Scope and Content Note
The Longmeadow celebrations collection documents various town celebrations, memorials and events. Materials include: invitation lists and programs for Longmeadow’s 1883 Centennial; the Sesquicentennial Souvenir volume, guest badges and newspaper clippings; Richard Salter Storrs’ 200th Birthday celebration programs, “The Literary Worlds of Richard Salter Storrs” pamphlet, patron list and appeal, buttons, and newspaper clippings; and Memorial Day programs and addresses,1922-1999, including an Omar Bradley address from 1948.

Documentation of the nation’s Bicentennial in 1976 includes: minutes of the Longmeadow Bicentennial Commission, lists of committee members, Commission correspondence, and letters of invitation to town gardeners. There are also flyers, brochures, and programs for Bicentennial events; newspaper clippings; and photographs. This section also includes copies of Longmeadow calendars, 1975-1976; a Longmeadow Maternal Association quilt block booklet; a copy of the Congressional Record with an Edward P. Boland address; buttons; and a Bicentennial-themed needlepoint kit for a glasses case.

Materials relating to Longmeadow’s own Bicentennial in 1983 include house tour pamphlets, a History of Longmeadow coloring book, event flyers, photos, and newspaper clippings.

Rounding out the collection are various programs and ephemera from several Longmeadow events such as concerts, recitals and a local fair, with dates ranging from 1893 to 1968, as well as undated material.
 
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