Scope and Contents This collection was reprocessed in August and September of 2025. The previous order was largely maintained.This collection primarily contains photographs documenting five generations of the Booth and Grunendike families, their properties in Springfield and the surrounding areas, their social activities, and their travels. There are approximately four thousand photographs, including cartes-de-visite, cabinet cards and cyanotypes, as well as scrapbooks, newspaper clippings and...

Scope and Contents

This collection contains photocopies of a diary kept by Charles M. Shepherd, which documents his farming and hunting activities, trips to Springfield, and the weather. Also included are short histories of Charles Shepherd and the Strawbridge-Shepherd House, photographs of the house and family members, correspondence, and a sketch of the house. Arranged chronologically.