Industrial Amherst

Date Vol. No. Title

June 1968

2

6

The Amherst Hotel (mentions article in June 3, 1913 Cabinet)

October 1971

5

2

Courts of Early Amherst  (the Old Jail)

December 1971

5

3

The Whip Factory Business

February 1974

8

4

The Hillsborough Bank

December 1975

10

3

Amherst's Old Stone Jail

February 1976

10

4

Colonial Medicine

April 1977

11

5

John Barleycorn in Amherst (Taverns)

October 1977

12

2

Amherst Country Stores

February 1978

12

4

Industrial Amherst, Part 1 (1740-1840)

October 1978

13

2

Industrial Amherst Part 2 (1840-1950)

June 1980

14

6

A NH Whip Factory of Long Ago

October 1980

15

2

The Development of Hand Tubs (For Fire Fighting)

October 1982

17

2

Exterior and Interior Lighting (Public Utilities)

October 1982

17

2

Telegraph & Telephone

June 1985

19

6

Nurse, Teacher, Tavern-keeper: Stale Maid Choices

February 1986

20

4

Amherst Country Stores (reprint 10/77 article)

June 1988

22

6

Courts of Early Amherst (reprint)

February 1993

27

3

More Whip Factory Facts

February 1994

28

3

Ice Cutting in Amherst

October 1994

29

1

The Amherst Hotel

December 1994

29

2

A Famous Mineral Spring

February 1995

29

3

The Days of The Peddler

April 1995

29

4

The Days of the Peddler continued

June 1996

30

5

The Mills and Occupations of the Past

June 1996

30

5

The Wheelwright's Craft

October 1996

31

1

Industries of Amherst

December 1996

31

2

Electricity Telegraph and Telephone

August 2001

35

6

The Old Amherst Jail

Library

Date Vol. No. Title

April 1983

17

5

The Amherst Library

October 1987

22

2

The History of the Amherst Town Library

Memories

Date Vol. No. Title

February 1970

4

4

Memories of the First Decades of the 20th Century

April 1971

4

11

Description of Amherst - Aug. 13, 1854

February 1985

19

4

An Attempted Return to the Good Old Day

October 1991

26

2

Memories of Yesterday by Frank E. Kirby

August 1995

29

6

Summer Thoughts

December 1997

32

2

Reminiscences by Mary Upham Kelly

June 1998

32

5

Memories of the 1938 Hurricane

June 1999

33

5

Thoughts About Memorial Day Over the Years

October 2000

35

1

Memories of Village in the 30s and 40s

December 2000

35

2

Christmas Memories of Amherst

February 2001

35

3

My Amherst Childhood - Jean Crocker

April 2001

35

4

Spalding Field & Softball - Bob Richards

October 2001

36

2

More About Town Hall and Former Days

Miscellaneous

Date Vol. No. Title

December,1966

1

3

Howard Russell speaker on "Air Force Museum"

February, 1967

1

4

Historical Exhibit from Town Library (Town Artifacts)

December 1970

4

9

Chapbooks (Children’s Books)

August 1971

5

1

The Canterbury Shakers

June 1972

5

6

The Milford Cabinet, Nov. 13, 1902 (100th Anniversary)

February 1979

13

4

Early Tinware

April 1985

19

5

William Plumer's Memorandum by Robert LeRoy

April 1986

20

5

Tree that Ate Roger Williams

August 1999

33

6

Isles of Shoals - Ruth Powers

December 1999

34

2

House Of Good Times And Happy Ghosts (Benjamin Pierce Homestead, Hillsborough)

April 2000

34

4

Purgatory Falls, Mont Vernon - Ruth Powers

June 2000

34

5

Some Places of Historical Interest to Visit this Summer - Ruth Powers

February 2002

36

3

The Boston Post Cane

October 2002

37

1

Treasures in the Archives

December 2002

37

2

Why Mont Vernon Isn’t Part of Amherst - Ruth Powers

February 2003

37

3

Thoughts About Nashua - Ruth Powers

June 2003

37

5

Busy Field, or Busyfield

October 2003

38

1

Amherst’s Early Balustrades

December 2004

39

2

Secomb on Domestic Animals

April 2005

39

4

Deed Descriptions Revisited; Price of Pigs in Portsmouth

December 2005

40

2

The Bridges of Old Amherst: Part I - Bill Wichman

December 2005

40

3

The Bridges of Old Amherst: Part II - Bill Wichman

October 2006

41

1

Thumbing Photographic & Taped History Archive - Bill Wichman

October 2008

43

1

Never Too Late to Refine History - Bill Wichman

August 2010

45

6

August Smorgasbord

February 2012

46

3

Embalming During the Civil War - Susan Fischer

April 2012

46

4

Restoration of Portraits Edmund & Sarah Parker; James W. Towne - Katrina Holman

June 2012

46

5

The Houck & Hall Real Estate Sign - Susan Fischer

Museum Acquisitions

Date Vol. No. Title

February, 1967

1

4

Gift from Mrs. Norwin S. Bean

February 1968

2

4

Museum Accessions

February 1968

2

4

Macramé Lace

April 1968

2

5

Gift from Bean Foundation

December 1978

13

3

Horace Greeley and Our Collection

October 1979

14

2

A Potpourri of Museum Artifacts

October 1989

24

2

A Gift Out of the Blue (historic Amherst photos)

June 2002

36

5

Gifts from Gretchen Locke Audette

October 2006

41

1

School Reports; Report Cards; Several Pictures

December 2006

41

2

Steeple Clock; Old Church Organ

April 2007

41

4

Gift from Gretchen Locke Audette & Charlie Duval

October 2007

42

1

Gifts from Burns Family; Street Lamp; Images; Trough

April 2009

43

4

Davis Family: Old Sewing Machine; Rug; Postcards

June 2009

43

5

Ernest Mack: Upham Letter; Bowler heirs; Images

October 2009

44

1

Clark Photos; Printing Block of Amherst RR Station

April 2010

44

4

Town Hall Table; Richardson Photos; 4 Printing Blocks

October 2011

46

1

Methodist Records: 1830-69; Richardson relics; Houck & Hall Sign; Conservation Photo

June 2012

46

5

Numerous Items from 10 Distinct Donors

 

Museum - Chapel

Date Vol. No. Title

August 1966

1

1

Looking for a Museum Building

October, 1966

1

2

Looking for a Museum Building

December, 1966

1

3

Progress Report on a Museum Building

February, 1967

1

4

Progress on Museum

June, 1967

1

6

Acquisition of Chapel for a Museum. "The Chapel"

December, 1967

2

3

Cost of Running a Museum and Admissions

October 2010

45

1

The Chapel Turns Red

Museum - Wigwam

Date Vol. No. Title

October 1969

4

2

Purchase of Wigwam

December 1969

4

3

The Old Wigwam

December 1969

4

3

Wigwam Fund Report

February 1970

4

4

Wigwam Fund Report

August 1973

8

1

Wigwam Museum

February 2000

34

3

Recollections of the Wigwam Ceiling

October 2006

41

1

Museum Needs Work; so Does Concord Coach

October 2010

45

1

Halloween

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