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Contains 34 Results:

Series 01: Miscellaneous, ca. 1914-2000

 Series — Box: 01
Identifier: 01
Series 01 Scope and Contents This series contains newspaper articles, correspondence, memos, reports, notes and flyers that talk about the history of Lake Massasoit as well as talking about some of the major events during its history. Of particular interest is a newspaper article titled “History of Watershops Pond” appearing in the January 1983 Family Journal. There is also a newspaper article that contains some pictures and a copy of the original government deed signed by Jefferson Davis from the January 11,1914...
Dates: ca. 1914-2000

Series 02: Reports, 1965-1986

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Identifier: 02
Series 02 Scope and Contents This series contains various reports written by Springfield College Faculty, students and staff, as well as outside agencies. With some of the reports are documentary memos, notes and correspondence. Of particular interest to Springfield College are two documents written in 1965 by Springfield College professor Britton C. McCabe about Watershops Pond, including “Watershops Pond as an Outdoor Classroom” and “Reports on Visits to Institutions of Higher Learning Relative to the Use of...
Dates: 1965-1986

Series 03: Lake Restoration Project, 1990, ca. 1990-1994

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Identifier: 03
Series 03 Scope an Contents This series contains correspondence, speech scripts, memos, news articles, reports, and videos on the proposed Lake Massasoit Restoration project first proposed in 1990 and its results. Included within are printed slide pages and a report that was given to the APWA (American Public Works Association) by the LEA Group, Inc. in association with the Marine Systems Laboratory on May 4, 1990. This document outlines the problems and the basic goals in the proposed Lake Massasoit Restoration...
Dates: ca. 1990-1994

Series 04: Water Level Restoration, 1956, ca. 1955-1956

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Identifier: 04
Series 04 Scope and Contents This series contains newspaper articles, correspondence, and a report presented to Springfield, Massachusetts Planning Board on when the Lake Massasoit Dam broke in1956. The bulk of the series is made up of newspaper articles about the dam burst and the struggle to get the dam fixed and the lake levels restored. Most articles are dated. Most seem to be from local newspapers. Correspondence is mostly from and to the committee for the preservation of watershops pond, specifically Frederick S....
Dates: ca. 1955-1956

General History, ca. 1980-2014

 Folder — Box: 01, Folder: 01
Identifier: 01
Series 01 Scope and Contents From the Series: This series contains newspaper articles, correspondence, memos, reports, notes and flyers that talk about the history of Lake Massasoit as well as talking about some of the major events during its history. Of particular interest is a newspaper article titled “History of Watershops Pond” appearing in the January 1983 Family Journal. There is also a newspaper article that contains some pictures and a copy of the original government deed signed by Jefferson Davis from the January 11,1914...
Dates: ca. 1980-2014

“A History of the Watershops Pond” Family Journal, Vol. VIII, No. 12, 1982-1983

 Folder — Box: 01, Folder: 02
Identifier: 01
Series 01 Scope and Contents From the Series: This series contains newspaper articles, correspondence, memos, reports, notes and flyers that talk about the history of Lake Massasoit as well as talking about some of the major events during its history. Of particular interest is a newspaper article titled “History of Watershops Pond” appearing in the January 1983 Family Journal. There is also a newspaper article that contains some pictures and a copy of the original government deed signed by Jefferson Davis from the January 11,1914...
Dates: 1982-1983

History of Watershops Pond “Newspaper clippings” Folder, ca. January 11, 1914

 Folder — Box: 01, Folder: 03
Identifier: 01
Series 01 Scope and Contents From the Series: This series contains newspaper articles, correspondence, memos, reports, notes and flyers that talk about the history of Lake Massasoit as well as talking about some of the major events during its history. Of particular interest is a newspaper article titled “History of Watershops Pond” appearing in the January 1983 Family Journal. There is also a newspaper article that contains some pictures and a copy of the original government deed signed by Jefferson Davis from the January 11,1914...
Dates: ca. January 11, 1914

“History of the Watershops Pond” cassette tape by Richard Garvey, 1981

 Folder — Box: 01, Folder: 04
Identifier: 01
Series 01 Scope and Contents From the Series: This series contains newspaper articles, correspondence, memos, reports, notes and flyers that talk about the history of Lake Massasoit as well as talking about some of the major events during its history. Of particular interest is a newspaper article titled “History of Watershops Pond” appearing in the January 1983 Family Journal. There is also a newspaper article that contains some pictures and a copy of the original government deed signed by Jefferson Davis from the January 11,1914...
Dates: 1981

Newspaper Articles, ca. 1914-2000

 Folder — Box: 01, Folder: 05
Identifier: 01
Series 01 Scope and Contents From the Series: This series contains newspaper articles, correspondence, memos, reports, notes and flyers that talk about the history of Lake Massasoit as well as talking about some of the major events during its history. Of particular interest is a newspaper article titled “History of Watershops Pond” appearing in the January 1983 Family Journal. There is also a newspaper article that contains some pictures and a copy of the original government deed signed by Jefferson Davis from the January 11,1914...
Dates: ca. 1914-2000

Correspondence, 1968-1985

 Folder — Box: 01, Folder: 06
Identifier: 01
Series 01 Scope and Contents From the Series: This series contains newspaper articles, correspondence, memos, reports, notes and flyers that talk about the history of Lake Massasoit as well as talking about some of the major events during its history. Of particular interest is a newspaper article titled “History of Watershops Pond” appearing in the January 1983 Family Journal. There is also a newspaper article that contains some pictures and a copy of the original government deed signed by Jefferson Davis from the January 11,1914...
Dates: 1968-1985