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Guide To The Benjamin Spence Research Collection, 1877-1925, Noah Smith Jan 2023

Guide To The Benjamin Spence Research Collection, 1877-1925, Noah Smith

Archives & Special Collections Finding Aids

Nearly all content in this collection comes from microfilm of the Bridgewater Independent, covering the years from approximately 1880 to 1925. Dr. Spence spent ten years printing out pages from the microfilm, cutting the content into individual articles, and putting them onto index cards filed by subject. He included hand-written notes and dates on the cards. His research focusing on the years represented by the collection resulted in a collection of ten written works on this time period, referenced together as, Bridgewater, Massachusetts: A Town in Transition. Links to the digital files of these works can be found …


Bridgewater, Massachusetts 1910-1920 (Including Historical Background) Volume I, Benjamin A. Spence Jan 2019

Bridgewater, Massachusetts 1910-1920 (Including Historical Background) Volume I, Benjamin A. Spence

Bridgewater, Massachusetts: A Town in Transition

No abstract provided.


Cold War In The Classroom: Effects Of The Onset Of The Cold War On Public Education, Amanda Pineo May 2018

Cold War In The Classroom: Effects Of The Onset Of The Cold War On Public Education, Amanda Pineo

Honors Program Theses and Projects

World War II permanently changed the state of global politics, establishing the United States as a major superpower. In particular, the creation of the atomic bomb at the end of the war ushered in a new era of nuclear tension and a Cold War between the United States and Soviet Union, in which each side was pushed to marshal resources – foreign and domestic, cultural and political, at all levels – in support of its cause. The purpose of this research is to provide an analysis of the impact of the Cold War on American public primary and secondary schools, …


Bsc Football: The Swenson Era, Jim Tartari, Mike Hughes, Bob Mason, Charlie Worden Jan 2018

Bsc Football: The Swenson Era, Jim Tartari, Mike Hughes, Bob Mason, Charlie Worden

Monograph Selections from the Archives

A recollection of Bridgewater State College Coach Edward Swenson’s efforts to bring varsity-level football back into a Massachusetts state college and the stories of the trials and tribulations of his first eight years as head coach. The book is a Bridgewater State University Football Alumni project inspired by many of Coach Swenson’s former players, commemorating the coach and several of their former teammates.


The Private Library: Cultural Consumption And The Fashioning Of Gentlemanly Character In The Long Eighteenth-Century, Corrie Ann Hughes Jan 2017

The Private Library: Cultural Consumption And The Fashioning Of Gentlemanly Character In The Long Eighteenth-Century, Corrie Ann Hughes

Honors Program Theses and Projects

No abstract provided.


Accessorizing Agency: Nineteenth Century Women’S Fashion Adornments, Ashley Fongeallaz Jan 2017

Accessorizing Agency: Nineteenth Century Women’S Fashion Adornments, Ashley Fongeallaz

Honors Program Theses and Projects

No abstract provided.


The State Of Bridgewater: Developments In The Bridgewater State College Campus Through Undergraduate Students Activism, Kayla Jane Hoyt Dec 2016

The State Of Bridgewater: Developments In The Bridgewater State College Campus Through Undergraduate Students Activism, Kayla Jane Hoyt

Honors Program Theses and Projects

No abstract provided.


Femininity And Feminism In Courtship In Eighteenth-Century Britain, Nicole Langevin Dec 2016

Femininity And Feminism In Courtship In Eighteenth-Century Britain, Nicole Langevin

Honors Program Theses and Projects

No abstract provided.


An Analysis Of American Propaganda In World War Ii And The Vietnam War, Connor Foley May 2015

An Analysis Of American Propaganda In World War Ii And The Vietnam War, Connor Foley

Honors Program Theses and Projects

No abstract provided.


Law And Order In Bridgewater, Massachusetts, 1774-1821, With Emphasis On The South Parish/Precinct, Benjamin A. Spence Jan 2014

Law And Order In Bridgewater, Massachusetts, 1774-1821, With Emphasis On The South Parish/Precinct, Benjamin A. Spence

Bridgewater, Massachusetts: A Town in Transition

No abstract provided.


Telling Stories About Indigeneity And Canadian Sport: The Spectacular Cree And Ojibway Indian Hockey Barnstorming Tour Of North America, 1928, Andrew Holman Jan 2012

Telling Stories About Indigeneity And Canadian Sport: The Spectacular Cree And Ojibway Indian Hockey Barnstorming Tour Of North America, 1928, Andrew Holman

History Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.


Law And Order In Colonial Bridgewater, Massachusetts With Special Emphasis On Its South Parish/Precinct, Benjamin A. Spence Jan 2012

Law And Order In Colonial Bridgewater, Massachusetts With Special Emphasis On Its South Parish/Precinct, Benjamin A. Spence

Bridgewater, Massachusetts: A Town in Transition

No abstract provided.


Fire Service In Bridgewater, Massachusetts, 1844-1910, Benjamin A. Spence Jan 2010

Fire Service In Bridgewater, Massachusetts, 1844-1910, Benjamin A. Spence

Bridgewater, Massachusetts: A Town in Transition

No abstract provided.


A History Of The Parker-Gates House And Its First Four Residents To 1925, Bridgewater, Massachusetts, Benjamin A. Spence Jan 2010

A History Of The Parker-Gates House And Its First Four Residents To 1925, Bridgewater, Massachusetts, Benjamin A. Spence

Bridgewater, Massachusetts: A Town in Transition

No abstract provided.


Transportation In Bridgewater, 1900-1910, Benjamin A. Spence Jan 2009

Transportation In Bridgewater, 1900-1910, Benjamin A. Spence

Bridgewater, Massachusetts: A Town in Transition

No abstract provided.


Manufacturing In Bridgewater, 1900-1910, Benjamin A. Spence Jan 2008

Manufacturing In Bridgewater, 1900-1910, Benjamin A. Spence

Bridgewater, Massachusetts: A Town in Transition

No abstract provided.


Churches In Bridgewater, 1900-1910, Benjamin A. Spence Jan 2008

Churches In Bridgewater, 1900-1910, Benjamin A. Spence

Bridgewater, Massachusetts: A Town in Transition

No abstract provided.


Stores And Services In Bridgewater, 1900-1910, Benjamin A. Spence Jan 2008

Stores And Services In Bridgewater, 1900-1910, Benjamin A. Spence

Bridgewater, Massachusetts: A Town in Transition

No abstract provided.


Education In Bridgewater, Massachusetts, 1900-1910, Benjamin A. Spence Jan 2008

Education In Bridgewater, Massachusetts, 1900-1910, Benjamin A. Spence

Bridgewater, Massachusetts: A Town in Transition

No abstract provided.


Stops And Starts: Ideology, Commercialism And The Fall Of American Women’S Hockey In The 1920s, Andrew C. Holman Jan 2005

Stops And Starts: Ideology, Commercialism And The Fall Of American Women’S Hockey In The 1920s, Andrew C. Holman

History Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.


The Golden Year Of Kappa Delta Phi, Robert E. Clemence Jan 1950

The Golden Year Of Kappa Delta Phi, Robert E. Clemence

Monograph Selections from the Archives

History of Kappa Delta Phi fraternity, founded in 1900 on the campus of the Bridgewater State Normal School. This anniversary volume documents the beginnings of the fraternity in the early 1900s, details its organizational structure and activities as of mid-century, and provides histories and roll calls of the chapters.


The Development Of Education In Massachusetts, 1630-1930, Department Of Education, Commonwealth Of Massachusetts Jan 1930

The Development Of Education In Massachusetts, 1630-1930, Department Of Education, Commonwealth Of Massachusetts

Monograph Selections from the Archives

A reprint from the 93rd Annual Report of the Department of Education, this pamphlet contains a timeline of the history of education in Massachusetts, prepared for use in the Normal Schools. The timeline is divided into five periods:

  1. Colonial Education, 1630-1789: In this period the Massachusetts system of schools was founded, in rough outline – dame schools, elementary schools, secondary schools, and colleges. In the latter part of the period local district schools became prominent and academies arose in the secondary field; also secular textbooks began to replace religious books.
  2. Development of State Education – Citizenship, 1789-1860: Upon the formation …


In Memoriam: Isabella Whitten Clarke Boyden, Bridgewater Normal Association Jan 1896

In Memoriam: Isabella Whitten Clarke Boyden, Bridgewater Normal Association

Monograph Selections from the Archives

The pamphlet records the memorial service held for Isabella Whitten Clarke Boyden (1825-1895) at the June 24, 1896 meeting of the Bridgewater Normal Association. A native of Maine, Isabella Whitten Clarke was a member of the 26th class to enter the Bridgewater Normal School in August 1848. After graduating she taught in Rhode Island and Massachusetts until her marriage to classmate Albert G. Boyden in 1851. Boyden, who was then teaching at his alma mater, would soon become its longest-serving principal.

Speakers at the Memorial Service included Mary H. Leonard, Ellen Fisher Adams, George H. Martin, Isabelle S. Horne, Alice …


Record Of The Fifty-Fifth Class, State Normal School, Bridgewater, Mass., Rosine M. Higley Jan 1886

Record Of The Fifty-Fifth Class, State Normal School, Bridgewater, Mass., Rosine M. Higley

Monograph Selections from the Archives

Reunion book published on the occasion of the 25th reunion of the fifty-fifth class of Bridgewater State Normal School (graduating in 1861). Biographical sketches of the members of the faculty of the school and members of the graduating class are provided. The book also includes “an account of the twenty-fifth anniversary of their graduation, held at Bridgewater, July 1st, 1886.” Edited by Mrs. Rosine M. Higley (nee Smith, class secretary) and published (complimentarily) by Daniel S. Pillsbury (member of the class).