New Hampshire Vertical Files Collection, 1732-2012

Bickford Novelty Manfacturing Co. Knitting Machine (Portsmouth); Dr. Trask's Medicated Vapors for Consumptives (Newmarket); Trafton's Bal Masque, Turner's Quadrille Band (Great Falls Dec. 1874); "The Manchester Assurance Company" (Dover 1903); United Firemen's Insurance Company, Dana W. Baker Agent (Exeter); the State of New Hampshire Publicity Bureau (Concord); Manchester Telegram 1890 & 1893; Hampton Beach Farmer's Day, Exeter Cornet Band 1896; Hanging of Frank Almy at Concord (1893); Benjamin Floyd Book-Binder (Portsmouth, ca. 1800); Cheap goods from Jonathan Holmes of Amherst, 1810 (reverse: draft notice for Luther D. Brooks, Amherst NH, June 20 1814); Centennial Celebration of Commodore Perkins Day (Contoocook, 1935); Thomas J. Whittem of The American Ballot (Exeter) for estate of Jeremiah Brown Dec. 1863; Parker & Young Co. pianos (Lisbon, 1896); spelling contest at Folsom Hall (Laconia, 1875); G.W. Hodgdon (blackface minstrel performer, South Kingston); Alton Bay carnival (1926); two bank notes from the Farmington Bank; Phrenological Journal list of works (New York); Maid of the Mist (Niagra Falls), Community Mutual Advertising Service's New Hampshire and Maine Traveler's Guide.

New Hampshire Plant Grower's Association (1959); 24th Meeting of the NH Farm Bureau Federation (1940); NH State Grange 2nd Farm Prodcuts Show (1939); Legal Standards for Grading, Packing and Inspection of New Hampshire Apples (1942); Bulletin of the State Board Of Agriculture (1876); Manure is Perishable! Treat it Right (n.d.); New Hampshire Egg Publicity Committee (1950s-1950s); Eastern States Exposition (1950s); Suggested Seeding Mixtures for New Hampshire (1914); Opportunity offered by New Hampshire for Agricultural Progress (n.d.); Notice of Quarantine on Account of the Satin Moth (1941); Granite State Nurseries, Inc. (1935); Ninety-Nine Herbs (1920s?); NEw Hampshire-Vermont Breeding Association Digest (1954; 1961-1963); Natural Organic Farmer's Association (n.d.); Problems Which May Concern New Hampshire Dairymen (1963); Flushing Bar to Save Pheasants; Comparative Statisitcs on Mondern Facilities for New Hampshire Farms (1950); Notice about destruction of gypsy and brown tail moths; New Hampshire Homes: Farm and Country Home Edition (1914).

Newsletters, promotional material, annual reports, and pamplet publications.

"New Hampshire Authors" (NH School Library Association 1969); Sandwich Historical Society newsletter about Cornelius Weygandt (1998)

Incorporation & By-Laws of the New Market Bank, New Market NH (1855); Laws of New Hampshire relating to State Baniks, Savings Banks etc., (1892); Savings Banks Association of New Hampshire (1953).

Locke Lake Colony in Barnstead, N.H. (David Eggleton, 1976); Iventory of Physical Features and Natural Resources of Barnstead, N.H. (Lee Alexander, 1976).

Winnipiseogee Lake Cotton and Woollen Manufacturing Company booklets (1831-1886); Untitled report Re: Lake Sunapee (1884); Great Falls Manufacturing Co. (1875); New Hampshire Board of Trade (1891); Pioneer Fire Company of Concord (1899).

Democratic Tickets 1882, 1884, 1886, 1888, 1890, ; Prohibition Tickets 1888, 1890; Republican Tickets 1878 (multiple tickets for multiple candidates), 1880, 1882, 1884, 1886, 1888, 1890; MA Liberty Ticket (1840); National Greenback Labor Ticket 1880; Democratic Republican Tickets 1878 (2), 1880;. Many of these tickets contain handwritten notations of the number of votes each candidate received.

First Church of Dover 1853, 1876, 1884; Newington Town Church women's group "The Reapers" (n.d.); Congregational Church in Exeter calendar of March 17 1929; Congregational Church Durham Point NH 1800s.

Air Raid Precautions, Durham NH 1942; Portsmouth Naval Shipyard tour 1934; Emergency Food Supply 1955; Fallout (the bulletin of the NH Civil Defence Agency) 1968; Fifth Annual Institute of Public Affairs on Civilian Defence in New Hampshire (UNH, 1942);

Claremont's Manufacturing Industries (1879); Claremont's First Patriots' Day Exercises (1894); Historical Sketches of the Governor's Farm in Claremont (1895); Monograph of Union "Mark" Lodge, Claremont NH (1891); Audit of the City of Claremont (1971).

Iterim Report to the New England Governors' Conference on "Strategies for Natural Resource Decision-Making" - New England River Basins Commission (1972).

Includes Resolutions, 1876 Constitutional Convention, 1877 Amendments, Constitution booklets 1931 and 1935.

Amendments, statement of clerk of the Courts of Common Pleas, Speech of Mr. F.M. Beckford of Laconia at the 1889 convention, Speech by Hon. Edgar Aldrich on Trusts and Monopolies, Constitutional Amendment ballot from 1923, Convention to Revise the Constitution 1948, Summary of the Report of the Commission to Study the State Constitution (1963); Grafton County report to the Constituional Convention 1850; Hillsborough County report to Convention of 1850.

Organization of the Strafford Guards (1820); Proceedings of the Convention of County Commissioners (1885); Belknap County Expenses (1923); Historical Sketch of Belknap County (n.d., covers ca. 1840-1880, no author).

History, promotional materials, photographs, reports to the NH Dept. of Education on the progress of what was then called the Crotched Mountain Rehabilition Center.

Undated promotional booklet set in letterpress for the Gallery.

Dover Police Mounted Patrol Guide (1998); Back River School District, Dover (by H.W. Stevens, 1887); The Old Landing School District, Dover (by H. W. Stevens, n.d.); Pine Hill School District (H.W. Stevens, personal copy with corrections, n.d.); Tolend School District (H.W. Stevens, n.d.); Upper Factory School District (H.W. Stevens, n.d.); Dover Open Space survey, 1976; program from dedication fo Little Bay Bridge, Dover Point (1934); Dover High and Area Vocational School program (1957).

Also includes a copy of the act making Oyster River Plantation into Durham.

Outdoore recreation maps, a walking map of the town, and proposal to change zoning ordinances to protect wetlands.

Student publications; mailers re: votes to expand (1949-1965); letters about whether to join Spaulding High School (Rochester); Graduation programs (1960); 1962 space study; Guidance Manual (1961); Reports to voters; Annual Meeting fliers; Administrative materials; Town meeting warrants; Proposed budgets, etc.

WWII-era newsletter covering agricultural topics of interest to residents of the town of Durham and surrounding area.

Includes topics such as zoning, property taxes, and town administrative structure.

"A Hundred Years of Frost Family Enterprise in Durham, New Hampshire" (Robert W. Lovett, Harvard Business School)

Publicity, program fliers, typed copy of the 1851 consitution, photograph of a gundalow from 1913, two 1969 newsletters.

Interview with Rosamund Leland (1937); Letter from Helen Henderson (1996).

Invitation, postcard of the Town Pound, letter re: Durham houses in the early 20th century. Newspaper photocopy articles were removed from this folder but can be found in the historical records of their respective publications.

Includes maps and other data.

Program from the dedication ceremony and pamphlet from the Women's Club explaining the now highly controversial mural.

Informational pamphlets about Durham; LWV program from 1948; Voters guides for 1858-1960; Booklet entitled "This Is Durham" (1966). See also the Durham League of Women Voters Collection.

Menus from Grant's Cafe; three Durham Community Church programs from spring 1926; undated (1920s?) playbills from Franklin Theater, ariel photo of Durham form the 1950s-1970s; Ben Hill's Store ad (ca. 1929); Letter about Tom Schomaker's bowing alley (1969); programs from tenor Roland Partridge, 1920s.

"An Out-Door Drama Presented by the People of the Town and of New Hampshire College in Celebration fo the Two Hundreth Anniversary of the founding of the Durham Congreagational Church".

Johnny Appleseed & Paul Bunyon; A Lady to Call; Home; Sparkin; The Farce of the Tub; A Marriage Proposal; The Crimson Cocanut; Double Door; Ring Around Elizabeth; Miranda; Angel Street; Papa Is All; Night Must Fall. See also UNH Theater and Dance Files.

Many articles about the Durham millpond swans, Alice and Hamilton, some by their keeper Marjorie Milne.

The Women's Club was founded in 1896. Folder includes program (1913); "A Mural History of the Town of Durham" (ca. 1950); "Activities About Durham Landing" (Victor & Mabel Smith, 1941); "Ships and Ship Building" (Bradford McIntire, ca. 1920s); "Historical Points Around Oyster River and Great Bay" (Arthur W. Johnson, n.d.). Last contains information about Belmont and Venus Barhew and their children, African American residents of Durham enslaved by Deacon Jeremiah Burnham during the 1760s-1800s.

1885 Exeter High School Graduation program; fascimille and typed transcription of original Exeter land grant; First Church in Exeter 275th anniversary program (1913); program of the Exeter Trade and Carnival Week (1914); Tercentenary Celebration of Exeter (1938)

Pamplets and research materials on animals, hunting/fishing, and the role of the organization within New Hampshire.

Informational publications related to NH forests and forestry, including Forests & Lands newspaper, Hubbard Brook Experimental Forest booklet, policy brochures, The Fox Trust Fund for Forest Research (1935); Caroline Fox Research and Demonstration Forest (1936); "New Hampshire Forest Facts" (1956); 6th Annual Report of the NH Timberland Owners Association (1916); Gale River Experimental Forest (1936).

Index cards, photograph of statue, and typed and handwritten essays on the life of John Taylor Gilman (1753-1828) of Exeter, who was a Revolutionary War soldier, politician, and member of the Continental Congress.

Diagrams and discussions of county and state governmental structures in NH, including "New Hampshire Interim Commission on Subversive Activities" (1950s) which lists NH organizations considered 'Communist,' 'Facist,' 'Totalitarian,' 'Subversive,' and so forth. Also includes an issue of Granite Stater (1963) entitled "Know Your Government" featuring photographs and explainations of New Hampshire's various politicians.

History, interviews, correspondence, Raymond Burton campaign leaflets, duties, and other related materials.

John H. Lynch and John W. King inauguaral programs; Proclamation of Old Home Week (1956); Speeches of Hugh J. Gallen index (1982).

Two articles on the history of gundalows, along with contemporary and historical photograph reproductions.

"Open Space Vs. Housing Development at Elton Orchards" by Ann Horsburgh.

Standards Relating to Fire Escapes and Fire Exits in NH (1938); Address of JW Patterson to the College for the Deaf, Washington DC (1889, Concord NH); "Report of Activities in Serving the Physically Handicapped Persons of the State of New Hampshire (1947); "Licensed Nursing and Rest Homes in New Hampshire" (1967); New England Health Institute 13th Conference program, UNH, mid 20th cen.

Celebration of Old Home Day 1902; Zoning ordinance review study by a UNH student (1976).

Camp Belknap on Lake Winnipesaukee (1913); Swift River Inn in Conway (n.d., 1930s?); Brettonwoods Ski Resort (Mt. Washington, 1970s); Waumbek Inn of Jefferson (1973); Mountain View House of Whitefield (1967); Pemigewasset House in Plymouth (ca. 1900); Hotel Franconia in North Woodstock (ca. 1940s); Rye Resorts (historical photos, pub. 1983); Highland View Summer Resort of Candia (n.d., ca. 1930s); Ben Mere Inn on Lake Sunapee (n.d. ca. 1900); Seacoast Region guide book (1958); New Hampshire Recreation Guide (1979); Camping in New Hampshire (1970s); Directory of children's summer camps (1985); advertising brochure entitled "You Can't Eat Tradition" (1940s).

Brief multiple choice booklet intended to teach residents about history, geography, population, and government within NH.

Essay and photograph of the wreck of the schooner Lizzie Carr, January 7 1905, Rye beach. Published at White River Junction, VT.

"The Kensington Study, 1968"; "Kensington and the Airport Controversy" (1977, Peter Mestinooke).

Typed account of Lafayette's June 1825 visit to Dover from the Dover Republican; Retyped eulogy.

A Newsletter from 1944, two pamplets, and "A Partial LIst of Craftsmen and Handicraft Groups in the United States" (1947).

The Thunderbolt, Vol. II No. 1 (September 1872); Carter & Churchill, Manufactures of Sporting Garments (1886); Services at the Dedication of Soldiers' Memorial Building (1890).

Dover Public Library catalogues (1850 + 1859 suppliment, 1888); Civil War Booklist at Nashua Public Library (1961); Keene Public Library history (1960s); Hanover Library's 50th Anniversary (1950); NH Public Library Summer School Program (1934); Concord Public Library annual reports 1970 & 1970. See also 'State Library' folder.

Article from the Columbia Journalism Review about the imfamous editor of the Union Leader.

Paper entitled "Why Are People Moving to Lyndeborough?" on the current and future development of the town. By Gunter Shaffer.

Marian MacDowell's The First Twenty Years of the MacDowell Colony (1951); a brochure (undated, ca. 1932); The Edward MacDowell Association 1907-1932, the MacDowell Dam on Nubanusit Brook information fliers; Reports for 1965 and 1976; a newsletter from spring 1984, an an article about writing a novel at the Colony by Lucinda Franks (1977).

NHLI Annual prize Speaking Contest program (1898); Graduation Manchester H.S. Classs of 1881, 1882, 1886; Manchester High and Grammer Schools Musical Festivals (1883, 1891); program from Testimonial dinner to Mayor Josaphat Benoit (1961); Inaugural Address by Josaphat Benoit (1948); Manchester Water Wooks 100 years (1971); Dedication of Stark Park oration by Gen. Charles H. Bartlett (1893); Manchester History written by 8th Grade at Webster School (ca. 1940s-1960s).

Advertisement for "Carter's Colored Charts" showing the new (1891) districts of NH. For actual maps see the New Hampshire Map Collection.

New Hampshire Youth Orchestra program (1940 and undated posters); Western New Hampshire Music Festival Association (1889); NH Chapter of the American Guild of Organists (1954); Seacoast Music Festival Association (1938); Rockingham Choral Society (1958); "Bibliography of the Songs of the Hutchinson Family in Library Books" (Alan Lewis, 1976).

Annual reports, Library bylaws, Newsletters, related materials.

Pamphlets for Belknap Mountains Recreation Area (ca. 1940s); The Flume Reservation at Franconia Notch maps and info (1930s); Old Man of the Mountains (1930s); Franconia Notch (1940s).

Energy conservation newspaper published in Manchester by the Energy Association of New Hampshire.

"Why Control Water Pollution?"; "Guide to Stream Classifications".

Viewbook showing the various buildings of the NHI. See also Historical Sketch of the New Hampton Institution, New Hampton, N.H. Prepared for the Centennial (1876) in the archive's NHamp Collection.

"Newfields, N.H. Town Hall August 1949" (a history of the town and its families, by H.K. Torrey); "Comprehensive Land Use Planning in Newfields, N.H." (Jody McDevitt, 1977).

Short study on the town compiled by the Public Administration Service at UNH. Includes vital statistics, town culture, government system, industry, etc.

Newsletters, annual reports.

Program, Biennial Report

Photographs, drawings, a history, articles, souveniers related to the Old Man and efforts to save it.

12 historical postcards ca. 1890s onwards; Reunion of School District No. 5 "Caper Corner" and description of the school (1910); Manual of the Union Congreagational Church (1952); Peterborough Transcript Pictorial Suppliment for the Hurricane of 1938; Peterborough Players 50th Anniversary (1983).

"Documents and Statistics Relative to the Property and Funds of Phillips Exeter Academy 1783-1884"; "Centennial Celebration of Phillips Exeter Academy".

"Franklin Pierce and Abraham Lincoln - Parallels and Contrasts" by Elwin L. Page. In The Abraham Lincoln Quarterly, December 1949.

Newsletters and article about the Piscataqua Gundalow Project.

"Pittsfield: Industry and Zoning" by Norma Surprenant and Marcia Valiante.

Grafton and Coos Bar Association Annual Address given by John H. George Esq. (1887) and Charles R. Gorning (1888); New Hampshire Summer Institute catalog (1894).

Congressional Ticket Democratic-Republican party ca. 1818; NH Gubinatorial ticket ca. 1860; Letter to Concord newspaper editor JW Patterson from the Republican State Committee (1867); "The Presidential Problem from the Standpoint of Practical Politics..." (1900); "William E. Chandler in the Canvass of 1912," "To the Republican voters of New Hampshire 1906"; Focus (NH Democratic State Committee, 1962); Sample ballot (1960); Progressive Party of New Hampshire letter (1948).

Report of the Public Service Commission of New Hampshire (1914, 1915); Informational pamphlet 1952; 1950s information on Merrimack Station (Bow), Schiller Station (Newington) and Comerford Station (Littleton); Energy Education Free Film List (1984); Electricity and NH Economy (1986); "PCU Update" newsletter (1992-1993); PSNH management audit (1986); "New Hampshire Energy-Use Guide" (1980s).

Survey, history, correspondence related to the PMH.

Later writings on the PPC between Japan and Russia, 1905. Photocopies of commemoration articles from 1970s.

Postcards (1923); Tourist brochures with ample photographs of historic landmarks.

Portsmouth Trust / Guarantee Company flier (1889); Tricentennial booklet and program 1923; Jackson House invitation for tea and art viewing (1948); Artist rendering of Portsmouth marine terminal (1962-3) and associated correspondence; Program from the 5th anniversary of the Wentworth-Coolidge Commission (1986); Annonymous report entitled "Port of Portsmouth New Hampshire" which touts the economic potential of a maritime terminal and doubtless contributed to the Great Bay Oil Refinery attempt.

Statutes, legal arguments. Lake Shore Railroad, NH Railroad consolidation 1883 (multiple arguments for and against); NH Statutes relating to railraods 1893; "Railroad Reform in New Hampshire" by William E. Chandler.

Booklets related to the Hazen Bill (1887) Hearings and the consolodation and privatization of NH railroads.

Booklets about the Boston & Maine Railroad ("a notorious tax-dodger!"), Testimony for the defendants with Concord Railroad (1890s?), Report on a Railroad Route from Sanbornton Upper Bay to Garven's Falls, NH (1848); "Argument of Col. John H. George, in Burke, et als., vs. Boston, Lowell & Concord Railroads" (1881); Audit of the state of NH's interest in the Boston & Maine and Concord Railroads (1889); Manchester &Lawrence Railroad V. Concord Railroad Corporation (1889).

Nashua and Rochester Railroad meeting notice (1860s?); Interstate Commerce Commission Docket re: rates for the Boston and Maine Railroad and others (1912-1913); Study and view book from the Concord & Montreal Railroad's White Mountains / Merrimack Valley Route (1891).

Promo booklets; "New Hampshire Recreation Conference" programs (1940-1941); "Proposed Madbury Recreation Area" (1968)

Pamphlet "New Hampshire's Revolutionary War Heritage" (1976); Bibliography of Published Monographs on New Hampshire's Role in the American Revolution, 1763-1789, based on the holdings of the NH State Library (Concord).

Also known as "Robinson Female Seminary". Commencement programs from 1886 and 1913 as well as a photo post card of the building (a photograph of a building at Vassar College is glued to the back).

Speeches from the Salmon Falls Lyceum and Salmon Falls Evening School, including "My Trip To Washington D.C." and "Journey to the West."

Directory of Sawmills and Other Primary Wood-Using Industries of New Hampshire (1958); material on the Nichols-Colby Sawmill (Bow) which was destroyed 1938.

Annual Circular of the New Hampshire Conference Seminary and Female College for 1862-3; 2nd Annual Conference on Elementary Education (UNH 1939); Dedication of the School House at Newington NH, 1921; Elocutionary Contest by the pupils of the Union School District of Concord (1931); "Need for Regional Cooperation in New England Education" (1952); "Report of the Committee on New Hampshire Educational Survey" (1929); Report on the State Normal School (1877); undated St. Anselm College brochure; "Sargent v. Union School-District in Concord" (1886); Pamphlet on "Planning for Vocational and Adult Education in Post-war New Hampshire" (1944); Dedication of the Derryfield School (1965).

Newsletters and pamphlets, detailing the work of the SPNEA and especially the background of its various historic properties across New England. Articles on the Bunker Garrison House (Durham NH) and the Dover Manufacturing Co. Print Works / Cocheco Printworks (Dover NH) are included.

Brochures and informational booklets. Topis include the Flume Reservation; Bretzfelder Memorial Park; Monadnock Ecocenter; Lost River; and estate planning/membership drives. See also the archive's SPNHF Collection.

Superintendents conference program (1921); Regulations for the approval of superintendents (1925); cost per pupil broken down by town (1937-1939 and 1959-1960); "State Aid for Public Education in New Hampshire" (1961).

Pamphlets and statues related to the funding and establishment of the State Library system.

"Catalog of Books in the Strafford Public Library" (1900) and Suppliments for 1902 & 1905; "Land Use and Development in Strafford" (by J. Batt, 1977).

Site plan brochure, publicity.

A photocopied article from the New Hampshire College Monthly which includes a photo of "The Sullivan Slave-House" (article by Edna Ethel Foss) and a partial proof copy of "Dedication of the Sullivan Monument at Durham New Hampshire" by Alonzo Hall Quint (Sept. 27 1894).

"The Highest Courts of Law in New Hampshire - Colonial, Provincial, and State" (Charles R. Corning 1890); Photograph of the five justices (Blandin, Duncan, Goodnow, Kenison, Lampron) taken in October 1953.

Speeches at the Annual Taxpayers Day Dinner (Vaughn D. Griffin, John Langmuir, 1946); "The Heavy Reliance on Property Taxes in New Hampshire: Good or Bad?" (Campbell, ca. 1980-1990); Budget Making for New Hampshire Towns (Mabie, 1917); Speech of Mr. Hill, Of New Hampshire, on the Subject of Mr. Clay's Resolutions in Relation to The Tariff (1832); The Protective System Considered in Connection with the Present Tariff (1846); "Invoice and Taxes Taken April 1, 1944" (town not listed); Tax circular from Ronald Reagen (1981).

Brochures, some general and some with specific focus (e.g. fishing, covered bridges, historic buildings, state parks, and so forth.) Also includes dedication program of the Daniel Webster Highway (1939), brochure from the Wentworth Mansion Museum in Salmon Falls (ca. 1910s); Mt. Washington auto road and rail cog information; magazine articles.

Posters, mailings, etc. Especially geared towards workers at the University of New Hampshire.

Programs, annual meeting report, newsletters. Mostly focused on Durham and Exeter.

"The Story of Our Elephant Hunt" by I.H. Morse of the Morse Museum in Warren, N.H.

Tourism and geographical information. "White Mountain National Forest Fire Plan (Gerald R. Hyde 1927); financial reports of the park; information about the proposed highway through Franconia Notch (1960s); Ice measurements from Mt. Washington (1937); Programs from the naming of Mt. Eisenhower

Includes biographical and extensive listing of women artists of the White Mountains.

"New Hampshire Women Legislators"; "Women's Status in New Hampshire from 1783-1930"; "A Brief History of Women's Suffrage in New Hampshire" and more.

Compiled by Barbara White, lists names, dates, and genres separated by regions of the state.

Information/Images of: Ella Knowes Haskell, Sarah J. Hale; Abby Hutchinson; Jane Pierce and son Benjamin Pierce; Hannah Davis's Bandboxes; Eleanor Parten; Photographs of the tombstone of Sarah Judson wife of Rev. Abraham (?) Judson (d. April 12 1850); Harriet Livermore of Concord; Celia Thaxter's cottage on Londoner's Island (Isles of Shoals); Abby Hutchinson Patton; An essay about Colonial women; "A Tale of Nottingham" about travelers arriving at 'Butler's Tavern' in 1773 and Abigail Butler's refusal to shelter a Tory; poem by Elizabeth Whitridge Moniere entitled "Tea Drinking in New Hampshire" (1892).

Northeastern Wood Utilization Council newsletter and minutes (1947-1952); "Wood Using Industries of New Hampshire (1947).

Bulletin, calendar, and other material about the Brown Company (Berlin, NH) - logging and timber products. Includes a drawing of a log drive.

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Book of cartoons illustrating the WPA Historic Records and Buildings Survey; "Children at play" (WPA NH, 1936); "Raging Rivers and the WPA" about the Flood Disaster of 1936 in NH;