plunkett family

" Theodore Plunkett, the son of industrialist W.B. Plunkett who founded the mill, paid the Comtest Cinema Company of New York to make the film. Theodore was enthusiastic about theater and cinema and also paid for a fiction piece called "Miss Adams of Adams" around the same time. "

http://www.berkshireeagle.com/stories/1917-film-shows-the-cotton-mill-process-in-adams,378674

" The morning hours of the day were spent quietly by the party in Mr. Plunkett's house. Just before noon the President and Mr. Plunkett and several members of the party went to the site of the new mill and there the corner stone was "well and truly" laid by the president. On returning to the house lunch was served and the president prepared for his trip to North Adams. "

http://greenerpasture.com/Places/ShowNews/11699

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https://issuu.com/historicnewengland/docs/historic_new_england_summer_2014/18

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" Thomas Plunkett Jr. 1925 - 2009 PITTSFIELD Thomas Fitzpatrick Plunkett Jr., 83, of 11 Spadina Pkwy in Pittsfield, died on April 6, 2009, following a short illness, with his wife, Helen, of 50 years by his side."

" His first home was The Longfellow House, located at 156 East St., which is where Henry Longfellow wrote a poem about the "Old Clock on the Stairs." The site of the Longfellow House and two other neighboring houses later became the campus for Pittsfield High School.  "

http://m.legacy.com/obituaries/berkshire/obituary.aspx?n=thomas-plunkett&pid=126577516&referrer=0&preview=false