Guide to the Citizen’s Association of Nantucket Records, 1894

This is a finding aid. It is a description of archival material held in the Research Library at the Nantucket Historical Association. Unless otherwise noted, the materials described below are physically available in our reading room, and not digitally available through the internet.

Summary

This collection contains one volume of minutes from the Citizens Association of Nantucket, an organization formed in 1894 so that a general discussion could be held in a social manner concerning town questions 

Collection Details

Collection Number:
MS82
Title:
Citizens’ Association of Nantucket Records
Date(s):
1894
Creator:
Citizens’ Association of Nantucket
Extent:
One Volume
Repository:
Nantucket Historical Association
Language:
Material is in English.

Information for Users

Restrictions to Access: No restrictions. Open for research.

Restrictions to Use: No usage restrictions.

Copyright Notice: Copyright is retained by the authors of items in this collection, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.

Preferred Citation: [identification of item], in the Citizen’s Association of Nantucket Records, Nantucket Historical Association.

Sensitive Materials Statement:

Manuscript collections and archival records may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information that is protected under federal or state right to privacy laws and regulations. Researchers are advised that the disclosure of certain information pertaining to identifiable living individuals represented in this collection without the consent of those individuals may have legal ramifications (e.g., a cause of action under common law for invasion of privacy may arise if facts concerning an individual’s private life are published that would be deemed highly offensive to a reasonable person) for which the Nantucket Historical Association assumes no responsibility.

Subject Headings

  • Topical Term
    • Government

Biographical Information

The Citizen’s Association of Nantucket was a private group created in 1893 with the intention of giving Nantucket taxpayers a place to hold a general discussion in a social manner concerning all town questions prior to the Annual Town Meetings. The constitution of the body required that all members pay a 25-cent annual fee in order to participate in the body’s meeting, and it drew 297 members in its first year. Despite this early interest, the Citizen’s Association of Nantucket failed to gain traction and the body held its last meeting in 1894, only a year after its founding. 

Scope and Content

This collection includes a single volume of minutes recorded in 1894. 

Contents

Folder 1 Minutes, 1894 

Processing Information

Processed by Thomas Perich, June 2023. 

Finding Aid by Thomas Perich, June 2023. 

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