Longmeadow Town Hall

Scope and Content Note
The Longmeadow Town Records located in the vault at Town Hall consist of materials created by the Town of Longmeadow. Municipal departments represented include Assessor, Board of Health, Town Clerk, Select Board, Collector of Taxes, Education, and Welfare. Records provide information related to a wide variety of town governance including the assessing and collection of taxes, real estate sales, infrastructure development, education, births, marriages, and deaths. Information on electrification, dog ownership, liquor sales, Church matters, and buggy sales can be found among the records. Records are arranged by department and are generally listed in chronological order.

The records located at Storrs House are arranged in three series. Series I is comprised of municipal records and was organized and arranged in conjunction with the material currently housed in the Town Hall vault. Additional materials related to various Town departments make up a second series of records at Storrs House. There is a combination of official municipal records, publications they generated, and newspaper articles and other materials about various town departments. The schools, including the closing of the Converse School, and the Historical District Commission are reasonably well represented. Series II also includes the original Act to Incorporate the Town of Longmeadow, 1783 and several earlier petitions and grants that relate to the forming of the Town of Longmeadow, 1707- 1782. This series also includes a small number of photographs. Series III comprises published Street Lists and Town Reports.
 
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