Westfield Athenaeum Library
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Keeping Westfield's Memories
The Westfield Athenaeum has some histories and diaries from Westfield residents and is looking to expand its collection. We have:
- "A Stroll along Goose Lane" by Eloise Fowler Salmond
- "A Tale of Two Taverns" by Harold Norton Jones
- "Franklin Street Sixty Years Ago" by Henry Wilson Ely
- "Account of Broad Street" by Elizabeth Lamberton Little
- "Little River Up-to-Date" by Laura Hubbard Sherman
- Western Massachusetts History by Stephen J. Pitoniak, Sr.
- History of the Town of Westfield by Chester D. Stiles
- Westfield Massachusetts 1669-1969: The First Three Hundred Years edited by Edward C. Janes & Roscoe S. Scott
- Westfield and Its Historic Influences 1669-1919 by Rev. John H. Lockwood
- Westfield Historical Calendar 1906 compiled by Miss Mary Thayer
The Athenaeum also has other diaries and scrapbooks from the 1900s through 1940s which are being processed for patron use.
We would like to expand this collection to ensure saving more of the happenings and life of Westfield through the years and up to the present day. We are especially looking for diaries of workers in the whip and tobacco industries and diaries from the 1930s onward. So if you have a diary or scrapbook stuffed in the attic or a drawer that shows the civic or working fabric of Westfield, please consider donating it to the Westfield Athenaeum where it will receive the care and preservation it needs.
If you have any questions, please contact Kate Deviny or Susan Kingra at 413-562-0716.
