Scope of collection
Nineteen oversized printed posters announcing agricultural fairs in Massachusetts and Providence, Rhode Island, in the years immediately prior to the Civil War.
Inventory
Amherst, MA
1852-1853, 1855-1857, 1859, 1860
Essex, MA
1854
Fitchburg, MA
1854
Great Barrington, MA
1854 (2), 1859
Greenfield, MA
1858-1859
New Bedford, MA
1854
Northampton, MA
1853, 1859
Pittsfield, MA
1858
Providence, RI
1854
Springfield, MA
1854, 1859
Administrative information
Access
The collection is open for research.
Provenance
Acquired from: Cambridge Bookbinding Co.
Processing Information
Processed by Linda Seidman, July 1987.
Language:
EnglishAcknowledgments
Encoding funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.
Copyright and Use (More information )
Cite as: Massachusetts Agricultural Fairs Posters Collection (MS 169). Special Collections and University Archives, University of Massachusetts Amherst Libraries.
Search terms
Subjects
- Agricultural exhibitions--Massachusetts--Posters.
- Agricultural exhibitions--Rhode Island--Providence--Posters.
- Agriculture--Social aspects--Massachusetts--History--Sources.
- Agriculture--Social aspects--Rhode Island--History--Sources.
- Massachusetts--Rural conditions--19th century--Sources.
- Posters, American--19th century.
- Rhode Island--Rural conditions--19th century--Sources.
Genres and formats
- Posters.
