A handwritten genealogy of the Leonard family. Solomon Leonard was born about 1610 in England and was one of the earliest settlers in this country. A descendant settled in Warwick around 1778
A Christmas card from the Malouins at the Warwick Inn with a verse:
Without chill winds blow
The earth's concealed by snow,
Skies are gray, severe-
Leafless trees are drear...
It's winter time in Warwick town.........one more verse
A brochure from the "Northfield Summer Conferences. Fifty-ninth season, June 24 to August 15, 1938. The Northfield Schools Bulletin."
A one page program of the Warwick Old Residents' Reunion Association on Old Home Day, Aug. 19, 1936 at 2 p.m. in the Warwick Church. A drama titled, " The Old Peabody Pew" was presented with Katherine Bass the reader.
Rhoda Cook seems to have corrected a typed 4 page manuscript about her father, Asahel Cook, as there are many handwritten notes above the typing. More Cook history.
A small (approximately 2"x2") colored tintype of a young union soldier, probably a member of the Cook family. Black, embossed wood case. In great condition.
4 postcards, some notes on back. One shows the old Cook house (1810-1910) and states "it is now 1923, being taken down."
A large manila envelope - part of the Rhoda A. Cook collection - containing numerous materials:
-Two newspapers and 2 newspaper articles - The Springfield Sunday Union December 23, 1894 containing a full page article on "Opinion of Local Thinkers on the Merits and Demerits of the American Protective Association"; The School World November 1894 (appears to be a classroom teacher aid); an article from the Enterprise and Journal August 17, 1906 on New Salem and Warwick Old Home Days; an article (paper unknown) Warwick Gets Grant for U.S. 200th Event
Item C 21: Several pages missing, 3 double sided pages starting with record of Joseph and George Cook arriving in 1635 to this country.
Family Register of Asahel Cook and Emeline M. Fields 15"x20". Gives dates of birth and marriages and birthdays of 10 children, marriage dates of first four children but too faint to read. Item C9
