Martha's Vineyard Museum
A Finding Aid to the Tisbury, England Collection
Table of Contents
Descriptive Summary
| Repository | Martha's Vineyard MuseumGale Huntington Research Library 59 School Street P.O. Box 1310 Edgartown, MA 02539 (508)627-4441 |
|---|---|
| Call Number | RU 469 |
| Title | Tisbury, England collection |
| Date | 1925-1997, undated |
| Extent | 1 box (0.504 cubic feet) |
| Language | The materials are in English. |
| Abstract | The collection consists of correspondence, guidebooks, newspaper clippings, notes, postcards, and publications concerning Tisbury, England and its connection to Tisbury, Massachusetts. |
Administrative Information
Access Restrictions
There are no restrictions to access.
Use and Reproduction Restrictions
Requests to reproduce material from this collection should be directed to museum staff. Reproduction fees may apply.
Preferred Citation
Martha's Vineyard Museum, RU 469, Tisbury, England Collection.
Acquisition Information
Gift of Mrs. Weston Howland in 1952 (Accession no. 1952.054). Gift of Thomas Davis in 1985 (Accession no. 1985.063). Gift of Richard Forster in 1985 (Accession no. 1985.066). Gift of Mr. and Mrs. William B. Block in 1987 (Accession no. 1987.068). Gift of Mrs. J. Derek Seely (Accession no. 1992.091). Gift of Sydna White (Accession no. 1993.026). The immediate source of acquisition and date of accession for the rest of the material is unknown.
Bibliography
"Brief History of Tisbury." Tisbury History Society. Accessed June 4, 2014. http://www.tisburyhistory.co.uk/brief.html.
Publication Information
Martha's Vineyard Museum
Gale Huntington Research Library59 School Street
P.O. Box 1310
Edgartown, MA 02539
(508)627-4441
Processing Information
Finding aid prepared by Lara J. Ullman in June 2014. Finding aid machine-encoded by Nathaniel Janick, July 2014.
Creation of this finding aid was sponsored by the Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR) funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.Related Materials
Related Material
See also, Photograph Archive.
Controlled Access Headings
Corporate Name(s)
- St. John the Baptist (Church : Tisbury, England)
- Tisbury History Society
Genre(s)
- Booklets
- Correspondence
- Guidebooks
- Photographic postcards
- Postcards
- Publications
Geographic Name(s)
- Chilmark (England)
- Tisbury (England)
- Tisbury (Mass. : Town)
Subject(s)
- Tisbury (Wiltshire, England)--Guidebooks
- Tisbury (England)--History
- Tisbury (Mass.)--History
Biography/Historical Note
Tisbury is an English village situated in the Nadder Valley, in the county of Wiltshire. Born and raised in Tisbury, Thomas Mayhew (1593-1682) purchased the development rights for Martha's Vineyard and Nantucket. He and his family established the first English settlement on Martha's Vineyard as well as the townships of Tisbury and Chilmark, both named after villages in England.
Scope and Content Note
This collection is comprised of various donations of material relating to Tisbury, England. It includes correspondence, guidebooks, newspaper clippings, notes, photographic and regular postcards, and publications. Accession numbers for traceable donations are written on the folders.
Arrangement
The collection is arranged by type of material (correspondence, guidebooks, newspaper clippings, notes, postcards, and publications) and therein alphabetically. Material about Chilmark, England and West Tisbury, England can be found at the end of the box.
Collection Inventory
| Box | Folder | |||
Correspondence between H. Franklin Norton and Marshall Shepard, 1925 August 1-1925 August 13 | 1 | 1 | ||
Correspondence between William and Sophie Block and Ralph and Catherine Jackson, 1976-1982 | 1 | 2 | ||
Correspondence between William Block and John Longley, 1980 October 15-1980 October 17 | 1 | 3 | ||
Davis, Eileen, Ralph Jackson, and Roy McGrath. "Looking Around Tisbury." Tisbury Local History Society, n.d., circa 1980 | 1 | 4 | ||
Davis, Eileen, Ralph Jackson, and Roy McGrath. "Looking Around Tisbury." Somerset: Inkwell Design & Print, 1984., 1984 | 1 | 5 | ||
Jackson, Ralph Harold. "A History of the Parish Church, St. John the Baptist, Tisbury." N.p. : n.p., 1979., 1979 | 1 | 6 | ||
Jackson, Ralph Harold. "A History of the Parish Church, St. John the Baptist, Tisbury." N.p. : el Alamein Forces Press, 1986., 1986 | 1 | 7 | ||
"The Parish Church of St. John the Baptist Tisbury: History and Guide." Ramsgate: The Church Publishers, n.d., undated | 1 | 8 | ||
Tisbury Parish Church Guidebook, undated | 1 | 9 | ||
"Tisbury, Wiltshire, The Official Guide Issued by Authority of the Tisbury Parish Council." Croydon: The Home Publishing Co., n.d., undated | 1 | 10 | ||
Material about Tisbury and Chilmark (England and Massachusetts), undated | 1 | 11 | ||
Newspaper Clippings, 1955, 1985, 1997, undated | 1 | 12 | ||
Newspaper Clippings, 1979-1985, undated | 1 | 13 | ||
Notes about The Parish Church of St. John the Baptist Tisbury and its connection to Martha's Vineyard, undated | 1 | 14 | ||
Postcards, 1980, undated | 1 | 15 | ||
Drury, Jill and Peter Drury. "A Tisbury History." Tisbury, Wiltshire: Tisbury Books, 1980., 1980 | 1 | 16 | ||
"John Lockwood Kipling and Alice, His Wife, at Tisbury, Wiltshire." by R. H. Jackson, 1980 | 1 | 17 | ||
Mould, Kathleen. "Reflections: Childhood Memories and Happenings From My Younger Days in Tisbury." N.p. : n.p., 1982., 1982 | 1 | 18 | ||
The Sarum Gazette and Diocesan News, 1956 June | 1 | 19 | ||
"Some Fragments Relative to the Early History of this Church" by R. H. Jackson, 1975 June 22 | 1 | 20 | ||
Tisbury Team Newsletter, 1980 August 31 | 1 | 21 | ||
Material about The Parish Church of St. Margaret of Antioch, Chilmark, England, 1975, 1980 | 1 | 22 | ||
"Some Glimpses of the West Tisbury Story" by R. H. Jackson, 1975 March | 1 | 23 | ||