Series Listing:

1. Family History
2. Rockingham Craftsmen in New Hampshire
3. Seabrook Station
4. Mosquito Control
5. Hampton Marsh Conservation & Municipal Development Authority
6. History of NH., White Mountains, Notches, Old Man in the Mountain

I. Family History

Each of the following Scrapbooks contain a detailed Table of Contents written by Ruth Stimson. The content listings, made here, are only a small portion of what is included in these Scrapbooks.

II. Rockingham Craftsmen in New Hampshire

The first scrapbook begins by giving a brief history of the beginning and the reason for the formation of a group to be known as the Rockingham County Craftsmen. This Scrapbook and the rest of the scrapbooks in this series begin with a Table of Contents; listing things such as Membership Applications & Forms, Membership Lists, Lists of products & services, Newspaper Articles & Pictures, Pictures of Craft Fairs & Workshops, Copies of Standards of Workmanship, copies of magazine articles and correspondence.

III. Seabrook Station

The Seabrook Station scrapbooks primarily consist of newspaper articles, editorials, maps and photos from various newspapers, which include; The Manchester Union Leader, Portsmouth Herald, Hampton Union, Foster’s Daily Democrat, Haverhill Gazette, Bordertown News, Portland Press Herald and The Boston Globe. These scrapbooks include articles from a variety of magazines, which include; New Hampshire Profiles, Readers Digest, and Life. There are Ads for New Hampshire Public Service, Booklets (distributed by Seabrook Station), Seacoast Anti-Pollution League Newsletters, Booklets from the American Nuclear Society and the American Society for Testing & Materials Standardization. Each scrapbook does have a Tablet of Contents giving a title to the articles of each page.

IV. Mosquito Control

Primarily because of Ruth Stimson’s efforts the state of New Hampshire created the law allowing mosquito control districts in 1965. In 1975 Hampton’s Mosquito Control Commission was established with Ms. Stimson first as a member and later as chair, from 1978-1989. The scrapbooks in this series document this history.

Publications: Salt Marshes of New Hampshire

Report on the Status of Black Fly, Mosquito, Other Biting Arthropods & Arthropod-Borne Disease Problems in NH with Proposals for Research & Control Programs

Extension Service Handbook for Mosquito Control Districts

Report Detailing the Rye Salt Marsh Management Pilot Study for Mosquito Prevention & Marsh Rejuvenation

Follow-up Report Detailing Implementation of the Rye Salt Marsh Management Pilot Study

Soil Survey, Rockingham County, NH

V. Hampton Marsh Conservation & Municipal Development Authority

Scrapbooks 1 & 3 have a foreword giving a short overview of the contents. Again as in other scrapbooks in the collection, they are made up of newspaper articles, pamphlets, photos, drawings, maps & correspondence.

VI. History of NH., White Mountains, Notches, Old Man in the Mountain

14 volumes – Town Histories for Rockingham County

1 volume – Information of Rockingham County & the USA Bicentennial

1 volume – USA Constitution Bicentennial

6 volumes – Histories of Taverns, Public Houses & Tourist Industry

4 volumes – History of Portsmouth and Strawberry Bank

4 volumes – Maritime activities of Portsmouth

1 volume – Portsmouth NSY, US Coast Guard, Isle of Shoals

2 volumes – Isles of Shoals & NH Marine Resources

6 volumes – Histories of Towns in each County

2 volumes – Churches in Rockingham County

3 volumes – Other NH Churches & other Religions

3 volumes – Letters of Mary Keddie Smillie Burnside

1 volume – Madonnas of the Past and Present

1 volume – Cathedrals, Byzantine Empire, Vatican City, Martin Luther, Holy Land, Last Supper Restoration

2 volumes – Reviews of Old Rockingham by Roland D. Sawyer

1 volume – History of Covered Bridges in NH

1 volume – NH Educational Developments

1 volume – Information on the Shakers

1 volume – NH’s Water Resources

1 volume – Clippings on Capt. Harl Pease Jr., Pease Air Force base, Great Bay National Wildlife Refuge, Base Deactivation, NH Air National Guard, Pease International Tradeport 1989-2003

Listing of assorted donated materials

Book- “Dainty Dishes for the Queen” by Scottish Education Department Book – “What To Eat In Wartime” by Dugald Semple Book – “The Single Burner Chef Cookbook” by Deborah L. Craig Book – The English Townsman by Thomas Burke Book – Travel in England by Thomas Burke Book – Report of of the Commissioner of Agriculture for 1863 Book – Souvenir Book “This is Britain” Book – Souvenir Book “Dear Old London” Book – “The Faces of Hampton” by Ralph Morang Official Souvenir Program “Winnacunnet” 350th Anniversary of Hampton, NH Official Souvenir Program – 350 years of History, an exhibition at Lamont Gallery, Exeter, NH Exeter & Hampton Electric Company’s Historical Review Exeter, NH, 75th Anniversary NH Town & City – Jan 1996 Outstanding Municipal Volunteer Award Winners Disc – The Granite State Sampler, images chronicling NH state History & Government