Westfield Athenaeum Library
Archives-Government/ Political
Ashley, Israel 1806-1814 Justice of the Peace, Westfield Hampshire County 1806 - 1914 (Hampden County started in 1812)
Noah Atwater 1765-1802- 1st Church Minister town ledger
Callins & Bates 1811-1847 Justices of the Peace
Constable Chamberlain Diaries 1866-1881-police constable, truant and court officer, janitor and was in charge of the lockup (jail). These diaries show room use at city hall as well as fines collected for various crimes.
Burke, Alice 1910s-1950s Newspaper clippings and scrapbooks of her public life on school board and as mayor
Cemetaries 1600-1950 Cementaries
City Government 1930s-1980s Roscoe Scott Newsclippings
Ely, Joseph Buell Governor (1881-1956) Correspondence, photographs, news paper clippings from 1930-31, 1948
Fire Department 1873-1986 Fire records, photograhs, news clippings, emphera
Fowler, Samuel 1790-1808 Justice of the Ppeace records, loan records
Fuller, Richard 1940s Photographs, Mayors
Palczynski, John 1950s-2008 Mayoral papers showing creation of fire stations and new high school, correspondence to many commitees and people, also on the Westfield Athenaeum board and School Committee.
Post Office 1847-1960 Photographs and some papers documenting the construction of the Post Office building on the Green and the Mailbox Beautification projects of the 1950s and 1960s
Searle, George 1910-1940s Mayoral correspondence and as tax collector, public service papers
Sewage Treatment Plant 1947-1963 Scrapbook, Sewage Treatment
Whitney, Abel 1801-1806 Justice of the Peace Westfield, Hampshire County
Westfield Almshouse 1902-1941 records of admission
Westfield Schools 1793-1980High School, District, Elementary, Intermediate, Trade/Vocational schools, Westfield State, High School Herald Magazine, school comittee records, parent's and teachers' association records, budgets.
