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Our Online Collection is made up of over 2,000 items from Memorial Hall Museum – artifacts, documents, maps, photographs and books from the Connecticut River Valley region of Massachusetts. The Collection spans a vast sweep of history: from the area’s earliest Native American inhabitants to more recent, twentieth-century times.
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Admiral Francis John Higginson (1843-1931) presentation sword
Mrs. Benjamin Stebbins’ Son Climbing a Tree
Will of Edward Allyn
Writ of Amasa Smith against Abel Densmore
“Hippies and the War” editorial from The Greenfield Recorder newspaper
“Religious Anniversaries” article from Greenfield Gazette and Franklin Herald newspaper
“Spirit of the Wheat”
John Russell Cutlery Etching and Cleaning Department Employees
“Address to the Ladies”poem in Hampshire Gazette newspaper
Shirred Rug depicting the Sheldon House
“Southern and War Items”
Camphene Lamp
“Anti Slavery Lecture” article from Greenfield Gazette and Franklin Herald newspaper
Photograph Postcard “Second Baptist Church”
“Monroe & Rowe”
Examination Ball Invitation
The Redeemed Captive Returning to Zion
“Aid for Ireland” article in Hampshire Gazette newspaper reprinted from Springfield Republican newspaper
“Chicopee, On Emergency Basis, Hopes Worst Past” article from unknown newspaper
“Immigrants in Industries, Part 24: Recent Immigrants in Agriculture” from Reports of
the Immigration Commission
Puritan Village patterns from “Historical Atlas of Massachusetts”
Shelburne Falls, Mass., Looking West
Candlesticks
Reward of Merit to Luella May
“Bernardston”
Letter to Augustus Fuller from brother George regarding African American painting
Court Ball Invitation
“Quabbin Reservoir Water Starts Flowing” article from Quabbin Reservoir scrapbook
Framed photograph of Greenfield Tap & Die Corporation operator during WWII
“Terrible Horror” article from the Journal of Industry newspaper
Historical Collections, being a General Collection of interesting facts, traditions, biographical sketches, anecdotes, &c.
“Daily Graphic” newspaper illustration- ‘Birdseye View of the Williamsburgh Reservior with the Ruined Dam’
Hampshire House, Ware, Mass.
Bannister Back Chair
Steatite Vessel
Deerfield Town Meeting
“Boots, Shoes & Rubbers for Everybody at Sovereign’s Cash Shoe Store”
“Little Captives of 1704”
“Outrages on Colored Soldiers” article from the National Anti-Slavery Standard newspaper
Minute Tapioca factory
Horse and Surrey
View Along the Cold River, Eastern Slope of Mohawk Trail
“And White As Well” editorial from Greenfield Recorder newspaper
“Deerfield First To Receive Work Relief Allotment” article from Greenfield Daily Recorder-Gazette newspaper
On the way to School
Burke Tavern Overmantel Panel
Keyed Bugle
Civil War letter to Agnes Gordon Higginson Fuller from her sister regarding slavery
Covered Basket with handle
Pod Auger
Railroad Trestle Bridge
Wedding Gown
Memorandum of Zur Hawks
Train Wreck along the Deerfield River
Handicraft Vol I No. VII – “The Movement for Village Industries”
Shot pouch
Land sale between Seth Sheldon & Alvah and Zur Hawks
Appointment to Sheriff of Epaphras Hoyt
Photos of town of Ware and other Mass. towns from “The Complete Historical Record of New England’s Stricken Area, 9-21-1938”
Five Children and a Buggy
Dr. William Stoddard Williams’ description of a throat distemper diagnosis
Cars at Open House
Williamsburgh, Massachusetts
“A Factory Girl” article in The Hampshire Gazette newspaper
Dress Sword
Please Pose for the Camera!
Legal document of Debtor Joshua Sweet
Shelburne Falls, Mass.
Throat Pump
Excerpts from “Profiles of the Past An illustrated history of Ashburnham, Gardner Hubbardston,Templeton, Westminster, Winchendon”
“Hitchcock House”
Deerfield Town Meeting
Hair Wreath
“Arrest of a Fugitive Slave in Boston” article from Gazette and Courier newspaper
Tobacco Plantation in the Connecticut Valley
Frances Stebbins Allen (1854-1941)
Tax receipt of Justin Hitchcock
“SH” joined chest
“New Salem”
Broomcorn broom
“Spirit of the Woods”
“Regulations for the Order and Discipline of the Troops of the United States” book advertisement in the Hampshire Gazette
Elizabeth Brooks Fuller (1896-1979) painting
Descent of Holy Spirit Ukrainian Catholic Church
Candle Mold
Excerpts from Major Salah Barnard’s Orderly Book
Croquet on Roots’ Lawn
South Hadley Center, Mass.
Sunderland Bridge and Sugar Loaf Mountain
“History of Philip’s War”
Calico Pocket
“Winter”
“Miss Lucy Stone” article from Gazette and Courier newspaper
Civil War letter from Thomas Wentworth Higginson to his brother Stephen
“To the Benevolent People of Berkshire, Hampden and Hampshire Counties” article on Irish aid in the Hampshire Gazette newspaper
Letter to Deerfield Assessors by Colonel Elihu Hoyt
Sign-“A. Boyden’s Hotel”
“Mark’s China Putty, For Cementing Glass And China Ware”
“Wage and Dispute at Monroe Bridge Causes Dismissal of Score in Department” article from the Greenfield Daily Recorder newspaper
Lantern
WWII CD Warden’s Report Form
Plane
Prospect Hill School
The Common, Greenfield Mass.
Mohawk Trail explanatory text
Excerpts of the “Constitution of the Hawley Female Charitable Society”
Military Commission of Lemuel Taylor
“King’s Handbook of the United States”
Baskets
“Roman Catholics” article from the Greenfield Gazette and Franklin Herald newspaper
Hospital Ward
Excerpt from diary of Clara Alquist-Sherman regarding The Great Depression
Civil War letter to Ella Melendy
View from “Sugarloaf”
Gouge
Puritans Led Off in Captivity
Notice to General Shepard regarding disarming his militia published in the Hampshire Gazette newspaper
Plans of Springfield, Chicopee Falls and Cabotville
Roundabout Chair
McKinley Sure article published in the Greenfield Gazette and Courier newspaper
Cutlery Box
Bulge Pot
Northampton (and Easthampton)
My First Automobile
Beaver Trap
Letter to Colonel Hyde from an insurgent published in the Hampshire Gazette
Wales St, Wales, Mass.
Nutmeg Grater
Basketry cup
Watering Place Looking up the Mountain Side
John Putnam (c.1817-1895)
Some Apples and Potatoes – Eastern States Expo.
“To You- Who Helped Us Win the Army-Navy “E” Ad in Aero Digest by Greenfield Tap and Die Corporation
Advertising Card from L. A. Cook & Co.
“Proceeds of Deerfield Bazar Amounts to over $800”
List of plants in the garden of William Stoddard Williams
Horse Clog
Abraham Lincoln
The Whale Inn, On Route 9, Goshen, Mass.
“Fugitive Slave”
Woman washing
Dr. Rolfe S. Russell (1907-1935)
150 Anniversary, Bernardston, Mass.-Parade
Letter to David Hoyt [Hoit] regarding Shays’ Rebellion
“Town Welfare Costs Far Below 1933 But Old Age Equals Entire 1924 Bill” article from Greenfield Daily Recorder-Gazette newspaper
“Charles Deuel Druggist Amherst Mass” bottle
Memorial to M. & S. Sheldon
List of medicines bought from Ebenezer Hunt by William Stoddard Williams
Palm Leaf Basket
The Common, Worthington, Mass.
“Ku-Klux-Klan” article in the Gazette and Courier newspaper
Town of Leverett Bill to John Clapp Jr. for Rufus Clary
Admiral Francis John Higginson Epaulettes with Case
First Church of Deerfield Interior
Chest
Handicraft Vol. III, No. 11 -“How They Do It In Deerfield”
Elijah Arms (1712-1802)
Supplies for Troops
Second Grade Class
Scales
Avery Oxen Show Admission Ticket
Two-handled cup
“Annual Meeting of the Franklin County Temperance Society” article from the Gazette and Mercury newspaper
Arms Manufacturing Company
Letter to Colonel Elihu Hoyt
“Leaders of March Still Have Not Attained Goal” article from Greenfield Recorder-Gazette newspaper
Red slate gorget
Medical proficiency certificate of William Stoddard Williams
WWI Uniform of Lt. Henry N. Flynt
Cartridge box
George Fuller (1822-1884) Studio
Man’s vest
“Monument and Sugar-loaf Mountain, Deerfield”
“Farm for Sale”
Poem on Shays’ Rebellion from The New-Haven Gazette and The Connecticut Magazine newspaper
“Reflections”
“N. Vickary, Taxidermist”
“Pageant of Old Deerfield on the Grounds of the Allen Homestead”
Vases
“A Biographical Memoir of the Rev. John Williams”
“A Catalogue of the Books contained in the Chicopee Town Library, together with general regulations of the same.”
Railroad Arch Bridge, Deerfield
Spinning Jenny
Camp Meeting Residence
Medical Cases of Stephen West Williams: Angina Pectori.
Goggles with Case
Ebenezer Wells’s will
Letter to George Sheldon regarding trolley
Raffia and Other Baskets
Crazy Quilt with Netted Border
Receipt of Seth Sheldon for dance tuition
Flail
Letter to Stephen Higginson III from his mother Agnes Gordon Cochran Higginson
Reaping Grain
Testamonial by Daniel Shays in the Hampshire Gazette newspaper
Petition of Convention of Hampshire County article from the Hampshire Gazette newspaper
Gate-leg Table
Coleman- Hollister House
Letter To Colonel Samuel Williams
Quality Control Lab Coat from Millers Falls Company