Mrs. Humphreys Collection of Textile Related Photographs
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Scope and Contents
Includes photographs of the damage done by the July 26, 1890. This was either a tornado or microdownburst that left a path of destruction through South Lawrence, Massachusetts, 1,500 wide and two miles long. Over 200 buildings were damage and over 50 were destroyed. Also includes photographs of the March, 1936, flood in Lawrence, Massachusetts. Following heavy snow over the winter, heavy rain began on March 11, 1936, and continued for about two weeks. By the 13th mills in Lawrence began closing. The Merrimack River reached flood stage on March 20th, with a record 46.85 feet at the Lawrence Dam. The water continued to rise, reaching 48 feet on March 21st.
Dates
- 1890- 1936
Language of Materials
Collection material in English
Conditions Governing Access
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Conditions Governing Use
This collection must be used in keeping with the Kheel Center Information Sheet and Procedures for Document Use.
Extent
1 folders
Abstract
Mostly photographs of cyclone and flood damage in Lawrence, Massachusetts.
Quantity:
1 file folder
Forms of Material:
Gelatin silver print, photographs, graphics.
General
- Contact Information:
- Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives Martin P. Catherwood Library 227 Ives Hall Cornell University Ithaca, NY 14853 (607) 255-3183> kheel_center@cornell.edu http://www.ilr.cornell.edu/library/kheel-center
- Compiled by:
- R. Miles, October 09, 2017
- EAD encoding:
- Randall Miles, December 01, 2017
- Andover (Mass.)
- Balmoral Spa (Andover, Mass.)
- Canals
- Chimneys
- Cyclones
- Disasters
- Essex Street (Lawrence, Mass.)
- Flood -- 1936
- Flood damage
- Floods
- Lawrence (Mass.)
- Lightning
- Merrimack River Dam (Mass.)
- Monuments
- Parks
- Railroad bridges
- Shawsheen Village (Mass.)
- Skaters
- Soldiers
- Streets
- Tailors
- Textile factories
- Tornado damage
- Tornadoes
- Tornadoes -- Massachusetts -- Lawrence -- 1890
- Woolen and worsted manufacture
- Title
- Mrs. Humphreys Collection of Textile Related Photographs
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Compiled by R. Miles
- Date
- December 01, 2017
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
Revision Statements
- 02/23/2024: This resource was modified by the ArchivesSpace Preprocessor developed by the Harvard Library (https://github.com/harvard-library/archivesspace-preprocessor)
Repository Details
Part of the Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation & Archives Repository
227 Ives Hall
Ithaca NY 14853