Williamsburg Collection

description - This photograph shows a group of 35 young men and women, most of them appearing to be teenagers while one man and two women seem to be adults, posed on the front steps of the three-year-old Meekins Library in Williamsburg, Massachusetts. A… subject - Williamsburg (Mass.); Damon, Estella Louise, 1887-1972; Meekins Library; Associations, institutions, etc.--Massachusetts--Williamsburg. relation - Part of the Meekins Library, Williamsburg, Mass., Local History, Historic Photographs Collection. http://www.meekins-library.org/ Identifier - Meekins Library--Local History--Historic Photographs Collection--Group [A.O.C.?] portrait on Meekins Library steps, 1900 http://dlib.cwmars.org/u?/williamsbrg,22

description - Ledger or account book kept by early Williamsburg, Mass. physician, tavern keeper and farmer Elijah Paine from 1785 through 1797. In an era when cash was very scarce, Paine accepted every kind of goods and labor in exchange for his medical… subject - Williamsburg (Mass.); Paine, Elijah, 1724-1814; Account books-Massachusetts-Williamsburg; Barter-Massachusetts-Williamsburg; Physicians-Massachusetts-Williamsburg. relation - Part of the Meekins Library, Williamsburg, Mass., Local History, Historic Manuscripts Collection. http://www.meekins-library.org Identifier - Meekins Library--Local History--Historic Manuscripts--Williamsburg--Paine (Dr. Elijah) Ledger. http://dlib.cwmars.org/u?/williamsbrg,21

description - This is a view northwestward along Main Street in the center of Williamsburg village, from the intersection of South Street and Main Street (which is now, in 2011, Route 9) toward the Meekins Library and Congregational Church, both of which are… subject - Williamsburg (Mass.); Trolley cars--Massachusetts--Williamsburg; Temperance--Societies, etc.; Schools--Massachusetts--Williamsburg relation - Part of the Meekins Library, Williamsburg, Mass., Local History Historic Photographs Collection. http://www.meekins-library.org/ Identifier - Meekins Library - Local History - Historic Photographs Collection - Williamsburg - Main Street http://dlib.cwmars.org/u?/williamsbrg,20

description - Stereographic overview of the ruined village of Skinnerville after the 1874 Mill River Disaster, looking east On the morning of May 16, 1874 the huge earthen dam holding back a 100-acre water power reservoir three miles above Williamsburg on the East… subject - Disasters--United States; Disasters--Massachusetts--Skinnerville; Dam failures--Massachusetts; Skinner, William, 1824-1902 relation - Part of the Meekins Library, Williamsburg, Mass., Local History Historic Photographs Collection. http://www.meekins-library.org/ Identifier - Meekins Library-Local History-Historic Photographs Collection-Mill River Disaster 1874-Stereographs http://dlib.cwmars.org/u?/williamsbrg,19

description - Stereographic view of William Skinner's water turbine in Skinnerville after the Mill River Disaster On the morning of May 16, 1874 the huge earthen dam holding back a 100-acre water power reservoir three miles above Williamsburg on the East Branch of… subject - Disasters--United States; Disasters--Massachusetts--Skinnerville; Dam failures--Massachusetts; Water turbines; Skinner, William, 1824-1902 relation - Part of the Meekins Library, Williamsburg, Mass., Local History Historic Photographs Collection. http://www.meekins-library.org/ Identifier - Meekins Library - Local History - Historic Photographs Collection - Mill River Disaster 1874 - Stereographs http://dlib.cwmars.org/u?/williamsbrg,18

description - This photograph shows the Meekins Library a few years after it opened in 1897, and an inset in the upper left corner shows the monument of library donor Stephen Meekins 1/3 mile away in the Village Hill Cemetery. The library building and the start of… subject - Meekins Library; Libraries--Massachusetts--Williamsburg; Meekins, Stephen, 1812-1894 relation - Part of the Meekins Library, Williamsburg, Mass., Local History Historic Photographs Collection. http://www.meekins-library.org/ Identifier - Meekins Library - Local History - Historic Photographs Collection - Meekins Library, 1900-1910 http://dlib.cwmars.org/u?/williamsbrg,16

description - Eleven workmen pose in front of the Williamsburg Manufacturing Company building at the intersection of Williams Street and Buttonshop Road, Williamsburg, circa 1900-1910. Trim details visible on the building suggest that it is the 19th-century… subject - Tool and die industry--Employees--Massachusetts--Williamsburg; Clothing & dress--United States--1900-1910; Williamsburg Manufacturing Company relation - Part of the Williamsburg Historic Society's photograph collection Identifier - WHS - Historic Photographs - Williamsburg Tool Factory Workers http://dlib.cwmars.org/u?/williamsbrg,15

description - This hand-tinted, quarter-plate ambrotype in leather case with rectangular brass mat, (3 inches w. x 4 inches h.), c. 1855-1861, shows Williamsburg, Mass., resident Stephen Meekins (1812-1884) sitting on a bench at the entrance to President George… subject - Meekins, Stephen, 1812-1894; Ambrotypes; Portraits--19th century; Williamsburg (Mass.); Washington, George, 1732-1799--Tomb; Tombs--Virginia--Mount Vernon; Meekins Library; Bradford, Wealthy, 1812-1875 relation - Part of the Meekins Library, Williamsburg, Mass., Local History Historic Photographs Collection. http://www.meekins-library.org/ Identifier - Meekins Library-Local History-Historic Photographs Collection-Stephen Meekins at Washington's Tomb http://dlib.cwmars.org/u?/williamsbrg,14

description - This hand-tinted sixth-plate ambrotype, in a leather case with oval brass mat (2½ inches w. x 3 inches h.), c.1855-1861, is a portrait of Williamsburg, Mass., resident Stephen Meekins (1812-1894). It was probably taken when Meekins was visiting… subject - Meekins, Stephen, 1812-1894; Ambrotypes; Portraits--19th century; Williamsburg (Mass.); Bradford, Wealthy, 1812-1875; Meekins Library relation - Part of the Meekins Library, Williamsburg, Mass., Local History Historic Photographs Collection. http://www.meekins-library.org/ Identifier - Meekins Library-Local History-Historic Photographs Collection-Stephen Meekins http://dlib.cwmars.org/u?/williamsbrg,13

description - This is a large (66 inch W x 77 inch H x 24 inch D) elaborately faux-grained wooden cabinet housing a beautifully machined precision equal-arm balance, a graduated set of weights for use on it, several graduated sets of containers for measuring dry… subject - Weights, Balance; Weights and measures--History; Weights and measures--Law and legislation--Massachusetts relation - Part of the Meekins Library, Williamsburg, Mass., Local History Objects Collection. http://www.meekins-library.org/ Identifier - Weights & Measures http://dlib.cwmars.org/u?/williamsbrg,12

description - Page 1 of the Meekins Library (Williamsburg, Mass.) Accession Book, Volume 1 (10 inches h. x 8 ½ inches w.) for the period from May 1, 1895, to January 1898, containing a sequential list of the public library's earliest acquisitions, numbered 1 to… subject - Meekins Library; Williamsburg (Mass.); Acquisitions (Libraries); Libraries--Gifts, legacies; Book donations; Meekins, Stephen, 1812-1894; Morse, Sarah Jane relation - Part of the Meekins Library, Williamsburg, Mass., Meekins Library Records-Accession Books. http://www.meekins-library.org/ Identifier - Meekins Library Records--Accession Books http://dlib.cwmars.org/u?/williamsbrg,11

description - As part of the 1971 townwide observance of the 200th anniversary of Williamsburg's founding, 37 local women created the 42 squares of this commemorative quilt. Each square depicts a theme, event or place that is familiar to people acquainted with the… subject - Quilts--Massachusetts--Williamsburg; Quilting--Massachusetts--Williamsburg; History--Massachusetts--Williamsburg relation - Part of the Williamsburg, Mass. Historic Society's Historic Textiles Collection, and is currently (2011) on long-term loan for display in the Meekins Library. Identifier - WHS 1971 Bicentennial Quilt http://dlib.cwmars.org/u?/williamsbrg,10

description - A handmade cross-stitch sampler (13 ¾ inches w. x 9 inches h.) on natural linen with dyed wool and silk thread in a modern birdseye maple frame (16 ½ inches w. x 11 ½ inches h.), made in 1821 by Williamsburg resident Lucinda T. Hitchcock, also… subject - Nash, Lucinda Hitchcock, 1808-1901; Williamsburg (Mass.); Samplers; Embroidery-Massachusetts; Nash, Hiram, 1809-1889; Nash, Eleanor, 1833-1862; Nash, Sophia, 1838-1884; Strong, Rev. Joseph, 1728/9-1803; Mayhew, Thomas, 1767-1843; Hubbard, Jeremiah,… relation - Part of the Meekins Library, Williamsburg, Mass., Local History Objects Collection. http://www.meekins-library.org/ Identifier - Meekins Library-Local History-Objects Collection-Hitchcock Sampler http://dlib.cwmars.org/u?/williamsbrg,9

description - On May 16, 1874 a large water-power reservoir dam three miles above Williamsburg on the East Branch of the Mill River failed catastrophically, causing vast destruction and the loss of 139 lives in the villages below. It was the worst disaster of its… subject - Graves, Daniel Collins, 1840-1910; Disasters--Massachusetts--Williamsburg; Skinner, William, 1824-1902; Medals; Skinnerville (Mass.); Haydenville (Mass.) relation - Part of the Meekins Library, Local History, Objects Collection. http://www.meekins-library.org Identifier - Meekins Library - Local History - Objects Collection =- Graves Medal http://dlib.cwmars.org/u?/williamsbrg,8

description - Machined brass working model (3 x 3 x 3.5 inches) of a large water turbine of an advanced, highly efficient type that was used to power New England mills in the late 19th century. The model is easily disassembled to show all its internal parts and… subject - Machinery--Models; Water-power--United States--History; Water-power--Massachusetts; Machine industry--Massachusetts--Orange; Hunt, Waite & Flint; Turbine industry--United States--History relation - In the collection of the Williamsburg Historic Society, Williamsburg, Massachusetts Identifier - WHS 84-1 Water turbine model http://dlib.cwmars.org/u?/williamsbrg,7

description - Stereographic view of Hayden, Gere & Co. brass works, looking upstream after the Mill River Disaster On the morning of May 16, 1874 the huge earthen dam holding back a 100-acre water power reservoir three miles above Williamsburg on the East Branch… subject - Disasters--United States; Dam failures--Massachusetts; Disasters--Massachusetts--Haydenville; Brass Industry and trade--Massachusetts--Haydenville; Hayden, Gere & Co. relation - Part of the Meekins Library, Williamsburg, Mass., Local History Historic Photographs Collection. http://www.meekins-library.org/ Identifier - Meekins Library-Local History-Historic Photographs Collection-Mill River Disaster 1874-Stereographs http://dlib.cwmars.org/u?/williamsbrg,6

description - Stereographic view of the heavily flood-damaged home of Thaddeus Bartlett in Skinnerville after the Mill River Disaster On the morning of May 16, 1874 the huge earthen dam holding back a 100-acre water power reservoir three miles above Williamsburg… subject - Disasters--United States; Disasters--Massachusetts--Skinnerville; Dam failures--Massachusetts; Bartlett, Thaddeus, 1807-1884 relation - Part of the Meekins Library, Williamsburg, Mass., Local History Historic Photographs Collection. http://www.meekins-library.org/ Identifier - Meekins Library - Local History - Historic Photographs Collection - Mill River Disaster 1874 - Stereographs http://dlib.cwmars.org/u?/williamsbrg,5

description - Stereographic view of the place where Dr. Johnson's house and his entire household of six were lost in the Mill River Disaster On the morning of May 16, 1874 the huge earthen dam holding back a 100-acre water power reservoir three miles above… subject - Disasters--United States; Disasters--Massachusetts--Williamsburg; Dam failures--Massachusetts; Johnson, Elbridge M., 1836-1874; James, Henry Lyman, 1829-1896; Adams, William Henry, 1823-1874 relation - Part of the Meekins Library, Williamsburg, Mass., Local History Historic Photographs Collection. http://www.meekins-library.org/ Identifier - Meekins Library-Local History-Historic Photographs Collection-Mill River Disaster 1874-Stereographs http://dlib.cwmars.org/u?/williamsbrg,4

description - Stereographic view of the failed dam and Cheney cabin after the 1874 Mill River Disaster On the morning of May 16, 1874 the huge earthen dam holding back a 100-acre water power reservoir three miles above Williamsburg on the East Branch of the Mill… subject - Dam failures--Massachusetts; Disasters--United States; Disasters--Massachusetts; Williamsburg (Mass.); Cheney, George, 1844-1918 relation - Part of the Meekins Library, Williamsburg, Mass., Local History Historic Photographs Collection. http://www.meekins-library.org/ Identifier - Meekins Library- Local History-Historic Photographs Collection-Mill River Disaster 1874-Stereographs http://dlib.cwmars.org/u?/williamsbrg,3

description - Stereographic view of the ruins of the Williamsburg Reservoir Company Dam after the Mill River Disaster On the morning of May 16, 1874 the huge earthen dam holding back a 100-acre water power reservoir three miles above Williamsburg on the East… subject - Dam failures--Massachusetts; Disasters--United States; Disasters--Massachusetts--Williamsburg; Dams--design and construction; Cheney, George, 1844-1918; Spelman, Onslow, 1821-1905 relation - Part of the Meekins Library, Williamsburg, Mass., Local History Historic Photographs Collection. http://www.meekins-library.org/ Identifier - Meekins Library-Local History-Historic Photographs Collection-Mill River Disaster 1874-Stereographs http://dlib.cwmars.org/u?/williamsbrg,2