Martha's Vineyard Museum
A Finding Aid to the Irvin E. Strickland Scrapbook
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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 506 |
| Creator | Strickland, Irvin E., 1868-1959 |
| Title | Irvin E. Strickland scrapbook |
| Date | 1899-1956 |
| Extent | 1 book (0.045 cubic feet) |
| Language | The materials are in English. |
| Abstract | In 1956 Irvin E. Strickland made a scrapbook of his visits to Martha's Vineyard. The scrapbooks primarily consist of photographs and news articles about the Roaring Brook and Brickyard areas. |
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 506, Irvin E. Strickland Scrapbook.
Acquisition Information
Gift of Connecticut Historical Society in 1994 (Accession no. 1994.048).
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 December 2014 with assistance from Lara J. Ullman. Finding aid machine-encoded by Nathaniel Janick in January 2015.
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)
- Scrapbooks
Geographic Name(s)
- Chilmark (Mass.)
- The Old Chilmark Brickyard
- Roaring Brook Grist Mill
- Vineyard Haven (Mass.)
Personal Name(s)
- Manter, Rebecca
- Manter, William
Biography/Historical Note
In 1836 Smith and Barrows opened the Old Chilmark Brickyard in Chilmark, Massachusetts. When it was sold to Nathaniel Harris in 1867 there were 75 workers. By 1880 production had decreased considerably but Nathaniel Harris' sons, Charles and Sidney, continued making bricks on a smaller scale. Starting in the mid-1880s Eugene Strickland and his son, Irvin, came to Martha's Vineyard for several summers to make bricks. Irvin E. Strickland (1868-1959) of Hartford, Connecticut was the son of Eugene and June Strickland. Those summers were very memorable to Irvin. In later years he would vacation on the island with his wife Julia and their daughter Mildred. Irvin always revisited the Brickyards. He had a long career at Fire Insurance Company in Hartford, Connecticut.
Scope and Content Note
The collection has several articles concerning the Chilmark Brickyard and the neighboring Roaring Brook Grist Mill. Photographs dating between 1899-1913 show William and Rebecca Manter, who lived and worked the Roaring Brook Mill, ruins of the Brickyard; beaches at Vineyard Highlands; ferries; tugboats; and homes in Vineyard Haven. There is correspondence from 1955 between Irvin E. Strickland and Catherine, Charles Harris's daughter, regarding memories of Charles Harris and Roaring Brook. Other articles discuss a variety of island interests including cottages, sea moss, and whaling.