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Hanover (N.H.) Historical Society

 

Biography

The Hanover Historical society was organized in 1961, the bicentennial year of the town's chartering. The Society's purpose is to collect, preserve and make available materials relating to the history of the Hanover community, and to bring together people interested in local history. In 1969, the Historical Society, in association with Dartmouth College, opened Webster Cottage as a local museum. Over the years, the Society has sponsored a number of programs and projects, including the ongoing restoration of gravestones in the Dartmouth cemetery.

In 1993, an agreement was reached between Dartmouth College and the Hanover Historical Society through which the Society's collections and administrative records were transferred to the College to provide a better environment for preservation, and greater access for researchers.

Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:

Abbie Gold Willey scrapbook

 Collection
Identifier: Codex 003517
Codex Codex 003517
Date(s): 1898 to 1916

Hanover (N.H.) Historical Society records

 Collection
Identifier: MS-1207
MS-1207
Date(s): 1772 to 2008
Abstract

The Hanover Historical Society was founded in 1961 as an organization to collect, preserve and make available materials relating to the history of Hanover, and to bring together people interested in local history. The records consist of Society's administrative documents and its historic collections of manuscripts and photographs relating to the Hanover community.

Kimball A. Whipple letters

 Collection
Identifier: MS-1497
MS-1497
Date(s): 1943
Content Description

This collection contains 37 letters written by Hanover resident Kimball A. Whipple to his wife, Dorothea F. Whipple, while serving in the U.S. Navy in World War II. The letters document Whipple's daily life as Chief Carpenter's Mate in a naval construction battalion maintenance unit while training at Camp Peary, Virginia and Camp Parks and Camp Rousseau, California.

Olcott and Haddock family papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS-1446
MS-1446
Date(s): 1816 to 1847
Content Description The collection contains material accruing with the William P. Haddock family, including correspondence, receipts, newspapers, orders, a speech in front of the US Senate and notes, relating to Hanover, NH, Dartmouth College and relative Mills Olcott. Correspondents include Nathan Smith, Nathaniel Weeks, George Chase, Charles B. Haddock, William T. Heydock, Caleb M. Dyer, and William S. Haddock. Of note is a 1817 letter from Nathan Smith about the Dartmouth Medical School and a description of...