3
Swift River Lullaby and The Quarterdeck songs
Lucier, Winthrop
1987 Oct 6
Enfield
Manion, Charles
1986 Oct 28
Working on dam
Manix Family
1994 June 10
Prescott Hill. Manix Family
Marshall, Evelyn Taylor
1986 Sept 24
Prescott; Born in The Parsonage (bought by aunt prior to her marriage), brother is Edwin Taylor
McKenney, Iva
1987 Aug 3
Prescott
McKenney, Iva
1987 Aug 3
Prescott
Melick, Jim
1988 Sept 18
Prescott and Enfield
Miner, Harold
1987 June 22
Holyoke; Came to Enfield in 1933 to work in water testing lab for MDWSC
Mitchell, Clarence
1986 Oct 21
Packardville age 4-13
Mitchell, Clarence
1986 Nov 25
Packardville
Mitchelll, Clarence
1986 Oct 21
Packardville age 4-13
O’Brien, Bill
1988 July 28
Trip to Dana and North Dana
O’Brien, Bill
1988 July28
Trip to Dana and North Dana
O’Brien, Bill
undated
North Dana; Trip to Dana and North Dana
O’Brien, William
1986 Oct 14
North Dana
Osborne, Faith
undated
Dana
Osborne, Faith
undated
Dana
Peirce, Clifton
1987 Oct 13
Enfield
Ploof, Elizabeth
1984 Nov 14
Ploof, Elizabeth
1984 Nov 14
Potsaby, Sam [surname spelling?]
1987 July 9
Prof. Goodale, Indians, Mt. Tom fire, collecting and mounting plant specimens (now in Herbarium at UMass) around Greenwich Village
Pratt, Ann
1986
Head Administrative Clerk for MDC from 11/5/1956
Raymond, Gordon
undated
New Britain, CT. Martindale Farm in Enfield; Martindale geneology
Read, Clif
1994 June 24
Reed, Irene Dickinson
1988 Sept 25
Trip to Enfield
Reed, Irene Dickinson
1988 Sept 25
Trip to Enfield
Reed, Kitty
1990 Sept 15
Planting of tree as Memorial
Russell, Elmer
undated
Enfield
Russell, Elmer
1988 Feb 29
Russell, Elmer
1988 Feb 29
Schmidt, Eleanor Griswold
1988 Feb 21
Schmidt, Eleanor Griswold
1988 Feb 21
Schmidt, Eleanor Griswold
1988 Feb 21
Schmidt, Eleanor Griswold
1988 Aug 17
Prescott
Schmidt, Eleanor Griswold
1986 May 9
Hosmer School Visit
Schmidt, Eleanor Griswold
1986 May 9
Hosmer School Visit
Schmidt, Eleanor Griswold
1984 Nov 29
Prescott
Schmidt, Eleanor Griswold
1987 Aug 13
Greenwich Store
Schneeloch, Vera Gilpin
1987 Dec 9
Schoppee, Harriette Paine
1987 June 19
Enfield
Segur, Willard
1986 Oct 10
Enfield
Setkewich, Avis Flagg
undated
Dana
Simard, Robert (Bob)
1987 Apr
Bobbin Hollow
Smith, Beatrice
1986 Nov 13
Prescott
Snyder, Eva Lyman
1987 July 31
West Hardwick, school in Greenwich
Southworth, Hazel Chapin
Dana
Spurr, Jerome
1987 June 18
Spurr, Jerome
1987 June 18
Spurr, Jerome
1988 Mar 25
Construction of Quabbin Dams
Spurr, Jerome
1988 Mar 25
Construction of Quabbin Dams
St. Peters, Sydney
undated
St. Peters, Sydney
undated
St. Peters, Sydney
1988 Aug 17
Prescott
St. Peters, Sydney
1988 Oct 17
Prescott Trip
St. Peters, Sydney
1988 Oct 17
Prescott Trip
Stagg, H.
1988 Mar 11
Hillside School
Stuart, Donald
1989 June 26
Greenwich
Tandy, Norman "Pete"
1987 Oct 4
North Dana
Taylor, Bertha Lyman
1987 Mar 3
Enfield, Greenwich Plains, Doubleday Village in N. Dana
Taylor, Bertha Lyman
1989 June 1
Taylor, Bertha Lyman
undated
Taylor, Edward
undated
North Prescott; The Parsonage
Taylor, Sydney
1987 Feb 13
Northfield. C. 1929 rented house in Prescott
Terry, Gertrude Ward
undated
Enfield
Terry, Gertrude Ward
undated
Thayer, Alice Randall
undated
Belchertown (Bluemeadow Rd) taken for reservoir
Thayer, Alice Randall
undated
Belchertown (Bluemeadow Rd) taken for reservoir
Thayer, Fred
undated
Enfield
Thresher
1988 June 26
Thresher
1988 June 26
Thresher family
1988 Sept 10
Trip to Greenwich and Dana
Thresher family
1988 Sept 10
Trip to Greenwich and Dana
Thresher family
1988 Sept 10
Trip to Greenwich and Dana
Thresher, Harrison
1988 May 14
Trip to Prescott
Thresher, Harrison
1988 May 14
Trip to Prescott
Thresher, Harrison
1988 Nov 25
Thresher, Harrison
undated
Thresher, Harrison L., Jr.
undated
Wedding day
Thresher, Harrison L., Jr.
undated
Greenwich Village
Thresher, Lucille
undated
Enfield (Martindale Ave, called Webster Rd after takeover); Leaving valley
Thresher, Norman
1986 Oct 17
Greenwich
Thresher, Norman Lyman
undated
Greenwich Village (born over Post Office)
Thresher, Norman Lyman
1991 Nov 23
Prescott Peninsula
Trombi, Italo
undated
Trombi, Italo
undated
Vecchito, Phoebe Crane
undated
Spent time in Enfield (mother’s hometown)
Walker, Louis
1987 June 9
Hardwick (5th generation in Walker Homestead, Greenwich Rd, west Hardwick)
Walker, Nina
1986 Apr 14
Enfield
Ward, Ruth
undated
Enfield (b. in Field House - oldest house in town); Worked in post office at 16, married Ned Howe who owned adjacent store
Waugh, Arthur
1988 Mar 28
Prescott
Webster, Mabel
1988 Jan 12
Smith's Village
Welch, Jane Terrill
1987 Nov 23
Summer Residents
White, Andrew Milton
undated
Dana
White, Andrew Milton
1987 July 14
Dana
White, Andrew Milton
1987 July 14
Dana
Wilder, Bob
1989 May 17
Enfield Farm
Wilder, Bob
1989 May 17
Enfield Farm
Wilder, Bob
1989 May 17
Enfield Farm
Wilder, Bob
1994 May 1
The Economy
Willard
1988 Nov 19
North Dana Trip
Willard
1988 Nov 19
North Dana Trip
Willard, Irene Albee
1991 June 1
North Dana
Willard, Irene Albee
1991 June 1
North Dana; North Dana Trip
Willard, Irene Albee
undated
Willard, Irene Albee
undated
Winsor, Edward
undated
Framingham, MA; Talks about father Frank Winsor
Wolfe, Robert (Bob)
undated
North Dana
Wolfe, Robert (Bob)
undated
North Dana
Young, Ruth
undated
6
Photographs
ca. 1980s-1990s
7-8
Printed material and ephemera
various dates
6
Quabbin Letters
various dates
6
Slides (35 mm)
ca. 1980s-1990s