Broad/Brown/Gaskill Family Collection

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Broad/Brown/Gaskill Family Collection, 1827-1950, undated


Abstract

The Broad/Brown/Gaskill Family Collection contains photographs, school notebooks, postcards, and other papers. Family members represented in the collection include Edwin Gaskill, Parsons Broad, Anna Broad, and Florence Jones Gaskill.
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Biographical Note


Edwin F. Gaskill was born on February 3, 1882 in Kansas. He was an assistant agriculturalist at Massachusetts Agricultural College. He was married to Florence Jones, who was born on October 23, 1887 in Pennsylvania. Her family was originally from Amherst, Massachusetts. Her mother was Lessie Estelle Brown (1864-1929) and her father was Elisha Adams Jones (1858-1936).

Lessie Brown's parents were Mary Jane "Jennie" Broad (1839-1907) and Perez R. Brown (1840-1925) and her aunt was Anna M. Broad (1855-1921). Anna Broad never married and lived with her brother, Warren R. Broad, on Amherst Road in Leverett, Massachusetts. Mary Jane's and Anna's parents were Parsons Broad (1811-1866) and Miriam Fairbanks Reed (1815-1903).

Please note: Those persons whose names appear for the first time in bold are represented in the collection.
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Scope and Content


This collection contains materials related to the Broad, Brown, and Gaskill families. Included in the collection are Parsons Broad's composition books, an Abel Brown family reunion book kept by Perez R. Brown, papers and notebooks of Edwin Gaskill, and many photographs, mostly unidentified. The collection also contains numerous postcards belonging to Edwin Gaskill, Anna Broad, and Florence Jones Gaskill. Some materials relate to the Massachusetts Agricultural College, where Edwin Gaskill worked.
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Extent

1 linear foot (2 manuscript boxes)
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Access Restrictions

This collection is open for research.
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Provenance​


This collection was transferred from the Amherst Historical Society in 2015 where it was found on the doorsteps.
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Preferred Citation

Broad/Brown/Gaskill Family Collection, Special Collections, Jones Library, Amherst, Massachusetts.
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Processing information

This collection was processed by Cynthia Harbeson in 2017.
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Related Materials

Broad, Anna - Diaries
Broad, Warren - Account Books
Broad, Warren - Diaries
Broad family - Photographs
Brown, Mary Broad - Diaries
Gaskill, Edwin F. - Correspondence
Gaskill, Edwin and Florence - Greeting Cards
Gaskill, Florence Jones (Correspondence)
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Arrangement

The collection is organized into folders based on content and then the folders are arranged roughly chronologically by family member.
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Collection Inventory
Box Folder Title/Description Date
1
 1
 Parsons Broad composition books
 1827
1
 2
 Abel Brown family reunion book
 1898-1906
1
 3
 Anna Broad postcard book
 1907-1911
1
 4
 Lessie Brown report card
 undated
1
 5
 Florence Jones postcards
 1908
1
 6
 Edwin Gaskill papers
 1905-1950
1
 7
 Edwin Gaskill Geometry notebook
 undated
1
 8
 Edwin Gaskill postcard book
 1905-1906
2
 1
 Paul Thomas French Memorial book
 circa 1898
2
 2
 Brown family photographs
 undated
2
 3
 C.R. Kenfield photographs
 undated
2
 4
 Massachusetts Agricultural College student photographs
 1906
2
 5
 Photographs (identified)
 1901-1905, undated
2
 6
 Photographs (unidentified)
 undated
2
 7
 Massachusetts Agricultural College calendar
 1908
2
8
Postcards and Advertisements
undated
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