Woods Hole Congregational Church records, ca. 1879-1977.

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Woods Hole Congregational Church records, ca. 1879-1977.

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Certificates of transfer to and from the church (ca. 1880-1919), deed of Jabez Davis for the church land, contract for its building, and deed of Braddock L. Gifford for the parsonage; financial records (ca. 1924-1932) of Polly I. Crowell, treasurer; files of materials relating to the legacies of Frances J. Messer and Love H. Davis; correspondence relating to the disposition of the church property and acquisition of the church bell by the Woods Hole Library; scattered notices of meetings, agendas, and minutes; and records of various church societies.

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Woods Hole Historical Collection

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Crowell, Polly I.

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Woods Hole Public Library (Woods Hole, Mass.)

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Woods Hole Social Library, Woods Hole, Mass., organized in 1873 with shares purchased by local families at $2.00 each. Woods Hole Public Library was founded in 1910 to provide a permanent home to the collection of the Woods Hole Social Library which had moved four times since 1873 and was dissolved. In 1974, due to the national bicentennial, there was an increasing interest in Woods Hole village history and the library formed the Woods Hole Historical Collection Committee which was later known a...

Davis, Love Dimmick, 1813-

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Davis, Jabez, 1812-

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First Orthodox Congregational Society of Woods Holl (Woods Hole, Mass.)

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First Orthodox Congregational Society of Woods Holl organized ca. 1887 in Woods Holl (later Woods Hole), Mass.; known under various names during its existence: Woods Hole Congregational Church and First Congregational Church in Woods Holl but formal name: First Orthodox Congregational Society of Woods Holl retained throughout its existence. In the 1960s church society dissolved and property reverted to the heirs of Jabez Davis, original landowner; the building was sold in 1966 to Gloria McLean, ...

Gifford, Braddock L.

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Messer, Frances J.

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