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- “An oration delivered before the Washington Benevolent Society of Massachusetts, on the thirtieth day of April, 1813”
- Moccasins
- “The New McGuffey Second Reader”
- View of Cheapside
- Woman’s cap
- Gravestone of John Williams Jr.
- Where the Trail makes a perfect “S” near Charlemont
- “Suffrage Canvass Success” article from The Greenfield Recorder newspaper
- “Hill Machine Works” Advertisement
- “Threadwell The Greenfield Plant That Is Making History In The Precision Tool Field!” ad from Greenfield Recorder-Gazette
- WWII political letter to Henry L. Clarke
- Greenfield Postmasters
- Candlesticks
- Order and results of physical exam on Thomas Williams Ashley
- “WA” Chest with Drawer
- Library
- Trade Card of Hawks & Reed-Clothiers
- Breck, Shephard, and Clark General Store Ad in Hampshire Gazette newspaper
- “Child with Pussies” or “Polly and the Pussy Willows”
- Schedule of the whole number of Persons within the Division alloted to William Shepard and David Sexton to enumerate, 1790
- Continental Currency in various amounts
- “A Brief Sketch of the First Settlement of Deerfield, Mass.”
- Petition to the Judges of the Superior Court
- Lace Making Pillow
- “Willows”
- Frances Miles account book
- Cadet’s Uniform
- “Terrible Storm” article from Greenfield Gazette newspaper
- Emma Lewis Coleman (1853-1942)
- Letter to Williams & Upham
- Shampoo and Lotion products made by The Toiletine Company
- Resolve ordering Selectmen of Deerfield to record the town’s deaf and dumb population
- Man’s Shirt
- Beaded Baseball Cap
- French Document Fan
- “Soviets’ ‘Moon’ Circling Globe at Terrific Speed” article from Greenfield Recorder-Gazette newspaper
- “A Son Of The Forest. The Experience Of William Apes, A Native Of The Forest”
- Milk Pan
- Cinnamon and Wintergreen Extracts made by The Toiletine Company
- Looking Up Sugarloaf Street
- “Shelburne”
- County Court House, Greenfield, Mass.
- “Goldwater Backs President’s Acts in Emergency” article in The Greenfield Recorder-Gazette newspaper
- “Stevens May Resign If He Does Not Receive Support From Eisenhower” article from Greenfield Recorder-Gazette newspaper
- “Our Greenfield Artists”
- Excerpts from “A Record of the Doings of the Hawley Female Charitable Society”
- Cathcart Family Register
- Writ against Standish Foster by Daniel Coon
- Edward Hitchcock (1793-1864)
- “Negro Slavery in Massachusetts”
- “More Power to the Allies”
- Village Street, Cummington, Mass.
- Ear trumpet
- “Map of New-England”
- “The Deerfield Renaissance” from New England Magazine
- “Ku-Klux-Klan” article in the Gazette and Courier newspaper
- Scythe snath handle
- “Ten Years of Massachusetts”
- Coach Unloading Costumed Passengers
- Shelburne Town Meeting
- Northampton, Mass., Insane Hospital, Drive-way and Entrance
- “Scene on Green River, Greenfield, MA” Postcard
- Staged Capture
- “Public Lectures on Slavery” article from Gazette and Mercury newspaper
- Dr. Frank S. Newell in Horse-drawn Buggy
- WWII Air Raid Warning Instructions Card
- Academy of Music and Baptist Church
- Pouch
- Canteen
- “Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury-Growth and Manufacture of Silk”
- “GTD Makes John Grant’s Invention Known Around World” article from Greenfield Recorder-Gazette newspaper
- “Rabbits in the Pea-Patch”
- “Proceedings on the Trial of Dominic Daley and James Halligan”
- Two-handled cup
- “Whately”
- Reverend Stephen Williams (1693-1782)
- Military Commission of Lt. Colonel Joseph Stebbins (1749-1816)
- “Deerfield Massacre And Burning of 200 Years Ago Early In Queen Anne’s War”
- Nutmeg Grater
- Camp Meeting Residence
- “Negro Slavery in Old Deerfield”
- “Souvenir of Orange, Mass”
- Letter printed in article form to Thomas Jefferson from Benjamin Banneker in the Greenfield Gazette newspaper
- Sugar Bowl with Lid
- Janet Russell (1886-1981) with her cat, Sir Thomas Gray
- Will of Zur Hawks
- Canal Construction
- Mansion House, Greenfield, Mass.
- “Monroe & Rowe”
- John Richards, Blacksmith
- “Heredity and Early Environment of John Williams ‘The Redeemed Captive’”
- John Putnam (c.1817-1895)
- Electric iron
- Hattie Fuller Abercrombie (1860-1955)
- Raffia Basket
- Deerfield Town Warrant
- Lucia Fairchild Fuller (1870-1924)
- Mt. Sugarloaf and Trolley
- List of Soldiers
- Soapstone bullet mold
- Article about wrongful arrest suits by rescuers of Shadrich from Gazette and Courier newspaper
- Lifting Ice from the Water
- “Hippies and the War” editorial from The Greenfield Recorder newspaper
- The Manual Alphabet for the Deaf and Dumb
- Elmer’s Double-Acting Butter Churn
- “Laws against colored people” article in The Hampshire Gazette newspaper
- Pages from the Annual Report of the Treasurer, Selectmen, and School Committee to the Inhabitants of the Town of Deerfield
- Mansion House, Greenfield, Mass.
- Jerry “The Avery Steer” Banner at the Fair
- Sunderland Bridge and Sugar Loaf Mountain
- Springfield percussion musket
- “Sentenced to Death” article from Turners Falls Reporter newspaper on Haymarket rioters’ fate
- Civil War letter from Agnes Cochran Higginson to her daughter, Agnes Fuller
- State of Rhode Island issueing of paper money and voting requirements published in the Hampshire Gazette
- Indians Glimpse a Vision of the Future
- Glass Bottle
- Throat Pump
- Plans of Springfield, Chicopee Falls and Cabotville
- Cheese press
- “Learning to Sew”
- Tea kettle
- “Bangwell Putt”
- Excerpts from Remembrance of Captain Park Holland and his participation in Shays’ Rebellion
- “Shelburne Falls, Mass.”
- Micmac Bead bag
- “The Deerfield Captive”
- Beaded Moccasins
- Mason Jar
- Mary: Lamson family servant
- “The News from Home. Greenfield Items” excerpt on the passage of the Constitution Amendment fr. the Gazette & Courier newspaper
- Moccasin
- “Mr. Editor” article for the Gazette and Courier newspaper on the doings of the Sabbath school in South Deerfield for July 4th
- “The Slave Trade”
- “The Falls, Shelburne Falls, Mass.”
- “Bernardston”
- Historical Collections, being a General Collection of interesting facts, traditions, biographical sketches, anecdotes, &c.
- Photos of town of Ware and other Mass. towns from “The Complete Historical Record of New England’s Stricken Area, 9-21-1938”
- “Baking”
- “Church Wedding in Old Deerfield”
- Lantern
- Dyno-Mite WWII newsletter cover from Millers Falls (Tool) Company
- “Wage and Dispute at Monroe Bridge Causes Dismissal of Score in Department” article from the Greenfield Daily Recorder newspaper
- “What Befell Stephen Williams in his Captivity”
- Northampton, Mass. Glimpse of Main Street, showing Draper Hotel
- Articles of Faith of William Stoddard Williams
- “Geographical, Statistical & Historical View of the Town of Deerfield”
- “Picking Potatoes, George and Me”
- Dr. Rolfe S. Russell (1907-1935)
- WWII Fuel Ration Identification Folder
- Austin Towers’ receipt from the Shelburne Falls Marble Co.
- Letter to Rev. Erza Stiles on Shays’ Rebellion reprinted in “The New-Haven Gazette and The Connecticut Magazine”
- Plowing
- Railway Station
- Russell House, Russell, Mass.
- Deerfield Town Warrant
- Advertisement in “The Boston Weekly Post-Boy” newspaper
- “Any Cowboys, Gran’pa?” cartoon on H-bomb in Greenfield Recorder-Gazette newspaper
- WWI Uniform of Lt. Henry N. Flynt
- Flintlock Fowler
- Hair Pin Curve, Showing Stamford Valley
- Mt. Sugarloaf from the south
- Colrain, Mass.
- Cornelius Kelley (1873-1954)
- Warning Alarm
- Christening Blanket
- “Geography Made Easy”
- “Old Medicine Man Founded Toiletine Co.” article from Greenfield Recorder-Gazette newspaper
- Learning to Skate
- “Log Drive Nears Turners Falls” article in Greenfield’s Gazette and Courier newspaper
- “A Hard Nag to Ride” political cartoon from the Daily Recorder-Gazette newspaper
- “New Attack on Deerfield. By Moving Picture Red Skins.”
- Elinor Francis (1929-)
- “Orange”
- “Young People’s Camp Third Season Rowe, Mass. June 27-July 4, 1926”
- Ware
- “If you Can’t Laugh, Don’t Come to See the Womanless Wedding”
- “Betty at the Churn”
- “The Dilemma” political cartoon from the Daily Recorder-Gazette newspaper
- Letter to Widow Persis Hoyt Sheldon
- Lake Pleasant Founders
- Receipt for firearms of Theodore Barnard
- “Motives for Well-Doing. A Sermon, Delivered in Northampton, August 24, 1815. Before the Hampshire Missionary Society”
- Wedding Ring of Mrs. Hannah (Taylor) Hoyt
- Curling Iron
- Campaign Banner for William Henry Harrison
- Flute
- Doll “Chloe”
- Glass tumblers
- Insurgents in Northfield article published in the Hampshire Gazette
- Public Vendue notice to some residents of Charlemont published in the Hampshire Gazette
- Town Hall and School
- Bullet pouch
- Sketches of Brazil & Chile by Jeremiah Madison Doe on his voyage from Massachusetts around Cape Horn to California
- Pages on Communism from “The Challenge to Liberty”
- Fisher’s Garage under construction
- Article published in letter form to Benjamin Banneker from Thomas Jefferson in the Greenfield Gazette newspaper
- Memorial Hall Kitchen
- Horse and Surrey
- Black silk skeins
- Plummet