Digital Commonwealth digitized ‘Cotton Chats,’ annual town reports from 1886-2022
An excerpt from the Draper Corporation’s Cotton Chats (April 1931), all of which have been digitized by Digital Commonwealth. Source: https://archive.org/details/cottonchats00drap/mode/2up
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‘tremendous service’
By Theresa Knapp
In a conversation related to a $50 membership renewal invoice from Digital Commonwealth (which was approved unanimously), the Hopedale Historical Commission acknowledged the invaluable work the organization is doing for the town.
Historical Commission co-chair Suzan Ciaramicolli said, “We have gotten so much value from Digital Commonwealth this year with the digitization of all the annual reports from 1886 through 2022. They also are digitizing Cotton Chats for us, and they will be digitizing residential listings.”
The Draper Corporation’s Cotton Chats are similar to a modern-day company newsletter. They can be found at https://bit.ly/digitizedDraperCottonChats and at the Internet Archive at https://archive.org/details/cottonchats00drap/mode/2up
