1798-1984
Guide to the Collection
Restrictions on Access
The Blake-Clapp Arguimbau family papers are stored offsite and must be requested at least two business days in advance via Portal1791. Researchers needing more than six items from offsite storage should provide additional advance notice. If you have questions about requesting materials from offsite storage, please contact the reference desk at 617-646-0532 or reference@masshist.org.
Abstract
This collection consists of the papers of the interrelated Blake, Clapp, and Arguimbau families, primarily family and personal correspondence, but also diaries, sermons, poetry, and other papers.
Collection Description
The Blake-Clapp-Arguimbau family papers contain correspondence, diaries, subject files, poetry, and other papers of three interrelated families.
The bulk of the collection consists of family and personal correspondence among Clifford Blake Clapp, Lawrence Baker Arguimbau, Elinor Clapp Arguimbau, Nicholas Clapp Arguimbau, Ellen Hubbs Arguimbau, and Reginald deCourcy Arguimbau.
The papers of Lawrence Arguimbau include his diaries on gardening and the raising of daylilies in Onset and Lancaster, Mass.; correspondence; and subject files, including papers related to his role as a faculty member at the Mass. Institute of Technology and testimony before the House Un-American Activities Committee during the 1950s.
Also included are sermons, lectures (most on temperance), poetry, and two diaries (1856, 1861-1864) kept by Jonathan Blake, a town official and historian of Warwick, Mass., as well as poetry and other writings of Martha Merriam Blake.
Acquisition Information
Gift of Ellen H. Arguimbau, Edith A. Davidson, and Nicholas C. Arguimbau, Jan. 1997.
Restrictions on Access
The Blake-Clapp Arguimbau family papers are stored offsite and must be requested at least two business days in advance via Portal1791. Researchers needing more than six items from offsite storage should provide additional advance notice. If you have questions about requesting materials from offsite storage, please contact the reference desk at 617-646-0532 or reference@masshist.org.
Detailed Description of the Collection
I. Jonathan Blake papers, 1798-1887
A. Sermons and lectures, 1832-1887
Sunday School reports, 1836, 1841
Sunday School sermons, 1832-1844
Misc. sermons and lectures, undated
Misc. sermons and lectures, 1835-1853
Lyceum speeches, undated
Writings on temperance, undated
Writings on temperance, Feb. 1887
Speeches on railroads, undated
B. Poetry, 1803-1887
Undated
1803-1821
1836-1839
1840-1849
1841-1851 (gathering of leaves)
1850-1851
1852
1853
1854-1859
1866-1887
C. Miscellaneous, 1798-1855
History of Warwick, undated
List of distribution of Abner Goodell's estate (Jonathan Blake, administrator), undated
List of Warwick residents with their cattle [tax list], undated
Deeds, 1798, 1803
Justice of Peace commission, 1814-1855
Jonathan Blake, Sr. will, 1825, probated 1837
D. Bound volumes, 1853-1864
Poetry, 1853-1854
Diary, 1856
Diary, 1861-1864
II. Martha Merriam Blake Clapp papers, 1828-1890
Published poetry, undated
Poetry book, 1828-1862
Poetry book/diary, 1848
Poetry, 1851-1890
Autograph album, 1835-1853
III. Clapp/Blake/Jones family papers, 1835-1941
Genealogy/obituaries, 1861-1941
Correspondence, 1835-1926
IV. Clifford Blake Clapp papers, 1888-1969
A. Correspondence, 1888-1969
Ellen Hubbs Arguimbau, 1950-1963
Lawrence Baker Arguimbau, 1941-1968
Nicholas C. Arguimbau, 1954-1968
Albert, Ruth, and Charles Bee, 1932-1949
Frank N. Blake, 1937-1947
Henry (Bud) and Corrine Blakeslee, 1944-1969
Chalmers Clapp, 1928-1931
Charles M. Clapp (nephew), 1949-1962
David and Lois Clapp, 1947-1968
E. Gardiner Clapp, 1944-1968
Frederick G. Clapp, 1926-1944
Gladys Clapp and children, 1926-1968
Prescott and Emeline Clapp, 1926-1956
Richard and MaryAnn Clapp, 1928-1969
Robert, Jr. and Faye Clapp, 1943-1969
Roger and Laura Clapp, 1944-1969
Mary Louise Clapp, 1888
Clara A. Jones, 1931-1943
Gardiner M. and Kate Sanborn Jones, 1926-1951
Marjorie Clapp Landis, 1926-1969
B. Miscellaneous, 1944-1968
C. Writings, 1912-1955
Writings, undated
Writing for Literary Digest, 1912
Library arrangement systems, 1912
Social science classification outline, 1931
Research on Henry Kuhl, 1935
Literary journal excerpts, 1950-1955
D. Bound volumes, 1960-1968
Edith Temple Horne [library cataloging] rule book, undated
Diaries, 1960-1968
V. Lawrence B. and Elinor Clapp Arguimbau papers, 1887-1983
A. Correspondence, 1931-1982
Barbara Arguimbau, 1943-1977
Lawrence to Elinor Arguimbau, 1939-1971
Elinor to Lawrence Arguimbau, 1942-1971
Ellen Hubbs Arguimbau, 1959-1972
Nicholas Clapp Arguimbau, 1959-1971
Edwin H. Armstrong, 1946-1953
A-C miscellaneous (chronologically), 1931-1959
Rama Krishna Chattopadhyaya, 1946-1964
Letters to/from China, 1974-1975
Clifford Blake Clapp, 1947-1963
Robert T. Clapp, 1963-1982
Elizabeth, Mary, Kit and Priscilla Clapp, 1960-1982
Clapps and Blakesleys, 1960-1982
Commack Methodist Church, 1963
D. V. (Tino) Constantinides, 1931-1932
Esther Davidson, 1962-1971
Jean Filon, 1960, 1965
Osmund Fraenkel (lawyer), 1953-1955
India, 1947-1955
D. D. Kosambi, 1948-1970
Maverick, 1969-1973
Maynard Moving Co., 1971-1972
Nashua River cleanup, 1966-1967
Political (Henry Wallace campaign), 1948
Political campaigns (McCarthy and Bradley), 1968
Arun Prasad, 1953-1969
George Sanderson (airstrip), 1964-1970
Eric and Isabelle Starbuck, 1950-1958
John Wiley and Sons, 1944-1975
Incoming miscellaneous, 1948-1982
Outgoing miscellaneous, 1959-1971
B. Subject files, 1929-1975
Foreign stamps
House Un-American Activities Committee, 1953-1956
HUAC clippings, 1952-1954
HUAC testimony, hearings, 1954
Lancaster historical workshop, 1967-1968
Lancaster history, notes
Lancaster history: Correspondence, clippings, pamphlets, 1961-1965
Leominster Citizens Council for Human Rights: By-Laws
LBA: Articles and books, 1930-1945
LBA: Biographical data, 1948-1965
LBA: Death/obituaries, Nov. 1975
LBA: Miscellaneous correspondence, 1929-1975
C. Bound volumes, 1887-1983
[LBA]: School notebooks, undated
LBA: Notebook of cigar bands, undated
LBA: Penmanship notebook, 1913
LBA: Homework, grade 3, 1914
LBA: Daylily seedlings, 1958-1966
LBA: Daylily seedlings, 1959-1965
LBA: Daylily seedlings, Onset, 1964-1974
LBA: Wildflower record, 1964-1972
LBA: Wildflower record, 1972-1983
LBA: Garden (Lancaster), 1960-1970
LBA: Gardening, 1966-1973
LBA: Garden book (Lancaster, Onset), 1971-1976
LBA: Gardening notebook, 1974-1983
LBA: Garden, Onset, 1976-1982
LBA: Birds, 1980-1983
LBA: Miscellaneous notes
Gracie Soper: Drawing books, 1887
Gracie Soper: Drawing books, 1889
VI. Arguimbau family correspondence, 1920-1984
Reginald deCourcy Arguimbau to LBA, 1926-1931
LBA to RdA, 1926-Mar. 1928
LBA to RdA, Apr. 1928-1931
George Arguimbau to LBA, 1930-1956
Miscellaneous, undated
Includes an address book.
Miscellaneous, July 1920-Apr. 1984
Preferred Citation
Blake-Clapp-Arguimbau family papers, Massachusetts Historical Society.
Access Terms
This collection is indexed under the following headings in ABIGAIL, the online catalog of the Massachusetts Historical Society. Researchers desiring materials about related persons, organizations, or subjects should search the catalog using these headings.
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Photographs Removed from the Collection
Daguerreotypes from this collection have been removed to the Daguerreotype collection (Photos. 1.412-425).