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Bryant Family Photograph Albums and Scrapbook

• HF-ID: HFP-127
• Category: Visual Materials
• Creator:
  • Berry, K.
  • Bowlen, J.

• Associated Person:
  • Bryant, W.A.
  • Felton, C.A.
  • Fisher, R.T.
  • McGinnis, L.R.
  • Upham, H.S.

• Date: 1800s-1941
• Location: Petersham MA
• Media: Paper
• Contents:
  • printouts of the scans of 2 photograph albums and one scrapbook . 3.

• Keywords: petersham history
• Abstract:
  • In 2016, 2 photograph albums and one scrapbook created by Bryant family members were loaned to the Harvard Forest by Kay Berry. The albums and scrapbook were scanned and returned. Printouts were made from the scans. Jeannette Bowlen and Kay Berry added notes about the photographs to the printouts.
  
  
  • The Scrapbook contains newspaper clippings and family documents from the 1800s to the early 1940s. It includes obituaries and news items about family and other residents of Petersham and local towns.
  
  
  • The albums entitled “Photographs” and “Snapshots” contain photographs of the Bryant family and homestead, plus various friends, neighbors, landscapes and animals, dating from the early 1900s.

• Archives Location: Map Room, oversized photographs box
• Access: Active