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A Story of Three Partners, by Thomas Dreier. A history of the United Machine Corporation, and of the 3 companies that joined to make it: Goodyear Shoe Machinery Company, the Consolidated and McKay Lasting Machine Company, and the McKay Shoe Machinery Company.

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004.007.2 - Documents

A history of the USMC compiled by Fred Hammond that was used for a lecture at the Beverly Public Library. Sources include History of the USM Corporation by Gaynor O'Gorman, resources at the Beverly Historical Society and interviews with former employees.

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005.031.003 - Booklet

A gray soft covered booklet with the title, The Birth of New England: The True Story of its Discovery and Settlement." This was written by Thurlow Stanley Widger and published in 1959. This details the myths and facts about the settlement of the region along with a list of all of the communities and when they were founded and incorporated.

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005.031.005 - Booklet

An off -white softcover booklet with the title: One Hundred Years of the Beverly Historical Society, 1891-1991, written in 1991 by Robert Lovett. This booklet details the history of the BHS in each period, and who was the President. Presidents include John Baker, George Edward Woodberry, Katharine (spelled as Katherine) P. Loring, Albert Boyden, Bernard Leslie, Arthur Appleton, Robert Lovett, Robert Perron, Harold Pinkham, E. Stanley Dodge and...

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006.021.085 - Transcript

A twenty-seven page typed manuscript containing a history of the United Shoe Machinery Corporation (USMC) compiled by Wilbur Cobb. This was a transcript from an apparent lecture. This contains an entire history of shoemaking in Essex County beginning with the first two English shoemakers that settled in Lynn in 1635 to the present day.

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007.031.011 - Letter

A two-page typed letter from Samuel Balch of New York to Leonard Balch of Amesbury, MA. This letter details the history of the Balch House in Beverly and the birth of the Balch Family Association. See 007.031.012 for envelope.

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008.078.058 - Book

Small stapled book of the history of the Guild of Beverly Artists, 1935-1970. Compiled by Barbara Donnelly and Robert A. Edwards

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008.078.060 - Book

Book for the Guild of Beverly Artists 50 th anniversary with history from 1935-1985.

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009.031.058 - Program

Program from the annual meeting of the Beverly Cove Improvement Association, then celebrating its 25th anniversary. Includes brief history of the Society and program with remarks by Mayor Daniel E. McLean, Alderman Walter J. Lally, Superintendent of Schools Starr M. King and First President William W. Laws. Entertainment by Queenie Dunedin (humorist) & Ruth Tingley (musician). Dancing- music by Eddie Barry's Orchestra. Officers: President:...

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009.031.060 - Manuscript

A short history of the Beverly Cove Improvement Association, Inc., by James Roland McPherson in commemoration of the Fifty-fifth Anniversary of its Incorporation and First Meeting. This document and object 009.031.061 were part of the same manuscript. Officers: President: William S. Bruce Vice President: Nancy T. Fisher Secretary: Norma M. York Treasurer: Derick V. Willson Financial Secretary & Membership: Sandra A. Carlson Ex...

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16403 - Copybook

Augusta L. Rantoul's school booklet, probably made while she was a student at the Beverly Academy on Washington Street.. In the booklet she writes about ancient history. Augusta was the daughter of Robert and Joanna (Lovett) Rantoul she died at age 18 in 1837 of consumption.

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964.001.272 - Timeline

A small sheet of lined paper, headed "History." What follows is a timeline that includes dates and events significant to the SCC, including their incorporation on 10/24/1713 and their changing of their name on 04/17/1866. The note itself is unsigned and undated.

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964.001.273 - Sign

An educational sign, handwritten on a sheet of construction paper, headed, "History of Names of Parish." It details the SCC's name changes over time. The paper is undated and unsigned.

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CS71 .B469 1990

Book is dedicated to Jesse Richardson Bennett (father of the author). Narrative traces the Bennett family roots back to England. Includes summaries of many key events in England's history as well as some cultural, socio-economical background information (and author's commentary) for England from 1066 until the American Revoloution era and America from the first English immigrants in the 1600s through the 1860s. Also includes summaries of th...

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