Whately historical inventory forms now on line!
Many of Whately's historic buildings, structures, cemeteries and
neighborhoods have been documented on forms on file with the Mass.
Historical Commission. These forms may now be viewed on line and
downloaded via MACRIS, the Mass.
Cultural Resource Inventory System. Click on the link and follow
the search directions to discover a vast trove of information about
Whately's history. Is your house there?
Baldwin, Henry C, Guide to Whately
Pottery and The Potters, Whately Massachusetts, 1778 to 1873,
Northampton, MA, 1999.
Cane, Ena M., Whately Massachusetts,
1771-1971, Whately, MA, 1972.*
Crafts,
James M., History
of the town of Whately, Mass Including a narrative of leading events
from the first planting of Hatfield, 1661-1899, Orange, MA,
1899.*
Massachusetts Division of
Conservation and Resources, Whately
Reconnaissance Report,
June 2009, the Whately Heritage Landscape Inventory Report.
Massachusetts
Historical Commission, Historic
and Archaeological Resources of the Connecticut River Valley, a
Framework for Preservation, 1988.
Massachusetts
Historical Commission, Reconnaissance
Survey Town Report: Whatley [sic], 1982.
O'Gorman,
James F., Connecticut Valley Vernacular, the Vanishing Landscape
and Architecture of the New England Tobacco Fields, Philadelphia,
2002.
Quonquont Farm, History
of Quonquont Farm.
Watkins,
Lura Woodside, Early New England
Potters and Their Wares, Cambridge, 1950.
Whately Library Trustees, History
of the Whately Library.
*Reprinted by and
available from the Whately Historical Society.
Whately
Historical Society Museum