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<publisher>Special Collections and University Archives, W.E.B. Du Bois Library, University of Massachusetts Amherst

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<titleproper>First Universalist Church (North Dana, Mass.) Vesper Service Programs, 1934-1936
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<subtitle>Finding Aid</subtitle>
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75
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<author>Compiled by<lb/>
Linda Seidman
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<date>1985
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<p>2003  University of Massachusetts Amherst. All rights reserved.</p>
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<abstract label="Abstract:" encodinganalog="520$a">Programs for the Monson-Hale Vespers, musical services held at the First Universalist Church in North Dana, Massachusetts since 1929. Included also is a news clipping indicating the history of the North Dana Vespers. North Dana was among the Western Massachusetts towns abolished in 1938 to allow the Swift River Valley to be flooded, thereby creating the Quabbin Reservoir to provide Boston with water.
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<p>North Dana was among the Western Massachusetts towns abolished in 1938 to allow the Swift River Valley to be flooded, thereby creating the Quabbin Reservoir to provide Boston with water.</p>
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<p>Programs for the Monson-Hale Vespers, musical services held at the First Universalist Church in North Dana, Massachusetts since 1929. Included also is a news clipping indicating the history of the North Dana Vespers.</p>
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<p><emph render="italic">Cite as</emph>: First Universalist Church (North Dana, Mass.) Vesper Service Programs (MS 75). Special Collections and University Archives, W.E.B. Du Bois Library, University of Massachusetts Amherst. </p>
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<p>Acquired from Donald Howe, 1960
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