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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 HotelExploring the Online Collection
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