Martha's Vineyard Museum
A Finding Aid to the Colonial Inn Records, 1919-1921
Table of Contents
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 467 |
| Creator - Collector | Chirgwin, Thomas H., 1866-1940 |
| Title | Colonial Inn records |
| Date [inclusive] | 1919-1921 |
| Extent | 1 box (0.252 cubic feet) |
| Language | The materials are in English. |
| Abstract | The collection consists of invoices and cancelled checks kept by Thomas Chirgwin, proprietor of the Colonial Inn on North Water Street, Edgartown, 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 the library's staff. Reproduction fees may apply.
Preferred Citation
Martha's Vineyard Museum, RU 467, Colonial Inn Records.
Acquisition Information
Gift of Philip Fleischman in 2012 (Accession no. 2012.084).
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 Joyce Cooper in October 2014 with assistance from Lara J. Ullman. Finding aid machine-encoded by Nathaniel Janick in November 2014.
Creation of this finding aid was sponsored by the Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR) funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.Controlled Access Headings
Genre(s)
- Invoices
Geographic Name(s)
- Edgartown (Mass.)
Subject(s)
- Accounting
Biography/Historical Note
Thomas H. Chirgwin (1866-1940) is the son of Thomas H. Chirguin, a mariner from Falmouth, England, and Ann Jane Cleveland. He was born in 1866 in Edgartown, Massachusetts, and lived there until his death in 1940. Chirgwin married Lisa Schutz (1874- ) of Luxembourg in Edgartown in 1897. The couple had 5 children Ruth Ann, Fred H, Eunice, Helen, and Thomas H. In 1911 they started the Colonial Inn on North Water Street in Edgartown.
Scope and Content Note
This collection consists of invoices and canceled checks belonging to Thomas H. Chirgwin when he was the proprietor of the Colonial Inn. The letter concerns an industrial accident involving a Mary Alice Bicknell. The notebook at the end of the collection contains both personal and business accounts including accounting lists, several pages of what appear to be a history assignment by Thomas' son Fred, and a draft of a letter from Thomas' daughter Helen to Aunt Abbie.
Arrangement
The collection is arranged by material type.
Collection Inventory
| Box | Folder | |||
Invoices A-F, 1919-1920 | 1 | 1 | ||
Invoices G, 1919-1921 | 1 | 2 | ||
Invoices H-S, 1919-1921 | 1 | 3 | ||
Invoices T-Z, 1918-1921 | 1 | 4 | ||
Cancelled checks, 1919 June-July | 1 | 5 | ||
Cancelled checks, 1919 August-September | 1 | 6 | ||
Letter, 1920 January | 1 | 7 | ||
Notebook, 1917-1919 | 1 | 8 | ||