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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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“Dovecote Aviary”
A Moral Tale
Mt. Sugar Loaf, South Deerfield, Mass.
“The Traitor’s Confederacy”
Greenfield Public Library
Admiral Francis John Higginson (1843-1931)
“Greenfield, Mass.”
“Peacock Minuet”
The Weldon Garage
“An American”
“Narrative of Sojourner Truth, A Northern Slave, Emancipated From Bodily Serviture By the State of New York in 1828”
“Polonaise”
Cathcart Family Register
Excerpt from diary of Clara Alquist-Sherman regarding The Great Depression
Portrait of Lucy Terry Prince
Military Commission of Lemuel Taylor
“Turners Falls”
Coat of Major Samuel Willard Saxton (1829-1933)
Old State House and Midway, Eastern States Expo.
“Abstract of the Massachusetts School Returns for 1838-9”
“RA” Carved Chest
Barbara Allen (1902-1931) dressed as a Puritan
“What Befell Stephen Williams in his Captivity”
Scales
Dress
“Immigrants in Industries, Part 24: Recent Immigrants in Agriculture” from Reports of
the Immigration Commission
“Civilization rebuked by the savage” in “Gazette and Mercury” Newspaper
Easthampton, from Mt. Tom, Holyoke, Mass.
Mohawk Trail explanatory text
Electric trolley
J. Wilson’s Improved Cast iron Plough
Mt. Toby, Montague, Mass.
“From the Worcester Magazine” article in Hampshire Gazette on Shays’ Rebellion insurgents
Main Street, Amherst, Mass.
“Harrow Theater and Hutchins’ Plays”
Ketchup Bottle
Bobbins
“To The Sons and Daughters of Franklin County,” with a Poem about Bloody Brook.
Land lease by Lucinda Nims
“New Home Sewing Machine Co. of Orange, Mass.”
“More Weight On Men, More Roads Through Forest Show Result of One Camp” article from the Daily Recorder-Gazette newspaper
Voting Circular from the Whig State Central Committee
“Spirit of Religion Leading the Puritans”
Articles of Faith of William Stoddard Williams
Pocketbook
“The Confession of Judah Marsh” published in the Hamsphire Gazette
Rear of the Colrain
Receipt of Seth Sheldon for dance tuition
“Church Wedding in Old Deerfield”
The Boston Mob article regarding fugitive Shadrich in Gazette and Courier newspaper
Tile: “Landing of the Pilgrims 1620”
Father Basil Juli
Granby and Huntington
Picnic, Mt. Sugar Loaf
Westfield Map
Rising Star Quilt
“Charles Deuel Druggist Amherst Mass” bottle
Hitchcock Family Phonograph
Grammar School Class
Connery House, Westhampton, Mass.
Tea Room
Letter to Ward and Annie Clarke about Communism
“WA” Chest with Drawer
Lucia Fairchild Fuller (1870-1924)
Deerfield Academy/ Dickinson High School
“How the news of the Constitutional Amendment was received” article from the Gazette and Courier newspaper
Plane
Persis Hoyt Sheldon Scallop-Top Chest of Drawers
Audience perspective of Deerfield’s historical pageant
“Practical Instructions for Military Officers”
WWI letter to Emily Gladys Bartlett
Hitchcock Free Academy, Brimfield, Mass.
“A Letter from T. D. Judah”
“Thanksgiving Assembly”
“The World’s Work” – War Manual of the Great 1914 European Conflict
“To Hon. John P. Bigelow, Mayor Boston”article re: Shadrach and Webster’s response to riot in the Franklin Democrat newspaper
Men’s pumps
Excerpt from “Equal Rights- Condition in some parts of Europe” article from The Liberator newspaper
Wedding Ring of Mrs. Hannah (Taylor) Hoyt
The Reformed Pastor
Wales St, Wales, Mass.
Whale-oil Lamp
“Deerfield Street”- Rebuttal on Monuments
Uniform Hat
New England Primer
Janet Russell (1886-1981) with her cat, Sir Thomas Gray
Pitcher with engine turned decoration
“Lily” Chest with Drawers
Mount Hermon, Mass., Science and Recitation Halls
Sunburst and stars album quilt
Bake Kettle
“Heath”
Soapstone bullet mold
Flax Wheel
WWI letter to Emily Gladys Bartlett
“Aid for Ireland” article in Hampshire Gazette newspaper reprinted from Springfield Republican newspaper
Hunting and Skinning Knives
Tide of Immigration article in The Gazette and Courier newspaper
Cradle with painted decoration
Fuller Family
Sleighing in a One-Horse Cutter
Shampoo and Lotion products made by The Toiletine Company
Two Children Blowing Soap Bubbles
Sap Bucket
Memorial Hall Bedroom
Sugarloaf Street with Trolley
Letter to Agnes Gordon Cochran Higginson regarding slavery and democracy
Fourth Meeting House (1729-1824)
Milk bottles
Children’s boots
Frontpage of Gazette & Courier newspaper
German Prisoners
“Influenza Epidemic Continues” article in Gazette and Courier newspaper
The Planet Dust Beater
“Heredity and Early Environment of John Williams ‘The Redeemed Captive’”
Wall Hanging-Apple Tree
Red slate gorget
Zebulon Graves invoice for use of horse
East Northfield, Mass., Skinner Gymnasium
“Washington Merry-Go-Round” article in Greenfield Recorder-Gazette
Williamsburgh, Massachusetts
Foot Stove
“The Senate of 1872- Arrangement of Seats”
“Slavery Notice” article from Gazette and Mercury newspaper
Lincoln Badge
Nutmeg Grater
Resolution regarding town officers to take oaths published in the Hampshire Gazette
Copy of a letter published in the Hampshire Gazette regarding Shays’ Insurgents
Bobbin Lace
Article published in letter form to Benjamin Banneker from Thomas Jefferson in the Greenfield Gazette newspaper
“The Fugitive Slave Question- Who passed it?” article from the Gazette and Courier newspaper
Orra White Hitchcock (1796-1863)
“Mr. Editor” article for the Gazette and Courier newspaper on the doings of the Sabbath school in South Deerfield for July 4th
Estey Organ
Hand Stamp
“Annual Report of the Treasurer, Selectmen, and School Committee, To the Inhabitants of the Town of Deerfield”
Mohawk Trail Whitcomb Summit House and Gift Shop
Railway Station, Athol, Mass.
Multiple articles from The New-Haven Gazette and The Connecticut Magazine newspaper regarding Shays’ Rebellion
Franklin County Cadet -1845
Concertina
Sign-“Olde Deerfield Doll House”
Parts Manufacturing Company 3 dimensional airplane part
Farm Bureau Feed Mill
State of Rhode Island issueing of paper money and voting requirements published in the Hampshire Gazette
“Constitutional Amendments” article from the Gazette and Courier newspaper
Deerfield Post Office
Excerpts from “Profiles of the Past An illustrated history of Ashburnham, Gardner Hubbardston,Templeton, Westminster, Winchendon”
Letter from Teacher Mary Montague
Lifting Ice from the Water
“Map of Amherst Made For The Handbook of Amherst”
Sconce-Candle Reflector
Wallhanging-The Apple Tree
Letter to John Sheldon
“A Record of Sunderland in the Civil War of 1861 to 1865”
“Confidences”
C. V. Station
Student Uniform
Tax receipt of Alpheus Moore for Ebenezer Hinsdale’s property
Polish Recruitment Flag
“Shoe and Leather Dealers’ Convention” article in The Hampshire Gazette newspaper
“A Sermon Preach’d at the Funeral of the Reverend Mr. John Williams”
Tax receipt of Justin Hitchcock
“Deerfield Exhibit of Painting”
“Millers Falls, Mass., Millers River”
Wallet
Letter from George Washington to resident in Dublin published in the Hampshire Gazette newspaper
Stone gouge with modern haft
“A Discourse Preached At Heath, Feb. 21, 1816 As A Musical Lecture”
“List of Grievances” poem published in the Hampshire Gazette newspaper.
The Centre, South Deerfield, Mass.
Excerpt from W. Scott Keith’s Civil War Military Journal
Act of General Court regarding value of bills of public credit article in The Independent Ledger & Amerian Advertiser newspaper
“Correspondence between Lydia Maria Child and Gov. Wise and Mrs. Mason, of Viriginia”
Boston Tea Party Report
“The Decision of the Supreme Court” article in the Franklin Democrat newspaper
Arms Manufacturing Company
Greenfield Postmasters
“Wants A Place” ad in the Greenfield Gazette newspaper
Doll “Lilla”
List of Colrain Insurgents
Trombone
“Deerfield Painters’ Original Work”
South Cove, North Pond
“Terrible Horror” article from the Journal of Industry newspaper
Town Hall in Conway
“Undigested Ideas on Various Cases” article published in The Massachusetts Gazette or the General Advertiser newspaper
“Deerfield Society of Blue and White Needlework”
Page from Proprietors of the Common Field in Deerfield
List of grievances by Shaysite Thomas Grover -article published in Hampshire Gazette newspaper
Congregational Church and Sheldon Academy, Southampton, Mass
“President Lincoln” article from the Gazette and Courier newspaper
Marbles
“Examination of Witnesses in a Trial for Witchcraft”
Madeline Yale Wynne (1847-1918)
Stoneware Crock
Shot pouch
“A Factory Girl” article in The Hampshire Gazette newspaper
French Knife
Excerpt from Volume II of the Adelphi Society Records