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WPA: Historical Records Survey, New Hampshire

Papers, 1936-1941

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About the Works Project Administration (WPA)

The Works Projects Administration (WPA) was created under President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s New Deal program in 1935. It was designed to provide relief for the nation’s unemployed through public work programs and was responsible for employing an average of 2.1 million people a year from 1935 to 1941. The Historical Records Survey of New Hampshire, established in 1936, was one of these public works projects. The University of New Hampshire assumed control of the project in 1939, when state sponsorship became mandatory, and directed it until its termination in 1942.

About the WPA Historical Records Survey:

The Historical Records Survey consists primarily of inventory work sheets for town, city, county, and church archives. Some records have been copied. Also included are photographs, maps, pamphlets, newspaper clippings, and inventory work sheets for American imprints.

The records have been maintained in the order in which they were received, according to the contents list prepared by the WPA. For additional records created by the Historical Records Survey of New Hampshire, consult the following repositories:

  • Library of Congress – inventory and transcripts of county records (under keyword search, type “New Hampshire records”).
  • New Hampshire State Library – transcripts of cemetery inscriptions (1 cu.ft.)
  • Manchester City Library – American Imprints survey (3 cu.ft.)

Folder Listing

  1. Preliminary Information
  2. Town Forms
  3. City Forms
  4. County Forms
  5. Church Records
  6. Forms for Manuscripts in Libraries and private collections
  7. Miscellaneous
  8. Inventory Forms for American Imprints
BOX 1
f.1 Instructions for the Preparation of Inventories of Public Records By Historical Records Survey Projects. Federal Works Agency Works Project Administration. W.P.A. Technical Series, Research and Records Circular No.5, Volume 1, May 26, 1941.
f.2 List of New Hampshire towns’ original and present names.
f.3 List of New Hampshire towns with published histories.
f.4 List of Land Grants and Locations.
f.5 List of towns and cities in New Hampshire.
f.6 List of town records copied in Office of Secretary of State.
f.7 List of annual town reports deposited in New Hampshire State Library.
f.8 Information re: New Hampshire towns.

II. Town Forms

BOX 1 BOX 2 BOX 3
f.9 Acworth.
f.10 Albany.
f.11 Alexandria.
ff.12-16 Allenstown.		 ff.1-4 Allenstown.
f.5 Alstead.
ff.6-8 Alton.
ff.9-10 Amherst.
ff.11-12 Andover.		 ff.1-2 Andover.
ff.3-6 Antrim.
f.7 Barnstead.
BOX 4 BOX 5 BOX 6
ff.1-5 Barrington.
f.6 Bartlett.
f.7 Belmont.
f.8 Bethlehem.
ff.9-10 Boscawen.		 ff.1-5 Boscawen.
ff.6-7 Bow.
f.8 Bradford.
ff.9-12 Brentwood.		 ff.1-3 Brentwood.
f.4 Bridgewater.
ff.5-10 Bristol.
BOX 7 BOX 8 BOX 9
ff.1-2 Bristol.
f.3 Brookline.
f.4 Campton.
f.5 Canaan.
f.6 Carroll.
f.7 Center Harbor.
f.8 Charlestown.
f.9 Chatham.
f.10 Chesterfield.
ff.11-13
Chichester.		 ff.1-8 Chichester. ff.1-5 Claremont.
f.6 Clarksville.
f.7 Colebrook.
ff.8-9 Conway.
BOX 10 BOX 11 BOX 12
ff.1-4 Conway.
f.5 Cornish.
f.6 Croydon.
ff.7-10 Danbury.
f.11 Danville.		 f.1 Danville.
ff.2-7 Deerfield.
f.8 Deering.
ff.9-13 Derry.		 ff.1-5 Derry.
f.6 Dorchester.
f.7 Dublin.
ff.8-9 Dunbarton.
ff.10-13 Durham.
f.14 East Kingston.
BOX 13 BOX 14 BOX 15
ff.1-2 East Kingston.
f.3 Ellsworth.
f.4 Enfield.
ff.5-10 Epping.		 ff.1-12 Epsom. f.1 Epsom.
f.2 Erroll.
ff.3-8 Farmington.
f.9 Franconia.
BOX 16 BOX 17 BOX 18
ff.1-2 Fremont.
f.3 Gilford.
f.4 Gilmanton.
ff.5-8 Goffstown.
f.9 Gorham
f.10 Goshen.
f.11 Greenville.
ff.12-13
Hampstead.
f.14 Hampton.
f.15 Hampton Falls.		 ff.1-3 Hampton Falls.
ff.4-5 Hancock
ff.6-9 Hanover.		 ff.1-5 Hanover.
f.6 Harrisville.
ff.7-10 Haverhill.
BOX 19 BOX 20 BOX 21
ff.1-9 Haverhill. ff.1-4 Haverhill.
f.5 Henniker.
ff.6-7 Hill.
f.8 Hillsborough.
f.9 Hollis.
f.10 Hooksett.		 ff.1-2 Hooksett.
ff.3-4 Hopkinton.
ff.5-7 Hudson.
f.8 Jaffrey.
ff.9-14 Kensington.
BOX 22 BOX 23 BOX 24
ff.1-6 Kensington. ff.1-3 Kensington.
ff.4-6 Kingston.		 f.1 Kingston.
f.2 Lancaster.
f.3 Langdon.
ff.4-10 Lebanon.
BOX 25 BOX 26 BOX 27
ff.1-4 Lebanon.
ff.5-7 Lee.
ff.8-9 Lempster.		 f.1 Lempster
f.2 Lisbon.
ff.3-4 Litchfield.
ff.5-16 Littleton.		 ff.1-3 Littleton.
f.4 Livermore.
ff.5-7 Londonderry.
f.8 Loudon.
f.9 Lyme.
f.10 Lyndeborough.
ff.11-14
Madbury.
BOX 28 BOX 29 BOX 30
f.1 Marlborough.
f.2 Mason.
f.3 Meredith.
ff.4-6 Merrimack.
f.7 Middleton.
ff.8-11 Milan.		 ff.1-4 Milford.
f.5 Millsfield.
ff.6-7 Milton.
f.8 Monroe.
f.9 Mont Vernon.
ff.10-13 New Boston.
f.14 Newbury.		 ff.1-2 New Castle.
ff.3-6 New Durham.
f.7 Newfields.
ff.8-9 Newington.
BOX 31 BOX 32 BOX 33
ff.1-3 Newington.
ff.4-6 New Ipswich.
ff.7-10 New London.
f.11 Newmarket.		 f.1 Newmarket.
ff.2-5 Newport.
ff.6-8 Newton.
f.9 Northfield.
f.10 North Hampton.
f.11 Northwood.
f.12 Nottingham.
f.13 Oxford.
f.14 Ossipee.		 ff.1-6 Ossipee.
f.7 Pelham.
f.8 Pembroke.
ff.9-11 Peterborough.
f.12 Pittsburg.
BOX 34 BOX 35 BOX 36
ff.1-5 Pittsfield.
f.6 Plainfield.
f.7 Plaistow.
ff.8-10 Plymouth.		 ff.1-8 Plymouth.
f.9 Randolph.
f.10 Raymond.
f.11 Rindge.
f.12 Rollinsford.
f.13 Roxbury.
f.14 Rumney.		 ff.1-2 Rye.
f.3 Salem.
ff.4-5 Salisbury.
f.6 Sandown.
f.7 Sandwich.
f.8 Seabrook.
f.9 Sharon.
f.10 Shelburne.
f.11 South Hampton.
ff.12-15
Stewartstown.
BOX 37 BOX 38
f.1 Stewartstown.
f.2 Stoddard.
ff.3-4 Strafford.
f.5 Stratham.
f.6 Sunapee.
f.7 Surry.
f.8 Sutton.
f.9 Swanzey.
f.10 Tamworth.
f.11 Temple.
ff.12-17
Tilton.
ff.18-19
Troy.		 f.1 Walpole.
ff.2-3 Warren.
f.4 Washington.
f.5 Weare.
f.6 Webster.
f.7 Westmoreland.
f.8 Whitefield.
f.9 Wilmot.
f.10 Wilton.
f.11 Winchester.
ff.12-17
Windham.
f.18 Wolfeboro.
f.19 Woodstock.

III. City Forms

BOX 39 BOX 40 BOX 41
ff.1-8 Concord.
ff.9-16 Dover.		 ff.1-4 Dover.

f.5 Franklin.
ff.6-11 Keene.
ff.12-14 Laconia.
ff.15-19 Manchester.

 ff.1-13 Manchester.
BOX 42 BOX 43
ff.1-4 Manchester.
ff.5-7 Nashua.		 ff.1-4 Nashua.
ff.6-15 Portsmouth.

ff.16-21 Rochester.
f.22 Somersworth.

IV. County Forms

BOX 44 BOX 45 BOX 46
ff.1-14 Hillsborough. ff.1-13 Hillsborough. ff.1-13 Hillsborough.
BOX 47 BOX 48 BOX 49
ff.1-8 Hillsborough.
ff.9-10 Merrimack.		 ff.1-8 Merrimack.
ff.9-13 Rockingham.		 ff.1-5 Rockingham.
ff.6-12 Strafford.
BOX 50 BOX 51
ff.1-13 Strafford. f.1 Strafford.
ff.2-8 Sullivan.

V. Church Records

BOX 51 BOX 52 BOX 53
f.9 Advent.
f.10 Baptist.
f.11 Christian.
f.12 Christian Science.
f.13 Congregational.
f.14 Christian Endeavor.
f.15 Society of Friends.
f.16 Shakers.
f.17 Hebrew.
f.18 Lutheran.
f.19 Methodist.
f.20 New England
Fellowship.
f.21 New Jerusalem.
f.22 Presbyterian.
f.23 Religious Education.
f.24 Roman Catholic.
f.25 Salvation Army.
f.26 Unitarian.
f.27 Universalist.		 f.1 Acworth.
f.2 Allenstown.
f.3 Alton.
f.4 Amherst.
f.5 Andover.
f.6 Antrim.
f.7 Ashland.
f.8 Atkinson.
f.9 Auburn.
f.10 Barnstead.
f.11 Barrington.
f.12 Bedford.
f.13 Belmont.
f.14 Bennington.
f.15 Berlin.
f.16 Bethlehem.
f.17 Boscawen.
f.18 Bow.
f.19 Bradford.
f.20 Brentwood.
f.21 Bristol.
f.22 Brookline.
f.23 Campton.
f.24 Canaan.
f.25 Candia.
f.26 Canterbury.
f.27 Charlestown.
f.28 Chester.
f.29 Chichester.
f.30 Claremont.
f.31 Colebrook.
ff.32-34 Concord.
f.35 Conway.		 f.1 Cornish.
f.2 Danbury.
f.3 Danville.
f.4 Deerfield.
f.5 Deering.
f.6 Derry.
ff.7-8 Dover.
f.9 Dublin.
f.10 Dunbarton.
f.11 Durham.
f.12 East Kingston.
f.13 Effingham.
f.14 Enfield.
f.15 Epping.
f.16 Epsom.
f.17 Exeter.
f.18 Farmington.
f.19 Francestown.
f.20 Franconia.
f.21 Franklin.
f.22 Fremont.
f.23 Gilford.
f.24 Gilmanton.
f.25 Gilsum.
f.26 Goffstown.
f.27 Gorham.
f.28 Goshen.
f.29 Grasmere.
f.30 Greenfield.
f.31 Greenland.
f.32 Greenville.
f.33 Hampstead.
f.34 Hampton.
f.35 Hampton Falls.
f.36 Hancock.
ff.37-38 Haverhill.
BOX 54 BOX 55 BOX 56
f.1 Henniker.
f.2 Hill.
f.3 Hillsborough.
f.4 Hollis.
f.5 Hooksett.
f.6 Hopkinton.
f.7 Hudson.
f.8 Jaffrey.
f.9 Keene.
f.10 Kensington.
f.11 Kingston.
f.12 Laconia.
ff.13-14 Lebanon.
f.15 Lee.
f.16 Lisbon.
f.17 Litchfield.
f.18 Littleton.
f.19 Londonderry.
f.20 Loudon.
f.21 Lyme.
f.22 Lyndeborough.
f.23 Madbury.
f.24-28 Manchester.		 f.1 Marlboro.
f.2 Mason.
f.3 Melvin Village.
f.4 Meredith.
f.5 Merrimack.
f.6 Milford.
f.7 Milton.
f.8 Mont Vernon.
f.9 Moultonborough.
f.10 Nashua.
f.11 New Boston.
f.12 Newbury.
f.13 New Durham.
f.14 Newfields.
f.15 New Hampton.
f.16 Newington.
f.17 New Ipswich.
f.18 New London.
f.19 Newmarket.
f.20 Newport.
f.21 Newton.
f.22 North Hampton.
f.23 Northwood.
f.24 Nottingham.
f.25 Ossipee.
f.26 Pelham.
f.27 Pembroke.
f.28 Peterborough.
f.29 Piermont.
f.30 Pittsburg.
f.31 Pittsfield.
f.32 Plainfield.
f.33 Plaistow.
f.34 Plymouth.
f.35 Portsmouth.		 f.1 Randolph.
f.2 Raymond.
f.3 Rochester.
f.4 Rumney.
f.5 Rye.
f.6 Salem.
f.7 Salisbury.
f.8 Sanbornton.
f.9 Sandown.
f.10 Sandwich.
f.11 Somersworth.
f.12 South Hampton.
f.13 Springfield.
f.14 Strafford.
f.15 Stratham.
f.16 Sunapee.
f.17 Swanzey.
f.18 Tamworth.
f.19 Temple.
f.20 Thornton.
f.21 Tilton.
f.22 Troy.
f.23 Tuftonboro.
f.24 Union.
f.25 Unity.
f.26 Wakefield.
f.27 Warner.
f.28 Warren.
f.29 Washington.
f.30 Weare.
f.31 Webster.
f.32 Wentworth.
f.33 Westmoreland.
f.34 Whitefield.
f.35 Wilton.
f.36 Winchester.
f.37 Windham.
f.38 Wolfeboro.
f.39 Woodstock.

VI. Forms for Manuscripts in Libraries

BOX 57 BOX 58
f.1 Amherst Public Library.
f.2 Auburn Griffin Museum.
f.3 Candia Smyth Memorial.
f.4 Claremont Fiske Free Library.
f.5 Concord State Library Collection.
ff.6-15 Concord State Library Manuscripts. 		f.1 Concord New Hampshire Historical
Society.
f.2 Concord Miscellaneous.
f.3 Dover Woodman Institute.
f.4 Durham (missing).
f.5 Exeter Brentwood Collection.
f.6 Exeter Public Library.
f.7 Exeter Arthur Morris Collection.
f.8 Farmington Photograph Inventory.
f.9 Farmington Goodwin Library.
f.10 Franklin Public Library.
f.11 Greenland Weeks Public Library.
ff.12-13
Hanover Dartmouth College.
f.14 Keene Public Library.
f.15 Lancaster Register of Deeds.
f.16 Littleton Congregational Church.
f.17 Londonderry Dorman Collection.
f.18 Manchester Carpenter Memorial
Library.
f.19 Manchester Currier Art Gallery.
f.20 Manchester Historic Association.
f.21 Manchester St. Anselm’s College.
f.22 Manchester American Red Cross.
f.23 Merrimack Lowell memorial.
f.24 Nashua Clerk of Courts.
f.25 Nashua Public Library.
f.26 New Boston Lewis Collection.
f.27 New Ipswich Historical Society.
f.28 New London Tracy Memorial Library.
f.29 Newport Richards Free Library.
f.30 North Haverhill Chamberlin
Collection.
f.31 Peterborough Historical Society.
BOX 59
f.1 Portsmouth Athenaeum.
f.2 Portsmouth Public Library.
f.3 Portsmouth Warner House.
f.4 Portsmouth Judges Chamber
Courthouse.
ff.5-7 Portsmouth Aldrich House.
f.8 Randolph Wood and Low Collections.
f.9 Rochester Public Library.
f.10 Rochester City Clerk and Private
Collection.
f.11 Somersworth Public Library.
f.12 Stratham Horn Collection.
f.13 Walpole.
f.14 Windham Nesmith Library.

VI. Miscellaneous

BOX 59 BOX 60
ff.15-16 Portraits.
f.17 Portraits: Manchester Historic
Association (Paintings).
f.18 Portraits: Forms of Portraits.
ff.19-20 Portraits: Paintings and
Statuary Forms – Complete File. 		f.1 Portraits: New Hampshire
Antiquarian.
f.2 American Portraits.
f.3 Currier Art Gallery.
ff.4-7 Paintings and Statuary Forms,
Concord.
f.8 Information and copy of forms
concerning inventory of maps in the
state.
f.9 Maps.
f.10 Indian Relics Depositories.
ff.11-12
Imprints: Statistics and Manuals.
f.13 New Hampshire Libraries and their
symbols with imprint locations.
f.14 1930 Census of New Hampshire
Population Bulletin.
f.15 Newspaper Forms and Miscellaneous.
f.16 Miscellaneous School Registers.

f.17 White Mountains.

BOX 61
f.1 League of New Hampshire Arts and Crafts. Handicrafts.
f.2 New Hampshire Works Its Sugar Bush – Maple Products.
f.3 Miscellaneous Newspaper Accounts of State Occurrences.
f.4 WPA Administration and newspaper clippings about WPA.
f.5 Historical Chronology of New Hampshire.
f.6 Miscellaneous copies of New Hampshire Historical Documents.
f.7 The Squalus Disaster.
f.8 75th Anniversary of UNH – Manchester Union Leader.
f.9 Newspaper clippings re Mount Washington.
f.10 Folklore.
f.11 Lakes Region Guides.
ff.12-13 Miscellaneous Newspaper clippings on New Hampshire.

VIII. Inventory Forms for American Imprints

BOX 62
ff.1-10 Imprint Forms (WPA Form 22HR).

BOX 63
ff.1-13 Imprint Forms (WPA Form 22HR).

BOX 64
ff.1-7 Imprint Forms (WPA Form 22HR).
f.8 Letter from Frank N. Jordan, State Supervisor, Historical Records Survey, to David Jolly, Librarian at Hamilton Smith Library, University of New Hampshire, October 21, 1941. Notes belonging to Jolly.
f.9 23 cover letters from Frank N. Jordan, State Supervisor of the Historical Records Survey to David Jolly, Hamilton Smith Library, University of New Hampshire, November 15, 1940-December 31, 1941 accompanying imprint forms (WPA Form 22HR) above.
f.10 Inventory of Federal Archives in the States. Series XVII. Catalogue.
f.11 Inventory of Federal Archives in the States. Series XVI. Catalogue. The Historical Records Survey in New Jersey.

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