Letter from Hazel (Cogswell) Stowell to Bertha (Billings) Fisher

Item Information

Title:
Letter from Hazel (Cogswell) Stowell to Bertha (Billings) Fisher
Description:
Hazel (Cogswell) Stowell writes Bertha (Billings) Fisher to provide an update on how the town is recovering from the 1938 New England Hurricane. She recounts her trip to the Belchertown Fair with Ralph and Audrey [Stowell], and provides brief updates on ladies’ meetings, card parties, a trustees meeting with dinner at Cogswell Manor, Socony banquet, and movies she has been to see recently. Hazel also makes note of what other people from town have been up to. Attached is a typed copy of the letter accompanied by notes about individuals and places mentioned in the letter.
Creator:
Stowell, Hazel (Cogswell)
Addressee:
Fisher, Bertha E. (Billings)
Date:
October 23, 1938
Format:
Letters/Correspondence
Manuscripts
Location:
Special Collections and University Archives, University of Massachusetts Amherst Libraries
Box 001 (shelf locator)
Collection (local):
New Salem Academy Records
Subjects:
New England Hurricane, 1938
New England Hurricane, 1938--New Salem (Mass.)
New England Hurricane, 1938--New Salem (Mass.)--Correspondence
New Salem Academy (New Salem, Mass.)--Alumni--Correspondence
Sawtell, Harry E.
Stowell, Ralph E.
Stowell, Audrey
Cox, Florence (Cogswell)
Whittier, Merrill
Stowell, Carl E.
Bullard, Robert
Wheelock, Florence M. (Aborn)
Fisher, Roy M.
Fisher, R. Bradley
Stowell, Cora J. (Eaton)
Places:
Massachusetts > Franklin (county) > New Salem
Extent:
12 p.
Link to Item:
http://credo.library.umass.edu/view/full/mums1033-b001-u003-i008
Terms of Use:
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Place of origin:
New Salem (Mass.)
Language:
English
Identifier:
mums1033-b001-u003-i008