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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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- Horse Clog
- Gospel Meeting Tent
- Centerpiece-“Mayflower”
- Bean Pot
- Atlatl or spear throwing weight
- “Marchers to Converge on Lincoln Memorial” and “Washington Will be Symbol of U.S. Power Marchers” article in GRG newspaper
- Farm Sale for payment in public securities by John Muzzy, Jr. of Spencer, Mass. ad in The Massachusetts Spy newspaper
- “N. Vickary, Taxidermist”
- WWII Sugar Purchase Certificate
- “Haying in Fuller Swamp”
- Park Square, Westfield, Mass.
- Fire Bucket
- Nurses Dress Uniform
- “Greenfield High School for Young Ladies”
- Sugarloaf Street
- “Constitutional Amendments” article from the Gazette and Courier newspaper
- Mail Rider
- “Charlemont”
- Jim Pasiecnik
- Coal Wagon
- “American Flag house and Betsy Ross Memorial Association Membership certificate”
- Civil War letter from Thomas Wentworth Higginson to his brother, Stephen
- “Lyman Street, Lake Pleasant, Mass.”
- Tractor
- Northampton, Mass. Glimpse of Main Street, showing Draper Hotel
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- Two pages from diary of Sophronia Grout on Religious Revival
- “Bangwell Putt”
- WWI Dog Tags of Lt. Henry N. Flynt
- “Black Tragedy-” editorial from Greenfield Recorder newspaper
- “Old Hampshire Anti-Slavery Society” article from Greenfield Gazette & Franklin Herald newspaper
- Warrant of Distress of Benoni Grover of Montague
- “The Vicksburg Daily Citizen”
- Letter to Elijah Dwight Williams
- Otterskin Bag
- Fort Massachusetts, North Adams, Mass.
- “Arrest of a Fugitive Slave in Boston” article from Gazette and Courier newspaper
- Flax break
- Mary Arms at Barton Heights
- “Will Hutchins Manages Yale Plays”
- Excerpts from Rev. Robert Crawford’s diary about labor issues, Haymarket and Westfield Normal School
- “Old Folks Concert” poster
- Deed of Pacomtuck land granted by Ahimunquat to Dedham residents
- Order for provisions for governmental troops during Shays’ Rebellion
- The Square-Showing Odd Fellows Hall, Savings Bank and Post Office, Orange, Mass.
- River Street in Conway
- Tax Form F
- Blue-checked apron
- Bandbox
- “America’s Triumph at Panama”
- Washington Memorial
- Hillside Road House
- Lidded Hanging Pot
- “The Snow Storm”
- A Sermon, Delivered at the Opening of Deerfield Academy
- Hockanum Ferry, Northampton, Mass. Mt. Holyoke in Distance.
- “Deerfield History”
- Partial letter to Louisa Higginson from son regarding politics and slavery
- “Rivermen Reach Turners Falls”
- Hampshire Gazette newspaper article on Shays’ Rebellion
- Dress
- Clothes Wringer
- Map of Western Massachusetts from History of Western Massachusetts
- Sheldon Tapestry cushion cover
- Wallhanging-“The Blue Pool”
- 150 Anniversary, Bernardston, Mass.-Parade
- Wallhanging-“The Pear Tree”
- Account book of Joseph Barnard
- “Shelburne Falls, Mass.”
- Promissory note to John Pynchon from John Hawks
- “Mrs. Eunice Williams”
- Reed Basket with cover
- Legal judgment in favor of Orlando Ware
- “Negro Nurse with a Child”
- Edge of Settlement
- Well Sweep
- Complaint of Distress against Heman Farnham
- “The Dyke Mill Bulletin, No. 1”
- Plate and cup
- “Orange”
- “RA” Carved Chest
- WWII Draft Registration Card of Caryll Crafts
- Cartridge box
- Quitclaim of land in Deerfield, Massachusetts
- Riverside Inn, Chester, Mass.
- “Insist on Having Miner’s Flavoring Extracts” Ad from Gazette and Courier newspaper
- Shakespeare and the Spirit of Vision
- Essex Touring Car
- German Bayonet
- Watch fob with crystal drop
- Insurgents in Northfield article published in the Hampshire Gazette
- Shelburne Falls, Mass., Looking West
- First Church of Deerfield Interior
- Lamson & Goodnow Manufacturing Company building with founder
- Willow Basket
- “Haying”
- Boy in a Skeleton Suit
- Railroad Trestle Bridge
- Memorial to M. & S. Sheldon
- “Pilgrim’s Progress”
- “Blacksmith’s Shop”
- Infantry Officer’s Sword, 1821-1832
- “Deerfield” article on the death of David Starr Hoyt from the Gazette and Courier newspaper
- Mansion House, Greenfield, Mass.
- Cane
- Letter to Charles Hart Ashley
- Copyright Agreement for book entitled “Antiquarian Researches”
- Please Pose for the Camera!
- “Bouquet”
- Old Stone Mill, Turner’s Falls, Mass.
- Mohawk Trail explanatory text
- Williamsburgh, Massachusetts
- Masha Arms
- Clock works
- “Committee Recommends Senate Censure McCarthy, Charges He Treated Group Contemptuously” article from Greenfield Recorder-Gazette
- Letter to Gertrude Porter Ashley
- Reflector Oven/Roaster
- “Lieut. Genl. Ulysses S. Grant U.S.A.”
- “For the town of Amherst, education the leading ‘industry’”
- Mary Hawks (1799-1876) Sampler
- Public Vendue notice to some residents of Charlemont published in the Hampshire Gazette
- Gravestone of John Williams Jr.
- “Turners Falls, Mass. Industrial Plants, General View below Falls”
- Shirred Rug depicting the Sheldon House
- “Reflections”
- “Federal Grants Pour Into Towns For WPA Plans” article from Greenfield Daily Recorder-Gazette newspaper
- “Insurrection at Harper’s Ferry” article from the Franklin Democrat newspaper
- Mt. Sugarloaf and Trolley
- Caroline Stebbins Sheldon (1789-1865) Sampler
- “A Proclamation For A Day Of Thanksgiving and Praise”
- Raw Silk
- Main St. Looking East
- Account Book of Elijah Williams, Ledger B, Vol. 3
- “Oil Cinnamon Cordial” advertisement
- Moccasin
- Edward Swan’s Pickle Works on the Elm Street
- Persis Russell Montague (1765-1851)
- Fisher’s Garage under construction
- Court Ball Invitation
- Mount Sugarloaf Summit House
- “For Whom Will the Irish Vote?” article from The Emancipator newspaper
- War of 1812 Commemorative Pitcher
- Cutting Ice
- Power of Attorney document, Eliezer Hawks
- Mason Jar
- Teapot – “Lafayette at the Tomb of Franklin”
- Black Lace Dress
- 150 Anniversary, Bernardston, Mass.-horse and buggy
- Helen Hawks Childs and Samuel Childs (1843-1906)
- Pages from the Annual Report of the Treasurer, Selectmen, and School Committee to the Inhabitants of the Town of Deerfield
- “Schell Memorial Bridge, East Northfield, Mass.”
- Michael Waskiewicz
- “Rabbits in the Pea-Patch”
- Wallhanging-The Apple Tree
- Splitting Froe or Frower
- Looking toward Village from Baptist hill
- “The Quirlicut Company” Puzzle
- “An American”
- Votes of counties at the Massachusetts State Convention article published in the Hampshire Gazette
- Teapot
- Gen. Shepard Memorial Monument, Westfield, Mass.
- Hitchcock Free Academy, Brimfield, Mass.
- “Goldwater Backs President’s Acts in Emergency” article in The Greenfield Recorder-Gazette newspaper
- Witt Residence
- Deed of Pacomtuck land granted by Chauk to Dedham residents
- “It Ain’t the Heat!” political cartoon from the Greenfield Recorder newspaper
- “House Beautiful”
- “Graduated Medicine Spoon No. 40”
- Sugar Sack
- Main St. Easthampton, Mass
- Plate:”Landing of the Fathers at Plymouth”
- Foot Stove
- “Mass Convention at Old Deerfield”
- “Learning to Sew”
- Mt. Sugarloaf
- High Chest of Drawers
- Flintlock Musket
- Article about wrongful arrest suits by rescuers of Shadrich from Gazette and Courier newspaper
- Bottle
- Sarah Coleman’s shoe
- Edward Hitchcock (1828-1911)
- “I got one of ’em just as she almost made it back to the church” cartoon from Greenfield Recorder-Gazette newspaper
- “Violence Seen Probable in D.C. Demonstration” article from The Greenfield Recorder newspaper
- Streetscape – Athol Center
- Lucia Fairchild Fuller (1870-1924)
- Porringer
- Crematory Key
- Deerfield Town Warrant
- Tape loom
- View of Turner’s Falls, Mass.
- “Geographical, Statistical & Historical View of the Town of Deerfield”
- Elijah Arms (1712-1802)
- “Order of Exercises at the Exhibition of the Deerfield High School”
- South Hadley Center, Mass.
- Excerpts from the Diary of Ellen Louisa Arms (Sheldon)
- “Grammar School”
- “Gun Controls” editorial in Greenfield Recorder newspaper
- “An address to the People of Several Towns” article regarding Shays’ Rebellion, in Hampshire Gazette newspaper
- “Lowell” article regarding cotton mills from Greenfield Gazette and Franklin Herald newspaper
- Letter to Widow Persis Hoyt Sheldon