ms067 Powell (Sumner Chilton) 1924Papers 1629-1965MS 67 Special CollectionsThe Milton S. Eisenhower LibraryThe Johns Hopkins University

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May 12, 2008 Machine-readable finding aid encoded by Finding aid written in English Powell (Sumner Chilton) 1924Papers 1629-1965MS 67 Special CollectionsThe Milton S. Eisenhower LibraryThe Johns Hopkins University Contact Information Special Collections The Milton S. Eisenhower Library The Johns Hopkins University 3400 North Charles Street Baltimore, MD 21218 (410) 516-8348 Email: archives@listproc.jhu.edu

Descriptive Summary ms067 Powell (Sumner Chilton) 1924 Papers 1629-1965 Powell, Sumner Chilton, 1924 Johns Hopkins University. Special Collections. 2.9 linear feet English. The collection consists largely of research material collected by Sumner Chilton Powell to be used for his published work, Puritan Village: the Formation of a New England Town. Included are maps, photographs, microfilm, statistics, and photostats of records and legal documents, c. 1600-1700. The documents are concerned with Sudbury and Suffolk, England, and Sudbury, Massachusetts. There are also student notes from Amherst, 1946, and a typescript of Powell's thesis from Harvard. Administrative Information Provenance

The collection was donated to the University of Sumner Chilton Powell in 1972.

Use Restrictions

Access to the collection is unrestricted.

Preferred Citation

Sumner Chilton Powell Collection, MS 67

Special Collections,

Milton S. Eisenhower Library,

The Johns Hopkins University

Biographical Note

Sumner Chilton Powell was an author and historian. He was born in Northhampton, Mass., October 2, 1924. Powell received his B.A. from Amherst, and his Ph.D. from Harvard in 1956. He taught in boys' schools in New England, and was an instructor in history at Yale University and Iona College.

Powell was the author of several historical works; his major one was Puritan Village, for which he spent almost six years gathering material from local records, archives, and private collection in England and Massachusetts. Chilton received the Pulitzer Prize for this work in 1964.

Series I: Research and Writing Series I: Research and Writing, 1600-1965 7 document cases

Box Contents 1 "Wilderness Town," and "Formation of A New England Town," first rough drafts, n.d. 1 Vital statistics and miscellaneous information re: Sudbury, Massachusetts, n.d. 1 Andover, Hampshire: Town Countil Records, n.d. 1 Framingham, Suffolk. Churchwardens Accounts, 1629-1639 1 Berkhamsted, Herts., Churchwardens Accounts, 1602 1 Calendar of Ramridge Court Rolls, 1600-1640 1 Sudbury, Suffolk. Churchwarden Accounts, 1622 1 Misc. notes from Massachusetts Colonial Records, 1650-1700 Box Contents 2 "Colonial Town, Sudbury, Massachusetts (1658-1706), Harvard Ph.D. thesis by S. C. Powell, 1951 2 Framingham, Massachusetts: photos and maps, n.d. 2 Ramridge, Hants., Court Baron Rolls, n.d. Box Contents 3 Misc. photostats of documents relating to Massachusetts villages, 17th century 3 Misc. manuscript notes and informaition re: 17th century Massachusetts court records, 17th century 3 Photostats from Framingham, Mass. Historical Society, n.d. 3 Photos and maps of Framingham, Mass, n.d. 3 Sudbury, Suffolk. Transcript of court records, 1618-1637 3 Boston, Linconshire. Transcript of Assembly Book, 1620-1633 3 Boston, Lincolnshire. Photostats of documents, n.d. Box Contents 4 Boston, Lincolnshire. Assembly book, photostats, n.d. 4 Wiltshire and Suffolk Churchwardens records, photostats, n.d. 4 Archdeaconry of Salisbury, Wiltshire and Suffolk, Court Records, 1636-1639 Box Contents 5 Sudbury, Suffolk, Court Records, 1623-1637 5 Sudbury, Massachusetts: Town Records, 1639-1656 Box Contents 6 Berkhamsted, Herts. Churchwardens Records, n.d. 6 Boston, Lincolnshire. Assembly Book, n.d. Box Contents 7 Miscellaneous photostats, maps, photographs, and microfilm, n.d. 7 Notecards, n.d. 7 "Puritan Village: The Formation of a New England Town," S. C. Powell, 1965