Martha's Vineyard Museum
A Finding Aid to the Charles E. Banks Collection, 1838, 1898-1923, 1967-1968, undated
Table of Contents
- Summary Information
- Biography/Historical Note
- Scope and Content of Collection
- Administrative Information
- Related Materials
- Index Terms
- Contents of Collection
- Maps
- Proof of Publishing and Promotional Leaflets
- Newspaper clippings
- Correspondence
- Clubs
- Miscellaneous Information
- Probate, Wills and Deeds
- Genealogical records
- Town and County records
- Printed Signatures
- Artwork and photographs
- Notes on History of Town and County Seals
- Additions to Collection, August 2015
Descriptive Summary
| Repository | Martha's Vineyard Museum,
Gale Huntington Research Library 59 School Street P.O. Box 1310 Edgartown, MA 02539 (508)627-4441 |
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| Call Number | RU 127 |
| Title | Charles E. Banks Collection |
| Date [inclusive] | 1838, 1898-1923, 1967-1968, undated |
| Extent | 2.772 cubic feet 5.5 boxes |
| Location | For current information on the location of these materials, please consult the library's staff. |
| Language | The materials are in English. |
| Abstract | The collection contains the materials that Charles E. Banks used and created during his genealogical research of Martha's Vineyard and the completion of his book, The History of Martha's Vineyard. |
Administrative Information
Access Restrictions
There are no restrictions.
Use and Reproduction Restrictions
Requests to reproduce material from this collection should be directed to the library's staff. Reproduction fees may apply.
Preferred Citation
Martha's Vineyard Museum, RU 127, Charles E. Banks Collection.
Acquisition Information
Examples include the following:
- Gift of Charles Banks in 1925 (Accession no. 1925.002). [Donation]
- Gift of Mrs. Alfred Brinkler in 1932 (Accession no. 1932.005). [Donation]
Individual folders are labeled with accession numbers when known. The immediate source of acquisition and date of accession for the rest of the material is unknown.
Publication Information
Martha's Vineyard Museum
Gale Huntington Research Library59 School Street
P.O. Box 1310
Edgartown, MA 02539
(508)627-4441
Revision Description
Addition to the Collection; Series XIII: Additions to Collection, August 2015 [CJ]. Revision to the Collection; Removed staples, added photo sleeves, renumbered folders, added dates, edited, updated control access, updated related material, and updated acquisition information [CJ]. August 2015
Processing Information
Finding aid prepared by Bernard Wojnowski in 2009 and machine-encoded by Clint Johnson in August 2015
Related Materials
Related Materials
- See also, RU 332, Pease, Harriet M. Collection, 1890-1906
- See also, RU 538, Genealogy Collection, 1716-2001, undated
- See also, Every Name Index by Richard and Norma Hagen and by Catherine Mayhew
- The Roy Norton Card File of Island families
Index Terms
Corporate Name(s)
- Martha's Vineyard Historical Society
- Martha's Vineyard Museum
Genre(s)
- Birth records
- Black-and-white photographs
- Civil court records
- Church records
- Clippings (information artifacts)
- Correspondence
- Deeds
- Drawings (visual works)
- Estate records
- Genealogies (histories)
- Historical maps
- Indexes (reference sources)
- Leaflets (printed works)
- Minutes (administrative records)
- Notebooks
- Obituaries
- Pedigrees
- Probate records
- Proofs (printed matter)
- Publications (document genre)
- Research notes
- Seals (artifacts)
- School records
- Signatures (names)
Geographic Name(s)
- Dukes County (Mass.)
Personal Name(s)
- Banks, Charles Edward, 1854-1931
- Barber, John Warner, 1798-1885
- Eldridge, George W.
- Pease, Richard L. (Richard Luce), 1814-1888
- Pratt, A.C.
Subject(s)
- Daughters of the American Revolution
- Martha's Vineyard (Mass.)--Genealogy
- Martha's Vineyard (Mass.)--History
Biography/Historical Note
Charles E. Banks was born July 6, 1854 in Portland, Maine to Edward Prince and Ellen (Soule) Banks. In high school he was active in the theater and writing programs. After high school he pursued medicine and graduated from Dartmouth Medical School in 1877. Later Banks became head surgeon of the Marine Hospital here on the Vineyard where he became interested in genealogies and was involved in numerous publications, including History of Martha’s Vineyard. He died in Hartford, Connecticut on October 22, 1931 and was buried on the island in Tisbury in Oak Grove Cemetery.
Scope and Content of Collection
The collection contains birth records, photographs, court records, church records, newspaper clippings, correspondence, deeds, drawings, estate records, genealogies, maps, indexes, leaflets, meeting minutes, notebooks, obituaries, pedigrees, probate records, proofs, publications, research notes, town seals, school records, and signatures from Charles Edward Banks' genealogical and historical work on Martha's Vineyard. The collection is predominately genealogical notes, many of which were originally created by Harriet M. Pease, Richard L. Pease, and Annie C. Pratt, and then annotated and expanded by Banks. Some of the materials were found in Banks' original organization and that arrangement was preserved. The collection also includes copies of Banks' publication The History of Martha's Vineyard and the research materials accumulated during its creation.
Arrangement
- Series I: Maps
- Series II: Proofs of Publishing and Promotional Leaflets
- Series III: Newspaper clippings
- Series IV: Correspondence
- Series V: Clubs
- Series VI: Miscellaneous Information
- Series VII: Probate, Wills and Deeds
- Series VIII: Genealogical Records
- Series IX: Town and County Records
- Series X: Printed Signatures
- Series XI: Artwork and Photographs
- Series XII: Notes on History of Town and County Seals
- Series XIII: Additions to Collection, August 2015
Contents of Collection
Maps
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Vineyard Haven and Cottage City map, 1900 |
1 | 1 | ||
Proof of Publishing and Promotional Leaflets
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| Box | Folder | |||
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Document from DCHS approving 3rd Volume of Banks' History, undated |
1 | 2 | ||
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Promotional leaflet for 1st Edition of Book and other related information, 1898, 1905 |
1 | 3 | ||
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Proofs of Book: Volume I, ad and proof of Volume 3, 1911 |
1 | 4 | ||
Newspaper clippings
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| Box | Folder | |||
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Notes from Newspaper clippings, undated |
1 | 5 | ||
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Vineyard Gazette Clippings regarding Martha’s Vineyard place names, |
1 | 6 | ||
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Clipping of Banks’ obituary, after 1931 |
1 | 7 | ||
Correspondence
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| Box | Folder | |||
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Correspondence concerning Banks' History of Martha's Vineyard, |
1 | 8 | ||
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Research correspondence, 1905-1916 |
1 | 9 | ||
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Miscellaneous correspondence, 1899, undated |
1 | 10 | ||
Clubs
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| Box | Folder | |||
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Duodecimo Club, DAR and Nobnocket Club, undated |
1 | 11 | ||
Miscellaneous Information
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| Box | Folder | |||
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Receipts, undated |
1 | 12 | ||
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Reference Notes, 1905, undated |
1 | 13 | ||
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Miscellaneous lists of Church Organizations, undated |
1 | 14 | ||
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Miscellaneous Notes, 1913, undated |
1 | 15 | ||
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Miscellaneous Lists, undated |
1 | 16 | ||
Probate, Wills and Deeds
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| Box | Folder | |||
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Probate records, undated |
1 | 17 | ||
Genealogical records
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| Box | Folder | |||
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Genealogical Information on Adams and Mayhew, undated |
1 | 18 | ||
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Charles Parks’ Collection of Genealogical Information, undated |
1 | 19 | ||
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Miscellaneous Genealogical Notes, undated |
1 | 20 | ||
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Genealogical Notes on Norton, Cottle, Luce and Dexter, undated |
1 | 21 | ||
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Genealogical Notes from Peter Pease, R.L. Pease and T. Hons, undated |
1 | 22 | ||
Town and County records
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| Box | Folder | |||
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Indian Place Names in Tisbury, Chilmark and Edgartown, 1898 |
2 | 1 | ||
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Abstracts of Deeds Concerning Edgartown, circa 1922 |
2 | 2 | ||
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Miscellaneous Notes Concerning Edgartown, undated |
2 | 3 | ||
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Chilmark Town School Records, undated |
2 | 4 | ||
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Notes on Chilmark Land Records, undated |
2 | 5 | ||
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Typed accounts of Tisbury Town Meetings, undated |
2 | 6 | ||
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Original Notes on West Tisbury, undated |
2 | 7 | ||
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Original Notes on West Tisbury, undated |
2 | 8 | ||
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List of Gay Head (Aquinnah) Inhabitants, undated |
2 | 9 | ||
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Miscellaneous Notes on Cottage City, |
3 | 1 | ||
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Original Notes on Oak Bluffs including Cottage City, Eastville, Farm Neck and Indian Names, undated |
3 | 2 | ||
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Notes on Elizabeth Islands, undated |
3 | 3 | ||
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Information on Tarpaulin Cove, after 1923 |
3 | 4 | ||
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Original Notes on Dukes County, undated |
3 | 5 | ||
Printed Signatures
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| Box | Folder | |||
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Printed Signatures, undated |
3 | 6 | ||
Artwork and photographs
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Aquinnah Drawings, undated |
3 | 7 | ||
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Oak Bluffs Drawings and photographs, undated |
3 | 8 | ||
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Tisbury Drawings and photographs, undated |
3 | 9 | ||
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Chilmark Drawings, 1898, undated |
3 | 10 | ||
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West Tisbury Drawings, undated |
3 | 11 | ||
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Edgartown Drawings, 1913, undated |
3 | 12 | ||
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Elizabeth Islands Drawing, undated |
3 | 13 | ||
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Portraits and Photographs, undated |
3 | 14 | ||
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Additional Art for Book History of Martha's Vineyard, undated |
3 | 15 | ||
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Photographs of Banks’ paintings of Island History, undated |
3 | 16 | ||
Notes on History of Town and County Seals
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History of Tisbury Town Seal, 1900 January 6 |
3 | 17 | ||
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History of Dukes County Seal, 1917 |
3 | 18 | ||
Additions to Collection, August 2015
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Dunham family genealogical notes, undated |
4 | 1 | ||
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Smith family genealogical notes, undated |
4 | 2 | ||
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Tilton family genealogical notebook, undated |
4 | 3 | ||
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Tilton family pedigree charts, undated |
4 | 4 | ||
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Tilton family genealogical notes, undated |
4 | 5 | ||
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Tilton family genealogical notes, undated |
4 | 6 | ||
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Tilton family male family member index, undated |
4 | 7 | ||
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Tilton family female family member index, undated |
4 | 8 | ||
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Vincent family genealogical notes, undated |
4 | 9 | ||
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Vincent family genealogical notebooks, undated |
4 | 10 | ||
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Vincent family genealogical research correspondence, 1967-1968 |
5 | 1 | ||
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Worth family genealogical notes, undated |
5 | 2 | ||
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West family genealogical notes, undated |
5 | 3 | ||
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West family genealogical notes, undated |
5 | 4 | ||
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West family genealogical notes, undated |
5 | 5 | ||
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West family genealogical notebook, undated |
5 | 6 | ||
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Trapp family genealogical notes, undated |
5 | 7 | ||
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Weeks family genealogical notes, undated |
5 | 8 | ||
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Wass family genealogical notes, 1912, undated NoteIncludes genealogical research correspondence of Dr. Banks. |
5 | 9 | ||
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Funeral and Prayer notes, undated |
5 | 10 | ||
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Vineyard Birth record notebook, undated |
5 | 11 | ||
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Vineyard Genealogical notebook, undated |
5 | 12 | ||
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Vineyard Genealogical notebook, undated |
5 | 13 | ||
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Vineyard Genealogical notebook, undated |
5 | 14 | ||
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"Cattle" research materials, undated |
5 | 15 | ||
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"Dr. Charles E. Banks Town Records for Vol. II and Vol. I" research materials, undated NoteIncludes original envelope. |
5 | 16 | ||
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The Deputy Governor of Martha's Vineyard, after 1904 |
5 | 17 | ||
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Dukes County Seal, 1925 or before |
5 | 18 | ||
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"Edgartown Church" research materials, undated NoteIncludes original folder. |
5 | 19 | ||
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Edgartown town record research materials, undated |
5 | 20 | ||
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"Government" research materials, undated NoteIncludes original folder. |
6 | 1 | ||
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"Land Divisions to Chronologically Arrange", undated |
6 | 2 | ||
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"Land Grants, 1662-1765" research materials, undated |
6 | 3 | ||
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"Martha's Vineyard (Dukes County) Mass. 3rd Census 1810 Heads of Families", 1912 February 3 |
6 | 4 | ||
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North Eastern view of the Light House at Gay Head, 1838 NoteDrawing made in preparation for the engravings used in Barber's book Historical Collections…Every Town in Massachusetts, published in 1839. |
6 | 5 | ||
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"Philip" research notes, undated |
6 | 6 | ||
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"Representatives" research materials, undated NoteIncludes original envelope. |
6 | 7 | ||
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"School, 1712-1825" research materials, undated NoteIncludes original folder. |
6 | 8 | ||
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Suffolk Court files, undated NoteRelated to Athearn and Mayhew. |
6 | 9 | ||