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Family of Pawtucket, R.I. Papers, 1836-1934. Bulk, 1883-1934. Size: 0.5 linear feet Catalog number: MSS 783 sg 3 Processed by: Rick Stattler, March 2000 ©Rhode Island Historical Society Manuscripts Division |
Historical note:
Lyman B. Goff (1841-1927) was the son of Darius and Harriet (Lee) Goff, and spent his entire adult life in Pawtucket, R.I. He was the head of the Union Wadding Company of Pawtucket, and was involved with a wide variety of other textile firms. He was also active in the state's Republican Party, and was a major benefactor of the Pawtucket Congregational Church. In 1864, he married Almira Thornton (1842-1921), daughter of Jesse S. Thornton. They had two children: Lyman T. Goff (1868-1900) and Elizabeth L. Goff (1869-1948).
Elizabeth L. Goff (1869-1948) married Kenneth F. Wood (1873-1925). He was a chemist at the Sayles Bleacheries in Pawtucket. They had two daughters: Eleanor T. Wood (1906-1990), who married John C.B. Washburn; and Ruth G. Wood (1911-1939).
Bibliography:
Rhode Island Cemetery Database
Representative Men and Old Families of Rhode Island, 1:21-23.
Scope and content:
This subgroup consists of papers relating to the family of Eleanor T. (Wood) Washburn. Of particular interest are travel diaries of Almira (Thornton) Goff and her daughter Elizabeth (Goff) Wood dated 1883 to 1934, and a log book kept aboard the yacht of Kenneth F. Wood. The collection also includes a few family letters, and other papers.
For the family papers of John C.B. Washburn, the husband of Eleanor T. (Wood) Washburn, see the master finding aid to the Washburn-Abbott-Fessenden-Wood Family Papers.
Provenance:
The bulk of the Washburn Papers were given to the Society in 1982 by Mrs. Eleanor (Wood) Washburn, but this accession contained no papers from her own Wood and Goff ancestors. In 1990 a major addendum was donated by Brock D. Bierman, who had received the material from Mrs. Washburn's estate. Much of this 1990 accession consisted of Wood and Goff papers.
Processing note:
Harold Kemble gave the original accession a preliminary processing circa 1983. Cindy Bendroth integrated the additional material with the rest of the collection in February of 1992. This was done in separate folders, so that the 1982 accession and 1990-1991 accessions could be easily distinguished. What had been arranged before was not disturbed. A rough finding aid was written at this time, and preliminary cataloging was done. In 2000, about one linear foot of material relating to the Woods family was transferred to the Woods family papers. The remainder was completely reprocessed, and reorganized into series based on family groups. Additional cataloging was done at this time. The 1992 finding aid has been placed in the collection file to show the previous arrangement.
Inventory:
Goff, Almira (Thornton) (1842-1921). Maternal grandmother of ETWW; wife of Lyman B. Goff; daughter of Jesse S. Thornton.
Folder 1. Diary, 1903
Folder 2. Letters, 1850-1894; Pawtucket Congregational Society certificates, 1875
Goff, Lyman B. (1841-1927). Maternal grandfather of ETWW. Son of Darius Goff, father of Elizabeth (Goff) Wood.
Folder 3. Talk on "Home Rule", undated, after 1897. Identification is uncertain, but talk refers to "the people of Pawt" on page 6. Goff would be the logical person in this family to deliver such a talk.
Wood, Elizabeth L. (Goff) (1869-1948). Mother of ETWW.
Folder 4. Diaries, 1883; 1883; 1903
Folder 5. Diaries, 1904, 1905, 1934
Folder 6. Inventory, undated
Folder 7. Miscellaneous:
Agreement re Ladies Soldiers Memorial Association of Pawtucket, 1896
List of organizations, 1886-1922
Poem, undated
Invitation, 1905
Notes on classmate Lavinia Vance Rodney ca. 1929
Pawtucket Congregational Church pew chart, undated
Copy of sermon by Dr. Blodgett, October 1 1858 (marked "Mrs. K.F. Wood")
Wood, Kenneth (1873-1925). Father of ETWW.
Folder 8. Log of yacht Asahi, 1904-1924
Folder 9. Miscellaneous:
Approval of Bachelor of Science degree from M.I.T., 1894
Yacht itinerary, 1921
Bill for yacht repairs and supplies from Herreshoff Mfg. Co., 1923
Miscellaneous:
Folder 10. Receipt, Samuel Wood to James Smith, 1836
Fragment of receipt re Central Falls Manufacturing Company, 1843
Letter, Darius Goff to "Friend Conant" [of Pawt. Cong. Church] , 1888
Deed of pew in Pawtucket Congregational Church to Jesse Thornton, 1849
Subjects:
Diaries - 1883
Diaries - 1903
Diaries - 1903-1905
Diaries - 1934
Europe - Description and travel
Goff, Almira (Thornton) (1842-1921)
Goff, Darius
Goff, Lyman B. (1841-1927)
Log books - 1904-1924
Pawtucket Congregational Church (Pawtucket, R.I.)
Wood, Elizabeth L. (Goff) (1869-1948)
Wood, Kenneth (1873-1925)
Yachts and yachting
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