Whelden Memorial Library: Historical Documents

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Aittaniemi, Henry

West Barnstable Brick Yard crew (photo), Brick 39

Aittaniemi, Martin

West Barnstable Brick Yard crew (photo), Brick 39

Aittaniemi, Matts Klaus Engleberg (Martin). See also Atwood, Martin (Matts Klaus Engleberg Aittaniemi)
Andrews, Burt, Brick 61
Arden, Thomas H.

West Barnstable Brick Yard and, Brick 47, Brick 57, Brick 60, Brick 66A, Brick 70

Atwood, Frederick (Fred)

attends West Barnstable Brick Yard meeting, Brick 31
attends West Barnstable Brick Yard meeting (photo), Brick 6, Brick 8, Brick 13–14, Brick 17–18, Brick 21–22
"Brick Making Process 1922," ,Brick 49–51
"History of the West Barnstable Brick Company, A: Three Centuries of a Cape Cod Town" (Trayser), supplemented, Brick 53–55
to speak on West Barnstable Brick Yard, Brick 1
West Barnstable Brick Yard and, Brick 43, Brick 44, Brick 45

Atwood, Martin (Matts Klaus Engleberg Aittaniemi)

West Barnstable Brick Yard employment, Brick 55

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Barnstable Inn

bricks used in, Brick 59

Barnstable Selectman's Building

missing bricks, Brick 67

Beilman, Edward

attends West Barnstable Brick Yard meeting, Brick 31

Beilman, Mrs. Edward

attends West Barnstable Brick Yard meeting, Brick 31

Bourne, Richard, Brick 40
Bradford, Edlfieds J.

West Barnstable Brick Yard and, Brick 53

Bradford, Governor, Brick 53–54
Bradford, Noah (potter)

pottery and brick production, Brick 42, Brick 53, Brick 66, Brick 69, Brick 71

Bradford, Noah (son of Noah, potter)

West Barnstable Brick Yard and, Brick 42, Brick 53, Brick 58, Brick 60, Brick 66, Brick 69, Brick 71

Brennan, Mrs. Philip

attends West Barnstable Brick Yard meeting, Brick 31

"Brick Company, The: Flourishing for Half a Century and Then It Failed" (Lynch), Brick 69–70
"Brick Company a Source of Pride" (Golding), Brick 66–67
"Brick Making Process 1922" (Atwood), Brick 49–51
bricks. See also West Barnstable Brick Yard

arch, Brick 51
Cape Cod brickyards, Brick 61
clay for, Brick 41, Brick 43, Brick 49–50, Brick 54, Brick 64, Brick 69
collecting, Brick 59, Brick 65
drying, Brick 50, Brick 55, Brick 57, Brick 69
firing, Brick 44, Brick 50–51
limestone pebbles and, Brick 43
marked, Brick 7, Brick 40, Brick 47, Brick 54, Brick 58, Brick 59, Brick 60, Brick 65–66, Brick 70, Brick 71
production of, Brick 41–44, Brick 49–51
quality of, Brick 65–66
raw materials for, Brick 41
size variation and standardization, Brick 47, Brick 54, Brick 65–66, Brick 70
tossing, Brick 45, Brick 51
uses of, Brick 66A–67
West Barnstable geology and, Brick 41, Brick 43, Brick 64

"Brick Terrace Led Woman on Quest" (Smith), Brick 61
"Building on Tradition: Collecting Cements Brick's in Place in History" (Golding), Brick 65–66

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Cahoon, Mrs. Norman

attends West Barnstable Brick Yard meeting, Brick 6, Brick 8, Brick 31
attends West Barnstable Brick Yard meeting (photos), Brick 3–5, Brick 23–24

Cape Cod Auto Company of Hyannis, Brick 57
"Cape Cod Blue," ,Brick 43
Carlson, Mrs. Fred

attends West Barnstable Brick Yard meeting, Brick 31

Carlson, Mrs. Roger

attends West Barnstable Brick Yard meeting, Brick 31

Carlson, Ruth

attends West Barnstable Brick Yard meeting (photo), Brick 21–22

Cashen, Edward

attends West Barnstable Brick Yard meeting, Brick 6, Brick 8, Brick 31
attends West Barnstable Brick Yard meeting (photo), Brick 25–26
West Barnstable Brick Yard and, Brick 45

Chamberlain, Barbara, Brick 43, Brick 64
clay

land development and, Brick 69
West Barnstable brick and, Brick 41, Brick 43, Brick 49–50, Brick 54, Brick 64, Brick 69

Collins, James O., Brick 61
Conant, Fred

attends West Barnstable Brick Yard meeting, Brick 6, Brick 8, Brick 15–16, Brick 31
West Barnstable Brick Yard and, Brick 44, Brick 48

Coombs, Charles

attends West Barnstable Brick Yard meeting, Brick 6, Brick 8, Brick 31
attends West Barnstable Brick Yard meeting (photo), Brick 15–16, Brick 21–22, Brick 29–30

Coombs, Mrs. Charles (Roxanne)

attends West Barnstable Brick Yard meeting, Brick 6, Brick 8, Brick 31
attends West Barnstable Brick Yard meeting (photo), Brick 21–22, Brick 29–30

Crocker, Benjamin F.

West Barnstable Brick Yard and, Brick 42, Brick 53, Brick 58, Brick 60, Brick 66, Brick 71

Crocker, Charles C.

West Barnstable Brick Yard and, Brick 42, Brick 54, Brick 58, Brick 60, Brick 66, Brick 69, Brick 71

Cullity, John

attends West Barnstable Brick Yard meeting, Brick 7–8, Brick 31
attends West Barnstable Brick Yard meeting (photo), Brick 9–10

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Drew, Mrs. Harold

attends West Barnstable Brick Yard meeting, Brick 31

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Ehret, John

attends West Barnstable Brick Yard meeting, Brick 31
attends West Barnstable Brick Yard meeting (photo), Brick 21–22

Eldridge, James F.

West Barnstable Brick Yard and, Brick 42

Ellis, James (Jim)

attends West Barnstable Brick Yard meeting, Brick 7, Brick 31
attends West Barnstable Brick Yard meeting (photo), Brick 6, Brick 11–12, Brick 15–16, Brick 17–18
brick collection, Brick 59, Brick 65
brick collection (photo), Brick 66A
to speak on West Barnstable Brick Yard, Brick 1
"To the Editor: Regarding Those Old W.B.B. Bricks," ,Brick 60

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Fawcett, Marise

attends West Barnstable Brick Yard meeting, Brick 31

First National Bank of Yarmouth

West Barnstable Brick Yard and, Brick 70, Brick 71

Ford, Henry

West Barnstable Brick Yard and, Brick 57, Brick 58, Brick 70

Fordson power shovel

West Barnstable Brick Yard and, Brick 57

Fordson tractor

West Barnstable Brick Yard and, Brick 57, Brick 58, Brick 70

"From the Morris Chair" (Morris), Brick 59

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Gallo, John

attends West Barnstable Brick Yard meeting, Brick 6, Brick 8, Brick 31
attends West Barnstable Brick Yard meeting (photo), Brick 9–10
to speak on West Barnstable Brick Yard, Brick 1

George, Tony

West Barnstable Brick Yard crew (photo), Brick 39

glaciers

Cape Cod geology and, Brick 64

Golding, Claire

"Brick Company a Source of Pride," ,Brick 66–67
"Building on Tradition: Collecting Cements Brick's in Place in History," ,Brick 65–66

Goodspeed, Levi

West Barnstable Brick Yard and, Brick 42, Brick 54, Brick 58, Brick 60, Brick 65, Brick 69

Groop, Henry

West Barnstable Brick Company property and, Brick 58

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Harper, Arthur

attends West Barnstable Brick Yard meeting, Brick 31
attends West Barnstable Brick Yard meeting (photo), Brick 21–22

Harper, Mrs. Arthur

attends West Barnstable Brick Yard meeting, Brick 6, Brick 8, Brick 31
attends West Barnstable Brick Yard meeting (photo), Brick 21–22

Harvey, Carole

attends West Barnstable Brick Yard meeting, Brick 31

Hayden, Robert, Brick 40
Heinon, Emil

West Barnstable Brick Yard crew (photo), Brick 39

"History of the West Barnstable Brick Co.", Brick 71
"History of the West Barnstable Brick Company, A: Three Centuries of a Cape Cod Town" (Trayser, supplemented by Atwood), Brick 53–55
Hoover, Herbert

brick size standardization and, Brick 47, Brick 70

Hyde, Mary

attends West Barnstable Brick Yard meeting, Brick 31
attends West Barnstable Brick Yard meeting (photo), Brick 21–22, Brick 23–24

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immigrants

West Barnstable Brick Yard and, Brick 54

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James, William

attends West Barnstable Brick Yard meeting, Brick 31

James, Mrs. William

attends West Barnstable Brick Yard meeting, Brick 31

Jenkins, Mrs. Peter Pineo (Rowena)

chairs West Barnstable Brick Yard meeting, Brick 7, Brick 19–20, Brick 31
chairs West Barnstable Brick Yard meeting (photos), Brick 6, Brick 9–10, Brick 11–12, Brick 15–16, Brick 17–18, Brick 23–24, Brick 25–26, Brick 27–28, Brick 29–30

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Kaihlanen, Elias

death of, Brick 49, Brick 70
West Barnstable Brick Yard crew (photo), Brick 39

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Lahteine, Victor

West Barnstable Brick Yard crew (photo), Brick 39

land development

clay and, Brick 69

Leonard, George

brick mold owned by (photo), Brick 3–4

limestone

brick production and, Brick 43

Livesley, Mrs. Fred B.

West Barnstable Brick Yard and, Brick 53

Llewellyn, Louise

West Barnstable Brick Company letters, Brick 58

Loughman, Nanita

attends West Barnstable Brick Yard meeting, Brick 31

Lowell, Natalie (Mrs. Ralph)

attends West Barnstable Brick Yard meeting, Brick 31
attends West Barnstable Brick Yard meeting (photo), Brick 21–22, Brick 29–30

Lowell, Thomas

attends West Barnstable Brick Yard meeting, Brick 6, Brick 8, Brick 31
attends West Barnstable Brick Yard meeting (photo), Brick 15–16, Brick 19–20, Brick 21–22, Brick 29–30

Lundquist, Ensel

West Barnstable Brick Yard crew (photo), Brick 39

Lynch, Brad

"Brick Company, The: Flourishing for Half a Century and Then It Failed," ,Brick 69–70

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Madden, Elizabeth (daughter of Mrs. William)

attends West Barnstable Brick Yard meeting, Brick 8, Brick 31

Madden, Mrs. William (Mary)

attends West Barnstable Brick Yard meeting, Brick 6, Brick 8, Brick 31
attends West Barnstable Brick Yard meeting (photo), Brick 9–10, Brick 27–28
Our Lady of Hope Chapel and, Brick 46
West Barnstable Brick Yard and, Brick 42, Brick 43, Brick 44, Brick 46

Makepeace, Abel D. (A. D.), Brick 54

business activities, Brick 69
West Barnstable Brick Yard and, Brick 42, Brick 58, Brick 66–66A, Brick 69, Brick 70, Brick 71

Makepeace, William F.

West Barnstable Brick Yard and, Brick 42

Marco, Romanni

brick collection, Brick 66

Mathews, Fred

attends West Barnstable Brick Yard meeting, Brick 31
attends West Barnstable Brick Yard meeting (photo), Brick 21–22

Mathews, Mrs. Fred

attends West Barnstable Brick Yard meeting, Brick 31
attends West Barnstable Brick Yard meeting (photo), Brick 21–22

Merritt, Mrs. Earle

attends West Barnstable Brick Yard meeting, Brick 31

Mitchell, Mrs. James

attends West Barnstable Brick Yard meeting, Brick 31

Morris, Ellis

"From the Morris Chair," ,Brick 59

Morris, George B.

West Barnstable potters, Brick 71

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Nevins, Mrs. David

attends West Barnstable Brick Yard meeting, Brick 31

New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad

West Barnstable Brick Yard spur, Brick 45, Brick 57, Brick 66A

Nickerson Library of Cape Cod History, Cape Cod Community College

West Barnstable Brick Company information, Brick 70

Nickula, William

ancient iron brick mold identified by (photo), Brick 5

Nickules, Mrs. William

attends West Barnstable Brick Yard meeting, Brick 31

Nikula, Martin

West Barnstable Brick Yard crew (photo), Brick 39

Niskala, Jonas

West Barnstable Brick Yard crew (photo), Brick 39

Niskula, Gus

West Barnstable Brick Yard crew (photo), Brick 39

Nye, Prince, Brick 53

O

"Old Brickyard, The" (Rourke) (photo), Brick 62
"Old West Barnstable Brick Works, The" (Rourke), Brick 41–48
Our Lady of Hope Chapel (W. Barnstable)

brick display (photo), Brick 3–5
photographs, Brick 6, Brick 33–36, Brick 67
West Barnstable Brick Yard and, Brick 46, Brick 67, Brick 69

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Palto, John

West Barnstable Brick Yard crew (photo), Brick 39

Parker, Bert

West Barnstable Brick Yard crew (photo), Brick 39

Parker, Daniel, Jr.

West Barnstable Brick Yard and, Brick 53

Pasanen, Nestor

West Barnstable Brick Yard crew (photo), Brick 39

Peltonen, Ivar

West Barnstable Brick Yard crew (photo), Brick 39

Pentinen, Tide

West Barnstable Brick Yard crew (photo), Brick 39

Percival, "Mad Jack," ,Brick 59
potters

West Barnstable Brick Co. and, Brick 71

R

"Report of meeting on the West Barnstable Brick Works held at the Whelden Library, on April 25, 1974"

attendance, Brick 31
photographs, Brick 9–30
text, Brick 7–8

Rourke, Margaret

attends West Barnstable Brick Yard meeting, Brick 31
attends West Barnstable Brick Yard meeting (photo), Brick 6, Brick 17–18, Brick 19–20, Brick 21–22, Brick 25–26, Brick 27–28
"Old West Barnstable Brick Works, The," ,Brick 41–48
to speak on West Barnstable Brick Yard at Library, Brick 1
"The Old Brickyard" (photo), Brick 62
"West Barnstable Brick Works," ,Brick 64

Ruska, Victor

West Barnstable Brick Yard crew (photo), Brick 39

S

Sandwich, MA

brickworks, Brick 7–8

Shoemaker, Nancy

West Barnstable Brick Co. photos (1994), Brick 72–78

Silva, Emilio R. (Frank)

daughter (Mrs. William Madden) attends West Barnstable Brick Yard meeting, Brick 6, Brick 8
West Barnstable Brick Yard and, Brick 42, Brick 43, Brick 44, Brick 46, Brick 49, Brick 51, Brick 57
West Barnstable Brick Yard crew (photo), Brick 39

Silva, James

West Barnstable Brick Yard crew (photo), Brick 39

Simmons, Nobel, Brick 59
Smith, Bill

"Brick Terrace Led Woman on Quest," ,Brick 61

Smith, Miss Mary

attends West Barnstable Brick Yard meeting, Brick 31

Smith, Prescott

attends West Barnstable Brick Yard meeting, Brick 31
attends West Barnstable Brick Yard meeting (photo), Brick 23–24
brick collection, Brick 65–66

Smith, Mrs. Prescott

attends West Barnstable Brick Yard meeting, Brick 6, Brick 7, Brick 31
attends West Barnstable Brick Yard meeting (photo), Brick 13–14, Brick 29–30
brick collection, Brick 65–66
brickyard research, Brick 61

Smith, Prof. Prescott

attends West Barnstable Brick Yard meeting, Brick 6, Brick 7

Stiles and Hart brick company, Bridgewater, Brick 61
Strauss, Marilyn

brick collection, Brick 65–66

Syriala, Samuel

West Barnstable Brick Yard crew (photo), Brick 39

Syriala, Mrs. Samuel

attends West Barnstable Brick Yard meeting, Brick 6, Brick 8, Brick 31
attends West Barnstable Brick Yard meeting (photo), Brick 23–24

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These Fragile Outposts (Chamberlain), Brick 43, Brick 64
Thomson, Rick

brick collection, Brick 66

Three Centuries of a Cape Cod Town (Traser), Brick 48
"To the Editor: Regarding Those Old W.B.B. Bricks" (Ellis), Brick 60
Trayser, Donald

"History of the West Barnstable Brick Company, A: Three Centuries of a Cape Cod Town," ,Brick 53–55
West Barnstable Brick Yard and, Brick 48

Trayser, Donald G.

"History of the West Barnstable Brick Company, A: Three Centuries of a Cape Cod Town," ,Brick 53–55
West Barnstable Brick Yard and, Brick 48

W

West Barnstable

geology, Brick 41, Brick 43, Brick 64

West Barnstable Brick Company

arch bricks, Brick 51
articles

"The Brick Company: Flourishing for Half a Century and Then It Failed" (Lynch), Brick 69–70

West Barnstable Brick Yard talk (April 25, 1974), Brick 67

"Brick Company a Source of Pride" (Golding), Brick 66–67
"Brick Making Process 1922" (Atwood), Brick 49–51
"Brick Terrace Led Woman on Quest" (Smith), Brick 61
"Building on Tradition: Collecting Cements Brick's in Place in History" (Golding), Brick 65–66
"From the Morris Chair" (Morris), Brick 59
"History of the West Barnstable Brick Co.", Brick 71
"History of the West Barnstable Brick Company, A: Three Centuries of a Cape Cod Town" (Trayser, supplemented by Atwood), Brick 53–55
"The Old Brickyard" (Rourke) (photo), Brick 62
"Old West Barnstable Brick Works, The" (Rourke), Brick 41–48
"Report of meeting on the West Barnstable Brick Works held at the Whelden Library, on April 25, 1974," ,Brick 7–31
"To the Editor: Regarding Those Old W.B.B. Bricks" (Ellis), Brick 60
"West Barnstable Brick Company," ,Brick 57
"West Barnstable Brick Works" (Rourke), Brick 64
"The West Barnstable Brick Yard" (photo), Brick 63
"What's Your Problem?" (Llewellyn), Brick 58

artifacts, Brick 69–70
bankruptcy, Brick 47–48, Brick 66A, Brick 70, Brick 71
brick delivery, Brick 45
brick production, Brick 41–44, Brick 49–51, Brick 70
brick size variation, Brick 47
brickyard photos by N. Shoemaker (1994), Brick 72–78
clay for, Brick 41, Brick 43, Brick 49–50, Brick 54, Brick 64, Brick 69
community pride in, Brick 66
crew (photo), Brick 39
drying yard, Brick 50, Brick 55, Brick 69
establishment, Brick 42, Brick 53–54, Brick 57, Brick 58, Brick 60, Brick 66–66A, Brick 71
firing brick, Brick 44, Brick 50–51
horses, Brick 45–46, Brick 49, Brick 66A
immigrants and, Brick 54
labor force, Brick 54, Brick 69–70
local brick use, Brick 46
machinery installed in, Brick 47, Brick 54, Brick 57
machinery purchased by Stiles and Hart brick company, Bridgewater, Brick 61
marked bricks, Brick 7, Brick 40, Brick 47, Brick 54, Brick 58, Brick 59, Brick 60, Brick 65–66, Brick 70, Brick 71
mules, Brick 45, Brick 66A
Our Lady of Hope Chapel and, Brick 33–36, Brick 46
plan of land, Brick 37–38
purchased by Thomas Arden, Brick 47
quality of, Brick 65–66
railroad spur, Brick 45, Brick 51, Brick 57, Brick 66A
raw materials for, Brick 41
seal, Brick 58
site, Brick 58, Brick 59
West Bridgewater bricks and, Brick 58, Brick 59, Brick 60
Whelden Memorial Library talk (April 25, 1974), Brick 1–31

attendees, Brick 31
Our Lady of Hope Chapel photographs, Brick 33–36
photographs, Brick 1–6, Brick 9–30
report on meeting, Brick 7–8

"West Barnstable Brick Company," ,Brick 57
"West Barnstable Brick Works" (Rourke), Brick 64
"West Barnstable Brick Yard, The" (photo), Brick 63
West Bridgewater Brick Company, Brick 58, Brick 59, Brick 60
"What's Your Problem?" (Llewellyn)

West Barnstable Brick Company letters, Brick 58

Whelden Memorial Library

Cahoon (Mrs. Norman), librarian, displays West Barnstable Brickyard brick (photo), Brick 3–5
West Barnstable Brick Company information, Brick 70
West Barnstable Brick Yard talk (April 25, 1974), Brick 1–31

Whittelsey, Stephen

attends West Barnstable Brick Yard meeting, Brick 6, Brick 8, Brick 31
attends West Barnstable Brick Yard meeting (photo), Brick 23–24
brick collection, Brick 65–66, Brick 70
property, Brick 42, Brick 69

Whittelsey, Mrs. Stephen

attends West Barnstable Brick Yard meeting, Brick 6, Brick 8, Brick 31
attends West Barnstable Brick Yard meeting (photo), Brick 23–24
property, Brick 42

Williams, Percy

West Barnstable Brick Yard and, Brick 45

Wirtanen, Martin

West Barnstable Brick Company information, Brick 70

Wood, Robert

attends West Barnstable Brick Yard meeting, Brick 31
Our Lady of Hope Chapel photographs, Brick 6

Woodland, Mrs. Louis

attends West Barnstable Brick Yard meeting, Brick 31

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Zenowich, Bunny

brick collection, Brick 65–66