Sandwich Glass Museum & Historical Society Archives
Finding Aid: Manuscript Collections (MC Series)
Note: This document is a work in progress and may be updated as collections are processed and described.
Overview
The Sandwich Glass Museum & Historical Society Archives houses a diverse collection of manuscripts, photographs, business records, and personal papers documenting the history of Sandwich, Massachusetts, and the region’s glassmaking industry.
Collection List
MC 1 – Inventory of the Samuel Wing Collection
Dates: 1798–1830
Scope & Content: Receipts and business correspondence, 4 boxes
MC 2 – Eugene Perrote Collection
Accession #: 1995.83; 2010.13.2–.3
Dates: 1875–1888
Scope & Content: Working papers of Eugene Perrote, including cut glass designs, cut glass rubbings, glass catalogs, his business card, and drawing instruction books, 1 box
MC 3 – Sandwich Historical Society Collection of Ephemera
Dates: 1772–1934
Scope & Content: Eclectic collection of items assembled as an artificial collection, 2 boxes
MC 4 – Julius Howland Document Collection
Dates: 1772–1877
Scope & Content: Leather-bound ledger with deeds, probate documents, and other papers, 1 box
MC 5 – Jonathan Burr Church Document Collection
Dates: 1803–1841
Scope & Content: Legal papers, letters, petitions, and sermons
MC 6 – Thornton Burgess Memorial Park Collection
Dates: 1900s
Scope & Content: Correspondence from the Committee for Burgess Park and photographs of Thornton Burgess, family, and animals, 1 box
MC 7 – John Field Document Collection
Dates: 1792–1905
Scope & Content: Deeds and probate documents related to the Fish, Nye, and Smith families, 1 box
MC 8 – Frederick Freeman’s Original Manuscript Collection for The Aborigines, 1620 and After
Dates: 1807–1882
Scope & Content: Handwritten manuscript, correspondence, printed notices, sermons, and newspaper clippings, 2 boxes
MC 9 – Robert A. Hammond Patent Collection
Dates: 1898–1909
Scope & Content: Hammond’s foreign and domestic patents and a design for a fish weir, 1 box
MC 10 – Joseph Jefferson Image Collection
Dates: 1895–1905
Scope & Content: Photographs, playbill, and postcard of Jefferson’s tombstone, 1 box
MC 11 – Cape Cod Canal Brochure and Photograph Collection
Dates: 1801–1960
Scope & Content: Photographs and memorabilia related to the opening of the canal, 1 box
MC 12 – Hoxie Collection
Dates: 1776–1889
Scope & Content: Henry Hoxie papers related to school and Quaker meeting activities; Joseph Hoxie papers related to postmaster affairs and the shoe business. Includes a memo about the last wolf killed on Cape Cod (1829), 5 boxes
MC 13 – Seth Nye Legal Papers
Dates: 1828–1870
Scope & Content: Writs, correspondence, and business accounts, 1 box
MC 14 – Nathaniel Freeman Religious Manuscript
Dates: 1806–1820
Scope & Content: Handwritten manuscript on religion, 1 box
MC 15 – William A. Nye Collection
Dates: 1883–c.1908
Scope & Content: Two scrapbooks and photographs of a Bournedale house; one scrapbook relates to the formation of the Town of Bourne, 1 box
MC 16 – Reverend Joseph Marsh Papers
Dates: 1849–1863
Scope & Content: Correspondence and biographical material, 1 box
MC 17 – Francis L. Wynn Correspondence Collection
Dates: Late 1930s–1940s
Scope & Content: Correspondence related to Sandwich glass, 1 box
MC 18 – Fish Family Receipt and Ledger Collection
Dates: 1891–1920
Scope & Content: Account books, daybook, and ledgers, 3 boxes
MC 19 – Manomet Iron Company
Dates: 1847–1851
Scope & Content: Business ledger and hand-drawn plot for the Iron Works, 1 box
MC 20 – Maria Louise Wood Lapham Collection
Accession #: 1990; 99.2–.9; 2006.14.1–.14; 2007.6.1–.17
Dates: 1845–1875
Scope & Content: Scrapbook, correspondence, and genealogy notes, 1 box
MC 21 – Ewer Family Correspondence Collection
Dates: 1850–1894
Scope & Content: Correspondence between Lizzie and Edward Ewer and other family members and friends, 1 box
MC 22 – Grand Army of the Republic, Charles Chipman Post 132
Dates: 1861–1924
Scope & Content: Membership records, transfers, encampment photographs, regimental history, and Women’s Auxiliary records, 4 boxes
MC 23 – Isaiah Jones Collection of Sandwich 250th Anniversary Papers
Dates: 1899
Scope & Content: Memorabilia, meeting records, and correspondence for the Sandwich 250th Anniversary Committee, 1 box
MC 24 – Inventory of the Hannah Rebecca Burgess Collection
Dates: 1851–1901
Scope & Content: Logbooks, journals, and diaries kept by Hannah and/or her husband William, along with unprocessed material on various subjects, 2 boxes
MC 25 – Edmund and Lizzie Chipman Family Photograph and Memorabilia Collection
Dates: 1768–1930
Scope & Content: Letters, diaries, photographs, probate documents, and receipts, 2 boxes
MC 26 – Inventory of the Ebenezer Whittemore Collection
Dates: 1840–1871
Scope & Content: Bills, correspondence, receipts, maritime documents, notes, and a logbook of the Steamer Fern, 3 boxes
MC 27 – Fletcher Clark Papers
Dates: 1803–1989
Scope & Content: Deeds, correspondence, probate papers, and a will giving the Town of Sandwich funds for a library, 2 boxes
MC 28 – Boston & Sandwich Glass Company
Dates: 1825–1888
Scope & Content: Patents, correspondence, design books, catalogues, account books, sketchbooks, glass recipes, union records, and personal papers of William Collins, 4 boxes
MC 29 – SHS Collection of Other Glass Manufacturers’ Records
Dates: 1852–1910
Scope & Content: Receipts, bills, letterheads, memoranda, catalogs, and correspondence for various New England glassmakers, 1 box
MC 30 – Collection of Town Residents Personal Papers
Dates: 1793–1943
Scope & Content: Bills, receipts, photographs, correspondence, legal and probate documents, military papers, autograph book, and account book, 1 box
MC 31 – Records of the Sandwich Historical Society
Dates: 1907–1993
Scope & Content: By-laws, trustees’ meeting notes, membership records, treasurer’s records, volunteer records, and incorporation documents, 3 boxes
MC 32 – SHS Collection of Sandwich Business Records
Dates: 1800s–1900s
Scope & Content: Business records and ephemera from several establishments, 1 box
MC 33 Deliberately Left Blank
MC 34 – SHS Collection of Town Records
Dates: 1700s–1924
Scope & Content: Affidavits, writs, deeds, school records, Overseer of the Poor records, tax lists, receipts, and proceedings, 1 box
MC 35 – SHS Collection of Town Related Documents
Dates: 1757–1980
Scope & Content: Records documenting the division of Bourne and Sandwich, including brochures and legal documents, 2 boxes
MC 36 – T. Eldred Holway Collection of Family Documents
Dates: 1831–1970
Scope & Content: Correspondence, receipts, legal documents, genealogy, account books, and photographs, 1 box
MC 37 – Diaries and Autograph Collection of Mary and Emma Gregory
Dates: 1877–1886
Scope & Content: Diaries and autograph book, including a cassette tape of Joan Kaiser reading the diaries, 2 boxes
MC 38 – SHS Collection of Unrelated Account Books
Dates: 1811–1864
Scope & Content: Ledgers associated with economic activity in Sandwich, 7 boxes
MC 39 – Rhoda Kalt Steele’s Manuscript Copy of Toppy and Me
Dates: 1900s
Scope & Content: Typewritten copy of Steele’s memoir about Charles R. Knight, 1 box
MC 40 – SHS Photograph, Image, and Album Collection
Dates: 1800s–1900s
Scope & Content: Open collection with subject groupings including historic views, Boston & Sandwich Glass Factory, postcards, and album series, 20 boxes
MC 41 – Mary Stetson Clarke Collection
Accession #: 2016.10
Dates: 1868–1973
Scope & Content: Correspondence, research material, and reviews related to the children’s book The Glass Phoenix, 1 box
MC 42 – Edward J. Swann Collection
Accession #: 2004.8.1–.53
Dates: 1870–1920
Scope & Content: Records, source material, and original artwork from the Swann family, 3 boxes
MC 43 – Albert E. Shaw Collection
Accession #: 2004.16.12–391
Dates: 1870s–1904
Scope & Content: Includes Edward J. Swann material, including a design notebook, 3 boxes
MC 44 – Ship’s Log for Whaling Bark Ocean
Accession #: 2006.11
Dates: 1859–1861
Scope & Content: Includes whale stamps and newspaper clippings, 1 box
MC 45 – George E. Burbank Collection
Accession #: 2009.8
Dates: 1900–1953
Scope & Content: Materials found in the home of George E. Burbank, Sandwich businessman and Treasurer of the Sandwich Historical Society. Includes research and writings on Sandwich history, 1 box
MC 46 – Houdlette, Burgess, Howland, and Baker Family Collection
Accession #: 2007.9
Dates: 1860–?
Scope & Content: Documents, papers, photographs, and letters, 3 boxes
MC 47 – Collection Relating to the Spurr Family and B. Wynn
Accession #: 2010.29
Dates: 1900s
Scope & Content: Materials used by Kaiser and Barlow in the creation of The Glass Industry in Sandwich, 1 box
MC 48 – French Family Correspondence
Accession #: 2011.20
Dates: 1900s
Scope & Content: Includes material related to Hazel Blake French, 1 box
MC 49 – Charles C. Hall Collection
Accession #: 2017.19
Dates: 1794–early 1900s
Scope & Content: Deeds, correspondence, photographs, and memorabilia, 1 box
MC 50 – Glass Company Catalogs
Accession #: U.734
Dates: 1900s
Scope & Content: Selection of glass company catalogs, including Box 1: Fenton Art Glass Co.; Box 2: Viking Glass Co.
MC 51 – Everard S. Pratt Collection
Accession #: 1980.40
Dates: 1954–1964
Scope & Content: Papers, correspondence, reports, photographs, and magazines related to the Sandwich Historical Society
MC 52 – Photographs of Glass Collection
Accession #: 2022.5
MC 53 – Kanaley-Boyd Collection
Accession #: 2022.2
MC 54 – Shaw
MC 55 – Shaw
MC 56 – Montague
MC 57 – Kelleher
MC 58 – Cape Cod
MC 59 – Miscellaneous Photographs
Additional entries are minimally processed; expanded descriptions forthcoming.